Circular Bargains Can Help Reserve Money for Gasoline

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Gasoline or groceries? Not a happy choice. But if you're on a fixed income and need to drive to work, spending less at the supermarket might be your only choice. An easy way to cut back on your weekly grocery bill is by playing The Great Grocery Game.

I recommend you start playing The Game for a half-tank's worth of savings. Let's set a goal and say that saving half the cost of a 16- gallon fill-up at $2.10 a gallon is $16.80. Begin the game for gas money by becoming a zealous bargain-hunter in the supermarket circulars. The typical sale on a grocery item will save you roughly 50 cents, and many featured items save you much more. The hundreds of items supermarkets put on sale each week are going to help you pay for gasoline.

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Circular Bargains Can Help Reserve Money for Gasoline

This week's circular at one of my favorite stores included savings of 39 cents on house-brand orange juice; 49 cents on a cantaloupe; 92 cents on Kraft chunk cheese; and $1.49 ...

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