And the winner is…

The winner of the "$15 for your BEST grocery money saving tips" contest is Aurelia of Real Life Coaching. 

Here is Aurelia’s tip:

"This is what I do weekly.

I run through the coupon books that come with Sundays paper and clip
coupons. Then, I take a look at the sales papers and jot down what I
see on sale that my family enjoys. Based on whats on sale, I then hand
write my meal plan. This is great because my meal plan is based on sale
items (YAY). I then head to the store and purchase just what I need
that on my meal plan and I am done.

It saves, time, money and energy "
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The reason I chose Aurelia’s tip is because she combined several strategies into a weekly task that is easy (and might even be fun) to do. 

Her tip also does not require that you buy any software or subscribe to any membership sites, which I love.  I already have all the tools to implement her strategy, since we receive the sales flyers weekly, and we already subscribe to the Sunday paper. 

All I have to do is look through the sales flyers and the coupons in the Sunday paper, then decide what I want to cook that week based on what’s on sale or what I have coupons for. 

I can’t believe how simple this tip is, and can’t wait to try it out this week.

Thank you to everyone who contributed tips.  I learned a lot from this contest, and am sure that my grocery bill will start shrinking as a result.