Spend less, get more

Who doesn’t want to put more groceries in their cart for the same amount–or even less–money? Here are some tips to try before you hit the aisles:

1) Skip the Sunday paper. Sure, each week you can find more than 100 coupons in at least two inserts in most Sunday papers, but now you don’t have to wait for the newspaper. Visit the Sunday Coupon Preview website (sundaycouponpreview.com) to read the insert schedule and sign up for an email alert to get advance notice of what coupons are going to be featured in the next Sunday paper.

2) Ask your favorite grocery store to meet or beat their competitors’ prices on sale items. Bring ads from other stores to give you even more leverage.

3) Rather than sorting through mounds of paper each week, print only the coupons you want. Websites like smartSource.com ask for your zip code, then display an entire list of coupons available to you. You can print out every coupon, or just select the ones you’ll use. It’s even possible to do a targeted search to find the coupons you need.

There are savings to be had–now go get ’em!