How Does this Price Comparison Thing Work?

We're very glad that you've found Pricebooking. The point of the site is to save you money on one of your biggest expenses -- at least if your kids have appetites like mine. Let's take a look at how the site works in general:

1. Compare Grocery Prices

You may want to see where the best deal on a particular grocery item is. Let's say you're looking for Daisy Sour Cream. Great! Well you go the Compare Grocery Prices page, select the size of Daisy Sour Cream size that you are looking at. Then choose the city that you want to make the comparison in.

The result is a graph and a table show you which grocery store has the best deal. Change the city, and you change your results! No more guessing about which store has the best price.

This is especially useful when you don't have coupons on an item and need the everyday low price.


2. Track Grocery Prices

Now, let's say you want to see how the price of Daisy Sour Cream changes over time. OK. Let's go to the Track Grocery Prices page, select the item and the city we're interested in. What do we get? A graph showing how the price of that brand and size of sour cream changes over time. Now you know if that everyday low price is really a good deal!

You can also print out a price book sheet with all prices and unit prices on it, so you have a handy reference guide when you are at the grocery store.


3. Add Your Own Grocery Prices

So, where do all of these prices come from? Well, we need your help! Pricebooking is a community, and as a result we need you to help add prices that you get from your shopping trips.

A lot of successful money savers have found that keeping a "price book" of your grocery shopping is a great way to monitor your spending. Well, now you can post your prices here and share the results from the whole community. This makes the prices more accurate and more timely.

Plus, you get points each time you add a price... hopefully very soon we'll be able to make those points worth something ... besides the price booking glory!

Happy Pricebooking!