Free Online Grocery Coupons - Printable From Your PC
Easy To Find Free Online Grocery Coupons
With the economic downturn, grocery coupons are all the hot rage! Where people were searching for the latest hot gadget, they now want grocery coupons. In fact, coupon parties have replaced tupperware parties as the latest neighborhood social event. Women and men attend these parties to learn “couponing” strategies, and even to exchange coupons.
Frugal Pig Has Free Online Grocery Coupons
In the spirit of being helpful, we have installed a COUPON WIDGET in our side bar that you can see to the right of this post. You can print them from your computer, and it does not cost you anything. Simply search for the grocery products like cleaning supplies and food that you would normally buy, and then see if you can save some money.
Free Grocery Coupon Strategies
Now I am not a coupon expert, but here are some tips from people that actually make a living (or save a lot of money) by using coupons!
- You can usually use coupons on sale items, so try to combine discounts to save even more money!
- 2 For 1 Deals often allow you to use TWO coupons, because they actually count as 2 sales.
- Look for grocery stores with double or triple coupon deals to multiply your savings.
- Don’t go out and buy food or supplies you would not use just to save money. This may sound silly, but it happens.
- Don’t go crazy with coupons. They are not your only source of savings. You may find store brands or sale items that are less expensive than the coupon discount price. So, as we say, keep your head!
Now go have fun, just start playing with the coupon printing widget from coupons.com, and save some money on food and groceries!
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Save Money On Groceries with Tested Tips
Every time I visit the grocery store, it seems as if the prices have gone up. It is more important than ever, in a weak economy, to control those trips and put a lid on impulse buys. These are tips that I use, or ones that I have picked up from Frugal Pig readers and my friends. If you have any more cheap grocery shopping tips, feel free to add them to the contents!
- Can you avoid taking anybody else with you? Of course, you will want to get your spouse’s and kid’s input when you plan a grocery shopping trip. But I find that if I take another family member with me, it is much harder to control my spending. We, sort of, give each other permission to impulse buy.
- Try not to buy too much. OK, if cans of tuna are on sale, and you know you use them all the time, it is probably a good idea to stock up. But you need to resist overbuying fresh produce that will spoil. I have probably thrown out as much bread lettuce as I’ve eatern, and I am really trying to stop the waste.
- Check the sales. I know that my local grocery store always has some meat on sale, and I plan my menus around that, rather than planning my shopping around set meals.
- Compare prices. I know that my kids pick up anything at eye level, without checking prices. Of course, grocery stores plan it that way. For instance, a popular kid’s snack has the well advertised brand level at chest to eye level. But the bottom shelf has the very same snack with the store label on it for about half the price.
- Coupons - I am not a big fan of coupons. Since I try to plan my menus around fresh foods, the coupons are usually not for things I buy anyway. Oh sure, I buy dishwashing soap and paper towels, and you can find coupons for these. But the coupons are usually for the brand name, and the grocery store label tends to work out cheaper anyway. Look, if you love coupons, go for it. In my humble opinion, grocery store coupons are just not worth the hassle.
OK, those are my tips. Oh, and try to make a list and, mostly, stick to it. Make your list general, though, because you may find a great sale on steak which makes it cheaper than the ground beef you were going to buy.
Speaking of hamburger, do not just look at price, but also look at fat content. In my opinion, the lower fat content is worth spending more money on because the high fat ground beef just cooks away anyway. But again, that’s me!
OK - Please add your comments. I’d love to hear some great tips from all of the smart shoppers out there.
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Grocery Coupons and More Ways to Save Money
We’ve Got More Coupons!
I took a break, and when I got back my pantry was bare. So I needed to make a grocery shopping expidition, and I really found it tough to load up on the food my family likes within the budget I have. However, I did find another way to ease the high grocery price blues with a company called Ever Save. You can get grocery coupons, free sample products, and lots of money saving tips.
Save More With EverSave
So go check out Grocery Coupons and Free Product Samples at EverSave Now!
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Print Grocery Coupons Online
Coupons. Coupons Coupons
I know I already posted that I was not a huge fan of coupons, mostly because I think they encourage us to buy something we really did not want before we had the coupon. There is something about getting .50 off that makes a purchase hard to resist, even if we actually prefer the “other” brand of pickles.
I mention pickles, because that is one item I do go for a brand on about half the time. We really like good pickles. Some day, perhaps, I should learn to make my own. Any tips on that? Remember, we would love to publish more frugal living tips.
Anyway, we did find a great source of online coupons. Hundreds of grocery store, brand name coupons are organized online, and you can print them off your computer. Go Here: Print Coupons Online.
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Buying in Bulk — Save Money or Supersize?
Is Bulk Grocery Shopping Really Saving You Money?
A lot of us visit the big package stores to buy in bulk and save money, but this strategy can backfire sometimes. Some of the problems with buying in bulk are storage, consuming more food then we would otherwise, and letting food go bad.
Organizing Bulk Grocery Buys
It might seem like a good idea to buy 24 rolls of name brand paper towels at a time. Each roll is cheaper, and we will certainly have the ability to handle a big mess! However, the first problem you may have is where to put the other 23 rolls when the first one is in the paper towel holder! If it is too big of a problem to store, and stay organized, with months worth of supplies, you may actually find that the savings just do not work out that well.
Too Much Of A Good Thing In Bulk
Now we come to the 12 pack of Chocolate Delish Bars or some other favorite. Do you think you can just reward yourself with one treat when you get home, and then save the rest for later? Well, many consumers do not buy high calorie food in bulk for just this reason.
Keeping Bulk From Spoiling
And what about the jumbo party pack of hamburger? Let’s say your family is comfortable with 2 pounds of meat, and that provides you with a substantial main dish and some leftovers. But the jump pack contains 6 pounds of ground meat. Well, my tip is to seperate that meat into 3 equal portions, and then put the meat you do not need into a freezer bag to store for later.
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Breakfast For Dinner Saves On Groceries
Serve Breakfast For Dinner To Eat Healthy For Pennies
Your grocery bill will look more like 1999 if you switch to breakfast for dinner a few times a week. Plus, everybody likes breakfast food, and these meals are usually very quick to prepare. I actually got this idea from my brother who adopted this practice while he was putting himself through graduate school. I wanted to mention this to be fair. Not all frugal grocery shopping tips come from women!
In my house, the kids tend to grab a very quick real breakfast, or else purchase breakfast at school so they can eat with their friends. Personally, I applaud their decision to purchase breakfast at school because it conforms to health standards, and there is no way that I can even make them a warm meal for the price the school charges. Besides, I am just not a morning person, and neither are my kdis. They never feel like eating much when they wake up, but they seem to get their appetite back by the time they get to school. Public school meals are subsidized by federal government programs, and I have no problem with having my taxes help pay for something useful lke feeding school kids!
But my family does enjoy having traditional breakfast foods at suppertime when they have more leisure to enjoy them. Plus, I can provide really healthy breakfast meals in a jiffy, and for a fraction of traditional suppertime foods.
Ideas: Two eggs, whole grain toast, a glass of milk, and a home made fruit salad is a pretty good meal, and I can feed all 4 of us for about $5~You can’t beat that. For variety, turn the eggs and bread into French Toast and top with fruit and syrup.. A box of Bisquick (I buy the low fat variety) can be the basis for waffles, pancakes, or of course, biscuits!
- Eggs - These are a great value, and can be turned into any style eggs, omelettes, or as an ingredient for french toast.
- Potatoes - Always a cheap staple, and they are great sliced thin and fried in PAM or oven baked.
- Biscuit Mix - You can make almost anything that people have for breakfast with biscuit mix like biscuits, pancakes, waffles, and even desserts!
- Fruit - I always want some fresh produce, and fruit goes with breakfast. Shop sales. We like to cut up a variety of fruit and put a dollop of whipped cream (or imitation) on top for a healthy treat. Sliced bananas or berries turn a pancake mix into a gourmet meal!
- Bread - I usually spend a little more to get healthier bread with more fiber and less sugar.
- Peanut Butter - Add in extra protein and fiber on the cheap.
- Spreadable Fruit - I try to replace jelly and syrup with the no sugar added spreadable fruit. My kids do not really know the difference, though of course, sometimes they ask for syrup. The store brands are pretty inexpensive for the flavor they provide.
Anyway, I think breakfast for dinner is a great way to stretch a grocery budget, even if you only do it once or twice a week. However, if you are ever really strapped for cash, you can declare it Breakfast For Dinner Week and eat very well, and very cheap!
Please feel free to comment with your own cheap eats ideas!
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What You Need For Frugal Grocery Shopping!
Forget the Shopping List
Oh it is a good idea to jot down staples that you have run out of. You need to remember to pick up ketchup and milk and toilet paper if you have run out. But I am not a big fan of detailed shopping lists. For one thing, I find it tedious to have to plan out an entire week of meals, and with the way my life runs, that list seldom works out for my family anyway. For another thing, when I shop sales, I need to plan meals on the fly.
Take a Calculator and Sticky Notes
No, I think the one thing you should take to the grocery store is a small sticky note pad and a calculator. You can use the top sticky note to jot down your very short shopping list of things you absolutely need!
Shop the sales as we mentioned in a previous post. Since price tags seem to belong to another era, use the sticky notes to put the price on the items you purchased. Then keep a tally in your calculator. C’mon, you know you are surprised every time you get to the checkout lane!
Then, if you start to go over your budget, you can rethink your shopping as you go. Replace a few more expensive items with cheaper ones, and keep your running total up. You will be surprised how much less your bill will be at the end.
And I am not saying you should do without. But if peaches are on sale, do you really need apples? I always want to keep fresh fruit in the house as a healthy snack, and buying it gets more and more challenging, but my family can be flexible on the type of fruit. And sometimes when I bring home a type of fruit that is less common, it is a great incentive to get the kids to eat them instead of less healthy snacks!
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The Best Way To Save Money at The Grocery Store
How To Save Money On Grocery Shopping
You may be surprised by our #1 way to save money at the grocery store. It does not involve a shopping list or cutting coupons, or even going to a store that gives you a shoppers membership card that offers discounts on certain items. A list is ok, and it is not a bad idea to jot down some items that you need so you do not forget. We do find that those repeat trips to the store, to pick up one or two items you forgot the first time, can cost you big if you are prone to impulse buying! Alot of coupons are for processed foods, and they may not be offered for the more healthy items like fresh foods. And grocery cards are fine, and we especially like the ones that offer gasoline credit at associated gas stations. But some grocery stores, that do not have the discount cards, already start out with lower prices anyway.
No, we saw a great experiment done on a local TV news program that compared two shoppers. One went with her lists and coupons, and the other went with a general outline and a willingness to be flexible and shop the sales.
They both needed to buy food to prepare this for a family of 4: 6 breakfasts, 4 lunches, and 6 suppers, or about what they though would be cooking at home that week. They also needed to include food for 5 family snacks. The main dish at meals could be repeated once. So breakfast could include scrambled eggs twice, but then had to vary to cereal pancakes. Likewise, dinner could include a large lasagne one night, and leftovers could be counted on for the next lunch. But after that, the main dish needed to vary.
And of course, they needed to add products to wash clothes, shower, wash dishes, and clean the home, because we often buy these products at the store.
Buy Groceries On Sale
Surprise! The lady who left with a general outline, but no list, could shop the sales and be flexible in her decisions. She lucked out by finding great sale on a large pack of ground chuck. She bough the pack, took it home, and split the 6 pounds into 3 packets, saving that for free meals. She did not break the rules because one day she made sloppy joes for lunch, and then she used the rest to make a large pot of spaghetti wish served as one dinner, and then leftovers.
We also noted that the lady who had to use coupons tended to buy more packaged foods, which were higher in fat and sugar. The lady who could buy fresh food could control the fat and sugar content in the food.
The Frugal Grocery Shopper is….
So it’s now about coupons, discount cards, or even shopping lists! It is about learning about how much food should cost so you can recognize a good deal. It is also about remaining flexible and be willing to make meals out of the food that is available. Last, if you are an experienced homemaker, and can mentally switch from the foods you need for one meal or another, you can take advantage of the lowest prices.
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