Monday, January 16, 2012

How to Coupon for Charity

Welcome to Couponing for Charity 101! Here I will show you how to get groceries for 50-90% off!

First you are going to want to set up a system to organize your coupons. Here is how:

1. Print out the coupons you want online. coupons.com smartsouce.com and coupons.target.com are popular places. Manufacturers websites sometimes have coupons as well. Then put the whole sheet of coupons into you coupon folder until it is time to use them.

2. Now when you are ready to use a coupon, all of them are in one spot. Clip the ones you wish to use and put them in a plastic zippy. When you are at the check out lane all you have to do is pull out the stack of coupons and hand to the cashier! This method eliminates cutting all of the coupons at one time.

Now you probably want to get coupons! Here is how:
Online coupon databases are
http://smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=MKRU3JAAR6CCY
http://www.coupons.com/
http://coupons.target.com/

Sunday newspapers have an abundance of coupons as well!

Now you are organized and have coupons! Here is how to get the most out of coupons:
-You can stack a manufacturers coupon and a store coupon
-If a coupon says limit one coupon per purchase, that means only one coupon per item purchased. If you have ten $1 off one item, and you buy ten items you can do that all in one transaction.
-If an item is on sale, use a manufacturers coupon and/or a store coupon for the most savings!
-You can use a BOGOF(buy one get one free) coupon with a BOGOF sale and get both items for free!

With the items I purchase I donate them to my church's food pantry. If you are planning on donating make sure the items you are giving are non-perishable!
Happy Savings!

3 comments:

  1. Love what you did and a great coupon place online is www.shortcuts.com

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  2. Thank you! Short cuts do have a moderate selection of coupons! Happy Savings :-D

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