SmartShopper Ethical couponing 101: What you should and should not do We have many new couponers on the blog these days (and that is wonderful!) and I think this might help with some of the questions ...

One of our fellow blog readers, Lora, shared a story today about a couponer she saw this week who admitted to photocopying a coupon. This couponer then demanded that the cashier accept it even after ...

Remember my Couponing 101 post from last week? You can see it here. This is a follow-up of sorts on organization. How many papers did you buy yesterday? Did you over do it? Some would say no such ...

As you browse the grocery store aisles, you’ve likely noticed that almost everything is more expensive than it was a few years ago. Food prices only increased by 2.9% between May 2024 and 2025, but ...

Extreme couponing was a popular pastime during the recession, when unemployment and gas prices were sky-high. And though clipping coupons from the newspaper and downloading coupons from websites and ...

Coupons are front and center, placed there not only by the dark days of a down economy but also the bright lights of a national TV show, TLC’s “Extreme Couponing.” The show features over-the-top ...

INDIANAPOLIS — If time is money, Shannon Spence can earn around $150 an hour — in store savings, that is. "I'm going to do a CVS haul," Spence said. Before stepping foot in the store, her hunt for ...

When Tiffany Ivanovsky first started regular couponing, she looked at it as a part-time job. Her weekly savings were the equivalent of paychecks for her family, The Woodlands resident said. The ...

There is regular coupon clipping and extreme coupon clipping. If you don’t know the difference, you likely aren’t an extreme couponer. Extreme coupon clipping is the practice — and almost a state of ...

Do you know exactly how much the items in your cart cost before and after coupons and discounts? If not, you’re doing it wrong. Surviving the Stores aims to teach shoppers the secrets to big savings.