Turner - Extreme couponer: insider secrets to getting groceries for free

Have you ever wondered how certain coupon usersthe extreme couponersare able to buy hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars of groceries for only a few bucks? They fill their shopping carts full of everything from soup to apples to pasta, fish, beer, dish detergent, yogurt and milk, and then pay next to nothing for it.

Thats the exception, you might thinka rare situation.

In fact, its not. People routinely save 30%, 40%, 50% or more on their grocery shopping each week, sometimes as much as 90% or 95%. And you can, too.

The key is in gathering and strategically using the billions of dollars of coupons currently in circulation. And thats exactly what youll learn here in Extreme Couponer.

Youll learn where to find coupons, how to identify the best opportunities for savings, where to get more coupons for products you regularly buy, how to use group buying sites and gift cards to further reduce your weekly grocery budgetand much more. After reading this e-book, youll be informed and excited about how much money you can save each week on groceries. Maybe youll even become a candidate for a future Extreme Couponing episode!

Whether youre new to couponing or have been using them for years, coupon clippers are now in the majority, says a report from NCH Marketing. As of 2011, 78.3% of consumers said they regularly use coupons, up significantly from the start of the recession.

In fact, 2010 was a record-setting year. A total of 332 billion coupons worth $3.7 billion were redeemed in 2010. And although 88% of those coupons were the traditional print variety, originating in newspaper inserts, use of online coupons is also on the rise. There were 37% more online coupon offers in 2010 than the year before and, if the trend toward Internet coupons continues, as it is expected to, dont be surprised to hear that even more online coupons were made available in 2011.

Im one of those longer-term coupon users, having been inspired to clip and redeem coupons by my mom years ago. I havent been on Extreme Couponing yet, but Ive been using nearly all of the techniques I cover in this e-book, and that you see extreme couponers using, to save at least $2,000 a year (some years more than that). Thats spending about 30 minutes a week; if I spent more time researching and planning, Id surely save more.

My extreme couponing process looks something like this: I buy three or four copies of the Sunday newspaper at Dollar Tree for the extra coupons, and Ill buy many more copies when I know there is a coupon that will yield free products. I match store and manufacturer coupons with weekly advertised sales, pay clipping services to clip specific coupons I want, keep an eye out for rebates and Try Me Free opportunities, buy store gift cards at a discount and stockpile nonperishables. I also donate extra items I get free to a local food pantry and the Humane Society.

The truth is, even if you pick up one or two new couponing strategies from this book, youll be able to save tens, hundreds or even thousands of dollars. You can choose to invest all your free time in pursuing cheap groceries, which some people do, or you can find a couple of strategies that work for you and apply them when you are able. Even then, I bet you can shave a good 10 to 30% off your grocery bill.

When you have one of those amazing shopping trips where you spend only a few dollars for a huge amount of groceries, please email me at to tell me about it. Id love to hear about your success! I might even use it in a future book, with your permission, of course.