Smart Shoppers

Throughout the year of 2025, we're following along four local shoppers on their journey to stretch their dollar further. And t Get some bananas. It's a game for Steve Nemechek. T Just scour grocery ads. It's even earned Steve a nickname. The coupon king. My friends have teased me about it for years, but it sure does save you a lot of money in the long run. In fact, Nemechek credits coupon cutting for letting Always was a frugal shopper and everyt I got everyt A strategy that revolves fully around the weekly coupon drops. The most time I spend on grocery shopping is actually outside the store. I look at the ads when they come out each week. Then it's targeted shopping. Everyt Do you only buy items on sale? Pretty much that's the goal. He's part of rewards programs for every local store on t Bashes might know that I For Steve, who prioritizes produce, You got a ninety-nine cent salad that would have cost four ninety-nine a couple of days ago. Items marked manager special are another way he grabs a healthy meal without shelling out for all the separate ingredients. On the hunt for fresh flavors to transform into c Like this cuc It's a memory to savor after Steve lost That's terribly. It's been a tough year. Beginning last year with grief. Steve kicks off the new year with ambition. In the Australia mountains. An avid hiker in twenty-five, the Phoenix native plans to conquer H Coupon shopping has certainly been a contributing factor to that early retirement. You start adding up and doing the math. You save a couple thousand one year and a couple thousand next year and over the course of twenty or t Investing in time for the t For ABC 15 Arizona, I'm Jane Caffrey.