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| - I couponed for awhile. Then I stopped because I didn't grocery shop as much I wanted to because prices seemed to be going on up and only bought what we needed vs. stockpiling (what we used to do).
BUT...with my one visit to Winco a few days ago, I have now bookmarked a bunch of the most popular coupon websites and will now coupon as much as I can and only buy my stuff at Winco. I noticed that some of the other Yelpers thought that the prices weren't that great, but I must disagree. I've shopped Food 4 Less, Albertson's, Vons, Wal-Mart and Smiths. I'm a card carrying remember to all these places and take advantage of their great promos and sales (when they have them), but those are rare. For example, without a coupon and their normal pricing, the spaghetti sauce I normally buy was $1.25 (give or take a few cents, I forget) but even at Wal-Mart, this sauce is usually about $2.50. My baby's diapers were cheaper here (broke down to .14 cents a diaper, no coupon. Even with a coupon at other places, the average cost per diaper is still .20 cents). Bacon was $1.98 (yes I used a coupon, but regular price is normally about $3.00 - at Wal-Mart, it's about $4 and some change). The prices are definitey close to 20-30% cheaper than your neighborhood grocery store chain.
Winco does take coupons, but they don't double, triple and googleidererdiple like the extreme couponers do...or stack coupons. Winco also only takes debit or cash and you bag your own groceries like a Food 4 Less.
If you don't live by one, I suggest trying out this place at least once to see if it's your cup of tea. Maybe wait till all the hoopla dies down. I went at 9:30am on a Friday morning and I had to practically park at RC Willey to go here. If you are on a budget, and want to be on an extreme budget, this is probably your best place to go in Vegas. Bring your coupons and your recycled bags (they have plastic bags, but we want to save the planet, right?)
Bonus: It's less than 10 minutes from my house!!!
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