How to Start a Coupon Collection and Where to Get Coupons
Collecting coupons will allow you to purchase your groceries at a reduced price. Set aside some time each week to clip and organize coupons, and soon you will have enough of them to save several dollars on your weekly grocery bill. You might not get thousands of dollars worth of free groceries, but you will be able to use coupons to stay within your planned monthly grocery budget.
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Subscribe to your local newspaper or purchase the Sunday edition each week. You can find valuable coupon inserts in your Sunday paper. Also, drugstores sometimes include weekly sales ad inserts with store coupons on various days. You can use store coupons along with manufacturer coupons to save even more when using coupons.
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Register for shopper's savings cards at your favorite grocery stores and drugstores. Some stores allow you to load electronic coupons to your shopper's card for the store's website.
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Visit your favorite store's websites to find printable coupons. For example, Target usually has numerous printable coupons available on its website, and it also will send mobile coupons to your cellphone if you register for that service on its website.
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Visit coupon websites to find printable coupons. Some sites to visit include Coupons.com, CouponCabin.com, CouponMom.com and SmartSource.com. Bookmark these sites as favorites on your computer so that you can easily revisit them often.
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Organize your coupons by dividing them into logical categories such as breakfast foods, frozen foods and dairy foods. Use envelopes, an accordion file or a binder with translucent, plastic baseball card protectors to store coupons. Always take your coupons with you when you go on a shopping trip.
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Use coupons when items are on sale, if possible. Stack store coupons and manufacturer coupons together to save more money.
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Familiarize yourself with your local store coupon policies. Some stores double coupons that are 60 cents or less, which leads to even more savings.
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Tips & Warnings
Avoid using coupons for things you wouldn't ordinarily buy just because you have a coupon. Doing so will actually increase your spending.
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