Did you know that Meijer, Target, Walgreens and CVS will let you use their store coupons along with manufacturer coupons? That's right, you can use 2 coupons for one item!!


Meijer:
Go to Meijermealbox.com. Once there, click on specials in the box to the right of the screen. They also have recipes and meal planning options. Usually, there are about 3-4 pages of coupons. The bad thing about these coupons is that they only print 1 per page and the coupon is pretty small. You may waste a lot of paper unless you can figure out a way of getting more than one coupon per page. They also now have mperks.meijer.com. This lets you use your cell phone number to load coupons to. At the register, you will see on the debit card machine, an Mperks logo. Click that and enter you cell phone number and the coupons that you loaded will automatically come off of your total. It will show on your receipt under the product that it came off.

Target:
Target is pretty much the same as Meijer. Go to Target.com and scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and find where it says grocery coupons. There you will find the weekly coupons. New coupons are added every week.

CVS:
Did you know that you can scan your CVS card in the store and get coupons? I don't shop CVS often but every time I go in I scan my card. A lot of times, I get coupons for CVS brands but I've also gotten Huggies, Revlon and coupons for $10 off of $30. They have others as well. Once again, you can use these with manufacturer coupons. You can also use these coupons with Extra Care Bucks that you can earn when you buy certain items that are on sale. For example, toothpaste is on sale for $1.99, after you get the ECB, it's like getting it for $.99. Oh but wait, I have a coupon for $1.00 off the that particular toothpaste so now it's like I'm getting it for free. You still will pay $1.00 out of pocket for it, but you will get the ECB for $1.00 to use on a different purchase. I would go to afullcup.com and click on the CVS link and read how people master the art of "CVS'ing. They get tons of stuff for free but like I said, I don't shop there very often to get the good deals other people get.

Walgreens:
I shop here more than CVS but still it's not high on my list. Look at the Sunday ad for coupons for Walgreens. They are usually all throughout the ad. At walgreens you can earn Register Rewards. This is much like CVS Extra Care Bucks. You have to buy certain items that are on sale that week and then you get the Register Rewards at the end of the order to use on a future purchase. A lot of times Walgreens has diapers on sale so I will buy something that generates Register Rewards and turn around and use them on my diaper purchase. I can usually get diapers for around $2-3 a pack. Just a side note, Walgreens diapers are great. I have been using them now for a few years and have never had any problems with them. They tend to run small but other than that, they are great!
Register Rewards are manufacture coupons so you can use them at Meijer as a coupon because Meijer accepts competitor's coupons


Lisa B

Where to start

I've always been obsessed with saving money and using coupons. The first thing I look at when I get my receipt is how much I saved. I don't know how many times I've caught myself smiling and wondered if anyone else saw me. On average I save at least 50% of my grocery bill just by using coupons. I love them!! They are like money to me!! I am a stay at home mom and have 2 small children and 1 more on the way, who more likely than not, are going to the store with me every week(multiple times a week). Needless to say, I am usually in a hurry at the store. So many people have been asking me lately how I save so much so I decided to start this blog to show you how I do it. It may not work for everyone but hopefully you can get some good ideas.





1. The first thing I recommend is that you create a separate email account from your personal one. Many times, a manufacturer's website will require an email address in order to print off a coupon. You will be surprised at how many websites offer coupons for things that you buy.


2. Start getting the Sunday paper if you do not already. The coupons alone are worth the $1.75! Ask around to neighbors, family and friends for them to give you their extra coupons that they don't use. The more copies of a coupon you have, the better. This will help later when you need or want to stockpile.


3. Find a way of organizing your coupons that works best for you. I used to have a tiny coupon organizer and I had to flip through every single coupon I had to find the right one. It took forever! Now, I use the binder method. I have a regular size 3-ring binder that I have filled with baseball card holders. I have categories that I separate with page separators. I found these in the Target dollar spot last year around the start of school. These are my tabs, but like I said before, they may not work for you: breakfast foods, bread rice & pasta, drinks, condiments, snacks, canned goods, frozen food, dairy, health and beauty, cleaning supplies, baby and misc. Separate your coupons now into these different categories and start filling up your pages, one coupon per slot. I think that you will find this so much easier when you are at the store and you have 2 children with you who both are unhappy and want different things at the same time. They are screaming but you can keep yourself sane by being able to look quickly through your coupons and pick out the one you need. Say that you need a coupon for cereal, all you have to do is find your cereal tab and look at the see through card holders and there it is. Just take it out and put it in the front of your binder. I also recommend that you keep your binder in some sort of canvas bag. I have found this to be the easiest. I know you may feel a little weird at first carrying that huge thing into the store but after you get used to it, it's nothing more than carrying a large purse. Also be sure that you always have a pen and calculator with you.


Please let me know if you have any questions!



Lisa B.