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I'm not interested in getting an email of what's on sale any more than I am in getting the paper circulars. I shop when I need food and when I have time, and I make price/product decisions on the spot in the store. Thumbing through circulars and clipping coupons is not how I want to spend my time. At all.

However if services like this do lead to the end of the junk-mail weekly circulars, I will be happy about that at least.

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We hear you, and that's why we just launched our iPhone app. It's a bit buried in this article, but it's mentioned about halfway through. The app makes a great complement to our website, allowing you to view a shopping list created on the web on your phone, but it's also useful by itself, without using our website or email.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/anyleaf/id424688443?mt=8&...

Also, the deals that we show you in our email are the very best deals (we compare to historical prices to identify them) and are personalized for you (you can hide categories and individual products). We hated thumbing through the traditional circulars, so we're trying to eliminate that pain by showing you directly relevant deals.

I tend to be pretty loyal to one supermarket (chain and location); it's on my usual commute, I like their produce, and I know where everything is. Saving a few dollars by going to another store, has an overall negative ROI for me. Does this offer me anything then, or are you really targeting the folks who will shop wherever the absolute best prices are that week.

It's useful (at least for me) even if you only go to one store.

We use historical data to judge how good the sales are for items at any given time — and it’s surprising how much variation there is week to week.

Usually when I shop, I’m looking to get fresh meat and produce of some sort. If salmon is steeply discounted this week, I’ll spring for that vs chicken breast that is only slightly discounted from the norm.

What about The Grocery Game.

http://www.thegrocerygame.com/

Many people are considerably less well off, and have more time than money.

And these folks have iPhones and use the internet to find bargains? Maybe they do... just asking.

Actually yes. Not all of them, but a large part of that group have high debt not because they don't have that much money but because they spend too much (it's an easy trap to fall in, since the purchases by themselfs don't amount to that much).

Think young people who are getting okay but not great jobs and who are used to either having their parents pay for them or finance their income on credit.

I think Apple/Verizon/ATT probably moved a lot of free and $20-40 iphone 3GS deals that were flying around when the IP4 came out.

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