Making The Most Of Your Coupons Without Going Coupon Crazy

February 26th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under • by admin

I’ve always tried to be quite frugal with money, but coupon clipping was something that I didn’t even think about considering until just a few months ago. I always though coupons really weren’t anything more than encouragements for me to buy things that I didn’t need anyway. I realized that I spend a certain amount of money each month, and that using coupons and buying what’s on sale gave me more food for my money, and gave me a wider variety of food to try rather than just the usual frozen dinners. Here are some great ways that you can make the best use of your coupons without going overboard.

Visit The Grocery Store’s Website – Before you go to the grocery store, take a quick visit to the company’s websites. A lot of the major ones such as HyVee have great coupon sections on their website. You can print them out and take them to the store and save a few dollars here and there without ever even having to pickup a newspaper.

Google for Coupons – If there’s one item that you buy a lot of, take a few minutes and search the internet for coupons. For example, I can’t get enough of Lean Cuisine’s Chicken Panini. Those things are delicious. I found a couple of coupons online for them and saved a few bucks. If you have babies, you’ll save a lot of money on diapers if you look for coupons through their websites.

Pickup a Copy of the Sunday Paper – Chances are there’s a major Sunday newspaper that you can pickup which will all come with circulars for all of the local grocery stores. Usually they come with a very good set of coupons, you’ll save more than the price of the newspaper that’s for sure!

Double and Triple Coupon Days – Chances are there’s one or two grocery store’s nearby that occasionally have a special day where you can use two or three coupons instead of just the one. So instead of getting $1.00 off the item, you can get $2.00 or $3.00 off! This can get you some really good deals. Ask your favorite grocery store if they have double or triple coupon days and buy your groceries on those days. Sometimes you’ll even get stuff for free, and who doesn’t like free food?

Multiple Coupons – If there are any really great coupons you find online, print out two or three of them and make the most of them. If you find a great coupon for a frozen dinner that you can’t live without, buy out the store when its on sale with all the coupons you have and save use them throughout the next few months.

eBay for Coupons – Sometimes you can get really good coupons on eBay for much less than the amount of money you save. When eBay was doing monopoly, I got 5 breakfast sandwiches which are normally $3.20 for me for less than $1.00 each. I can’t get enough of those bacon, egg, and cheese bagels, even though they’re quite expensive.

Doing these things don’t take a whole lot of time, and it’ll certainly save you quite a bit on a weekly basis for your groceries. It might be a little bit of work, but hey, free money is free money.