Real World Shopping Trip 5/28/11 - Newbie Hint #3

Took a trip to Kroger today to buy for our stockpile.  When we started couponing, Lisa and I said we would not build much of a stockpile but the more we got in to clipping and learning the ropes we decided that buying things on sale would net us a much bigger savings then buying only as needed.

So the stockpile grows with the coupon binder.

On today's trip Scott went to Kroger - BTW it's much easier and more enjoyable to coupon together - and purchased 90 items for a Total Value of  $256.13 -Combined In-Store and Coupon Savings $129.79 (51%) - Out the Door for $126.34. 


Here's the Newbie Hint - Check your store coupon policies often.  On an earlier trip to Kroger we were allowed to use as many coupons as we wanted - Today, Scott was limited to 4 like-coupons which limited our purchases and savings percent.  So either the policy changed (or was enforced) either way it would have been good to know before checkout.