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BBQ Coupons

General InfoBy jeffrey March 14, 2008 Leave a comment

With Spring just around the corner, it’s time to get ready for BBQ season and BBQ coupons that even those who hate coupons can love. Many people don’t like coupons. I’m one of them. BBQ season, however, is the one time of the year that I do use coupons. If you go to the alcohol…

Using Store Scanner Policies To Save Money

General InfoBy jeffrey March 12, 2008 1 Comment

There are other ways to save at the grocery store beyond coupons. One of the best ways to save money is watch your prices. Watch them figuratively by shopping around for the best deals and stacking them with coupons, but also watch them literally when they are rung up at the cash register. If a…

Financially Secure People Eat Leftovers

General InfoBy jeffrey March 8, 2008

When it comes to grocery shopping and saving money, coupons aren't the only way to save. In fact, one of the the best way to cut down your food bill is to actually use all the food that you buy instead of throwing it out. This weekend I was reading “You're Broke Because You Want…

Using Grocery Loyalty Programs To Teach Kids Saving Skills

General InfoBy jeffrey March 6, 2008 1 Comment

As a child, I went grocery shopping with my adult sister at a store that didn't exist in my hometown. When she checked out, the cashier gave her a number of stamps based on how much she had spent, and she discovered that she had enough saved to treat me to a toy chosen from…

Stacking Savings

General InfoBy jeffrey March 1, 2008 3 Comments

One of the best ways to save money with grocery coupons is to stack them with other discounts. You can save a lot more when you use a coupon when the item is on sale and when your local store is offering double coupons rather just at the time you find the coupon. Another way…

Double Discount Trick

General InfoBy jeffrey February 25, 2008 2 Comments

Double discounts have been gaining in popularity are many retail stores and this weekend I saw my first example of double discounts at a grocery store. Double discounts are a trick that retailers use to make many people believe they are getting a better deal than they truly are. This is how it works. If…

Pay It Forward Coupon Style

General InfoBy jeffrey February 20, 2008 8 Comments

As I was wandering the grocery store aisles earlier this month I spied a woman filling her shopping cart off a list she carried in her hand, but also sticking pieces of paper on products on the shelves and directly on the items from time to time. When I passed where she had been, I…

10 Places You're Guaranteed to Find Coupons

General InfoBy jeffrey February 15, 2008 11 Comments

The other day someone mentioned to my husband something about the fact that I always find the best deals and I always have a coupon for something. That's actually a pretty true statement. I can sniff out a coupon a mile away. It's almost like a game for me — to see if I can…

2008 Coupon Insert Schedule

General InfoBy jeffrey February 11, 2008 6 Comments

NOTE: You can find the 2009 Coupon Insert Schedule Here Sometimes it is helpful knowing when the different coupon inserts are scheduled to appear in your Sunday newspaper. You can print out the SmartChoice coupons from your computer each week and also get emailed when they are updated (top right corner “Get Coupons By Email”…