The Best Money-Saving Grocery Shopping Tips, According to My Mom — Shopping

I grew up in a household that normalized semi-extreme coupon clipping. The level of bargain hunting that I was taught was not extreme enough to deserve a TLC special, but sustainable enough to form life-long habits.

Over the years, my mom has expertly honed her ritual of scanning the inserts in the Sunday paper and gingerly snipping (only relevant!) coupons for any upcoming grocery hauls. To this day, my mother does not leave the house without her handy accordion binder organized by category for quick reference and retrieval. If she accidentally forgets it, she will turn the car around. (I truly believe that she has a sixth sense that can tell when her minivan is five pounds lighter.)

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