Comments on: Why I Use Coupons

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 20:12:33 +0000

I save by shopping the food ads every week and buying the items that are on sale. I should use coupon but I don’t. I think that it takes a lot of time to find the coupons that would apply to me and then find the items in the store. That is my excuse anyway.

Shop and save in my area has $10 off for every $50 your spend every now and then. I love that one!!

By: Michigan reader

Michigan reader — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:29:12 +0000

I cannot figure out how folks save such large amounts using coupons. I do use coupons but have never came near that much in one shopping trip. I only purchase name brand products when they are on sale and I have coupon. So far in past two weeks I have save $39.00 using coupons, I feel good about that! I guess I am not saving larger with coupons is because I do most of my shopping at Aldi’s and only use coupons at other stores. Aldi’s saves 40% to 60% on their store brand items. I do check the weekly ads for the two local chain grocery stores close to me each week then find coupons for the deals on items I will need and use. But even with name brand items if I can get it cheaper at Aldi’s then I buy it there. Recently a chain store issued a $1.00 off coupon for Delmonte canned fruits and vegetables. I was required to buy 8 cans, the store had a sale of $10.00 for 10 cans of DelMonte foods, but even with the sale and the coupon I could still buy 8 cans of fruits and veggies at Aldi’s and come out $3.00 ahead. Of course Aldi’s does not carry everything I need so I must shop for a few items at other stores. Their stores are small and have limit items, but the savings are great enough to make it worth my while to shop there.

By: WSB

WSB — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:37:03 +0000

Coupons can make a huge difference when you

By: Aleta

Aleta — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:41:10 +0000

Congratulations! I save alot as well. I buy items on sale, stack up on them and use the coupons. Often, the cashiers are amazed. Even if you don’t buy a lot of the food items, there are alot of nonfood that you can buy. I also save sales tax on those sale items as well.

By: Spokane Al

Spokane Al — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:33:34 +0000

Congratulations on your success with coupons. We use our share of coupons as well but will never reach the level of success that you achieve. We find that, while there are large numbers of coupons worth using, many, many of available food-related coupons are for less than nutritious and junk foods. The nutritious foods on the outer supermarket aisles, where we attempt to do most of our shopping, seem to provide much less coupon savings opportunities.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 08:05:47 +0000

Coupons usually are for brand-name products. So your savings, while impressive, are less impressive when compared to the price of store-brand equivalents (or near-equivalents).