Below are a few ideas on how to begin and quickly get a nice stash of coupons.
1. Subscribe to the Sunday paper: I highly recommend subscribing, this way you are sure to get your Sunday coupon inserts. Many stores sell the Sunday paper on Mondays at a discount. For instance, our local Kroger sells it for $1 on Mondays.
2. Ask friends, family and neighbors for their inserts if they throw them away. A great incentive to have them keep giving you the inserts is to find something for them for free. My mother-in law loves hair color, so I get it for her whenever I get a deal.
3. Recycling Bin: If you go to the paper bin, it is clean and usually has TONS of papers available.
4. Sign up online: You can sign up for newsletters of your favorite products to be sent printable coupons via email. Join all the big company “clubs”, this ensures you are sent email and snail mail coupons. Usually these coupons are better than the ones in the circulars. Be sure to hit the multi-product manufacturers like SC Johnson and Kraft.
5. Store Coupons: Stores like Publix have tons of store coupons in a rounder as you come into the store. Also, sign up your shopper cards on the stores website, it usually gets you store coupons online and in the mail.
6. Blinkie, Catalinas and Peelies: Blinkies are the red boxes on the shelves, catalinas print out after your receipt and peelies are on products. Keep your eyes peeled for all of these!
