Cut Your Grocery Bill In Half! with Stephanie Nelson, The Coupon Mom
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INSTRUCTIONS--How to read these lists:  Watch Video here

 

Our team of professional Strategic Shoppers figure out the best deals for 60 store chains by combining all available promotions and coupons with featured sale items every week.  The deals lists are available by 10 am on the day prices change at each store. 

 

In addition to printing free coupons from the site, your first step is to start getting the Sunday newspaper, because 80% of grocery coupons come from the newspaper.  However, you do not need to cut out all the coupons if you use the "Coupon Mom System" described here.  With this system, you will spend about 15 minutes per week cutting out only the coupons you'll need for each trip. 

Look for 2-3 coupon circulars in the paper each week (from SmartSource, RedPlum, Procter & Gamble once a month).  Write that Sunday's date on the front of the coupon circular. When you see a deal on the list that you like, it will reference the coupon circular date in the first column to make it easy for you to cut out and use only the coupons you need. Print your list of selected items and sit down with your stack of dated coupon circulars.  

Coupon codes explained: The coupons are noted by date and the first initial of the circular's name in our Newspaper Coupon Database.  For example, a coupon that came out on February 12th from the RedPlum circular would say, "2/12RP" and a coupon that came out on the same date from SmartSource would say "2/12S".  If there are 2 circulars from the same company that week, which happens a few weeks a year, we number the circulars.  You would see "2/12 S1" and "2/12 S2".  Procter and Gamble circulars (PG) appear once a month.
Codes:
S : SmartSource
RP: Red Plum
PG:  Procter & Gamble
GM: General Mills, every few months
S1 or S2 or R1 or R2:  SmartSource 1 and SmartSource 2, or RedPlum 1 and RedPlum 2--codes used when there are 2 circulars from the same company in one week.  This happens a few times a year.
AY:  All You magazine coupons, sold in Wal-Mart stores
Kg:  Kroger electronic coupons at Kroger.com
PE: PepsiCo
Tg:  Target printable coupons from Target.com 
RA:  Rite Aid Video Values store coupons
Wg:  Walgreens store coupons from Walgreens coupon booklet found in stores by store ad

This is an example of what a Grocery Deals list on CouponMom.com looks like:

1-Cpn. Out	2- Item Description	3-Cpn. Value	4-Qty.	5-Sale Price	6-Final Price	7-% Saved
03-21 RP	Smart Balance Sour Cream 50% Off	$1.00	1	$0.95	FREE	100%
03-21 RP	Smart Balance Spread 50% Off Full Line Sale (lowest est price shown	$1.00	1	$1.10	$0.10	95%
03-28 S2	Dannon Kids Multipack Yogurt	$1.00	1	$2.00	$1.00	67%
03-28 RP	Snuggle Fabric Softener 70-80 ct sheets or 32-40 oz liquid	$3.00	1	$3.99	$0.99	80%
03-28 RP	Sally Hansen Lip & Nail Products 25% Off (lowest price)	$1.00	1	$1.41	$0.41	78%