Jill Cataldo

I'm a young married mom of a just-turned-2-year-old, and I used to be completely ANTI-WALMART. However, when our living and job situation changed, I couldn't justify shopping at Jewel (which by the way is across the street) because I would end up paying $.50-$1 more for staple items like milk, eggs, or butter, and increasing multiples for things like frozen pizza, shredded cheese, etc, and that definitely adds up. I would come home with so much less if I shopped at Jewel than if I spent the same amount at Walmart. Granted, I learned to hate buying produce and poultry from Walmart, as it never lasts as long or seems as fresh. (I seriously wonder about their stocking methods sometimes.) Even though I became great at hitting our fixed $80/week grocery budget, my husband would still seem confused at the small amount of items I brought home for that price.

Last week my girlfriend told me about your website. I've become obsessed pretty quickly!!! I can't believe that you can actually MAKE money buying groceries, or reduce your costs by 80%!! I have to mention that I used to be a non-believer in coupons, as I thought they'd cause you to buy items you wouldn't otherwise buy, therefore making you spend more money than originally intended. Last week I found 2 coupons for things already on my list, and using them at Jewel caused my total savings to total $9.75.
This week, after trying your method of matching sales with coupons and catalinas, my total savings between 3 stores was about $35 PLUS $8 in catalinas!! Prior to reading your website, IF I shopped at Jewel, my savings usually read $2-3 per trip.

I cannot thank you enough for creating this site and taking the time to keep us all informed. Instead of feeling half-guilty and worried when I got home from the stores today, I felt excited and proud that I am helping our family's bottom line. Now I know there is a better way to shop!! I am so excited to continue accruing coupon inserts for future shopping trips. I know my savings will only increase from here on out! And, two of my girlfriends are coming with me to your class scheduled next month in Cary.
Thanks again for sharing your wisdom!!!

I just added up the end prices for both and the Walmart prices after coupons for all that would be $42.58.

The Dominick prices were $13.13.

That's significant. If I'm doing my math right you saved about 69% over Walmart. Great great example especialy for people who don't get it like we all do.

I have never been a big fan of Walmart. I've told my mom and sister several times that I find their prices to be higher than Target, Jewel, and Dominicks. I guess that's because I spend a little extra time working with the coupons and promotions. (I might add, it's time well spent.) Jewel and Dominicks, etc. need to hire you for their marketing department. Thanks for the great post. I need to share this with the skeptics in my family :)

A beautiful example of why we do what we do.

I laugh at the people that say I'm wasting my time and should just take my coupons to Wal-mart. They really do not get how little we pay at the supermarket. I'm bookmarking this to share with some skeptics!

This is great. I like how this is so outlined for us. I hear that all the time too, don't waste your time with coupons, save more at Wal -Mart. But I know I get better deals at Jewel then at there any day and this shows it crystal clear.