Stocking up on the essentials with the help of Coupon Mom! I may not be Oprah, but I do have a favorite thing that I would like to share with you. As I have mentioned before, I am on a mission to save money now that we are down to one income. With the help of friends and some amazing websites, I have learned a lot about the world of coupon cutting and shopping sales. I was getting so excited about all of the coupons that I was accumulating, but at the same time I was getting overwhelmed. Each week my pile of coupons would grow and grow. I found myself spending way too much time cutting coupons and looking at store circulars. Just in the nick of time, my mom turned me onto a great website called Coupon Mom. It does all of the circular searching and coupon comparing for you. The site does have a lot of information and can be a bit intimidating at first. Below are directions to access, what I believe to be, the greatest part of the site:
- Click on the link above.
- Click on "Grocery Deals by State" in the left-hand column. You will be asked to log in or create an account. It is quick and free!
- Once in "Grocery Deals by State", click on the drop down window to choose the store and state that you do most of your grocery shopping. Click "GO".
- You will be given a list in alphabetical order of all of the sales going on in that store for the week, the percentage saved, whether or not there is a coupon available, and the price with coupon. You can also arrange the sales by each of these categories as well. For example, I put all of the sale items in order from greatest percentage saved to least.
- Then you can go through the list and click on the items that you are interested in buying.
- Once you are done, click on "Display Selected Deals" and you will see a printer friendly list of all of the items that you want to buy with a grand total for how much you will spend and the percent that you will be saving.
This site has saved me so much time and $$$, and it makes it very easy to compare stores to get the BEST possible deals. Last week, I shopped at Publix, Kroger, and Wal-Mart and saved an average of 43% on my groceries!
The site also has free e-books that are fantastic guides for coupon cutting that I recommend reading too. It is also a good idea to read through the information presented on the "Grocery Deals by State" page before looking at the sales in each store.
I hope that you find this site as beneficial as I have and that it helps you spend a little less next time you are at the store.
1 comment:
Great advice, I will follow the path that you listed on this post, I saw that episode on Oprah too but when I went to the website it was so overwhelming that I didn't try - I will now though!
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