Looking back at my grocery receipts from 2019 versus now is wild

Back then, my weekly bill for two people in Austin was always over $120, but now I've got it down to a steady $85 by planning meals around sales and cutting out a lot of packaged snacks. The real shift happened after I started using the store's app to clip digital coupons before I even left the house. What's one small change that made a big dent in your food budget?

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karenhenderson26d ago

Honestly, clipping digital coupons just adds more work for me.

the_reese25d ago

Totally get that feeling. It seems like it should be easy, but then you're jumping through a bunch of app hoops for fifty cents off. Feels like they make it tricky on purpose so you just give up and pay full price.

oliver_ross816d ago

Yeah, the "jumping through app hoops" part is exactly it, @the_reese. They design it to be a pain so you get tired and just check out. It's not about saving money, it's about making you work for scraps so they keep more of it. That fifty cents isn't worth the five minutes of tapping and loading screens. It feels like a game you're meant to lose.