Melbourne

I'm so annoyed that there used to be a frequent feeder reward at Pet Warehouse where you'd get discounts (iirc you got every tenth bag of the same brand free). That made a difference with a food intolerance cat that needs higher end dry food, but she had to change over and now that brand has gone under anyway.

Now I make combined orders from Petcircle to get much better prices on another expensive essential (her Zylkene). Occasionally I go supermarket though, for the foods or litter that are ok/needed to top up quickly (and am trialing a more inexpensive brand). But I haven't sorted out any kind of smart system with Petcircle. Sometimes if you leave things in the Petcircle cart you get a coupon code emailed but that's it. I don't really want to sign up but may if it means benefits :(

The Woolies points are a bit of a joke with such low return on it, the higher delivery prices if you can't get a cheap slot, the price gouging and worker mistreatment, and due to my own food sensitivities I can't shop in a way that's really budget smart.

(So mad that there are half price/extra point things I miss out on due to a very restricted diet and I just have to buy what I'm able to eat. I would go HAM on those canned soups at half price or when they had a lot of extra points. Also some very specific items can have a much higher price than the basic item.) I do stock up on toothbrushes when they give extra points and bank what credits I do get for Xmas.

I most often get Coles because of more generic options and very cheap off peak delivery slots but they don't have everything I need and sometimes I have to go to the other duopoly bastard. I haven't signed up for FlyBuys because there was nothing that interested me until I saw someone got a $50 Bunnings card??

I always feel a bit dirty when I talk about buying from these clowns or call out a cheap deal/loss leader to others... wish Aldi was more accessible but I'm physically disabled with no car.

Those extreme couponers in America are awesome. I just cannot hustle the system the way they do it.