Food Lion ~ Question: FOOD LION - $10/25 What should I do?!

[Hoshi]

I'm very new to Food Lion, but one just opened up about 1 mile from me. I went in there and the cashier love couponers, it seems, so I was going to go back anyway...
But today I checked my mail and it had a $10/$25 with no restrictions besides the normall ones (gift card, alcohol, tobacco, stamps)!!

Like I said, I'm new to the FL game, so... any of you have ideas for the best scenario I could do with the least OOP? I'm a college student and struggling to get work this summer, so I really don't have much to spend right now.


Help appreciated so much!

Oh, and my circular is different too: Food Lion of Cookeville Circulars

I like the 4/$9 pepsi!

[happymama3]

I am not one of the more experienced couponers on this site, but I would suggest that you use this q first- before any others. Sometimes, if you get your total below the amount you are supposed to spend (in your case, $25) with other q's, the store will not accept. Just a thought............

[haydensmommy]

Well would you rather buy food or soda? If you have to pay for your food I'd take advantage. Use some other coupons from inserts with your 10 off. Food lion has flips out for pasta, sunny D has q's out. If you don't have a kichen to cook well then go for the soda. Hope this helps you.

[Hoshi]

I have a kitchen and have been trying to eat most of my meals at my apartment. Yeah, I know I need to use other Qs...but I was looking for suggestions. I've been out of the country for a month and I'm really not up to date on what's out or what's a good deal.

[thompson589741]

honestly when I get these in the mail, I tend to use them at a different grocery store (harris teeter for me) that I find better deals at and they double coupons, unlike foodlion. but that is just a suggestion

when you plan to use this coupon, you should hand it to them before any other coupons. then as far as items, I would get the stuff that you have the best coupons for that will make the items free or nearly free, then you can take the "overage" to take care of the cost of the stuff that you don't have coupons for (like meats)....i hope this didn't confuse you.

[Sweet_Southern_Mama]

I'm jealous Hoshi! I didn't get one of these, but I did get a $3/25 catalina the other day. I don't know if you've already used it, but if you have a bunch of the $2/1 Chinet plates coupons I would get 7 of these and use the $10/25 first to get whatever you want for free. The lunch plates are $2/4 until 6/30.