Extra Savings Tactics

Loyalty Cards!
I have a key chain dedicated just for customer loyalty cards.
Some stores will have great deals on foods, and then there's a special markdown if customers have their loyalty card. That's how I got my rib-eye down from sixty dollars to twenty dollars.

A lot of stores are now working the internet...
Emailing coupons (I scored a free package of Kraft singles).
Pre-loading their customer card with coupons (I got a free pound of bacon and a free gallon of milk)
And manual customer coupon clipping to their loyalty cards. Where the customer looks online for the weekly specials and manually load those coupons to their card or print/clip.

CVS's loyalty card on the other hand...
The stores have a coupon kiosk
You just have to scan your card at that kiosk until the screen tells you there are no more coupons.
Sometimes they're good, sometimes they're junk. It's a crapshoot.

Another money saver

Reusable bags.
A lot of stores will give your a slight discount if you shop with a reusable bag.
Target and Tom Thumb do this. I believe Market Street also participates. It's five cents per bag. But if it's a large shopping trip, you can get a decent discount on top of your coupons and loyalty discounts.

Speaking of these bags and CVS, you should be able to find a GREEN TAG. You put this scan tag on one of your reusable bags and you get bucks back. Not actual dollar bills, but "good for your next shopping trip on any product" bucks. This tag is 99 cents. I've only looked at one CVS location for this. I'm not a big CVS/Walgreen's shopper unless I have stackable coupons.

Then this gets into bonus bucks/free gas/register rewards. I haven't done any of this yet so I'm not going into details. But it's if you buy a certain product or spend a certain dollar amount on certain products, you get "like cash back" coupons that are good for your next shopping visit.