Want to Save More With Grocery Coupons? Ask the Right Questions

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 at 8:02 pm

Money from Freefoto.com If you are like many of us these days you are concerned with saving money. Learning how to shop for sales, using coupons and taking advantage of all of the savings that are possible is definitely worth your time in these uncertain economic times.

We all shop for food and groceries, including personal products like shampoo and soap and cleaning products like laundry detergent and dishwashing liquid. It is easy to find coupons for many of these items and learning how to use them best to capitalize on the savings is to your benefit.

One key is taking the rules and breaking them. Not without permission of course, but if you don’t ask the question you’ll never know and if you do ask the question you might end up happily surprised and the worst that can happen is they say “no”. Here are a few useful questions that you can ask the managers where you shop that may end up saving you quite a bit of money.

Ask if the store offers its own coupons. You can check the stores website but if by chance the store does not have a website you can always ask the manager when you get there. If they do have them they will be happy to give them to you if you ask and if they don’t have them you just gave them a great idea to bring in business.

Ask if you can use the coupons on sale or clearance items. Many times a store will not let you use coupons on sale items and it will be spelled right out on the coupon but occasionally you will find a store that will allow you to use a coupon on sale priced items and that will save you a bundle.

Ask if they will accept competitor’s coupons. Many stores offer a price guarantee that says if you find a competitors ad with a lower price they will honor the lower price but few people actually ask if they will take the other stores coupons and usually they will say yes as it is in their best interest to do so.

Ask if you can use multiple coupons or if you can combine manufacturers coupons with the store coupons. Many times they will allow you to combine coupons and when you do you double up your savings. You can also ask if they will accept expired coupons. They may say “no” but they may say “yes” and you never know until you ask.

When it comes to saving money for your family you need to pull out all the stops. See what kind of deals you can work out with the stores and take advantage of every bit of savings that you can.

Karen Lynch is a freelance writer who is passionate about saving money for her family. She uses Grocery Coupons, sales and rebates to maximize her savings. She shares her tips and techniques for the family budget.

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