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Using Coupons
Where to Find Them
Coupons can be found in 3 main places. The most important is your Sunday Newspaper. Each week
it will have 2-4 inserts filled with coupons. The second, and gaining in popularity, is the internet.
You can now print coupons at your own printer from sites such as those below. It's worth
checking each week to see if there are any you could use that week. The third place is in the weekly circulars from your grocery store.
You may recieve those in the mail, or you can get one at the store when you go to do your
shopping.
Use the link below to get a discounted subscription to your local newspaper - the coupons will more than pay for it!
For easy acccess to online coupons, use the link below to download the "Coupon Bar" which will allow you to quickly
print coupons from multiple sites without visiting each one:
How to Organize Them
The easiest way to organize your coupons is by grocery section. The categories I use are:
Deli; Bakery; Dairy & Eggs; Chips & Pretzels; Breakfast; Juice; Fruit Snacks &
Granola Bars; Soda & Water; Frozen; Cookies & Crackers; Popcorn & Nuts; Meat;
Hygiene & Medicine; Pets; Paper Products; Cleaners & Laundry;
Oils, Spices & Baking; Rice & Pasta; Coffee & Tea; Canned Fruits & Vegetables; International Foods;
Dressings & Condiments; Soup; Produce.
Whew! That's a lot of categories, but your coupons will be easy to find when you
need them once they are organized. You can use a storebought coupon organizer
(though I've never found one with enough sections!) or a shoebox filled with
envelopes, or whatever works for you.
Tips & Store Policies
In most areas, at least one grocery chain will
double coupons on one or more days per week. In Southern California, VONS
and Ralphs will double coupons every day such that the value of coupon + doubling does not exceed $1.00.
Both of those stores will double only ONE of a particular coupon per transaction,
so if you have two identical coupons the second will only be worth face value. You can use
only one coupon per item, but if you are buying two items you may use a coupon for each. If the store has issued their own coupon on an item, you may usually use a manufacturer's coupon as well, but check with your individual store.
What Do I Do With All Those Expired Coupons?
If you find yourself with a large number of expired coupons (and you will!), a great thing
to do with them is to send them to military families overseas. The military commissaries will accept coupons as much as 6 months after
their expiration date. For details on how to participate in this program, click Here.
Online Coupon Sources:
SmartSource.com
Coupons.com
BettyCrocker.com
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