tzippi, I’m not ronsnr but the coupons he is talking about are probably not internet printables, so they’d be accepted by most stores (subject to coupon limits, which vary by store).
I save the coupon inserts from the Sunday paper (I pay less than $1/ week for the daily paper). If the inserts for a particular week include very good coupons, I buy extra papers at the dollar store.
I don’t cut out and sort these coupons. Instead I write the date on each insert and file it. When I plan my shopping, I look up the product in an online coupon database & cut out the coupons I need for that week’s sales.
Also, when you are shopping you can find extra coupons in advertising displays (either tearpads or those blinking machines that dispense one coupon at a time). I try to pick up a few of any coupon I see for a kosher product, even if it doesn’t seem to be worth much, because you never know when a sale or other promotion will come along that will match perfectly with the coupon.
Beside couponmom you may want to try other couponing websites, especially those with active forums for your grocery store. Sometimes the best deals aren’t well-advertised, but are discussed online.
I don’t pay more than $1.50 for a bottle of brand name mayo. I am not brand conscious about laundry detergent, so I don’t pay more than $1 for a 32 load bottle. (I find that some products manufactured specifically for dollar stores are of lower quality than their regular store-brand or name-brand couterparts).
Sales on brand-name products are less frequent, but sometimes brand-name products can work out to be cheaper than store-brand, since you can combine sales with coupons and other promotions. This does require storage space and some planning but is not too difficult.
This week my grocery store paid me to take home cereal, snacks, and baking mixes.