Good news: Consumers can save nearly $3 billion a year just by using coupons when shopping. According to the Promotion Marketing Association Coupon Council, spending just 20 minutes per week clipping coupons can save you up to $1,000 per year. It’s easy. Over 85 percent of all coupons issued in the U.S. are found in Sunday papers. And it’s popular. Seventy-six percent of Americans are already coupon users.
The following tips can also help you on your way to becoming a savvy coupon clipper:
Finding Coupons:
• Look in the store. You’ll find coupons in retailers’ advertising flyers, on the shelf, at kiosks, even at the checkout. Turn your register receipt over-sometimes there will be coupons there, too.
• Try samples offered in the store and you’ll often be offered a coupon to take home a package of the products.
• Check product packages. Your favorite brands want to keep you loyal, so you’ll often find coupons on or in the package.
• Look on the Internet. There are coupon sites where you can print coupons and find providers who will e-mail you coupons. A product...