How to Effectively Use Coupons (Printable coupons, Grocery coupons, etc.)
Why does it seem like some people always save money with coupons (like the woman on the 6:00 news who gets a cart load of groceries for $20?). Learn how to coupon effectively in under 1 hour a week.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
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Start by buying a Sunday paper every Sunday, and perhaps two. Here is a site where you can get a discount on home delivery of your area's Sunday paper (www.discountednewspapers.com). Also, you may have a neighbor who does not coupon and would be willing to share them with you.
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Purchase about ten two-pocket folders. Right now there are lots of sales going on for back to school at places such as Staples, Office Depot, CVS, etc., and you should be able to get these folders for $0.05 each or less!
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Coupon Folder Library
Each week, take the smartsource, vlassis, and redplum coupon circulars in the Sunday paper and put them in a folder pocket. Write the date of the newspaper on both the outside of the folder as well as the coupon circulars themselves. Please note that some Sundays there is only a smartsource, or a redplum, or maybe all three.
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Create a grocery list each week, or every other week (depending on how often you shop), with as many sales items from that week's sales circular as possible.
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Go to: www.couponmom.com, and search her free Grocery Coupon Database on the lefthand side of her blog (I think you must register as a member for free first). This database logs in all currently active coupons around the country, and you can search by product. The search results will show you if there is a coupon, whether or not it was in a smartsource, redplum, or vlassis circular, and what date newspaper it came out in (which is why you need to keep the dates on those folders and circulars!).
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Go to your coupon folder library, find the coupon by date and circular, clip, and go to the store!
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Tips & Warnings
If you miss a week getting the Sunday paper, ask a friend for their copy
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Comments
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I love to coupon with my mother I love her so much....
