Originally Posted by
groobie
Ummm...shop there? Last time this ran, I would buy the gc, get the coupon, then immediately go back in and get $10 worth of groceries (usually soda on sale), using the coupon. Sure, I ended up with a stockpile of soda, but my family drank it all through normal use in less than a month. I'm sure there is something you could find that you would normally use, which doesn't expire, that you can use the coupon on...toilet paper, for example.
I have found that Vons is almost always more expensive than other stores in my area. So the $10 really buys me only $6 to $8 worth of items, which is not bad but I feel like I am not optimizing the $10 coupon.