How to save at Wal-Mart

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I cannot express my dislike of shopping at Wal-Mart.   It's almost always crowded and most employees seem disgruntled (I would be too at their pay for what they do). Anywho, living in a rural area in middle America means shopping there is pretty much inevitable.  Here are a few ways (along with shopping at ALDI and clever Amazon purchases) I managed to take my weekly household spending from $150 down to around $75.

1. Savings Catcher. You can do it on the site or the app. By simply punching in a number off your receipt,  it will compare the price you paid to a list of local retailers ad prices. Great alone,  but I also price match so I get the best price that may not be on their list, plus they will still credit me the difference if I prove matched an item and they found a better one. I don't save a lot (maybe $3 in a month) but that $30 or so goes on a Wal-Mart card at the end of the year, and will buy a Christmas gift or Turkey.  I'm ok with that.

2.Price Match. I swear by this. I live 45minutes from a major city, so the Wal-Mart 20 minutes from me honors the city ads. I don't always have the time or gas to drive into the city for 49 cent apples or whatever,  so this saves us well beyond the advertised prices. I try to still shop as much as I can at the local stores there  (love keeping it local, but my town has NOTHING) But the city offers when I'm not there go to Wal-Mart. I save around $50 to $80 a week this way. Never  less than $20.

3. Coupons.  This is the least reliable and time consuming,  but not to be overlooked.  I save up to $50 a month with coupons that cost less than $10 (sometimes nothing, depending on where you live, I'm in the nothing to $4 realm counting newspapers). Plus when combined with the other two options, it can add up to serious savings!