Save money using Coles and Woolworths apps to check if your favourite items are on special

As an IT person I started to think about writing a program that would interrogate the Coles and Woolworths sites and let me know when my favourite items are on special. But then I wondered, perhaps the Coles and Woolworths apps already do this and yes, they do. No programming required.

All you need to do is to create a list of your favourite items that you buy when they go on special, in each of the apps.

Then each week (specials come out once a week on Wednesdays in Melbourne) just bring up the list and you can see if the item is on special. I did this recently whilst at the shopping centre and saved around $30 buying the items on special. No special trip, just buy the specials when I'm already out.

It is said that a lot of people only buy items when they go on special, and I am certainly one of those people. I nearly always buy cereal when it's half price and there's a few other items that aren't worth buying unless they're on special.

Now I have an easy way to check if items I only usually by when they're on special.

Thanks Coles and Woolworths.

Kelvin