Yesterday, we covered the dark side of couponing and how to avoid committing coupon fraud. Today we focus on the lighter side: what are the best places to find great coupons. If you’re new to couponing, you may wonder where to find these great coupons. I’m sure you want to start saving money at the grocery store. With the internet, newspaper coupon circulars and other sources, you may feel a bit overwhelmed. You may not even know where to start. Luckily, we’ve compiled a list of some of the best places to find great coupons. This includes great places to start gathering your coupons. You should start things off with your local Sunday paper. If you are lucky enough to live in a bigger city, some papers do all of the hard work for you. They’ll have special sections for their coupons along with helpful articles. Examples include the Miami-area Sun-Sentinel’s Shop-o-Matic section or the Atlanta-Journal Constitutions Find & Save section.
The Sunday paper remains one of the best places to find great coupons. Serious couponers subscribe to more than one newspaper to increase their money saving efforts. Ask your neighbors, family or friends for their coupon inserts. That way, you will only end up paying for one paper for yourself.
If you are wanting to print your own coupons, sites like Coupons.com, Smartsource.com, Redplum.com are great places to start. But keep in mind there is a cost to printing out all those coupons. Factor in the cost of paper and ink with your couponing quest. If you are new to couponing, you may find it more cost effective to request coupons by mail. You may have to sign up for a freebie, a sample or a email newsletter. In this case, the coupons will just come to you with minimal effort.
Make sure to always check with your favorite grocery store for coupons! There typically is a stand in the front of the store or at the customer service desk that will be full of manufacturer and in-store savings. You can also check online with your local grocery store and download coupons into an account. Following these steps will mean you won’t even have to clip a single coupon. Just arrive with your smartphone or store card in hand. That’s all you need to start saving. Publix, Kroger, and Pricechopper all have programs that work like this.
Walmart has a site called Savings Catcher that compares advertised prices so you can save time and money. You enter your receipt number. If the site finds a lower Walmart price, you will receive the difference! How cool is that? This program is available in select Walmart markets: Atlanta, Charlotte, Lexington, Dallas, Huntsville, San Diego and Minneapolis.
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