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Fry's is my Marketplace
I’ve always preferred this store. Well, since moving to AZ. If I recall correctly it’s gone through quite a few corporate owners and store names over the years. Even so the same stores always seems to keep the same basic cleanliness and excellent sales no matter who’s name is over the door.
I’ve been broke a lot lately, so I seriously depend on Fry’s sales. I stopped in yesterday to stretch what money I had left and came out way ahead. I spent $31.27 and (between my coupons and the ones the store mails to me) saved $29.46. That’s a 48% savings. Everything I bought I both needed and was on sale.
I don’t understand the brouhaha over club cards. So they keep track of everything I buy? So? Gee, someone somewhere cares that I buy only stuff on sale, I’m not all that picky about which brand name I buy, and that I can’t resist Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Fudge Brownie when it drops below $3.00. So they send me coupons for those items. Why is that a bad thing? AND they keep track of how much I spend and when it gets over $100 I get 10 cents a gallon off my next gas purchase. Oh darn those nosy marketeers!
Sure, when I need something and it’s NOT on sale it’s usually cheaper at WalMart. But Fry’s doesn’t carry the specific bagels I like so I have to go to WalMart anyway.
The only thing I don’t like – and it seems to be a trend in most stores anyway – is the whole do-it-yourself checkouts. Seems to me you should get a discount for doing it yourself, right? They’re saving money by not paying cashiers so some of that saving should be passed on. And that I use cloth bags and the do-it-yourself monitor person never seems to be paying attention and there’s no button on the machine to say you have your own bags. And it’s friggin’ impatient. I’ve never been a proficient bagger so it sometimes takes me a moment to arrange my stuff and the machine is nagging loudly at you the whole time for the next step. Shuddup machine.
But 1/2 gallons of milk were 88 cents at Fry’s last week. You can’t beat that!
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about 2 years ago
It’s important to note that when you are using cloth bags you should go through a regular checkout line. I love self checkout, but if you have your own bags at Fry’s, they will give you back money.. I think like 5 cents per bag at the counter. I think you have to tell the self-checkout attendant if you want to get the credit, but really if you want your 10 or in my case 50 cents back.. you have to go through a register.
Just FYI – I used coupons yesterday and did monthly shopping. I spent $140.00 and my savings was $137.00 with coupons and card deals.
Fry’s rocks when it comes to sales far and beyond the other stores.
Also important to note – if you do go to Wal-mart – take your ads with you. Wal-mart will match any other grocery store price – HOWEVER – Wal-mart does not double coupons so don’t use your coupon there unless their item is on sale enough to make up that difference.
For products like meat – Sprouts often has the best meat at the best prices (not always, but often)
Produce is also cheap at Sprouts and if you are willing to take the challenge, Superstition Ranch Market has excellent prices, but a lot of times the produce goes bad quickly so you have to use it fast.
You probably know all this stuff, but I figure it never hurts to share!
If you ever want to swap coupons – let me know.