[cicy33]

We do not have either of those stores. Here is a break down of what we have.

I live in a town that is surrounded by 3 towns. and one more that a bit away. My town: Johnston City. Surrounding towns: Marion, Herrin, West Frankfort and Carbondale.

Our stores:

Herrin:
Kroger - fairly small store, not a great amount of variety, double to .50 there is not limit on the number of coupons you can use. Sometimes not too bad of deals.

Mad Pricer - very small store, became as expensive as kroger since redone and they do not double except once in a while as a special. Meat is good to buy there. otherwise not worth it.

Wal-mart: Not much food here, very basic small store

Marion:

Kroger - much bigger store, again double to .50, no limit on # of coupons. Kroger has not done a super double or a triple in over 3 years.

IGA - small home town store, double to .50, very expensive, rarely worth it. They do however do triples regularly but they don't restock and you only get what they have at the time. If you don't have a really good stash of coupons don't bother.

CVS and Walgreens: I watch their ads and they are never very good deals for me. I use the pharmacy in my home town so those offers don't work for me. Not to mention I only have to have one filled so rarely it isn't worth it anyway. My dh has blood pressure med but it is only 16 a month. Not to say that you can't use these stores but I don't have good luck with them. The soaps are cheaper at walmart.

Wal-mart: Right now, limited food but a super center is due to open in the fall. normal wal-mart deals. cashiers have no idea what to do with coupons.

West Frankfort: Mad pricer - if you can stand the dirt, shop there

Carbondale: This town is 30 - 45 minutes for me. 30 minutes to Kroger and 45 to Schnucks.

Kroger - large store, great selection. double to .50, no limit

Schnucks - large store, high prices, only worth it if good sale. double to .50. hasn't done a triple or anything in over 3 years. But they do sometimes have good sales

Walmart - super center, good food selection, not bad prices, no doubling, cashiers don't know what to do with winetags AT ALL. serious cashier cops.

As a matter of fact I don't usually use winetags in this area cuz they are hard to get them to accept them. IGA above won't even accept them. for anything. so what is the point?

That is pretty much it. aren't we lucky?! There is Mt Vernon above me about 45 minutes min away so I don't know what is there. So that is why you hear me say that our couponing here sucks! And the paper! if it wasn't for my dh wanting it I wouldn't really bother. but he must have it. I hope this helps. I am at the southern tip of Illinois. Where are you moving to?