How to Divide Coupons

Clipping coupons is an easy way to save money on your monthly grocery bill. You won't save any money by clipping coupons, however, if you can't find the coupons that you need when you need them. It is essential that you organize your coupons in a way that allows you to quickly see what coupons you have and to easily weed out coupons that are expired.

Things You'll Need

• Zipper binder
• Trading card binder sheets
• Binder page dividers
• Pen

Instructions

1. Place trading card binder inserts into a zipper binder. You want a binder with a zipper in case you drop your coupon organizer so that your coupons don't fall out all over the floor.

2. Slip your coupons into the trading card pockets, putting multiples into the same pocket. While you are doing this, sort the coupons into categories such as frozen foods, produce, cooler foods, meat, snacks, cleaning supplies and toiletries. You can also create sections for coupons for specific stores and for restaurant coupons.

3. Place binder page dividers between the sections to label the different categories of coupons. Write the labels for each section on the page dividers with a pen.

4. Place the coupons that expire soonest at the front of each category section so that you can use them before they expire if possible, and so that you can easily remove expired coupons each week.

References

• Living a Better Life: Coupon Queen Savings: Get Your Grocery Coupons Organized!
• Mom Needs to Know: Coupon 101: Sorting and Organizing Your Coupons