A few years ago my husband started telling me all about “The Grocery Game”.  I looked into it a little, and if you’re not familiar with it, let me give you an idea.  You can go to www.thegrocerygame.com and find out all you need to know.  They’ll tell you what’s on sale at your local grocery store, you cut coupons, and they give you a detailed list of what you can get for a good price, stockpile price, and even for free.  Sounds great, right? And their site makes it very easy.  Of course, their services are not free, but you can get a 4-week trial for only $1.

The problem for me is, I wouldn’t normally buy most of the products that they can find great deals on in the first place.   Looking at an example list from their site, let me see, out of the 19 items on the list, I would actually buy five.  And four of those are produce.   I can look at my grocer’s weekly add easily enough to see what I need to buy on sale in the produce section without playing The Grocery Game.   The majority of the items on the list are frozen foods, or processed foods that my family doesn’t eat.  We like to eat fresh foods that I prepare and that are mostly organic.  I remember talking to my neighbor one time about her friend who was playing The Grocery Game.  She was telling me about all of the smoked sausage they had gotten that week at some amazing price.  My main thought during that conversation was, I don’t even know what with all of that smoked sausage.

I’m sure there are lots of happy people playing, and here is an interesting article about several different “players”.  Maybe you’ve never heard of The Grocery Game before and it looks like a great idea to you.   Well, go for it.  I’d love to hear from you about your experience! But as for me, saving money on things I wouldn’t buy in the first place is more of a Losing Game.