How to Save Without Coupons 1. Shop your grocery store's loss leaders. A loss leader is an item sold at a loss to attract customers. Stores hope you go in to get the loss leaders and also buy the rest of your list, at full price, while you're in the store. You can save a ton of money buy participating in the first half of their strategy (buying the loss leaders), but skipping the second half (buying anything at full price). This means you go to the full-service grocery and drug stores, like Safeway, Fred Meyer, and Walgreens to stock-up on the 1-3 loss leaders, like cereal for 99¢ a box, apples for 88¢ a pound, and toothpaste for 75¢ a tube, Keep Reading