Money Saving Tips

How to Help Local Food Assistance with Amazon for FREE
Are you an Amazon Prime member? Are you shopping on Prime Day? Did you know you can help a local food assistance organization EVERY time you shop

10 Ways to Save on Groceries Without Coupons
The number one reason most people don’t use coupons is that it is toooooo time-consuming. We agree. We also have heard people complain that coupons

How to Get the Harris Teeter Sales Flyer on Tuesday
Have you ever asked your local Harris Teeter to let you have a copy of the Wednesday sales flyer before Wednesday? I’m not really sure

3 Ways to Stop Being Manipulated by Your Supermarket into Unhealthy Eating
Stop Using Coupons If you get the weekly paper, you likely receive a ton of coupons. Everyone seems to love them and there are a

Top 20 Grocery Products That Go On Sale Regularly
How We Know We have been capturing grocery sales flyer data since 2013 (with a brief break during 2015) at Food Lion, Lowes Foods, and

Super Cheap, Healthy Side Dish Using Food Lion Sale Items
Looking for an interesting side dish that is fast, easy, CHEAP? This could be it. The whole thing is only $2.78 when you use Food

How To Get the More Bang for Your July 4th Buck!
Here are the lowest sale prices on some common fare for your July 4th soiree. Some prices may surprise you. These prices are good through

How I Saved Over $6 at Food Lion With One Coupon
This is my account of how I saved $6.48 at Food Lion on a meal for 4 for $13 AND included 4 items for donation

Chicken Lime Salad Meal Under $10
Here is a really nice mexican-type salad recipe using largely products that are on sale this week (05/17 – 05/23). If you already have olive

5 Grocery Trends to Watch For at Your Local Store
Those who attended the Food Marketing Institute’s Midwinter conference last month saw 2 major themes driving current grocery trends: 1)marketing local, fresh products and 2)dealing with

5 Grocery Saving Tactics You Never Knew About
Pay Less for Filet Mignon You can get both a filet mignon and New York Strip from one whole T-Bone steak. Every T-bone has a

Senior Citizen Discounts – A Thing of the Past?
Senior Citizen Discounts – Blowing in the Wind For as long as we can remember, almost every retail business, especially national chains, had senior citizen discounts.

Triad Groceries All Promoting Healthier Foods
The Healthier Food Trend Our semi-manual process of data collection means that we look at each and every grocery special published by Lowes Foods, Harris

How Grocery Stores Keep You From Comparing Sale Prices
While grocery stores almost always run identical products on sale as their competitor each week, they use the following tactics to keep you from comparing

Comparing Loyalty Programs at NC Triad Groceries
Almost everyone is a member of at least one grocery store loyalty program, right? While the grocery store’s intent by issuing loyalty cards is to

7 Ways to Save Money @FoodLion without Clipping Coupons
Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to be an extreme couponer with hours and hours of time to clip coupons in order to save

Confessions of a Random Grocery Shopper
My name is Beth and I am a Random Grocery Shopper. Sounds like a 12-step program confession, doesn’t it? I always wished I was one

Food Bank vs. Food Pantry
Many people use the terms “food bank” and “food pantry” interchangeably but they are distinctly different in their purpose and operation. As shown in the

How I Used Gift Cards to Save $75 on Groceries at Food Lion
Just before Christmas, MaxMyShopping posted the Food Lion deal that detailed how you could save $15 on your next shopping trip at Food Lion for

New Food Lion Grocery Bags – A Time-Saver
Maybe one of these days, we will be organized enough to buy – and remember to use – reusable grocery bags. But until then, we
20 Grocery Savings Tips and Tricks You Can Use RIGHT NOW
Tips to Use Before Shopping Sign up for store loyalty programs. Often the store will send special “deals” to their loyalty card holders. Rest up