Dear L.C.- I spend so much time cutting out coupons or printing them from websites, but I only end up using a few. How do I recognize a good coupon? If I focus on the good coupons, maybe I could cut down on time spent processing coupons that I will never use.
This is a great question. Here are some tips on recognizing good coupons. Look for:
- Coupons for items that you would buy anyway
- Or, new products that you want to try
- For instance, if Dannon Greek Yogurt costs $1.00 and you have a 50 cent coupon, that is 50% off the price, so could be considered a high-value coupon. If your store doubles coupons, it would make the yogurt free.
- For example, if you had a “$1.00 off any Nabisco Cracker” coupon, you have a lot of options to use it… on different sizes, different flavors. Clip that coupon for sure! On the other hand, coupons with a lot of fine print about size and type restrictions can be more trouble than they are worth.
