For me the best savings with coupons are buying non-perishable household items, cleaning agents and toiletries.
I look for the big score. I regularly do rebates and combine them with coupons for Rite-Aid (love the rebates by internet) and Walgreens. The very best deal I probably ever had was when Wisk detergent came out with disks, or saucer shaped portions of detergent. It was just compressed powdered detergent that looked like a hockey puck. They sold a package of 2 trial sized pucks of detergent for $.50. Each box contained a coupon, worth, I think, $.50. I do remember for certain that I went to a Fay's drug store that had a promotional rack of them. Becuase I want stores to value my business, I asked the manager if I could buy 4 of them. He said he was really tired of looking at the display and I could buy all I wanted. I first bought the number I had coupons for, emptied the coupon from each box and purchased the identical number the next time though. Once the manager caught on to what was happening, he actually assigned 2 employees to help me; opeing boxes and removing coupons. I couldn't believe it, but he said it was worth it to him to get rid of the product. Ultimately they loaded the whole display into my hatchback! It was 2 years before I had to buy laundry detergent, despite having small children and babysitting during the day.
Those are the deals I live for, but they are infrequent and require some work.
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