I am the first and maybe the loudest to say that Food Lion has a really back coupon policy in addition to no doubling or extra perks for shopping there. It is also the only grocery store in my small town. But after shopping this weekend, I might even say that things are starting to look up at Food Lion.

I realized earlier in the week, that part of their 3 day sale would be 2L Cokes for $0.79, my stock up price for these are 0.99 and since we pass a Food Lion on any trip we take, I was going to take advantage. Today, we decided to shop at the Food Lion near our church and pool. I did not even take my coupons with me but instead scanned the MVP card up front and decided to go from there.  I did have a “Free roll of Paper Towel” with a $10 purchase and $1.50 off any Laundry supply. Both of these we received on Friday night when we made our first stop to grab Diet Cokes.   I was pleasantly surprised to receive several coupon from the kiosk to use. I was able to purchase the follow for $10, in two transactions. I had to split up the Diet Cokes because you are only allowed to purchase for at a time.

8 2 L Diet Cokes    $0.79 each
Roll of Paper towel- used the free coupon
24oz Ketchup 0.99 with 0.50 off coupon-  0.49
2 cans of Sweet Peas 0.67 each with 0.50 off 2 or 0.42 each (not a stock up price but I need to get my total to $10 before coupons)
Loaf of Sandwich Bread 0.95 with coupon for 0.50 off – 0.49
ALL Mighty Pacs  on sale for 2.99 with coupon for $1.50 –  $1.49.  I am usually very brand loyal for washing detergent however with us doing an additional load  a day of pool items there really is no need to be- these items are not really dirt to begin with.

Total Spent $10, total saved $17 or 62%