Saturday, June 19, 2010

Whole Foods 101

New to Couponing at Whole foods?? Here are some tips that I hope you will find helpful.

Ways to Save at Whole Foods without even using a coupon:

- Bring in your Reusable Grocery Bags: $0.10 off your bill for every bag you use

- Buy it by the case: 10% off anything you purchase by the case
How many make a case?? Look at the shelf tag under the UPC Bar code to the right of the UPC numbers. There will be 1 or 2 numbers by themselves(ranging from 5-20) . That is how many you have to buy to equal a case. ALWAYS tell your cashier that you bought a case. He/She has to enter it manually.

Where to find Coupons:

- Whole Foods Store- they put out a coupon book every couple months called
"The Whole Deal" this booklet is filled with Store Coupons. You will find this all around the store and at the checkout lane. (grab a handfull everytime you enter the store)

- Whole Foods Ad - lately the Midwest store have had 4 store coupons attached to their ad.

- Whole Planet Calendar- every year they sell a calendar filled with Whole Foods store coupons that do not expire until the end of the year. This calendar is $2.00. Plus the money goes to help people in impoverished countries start small businesses. (Town & Country Store still has some)

- Whole Foods Website: They offer the coupons you will find in "the Whole Deal" booklet on their website as printable coupons.

-Healthy Life Deals Organic Printables - there is a long list of printable manufacturers coupons

- Health Food store: Mambo Sprouts is a coupon booklet you will find in your local health food store for FREE. These booklets are filled with healthy coupons. (Grab a dozen or so)


How to use these Coupons:

- Stack Coupons: One Manufacturer and One Store Coupon may be used on each product you buy (not all Whole Foods stores allow this-call your store and ask)
Check out my Whole Foods Coupon Stacking Cheat Sheet.


-Stack Coupons with a Sale: when the product goes on sale use the stacked coupons to get the lowest possibl price


- Stock Pile: When products are at the lowest price you need to buy as many as you can so you won't have to buy it agian until it is at it's lowest price. Usually you will find that product at or close to the lowest price every 3 months.


NO coupon match-up for your region:

- Print out the my Whole Foods Coupon Stacking Cheat Sheet

- Check out my Midwest Match-Up : take notes of the best deals.(Just in case your store has the same deal)

- Print out or clip all the coupons you need: both store and maunfacturer coupons

- Group the coupons together: so you know which ones stack

- Take my cheat sheet and your coupons to the store and see what deals you can match them up with

- Come back and share your bargains with me!

5 Post a Comment:

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  2. Regarding the case: Suppose the number to the right hand side says o, then what does that mean. I know that number 2,3 and 8 mean we have to buy that many to make a case. So what does 0 mean ?

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  4. So, can I use a whole pile of the same coupons from the Whole Deal Magazine if I am buying a bunch of the same item?

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