The first thing you have to do is find "your store." You want to pick a store that is in your area, has regular sales and has a good coupon policy. Personally I shop at Harris Teeter and Walmart.
Harris Teeter has a GREAT coupon policy. They double coupons up to .99 everyday, so a .75 coupon doubles to 1.50 everyday. They also have promotions such as super double where coupons up to 1.98 double making a 1.50 coupon double to 3.00; and triple coupons where all coupons up to .99 triple so a coupon of .75 triples to 2.25... At Harris Teeter you can only use 20 doubled coupons per day. You can go every day and 20 of your coupons will double if you like but it has to be after 7am (Harris Teeter is open 24 hrs so the register turn to the next business day at 7am). Any amount of coupons past 20 will be applied to your order but at face value. They also have a restriction of 3 like coupons per order this is in place so no person can clear the shelves which I love.
Harris Teeter has weekly specials that they advertise in a circular, as well as unadvertised deals that you find in the store. They also have an Evic program that allows you to load coupons to your customer card that can be stacked with your manufacturers coupons. Lastly they have Evic sales that are only available to those customers who receive their newsletter (this week I purchased Pampers jumbo packs at the Evic sale price of 5.99. Applied an Evic coupon of 1.50 off and a manufacturers coupon of 1.50... Do the math 5.99-3= 2.99 for a jumbo pack of diapers #ASteal). Visit Harris Teeter's website for their full couponing policy and this weeks sales.
Now Harris Teeter's regular prices are sometimes a little higher than I am willing to pay. So for the items that are not on sale at harris teeter that my family needs I visit my local Walmart. Walmart is a place where I can purchase everything that my family needs in one place. As a busy mother of 2 that's exactly what I need. Now walmart's coupon policy is simple yet complex. There is no limit to how many coupons you can use but they do not double or do anything fancy with them so you really need to match sales with your coupons to save money. An amazing thing that Walmart does is price match; they boast about having the "lowest price guaranteed" and they are serious about that title. They will match an items price to that of any local store if the price is lower than that of theirs. This allows people to purchase all their household needs at one place at the lowest advertised price available. Some Walmarts do not require you to bring in circulars when price matching but I do anyway so my checkout can go as smooth as possible. A catch to this is they only match if the price is shown ie; they will match an item that says Tide 2.99 but not if it says Tide B1G1 (and does not list a price). Lastly Walmart does allow coupon overages if applicable to be applied to the rest of your order or you can receive cash back (if you use an EBT or SNAP card you can not receive cash back). So if I purchase Tide for 2.99 but have a coupon for 5.00 the overage of 2.01 is applied to the rest of your order. This is how you save of meats, produce and other things that have no coupons. Even with all these great things that Walmart does my savings are always less then Harris Teeter's. There are not coupons for everything and sometimes my family needs things that are not on sale, for that reason I try to get everything I need on sale at Harris Teeter and buy my fillers at Walmart. With that said lets check out how I did...
My Harris Teeter Trip:
Lysol's regular price is 2.99, this week it was on sale for B1G1 so each rings up at it's half price amount of 1.49. I had a 1.00 off coupon so I paid .49 for each Lysol toilet bowl cleaner that I purchased. 83% savings!!
Aluminum foil is regularly 3.99, the B1G1 sale knocked each item to a price of 1.99. Paired with a .75 coupon that doubled to 1.50 I paid .49 for each Reynolds wrap that I purchased. (I only had one coupon for this item so I was a little sad) ... 87% saved!!
This item was a great buy for Big Brother. Goldfish were on sale for a dollar (you never have to purchase the entire promotion such as 10/ 10.00 to get the sale price), I paired this with a .55 coupon that doubled to 1.05 and got FREE goldfish for my son to enjoy. (coupons at this store do not create overages they double to the amount of the item).
My Harris Teeter balance was 54.44 before coupons and sales and 15.75 after... Amazing right! This included 2 sacs of potatoes, 2 Lysol toilet bowls cleaners, aluminum foil, snacks, seasoning and two packs of diapers. These packs of diapers are usually priced at 11.99 so it's like I went to the store for a pack of diapers and came out with all this free. Now on to my Walmart trip...
My finance' works outside and deals with a lot o insect bites so benedryl is something that is a must in my home. I paired this 2.00 off coupon with benedryl that has an everyday price of 2.28... Benedryl for .28 each. 87% saved. 
My total at Walmart was 35.14 before coupons and 27.88 after. Not amazing but the majority of my purchase was made for items that I had no coupon for or wasn't a great price even with my coupon but my family needed. Walmart also does not make a weekly circular so you have to keep your eyes peeled for savings while in the store.. My total before coupons and sales was 89.58 and my total OOP (out of pocket) was 43.63. I saved 45.95 or 51%...
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