If you’re paying full price for groceries, you are paying too much! Just ask Sharon Rowley, an avid coupon clipper, blogger and mother of six. “Buying items on sale, stocking up, and using coupons where it makes sense saves me 30-40% on my groceries each week.”
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For the average American family, those habits could mean savings of about $2,000 a year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Groceries may be our third biggest household expense, but unlike a mortgage, these costs are not fixed. There are lots of ways to bring supermarket spending down.
Let’s start with coupons. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, they’ve come a long way--even inspiring their own reality show! Consumers redeemed nearly 3 billion manufacturer’s coupons last year--with an average face value of about $1.50 in savings.
Whether you clip coupons out of the newspaper or print them from sites like coupons.com, try to redeem them while the product’s on sale to double your savings.
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