Anyone coupon?

FutureSkinnyMama03
FutureSkinnyMama03 Posts: 250 Member
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Anyone coupon much here? I have just started looking into it & trying to figure out what all I can save while still eating decently healthy. I'd love to hear from fellow couponers!
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  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    I use coupons. But don't forget they are also good for shampoo, toilet paper, facial cleanser, olive oil and various other things. I find coupons for bagged salad mix, clementines, canned fruit, certain cereals the family requests. You just have to stick with clipping the coupons that will suit your needs.
  • JustCallMe_Tanya_Eh
    JustCallMe_Tanya_Eh Posts: 954 Member
    No...I wish there was coupons for the liquor store
  • aleiat
    aleiat Posts: 11
    I don't just yet, but have been looking into it. I'm in college, needless to say every penny counts lol.
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    My most recent grocery total was 107$. After coupons it was only 54$. Definitely worth the trouble!
  • lovelyladyJ21
    lovelyladyJ21 Posts: 246 Member
    I currently live overseas and it's expensive here so I coupon all the time. I don't save much here because we can't stack coupons at the commissary. I think the most I've saved is about $40 which isn't much but I started putting that money into the savings account for us to take little day trips!

    It's hard finding food coupons for food we eat. I still buy pizzas and chicken nuggets for my boys so those coupons come in handy. But I get most of my savings on cleaning//hygiene products.
    If you have certain foods that you like that you haven't seen a coupon for you could always email them and ask if they could send you a coupon or if they have any available. 9 times out of 10 they'll send you a coupon for a free product or a buy one get one free...


    Also did you all know that military families overseas can used expired coupons! =)
  • clarkeje1
    clarkeje1 Posts: 1,641 Member
    No...I wish there was coupons for the liquor store

    YES!
  • dixiewhiskey
    dixiewhiskey Posts: 3,333 Member
    Yes, I coupon all the time here in Canada... you should see my stockpiles! Muahaha :laugh: :devil:
  • kdcj17
    kdcj17 Posts: 73 Member
    I want to, but really only for stuff like soap, cleaning supplies, laundry soap, TP, paper towels. I have watched the Extreme Couponing show, and those chicks stockpile literally a bunch of BS! 50 boxes of horrible, sugary cereal, Hamburger Helper, chips. Pop. Etc. I have no interest in that stuff, however, I do with things that I use around my home.
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    I want to, but really only for stuff like soap, cleaning supplies, laundry soap, TP, paper towels. I have watched the Extreme Couponing show, and those chicks stockpile literally a bunch of BS! 50 boxes of horrible, sugary cereal, Hamburger Helper, chips. Pop. Etc. I have no interest in that stuff, however, I do with things that I use around my home.

    Recently there BOGO coupons for shampoo and female absorbancy devices and other things here and there. I stock pile that stuff for sure! But I am with you, who needs 53 boxes of hamburger helper? I am guilty of stockpiling pistachios and almonds though!
  • healthydoseofglitter
    healthydoseofglitter Posts: 532 Member
    I currently live overseas and it's expensive here so I coupon all the time. I don't save much here because we can't stack coupons at the commissary. I think the most I've saved is about $40 which isn't much but I started putting that money into the savings account for us to take little day trips!

    It's hard finding food coupons for food we eat. I still buy pizzas and chicken nuggets for my boys so those coupons come in handy. But I get most of my savings on cleaning//hygiene products.
    If you have certain foods that you like that you haven't seen a coupon for you could always email them and ask if they could send you a coupon or if they have any available. 9 times out of 10 they'll send you a coupon for a free product or a buy one get one free...


    Also did you all know that military families overseas can used expired coupons! =)

    We give expired coupons to our church who sends them overseas to military ... big couponers in my office here I gave like a 5lb bag of expired coupons the other day :)
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    I currently live overseas and it's expensive here so I coupon all the time. I don't save much here because we can't stack coupons at the commissary. I think the most I've saved is about $40 which isn't much but I started putting that money into the savings account for us to take little day trips!

    It's hard finding food coupons for food we eat. I still buy pizzas and chicken nuggets for my boys so those coupons come in handy. But I get most of my savings on cleaning//hygiene products.
    If you have certain foods that you like that you haven't seen a coupon for you could always email them and ask if they could send you a coupon or if they have any available. 9 times out of 10 they'll send you a coupon for a free product or a buy one get one free...


    Also did you all know that military families overseas can used expired coupons! =)

    We give expired coupons to our church who sends them overseas to military ... big couponers in my office here I gave like a 5lb bag of expired coupons the other day :)

    If you could post this info, I would love to send mine!
  • nolachick
    nolachick Posts: 3,278 Member
    bump
  • ChunkyMonkey207
    ChunkyMonkey207 Posts: 96 Member
    I coupon!!! I have a stockpile..Last week I found the dole fruit cups for .25 a 4pk! I have recently been diagnosed with Celiac so it's put a dent in my couponing. However,I love to stock up and donate! Couponing is my drug,my high..lol
    If you need help,feel free to message or send a friend request.That's my dream job..to teach couponing!
    Amanda
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    I always thought coupon was a noun.
  • amyhoss
    amyhoss Posts: 414 Member
    I have tried but I can never find any good coupons. Where do you get them?
  • jessready
    jessready Posts: 129 Member
    Yes I do! It's worth it, but I put in atleast 6 hours a week into it, and on a good week 14 hours. I save $700 a month doing so for a family of 4
  • rainbowlove03
    rainbowlove03 Posts: 24
    I don't coupon, but I want to get into it! Especially since I'm going to college next year.
  • fitznewme2013
    fitznewme2013 Posts: 31
    yes! check with your local grocery store and get their coupon policy! walmart also ad matches and you dont need the ad! also if you have facebook look up couponclippindaddy he is full of great information and gives you a lot of tips on weekly deals and where to get them! i usually save about $100 every 2 weeks in just coupons!!!!! if you have any questions just message me!
  • MandyPhoe
    MandyPhoe Posts: 94 Member
    I always thought coupon was a noun.

    -giggle-

    Sorry I found that funny. That said, I would love to do the whole coupon thing but I haven't found that many coupons for 'clean' eating :(
  • robinso5
    robinso5 Posts: 310 Member
    No...I wish there was coupons for the liquor store

    I so agree with you!
  • barb1241
    barb1241 Posts: 324 Member
    I do. I use the ones for healthy food as much as possible and try to split the difference with the processed stuff-like hamburger helper or Zatarain's rice. Instead of ground beef, I use boneless skinless chicken breasts which I then grind at home and use just like ground beef, but almost zero fat. Or we add shredded chicken breast instead. Usually once a week I crock a big package of the boneless skinless, trimmed of fat too and crock it for the week. I save a few dollars on food, a few on health and beauty. And I almost always buy only what is on sale and use a coupon if there's one available. This week, our grocery store has Johnsonville sausage on sale for super cheap, and I have a coupon for it. I'm not sure which kinds are on sale until I get there, but I will be able to use one of them and then make a soup with fresh veg, whole grain, whatever. Or I can buy some fuji apples that are on sale for 88 cents a pound and make sausage and apples-baked in the oven with onions-super cheap food and not as awful as the drive through.

    The hardest thing for me is that any kind of processed food, which is what the food coupons are usually for-have a lot of sodium. I just have to try and make sure on processed food dinner days I eat other foods that are cleaner. I don't have any medical reason to worry about sodium, just trying to do as much as I can that is healthy.
  • atrebor18
    atrebor18 Posts: 235 Member
    I try to but I'm not nearly as good at it is as my mom is lol she's always giving me coupons and telling me how to use them like I got 2 free greek yogurts at meijer last week. I've also been using the site couponmom.com which tells you what is on sale and what coupons you need for each week. i don't have time to do all the work but its easy to check a website and see what i want then cut them and go!
  • iulia_maddie
    iulia_maddie Posts: 2,780 Member
    Why would I? You can't use them for alcohol or tobacco.
  • lmarshel
    lmarshel Posts: 674 Member
    I have tried but I can never find any good coupons. Where do you get them?

    Try online at sites like CouponMom.com. Google "printable grocery coupons" to find websites that allow you to print your own at home. You can also sign up for grocery store shopper cards and get access to electronic coupons through your local stores. Then you don't even need to carry coupons to the store with you. And you don't even need to know you have a coupon...the computer at the store does it all automatically for you! :smile:
  • sanric1503
    sanric1503 Posts: 7
    I am not an extreme couponer. I like to call myself a real-life couponer. I don't buy things just because it's free or cheap (unless it's personal care items or things I know I can donate to my local church or mission)
    My market doubles coupons up to a $1 and that's about it. You can't stack coupon on coupon but my rule of thumb when I go is to save as much as I spend. So if I spent $50, I'm expecting to save $50 through the store's ad and coupons.

    Rarely does produce have a coupon but BUY IN SEASON PRODUCE and only whats on sale.
    Same thing with meats, stockpile when on sale and use up your stockpile and base your meals off of what you have (not what you are craving at the moment)

    Also - BJ's is my favorite place to go for personal care items. Their coupon booklet stacks with manufacturers coupons. I've used $60 in mixed BJ coupons and manufacturers during one shopping trip.
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    I always thought coupon was a noun.

    I used to think so too! But then I found out it's actually a verb.

    Apparently, or so I've been told, you have to gather up a billion gazillion gillion coupons, keep them in notebooks, go to 87 different stores, buy 37 bottles of ketchup, 90 tubes of toothpaste, 18 toothbrushes, 48 cans of creme corn, and so on and so on and so on...then, when you get your 19 buggies to the register, you spend 3 hours checking out, 2 of those are for the cashier to scan your coupons, then when it's all said and done, the cashier will hand you $13.68 which they owe you for taking all of that stuff off their shelves.

    Then you do it over again next week.
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    Why would I? You can't use them for alcohol or tobacco.

    Marlboro and Camel send me coupons all the time.
  • fitznewme2013
    fitznewme2013 Posts: 31
    I have tried but I can never find any good coupons. Where do you get them?

    Try online at sites like CouponMom.com. Google "printable grocery coupons" to find websites that allow you to print your own at home. You can also sign up for grocery store shopper cards and get access to electronic coupons through your local stores. Then you don't even need to carry coupons to the store with you. And you don't even need to know you have a coupon...the computer at the store does it all automatically for you! :smile:

    a lot of times you can email your favorite companies and let them know how much you use their products and they will send you coupons! some do not though.
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    For myself it's a waste of time. I clip the coupons for the name brand stuff but when I look, the generic stuff is cheaper then the brand stuff with the coupon. There are a few things that I buy name brand, but I buy so little of groceries, I've never found it useful.
  • msudaisy28
    msudaisy28 Posts: 267 Member
    I do - it takes a little time to get into but once you do it's awesome. I can't remember the last time that I paid money for toothpaste or toothbrushes... I use coupons regularly both at the grocery store and at drugstores, however I find that most of my big savings come from household and beauty products rather than food.

    I have a reasonable stockpile (only what I think we will use before it expires or within a year or so). If I don't have a use for something I don't buy it just because it is cheap or free (and remember that you still pay sales tax even if a coupon makes it free so it may not actually be free!). I will buy items that I don't have a use for if it is a "moneymaker" in order to maximize my savings. Anything that I end up with that we won't use I give away - either to friends and family or to a women's shelter that's nearby.

    I really love the site hip2save.com. She's got some great videos for beginners on her site and she does the matchups for the drugstores. I use a local blog to do the matchups for my local grocery store.

    It's a lot of fun - just take it slow and don't get frustrated about not getting the "best" deal every time! Good luck!

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