members of the Brandon Coupon Club share tips on how to stretch a grocery budget.

"A penny saved is a penny earned" wasn't only true in Ben Franklin's time. A Brandon Coupon Club member since 2000, Aimee Hargett clutches a stack of neatly clipped coupons she plans to use on her next visit to the grocery store. Some are for 25 cents off. Others will earn her free products when she buys one. Individually, they don't seem like a lot of savings. But collectively, they represent ...

By Johanna D. Wilson jwilson@thesunnews.com The unwritten rule, collec tively agreed upon by count less moms, is to leave the kids home when grocery shopping.

I tell you, the high cost of food these days is enough to take your appetite away. To beat the high cost, you need to adopt and then perfect a specific shopping method that fits your temperament and lifestyle -- and then stick to it tenaciously. It takes dogged determination, but your reward will be good food, cheap.