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If a coupon policy is not available, ask the customer service department specific questions to learn how much you might save. You’ll want to know the following: Does the store allow stacking? What amount does the store redeem for each coupon you use - face value, double or triple? If a coupon can double or triple, up to what amount can it do so? Some stores will allow doubling of a coupon up to $1.00; others, up to $.50. Is there a limit to the number of products you can purchase with coupons? Some stores will only allow you to buy one or two of the same product if you have a coupon for each. Read more at location 177
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The key to really seeing the savings on your receipt is to shop when the item is on sale AND you have a coupon. Read more at location 187
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studies that show that nearly seventy percent of all purchases made at the grocery store are unplanned impulse buys. Seventy percent! Imagine the money you could save by cutting these impulse buys to nothing and sticking to what is printed on your grocery list. You can, and should, stop buying unplanned items. Read more at location 197
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Prior to making a stop at the store, do three things: · Check to see what is on sale · Clip coupons to accompany the sale items, and · Create a grocery list Read more at location 203
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Two popular sites that track the sales cycle and find accompanying coupons are southernsavers.com for those living in the southern United States and couponmom.com for those living all over the country. Another popular site, thegrocerygame.com, offers the same type of service for a small fee. Shoppers can use these websites to create a grocery list that consists only of those items that have hit their lowest price, find and clip the matching coupons for each product and head to the supermarket to grocery shop, saving an enormous amount of time prior to the trip AND money at the end. Read more at location 255
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Toothpaste, soap, paper products, toothbrushes, shampoo, canned foods, certain sauces, spaghetti sauce and frozen vegetables can be kept for fairly long periods of time. Anything with an expiration date six months or so into the future, or products with none at all, will hold up well in Read more at location 291
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Marshmallows, pie crusts, hams Read more at location 307
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and other food go on sale in November for celebration of turkey day. Consider the Christmas holiday menu and buy what you need for it during the November sales. Sugar, flour and other baking items also hit low prices during this time of the year. Stock up for the holidays, but consider what you might need for the next three, six or nine months. Other products are Read more at location 307
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The first thing you want to do is take inventory of what you already have on hand. Read more at location 317
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Next, make a list of the items you use the most around the house. Consider not only foods in the pantry, like soups, pasta sauces and beans, but also frozen foods, such as ice cream and meats; toiletries, such as shaving cream and hand soap; and cleaning supplies, like toilet bowl cleaner and laundry detergent. Read more at location 323
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Now go through the list and estimate how often in an eight to twelve week period you might use each product or item listed and how many, if any, you have on hand. Read more at location 325
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One of the best places to find coupons is the place in which they have been found for years: the newspaper that’s delivered to your door every Sunday morning. Read more at location 349
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Typically, one time per week each store in your area will print a weekly sales flyer to showcase the products on special that week. Some stores will also print additional coupons in these sales flyers; coupons that are not found in the Sunday paper or online. Read more at location 370
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