Any couponers here?

[Karen]

At least you guys still have a Sam's - they closed the only one local to us several years ago.

[pomtzu]

At least you guys still have a Sam's - they closed the only one local to us several years ago.

I can't even imagine not having a Sam's and/or Walmart nearby. If I had to shop at the grocery store chains, I either wouldn't eat much, or I'd be in the poorhouse!

There is only one Sam's in the whole state and only about 10 miles from me. There's also one Costco and three BJ's, but they are all 30+ miles from me.

[caseysmom]

I can't even imagine not having a Sam's and/or Walmart nearby. If I had to shop at the grocery store chains, I either wouldn't eat much, or I'd be in the poorhouse!

There is only one Sam's in the whole state and only about 10 miles from me. There's also one Costco and three BJ's, but they are all 30+ miles from me.

Thats how I feel, the grocery store chains are horrible with the exception of Winco. We have 4 costcos and 4 sams club and we go to all of them...my hubby loves just looking around to see whats new.

[Karen]

The only Walmart nearby I would not ingest anything from, all the food is dusty and looks like it has been there a long time.
I have my choose not only of three - make that four grocery store chains nearby (within 6 miles) I have choices between several stores for a couple of the chains. We have Stop and Shop, Shaw's/Star market, Whole Foods, Hannaford's, and Roche Brothers, so with all that competition, prices are pretty reasonable if you check circulars and shop accordingly.

And of course, I am blessed to have a fabulous produce shop - Russo's - that also stocks a huge selection of cheeses and deli stuff, too - http://Russos.com/ - their stuff is so good that they supply most of the high-end restaurants in the area, and yet we ordinary humans get to shop there, too! And often their produce prices are better than the other stores, and the quality is always superior, even if the price is the same.

That's one of the advantages of living in the Boston area - densely populated, but lots of choices!

[pomtzu]

OMG - I cannot imagine NOT shopping at Walmart. I guess I'm fortunate to have such a nice big clean store tho. They just opened a new huge Supercenter last Fall, which is even closer than the old Walmart that they closed. It is kept immaculate, and the produce is always fresh, and a big bakery dept, deli dept, seafood dept, dairy dept, etc - in addition to everything else that Walmart carries. I could do all my shopping there for anything I could possibly need, tho I do go to Sam's for quite a few things that are even less expensive there. I will only go to a chain store in town if I need a couple of items in between my regular shopping, (or when they have BOGO on the name brand ice creams ), since it wouldn't be worth driving the 10 miles to get it at Walmart.

[caseysmom]

The produce is pretty awful at our walmarts too...

[sparks19]

I don't bother with the Walmart here either. It's not in a convenient location for us, it's out in a busy part of town so it's always a mad house and I don't find that I save much there compared to shopping the sales at the grocery store these days. It's just not worth my time and frustration to get out there lol

[AvaJoy]

Over the weekend in the paper was a Smart Source coupon booklet with Blue Buffalo coupons for dog and cat! If anyone has the cat coupon to spare, please just PM me and thanks so much!