Couponing Tips

Privacy or Savings? Who Tracks What You Buy

By Jill Cataldo

Q: “Is there any indication that the bar code system on a coupon will also track what a customer buys? Collecting information on a consumer ‘for marketing purposes’ is something I choose to opt out of. But does a coupon’s... Full story

Coupon Victories: The Best Things in Life are Free!

By Jill Cataldo CTW Features

Q: “I have to confess, I was never a coupon shopper. I have been reading your column for months and marveling at your stories of saving. I finally decided about three months ago to really try to do this. I got your Super-Couponing class DVD and... Full story

Coupon Tips for Shoppers in Small Markets

By Jill Cataldo CTW Features

  Last week, we reviewed reasons why shoppers enjoy lower prices and more frequent deals shopping at a supermarket rather than at an “everyday low price” supercenter.  But what if your shopping options are limited? What if you... Full story

Save Big by Avoiding “Everyday Low Prices”

Save Big by Avoiding “Everyday Low Prices” By Jill Cataldo CTW Features Q: “I have been trying to cut m

Q: “I have been trying to cut my grocery bill with your advice on coupon shopping. For some reason, I never find any of the great deals you refer to. I normally shop at a national everyday-low-price supercenter. Please help me. It is so fr... Full story

More Secrets of TV’s Coupon Pros

By Jill Cataldo

Last week I shared some of the secrets behind those great shopping trips you see on TV, where a person cuts a grocery bill from $70 to $6, or $92 to $10, or $98 to $8… (which, incidentally, were all actual, filmed shopping trips that I’v... Full story

Inside Story Behind Miraculous Savings Seen on TV

By Jill Cataldo CTW Features

Last week, a reader questioned how a shopper could have “their entire grocery bill paid by the use of coupons.” Certainly, if you’re a good coupon shopper you can coupon a double- or triple-digit grocery bill down to a few dollars a... Full story

Shopping with Coupons: The More, the Merrier?

By Jill Cataldo CTW Features

Q: “I really enjoy your column. It is amazing how much money I have saved since I started using coupons! But I have a question. Are you allowed to use more than one coupon on any given item? I feel that if you have more than one coupon for an i... Full story

Store Logos on Coupons Raise Reader’s Ire

By Jill Cataldo CTW Features

Q: “What is it with some manufacturers that put a store name on their coupons? A manufacturer coupon is a promotion offered by the product’s manufacturer and shouldn’t be tied to a particular store. This week in the coupon inserts t... Full story

Are All Newspaper Coupon Inserts the Same?

By Jill Cataldo CTW Features

Q: “My mom and I get different newspapers, and she saves her coupon inserts for me each week. I have noticed that the coupons that come in her paper are often different from the ones that come in mine. The coupons are usually for the same produ... Full story

Coupon Crime, Unintended and Otherwise

By Jill Cataldo CTW Features

Q: “I read your article about coupon fraud. I never knew you were prohibited from making photocopies of a coupon printed out from the Internet. I’d never done this before a week or so ago. Should I go back to the store and offer to pay fo... Full story

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