Many local papers will also sell sunday paper only subscriptions which can be slightly cheaper, if only in saved gas alone, than buying at a convenience store. In addition to your local supermarket circulars put out weekly, they will also come (in the east coast of the states) Redplum and SuperSaver booklets of coupons. Couponsuzie, Redplum, Coupons, buxr, and dealhack also have printable coupons -- though you should only print the coupons you're going to use to save ink, which is [bleep]ing expensive. Check which stores price match to other supermarket's circulars or listed prices and compare. Sometimes it can save you 50cents per pound on a whole cooked ham or something that is normally very expensive. Always ask for rain-checks if a really good priced product/meat/cheese is out of stock and redeem later on. One of the supermarkets by my house gets a lot of its beef locally from the many livestock farms in the area. Unfortunately they never seem to sell fast enough, and they start to oxidize. The good news for the consumer is if you're in the area, you can get a ridiculously cheap cut of meat that you can marinade and cook that night for a fraction of what you'd normally pay because they just want to get rid of it. During the growing season, they'd also do this for produce. Perfectly good peppers and tomatoes with only a few blemishes were being discounted to 50c for two honkin' tomatoes/peppers/whatever. Chop em up, use them in a vegetable roux, freeze them, cook with them, whatever. They were a great bargain. Also, everyone should have a box of herbs growing on a windowsill. Frozen herbs will last a bit to allow you to keep a fresh-picked flavor. They make great gifts. They're easy to dry and store in bulk. Fresh picked always makes a meal that much better. herbsherbsherbsherbs<3 Get the soil from your back yard and pick up a bunch of seed packets as the planting season starts to pass at a discounted price. If your soil is especially hard-packed, has a high iron/alkali/acidic/whatever, or bugs are big concern for you, get a nice bag of Schultz potting mix. It cuts away from the frugality, but it also cuts a lot of problems out of the equation if you don't know how to correct these things yourself. Oh. A lot of people throw away overripe bananas, but freeze them instead. Chuck em in the blender with yogurt, ice, and anything else you like for a quick and tasty smoothie rather than wasting them. Add milled flax seed or other seeds for extra cheap nutrients. Or save them for a tasty and cheap banana bread. (Make muffins instead for easier portions. Freeze them to store, put them in the toaster oven for 10min at 300 to defrost, longer if you want em toasty. Have for a nice breakfast/lunch with yogurt or fruit.)