Coupons
Coupons are becoming more and more a topic of interest. I see more questions and articles about coupons than I ever have before.
Back on July 1, 2008 I wrote about coupons in a post about saving money on food. This will have some new points and a few of the previous ones.
1. Why is a $.75 coupon better than a $1 coupon? Because when stores double or triple coupons they will not do it on coupons over $.99. So your $1 coupon is never worth more than $1. While your $.75 coupon can be worth as much $2.25.
2. Check store circulars every week. The circulars are in the stores themselves, in the Sunday papers, thrown onto your lawn in plastic bags, or sometimes available online. See what is on sale and plan your menu for the week around the sale items.
3. Save your coupons for the time the store has a sale on the item. You can get items for very little if they are on sale, you have a coupon and if the coupon is also being doubled or tripled.
4. Check the inserts in the Sunday paper for coupons. You can also get some coupons online. Not all stores take online coupons.
5. If there are a lot of good coupons it can be worth it to buy an extra Sunday paper.
6. I highlight the expiration date of my coupons so it is easier for me to see when they expire.
7. Check for more coupons in women's magazines, store circulars, inside packaged products and in special store promotional pieces that have coupons.
Back on July 1, 2008 I wrote about coupons in a post about saving money on food. This will have some new points and a few of the previous ones.
1. Why is a $.75 coupon better than a $1 coupon? Because when stores double or triple coupons they will not do it on coupons over $.99. So your $1 coupon is never worth more than $1. While your $.75 coupon can be worth as much $2.25.
2. Check store circulars every week. The circulars are in the stores themselves, in the Sunday papers, thrown onto your lawn in plastic bags, or sometimes available online. See what is on sale and plan your menu for the week around the sale items.
3. Save your coupons for the time the store has a sale on the item. You can get items for very little if they are on sale, you have a coupon and if the coupon is also being doubled or tripled.
4. Check the inserts in the Sunday paper for coupons. You can also get some coupons online. Not all stores take online coupons.
5. If there are a lot of good coupons it can be worth it to buy an extra Sunday paper.
6. I highlight the expiration date of my coupons so it is easier for me to see when they expire.
7. Check for more coupons in women's magazines, store circulars, inside packaged products and in special store promotional pieces that have coupons.
Labels: coupon books, couponing, coupons, food sales, saving money, store circulars
posted by Elaine Bloom at 8:45 AM
2 Comments:
I heart coupons. Any idea of the days that major grocery stores double/triple coupons? Like Kroger or Publix??
Dear The Mrs.
Where I live -- Northern New Jersey -- I guess I'm lucky because a lot of the chains, such as Shop Rite and Pathmark double all the time. I have to watch the circulars to see when they are tripling. Although there are some chains that never even double. Keep an eye on the circulars and see if any of them double as a special for a week or a few days.
Maybe as times get worse some of the chains in your area will at least start doubling. Good luck! (On the doubling, not the times getting worse.)
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