The grocery store is a great source for frugal bargain deals if you know when and how to shop. When it comes to saving, most shoppers clip store coupons and pile on the savings with the store’s club card where they earn additional savings and/or points. Both are great, but you can save even more!

Some of our local grocery stores don’t double coupons and other’s do. I will only do my grocery shopping at the stores that double them. I feel its important to make a shopping list, go through the flyer to see what’s on sale and come up with a game plan. Set a budget and stick to it.

Two of the stores that I shop at have Manager’s Specials Days. The one has it on a Tuesday and the other has it on a Wednesday. They will mention a few of these “Manager’s Specials” in their weekly sales flyer, but the majority of the time you’ll only find these specials on their website or social media channels. Sometimes you don’t see them until you’re at the store!

To maximize my savings I try to shop on those specific days when I can really rake in the savings. For example: I purchased a large package of ground beef. You can see if my photograph that it originally cost $19.64. It then went on special for the week to $15.05. Well, because I was there during the Manager’s Special Day, I was able to snag this 6.57 lb. package of lean ground beef for only $9.82. That’s almost $10.00 off per package. I ended up purchasing three of them. They’re great for filling up the freezer for the winter season.

Here’s another tip for you. When in the meat department ask for the department manager or for the clerk on duty. Ask them if they have any unannounced specials going on? Any left-over ends in the back? If you ask them and if they have some available, they will offer them to you at a deep discount.

Here’s another example: I spoke to the meat department manager and he offered me 2 packages of thick-cut pork chops at 65% off the regular price. Why? They were training a new meat-cutting clerk who didn’t cut them perfectly. That was the only thing wrong with them. Well, that doesn’t bother me, so I purchased those too.

Typically the Frugal Finds and Frugal Tips posts are written by my daughter Shelly for the blog. She thought it would be nice for me to share a money-saving grocery tip with you too. How do you like to save money on meats at the grocery store?