The 10 Best Places You Can Find Coupons

A penny saved is a penny earned — the best way to save on all the items your family uses is by clipping coupons!  Anymore, coupons can be an absolute necessity. Groceries aren’t cheap and coupons can help make those ends meet. Here is a list of places you might get your hands on those money-saving opportunities.

The Sunday Morning Newspaper

The Sunday morning newspaper often includes inserts or coupons for you to clip. Granted, a subscription isn’t free, but you can opt for a Sunday only plan. If that’s not in your budget, I completely understand! But keep your ears open and you might find that you have a friend or a neighbor that enjoys the paper, but not the coupons. Don’t be afraid to ask around – many end up in the recycling without a second thought.

Printable Coupons on the Internet

Printed coupons are often very popular! If you have the means to print with a printer at home, it’s quite convenient too. The most well-known website to print these coupons is on Coupons.com.  You’ll find money savings on a variety of products like baby care, pet needs, foods, drinks, personal care, make-up, and brands like Nivea, Off!, Advil, Garnier, Cover Girl, Gatorade, Welch’s, Colgate, and more. 

You’ll also want to go directly to the manufacturer’s websites to look for coupons. P&G (that’s Tide, Charmin, Gain, Bounty, Olay, Swiffer, Febreze, Gillette, Downy, and more!) allow you to print coupons for their brands directly on their website when you sign up for their FREE P&G brandSAVER program. (A friendly note about P&G coupons, they expire 24 hours from the moment you print them, so print them the night before or the morning that you go to the store.) 

Kellogg’s (that’s all your favorite cereals, Pop-Tarts, Eggo Waffles, Pringles, Cheez-its, Townhouse, and MorningStar) also host the ability to print coupons for their family of products from their site as well. It’s as easy as going to the website of the brands your family uses often and seeing if they have them.  

Scott, U by Kotex, Cottonelle, SuperPretzel, and Angel Soft are probably all brands you recognize and they have them. You just need to do a little investigative work with all your favorite products.

Directly on the Product

As you’re shopping you might note that some products have the savings right on them.  

These are my personal favorite because it’s savings I didn’t see coming…and I love surprises!  So as you shop, keep your eyes peeled for peelies (ones that peel off the item) or hangtags (ones that are banded and hang on the item). Back in the day, there were tearpads and blinkies on store shelves, but you don’t see them as often anymore.  

The times have changed and now you should be looking for a QR Code on the item. These often lead to savings where you’ll get paid a dollar amount via PayPal or Venmo when you submit your receipt. I look for the QR Code savings to become more and more common.  

Store Loyalty Programs

Digital coupons really do make couponing easy. 

Most of your favorite grocery stores (Kroger, Food Lion, Giant), dollar stores (Family Dollar and Dollar General), drug stores (CVS and Walgreens), as well as Target offer store loyalty programs where you “clip” or add the coupon to your account (which are always free to set up and usually offers a convenient app) and redeem by simply using a loyalty card or phone number at the checkout. These coupons are taken off automatically. Talk about convenience!

Did you know? Some of our favorite retailers have Loyalty or Rewards Programs that offer savings to their customers. Kohl’s, IKEA, JCPenney, Dick’s, Ulta and more offer rewards you won’t want to miss. Be sure to check out Best Store Rewards Programs — Sign up and Shop! to learn more.

Printed at the Register: AKA "Catalina"

Some stores have Catalina machines (Walgreens, CVS) and some will literally print a coupon at the bottom of your receipt (Dollar General), look to these coupons to score some additional savings on your next trip.

By Snail Mail

Sometimes the best way to get your hands on manufacturer coupons is to simply reach out to company asking them to mail you some!  The idea is simple, just head to your favorite brand’s website and send them a note through their “Contact Us” form politely asking. (Praise works well too.)  Be sure to always include your address, then cross your finger and wait.  I penned an entire article on this and shared my results, so you’ll definitely want to go check out Get Free Manufacturer Coupons by Mail From Your Favorite Companies. You’ll have access to a list of brands to get you started as well as tips on what to write.

Get Coupons With Free Samples

We love trying new things, so who ever turns down a free sample? Not me!  One of the perks is that when introducing a new product and enticing consumers with a free sample, is that there is almost always a coupon with it. They want you to try it and then buy it with a coupon.

Direct Mailers

Don’t be so quick to toss the junk mail as some might contain coupons. Restaurants often have ads with coupons attached. Some retailers still send out catalogs to loyalty members with coupons as well. Advertisements for “Current Resident” might have some savings to lure you in. Examine all your mail closely for these money-saving opportunities.

Cashback Apps 

While not “technically” a coupon, it works about the same, but different — only with the timing.  Instead of submitting a coupon to get that money “off” an item at the time of purchase, these work where you submit the receipt proving your purchase and getting that money back — like a rebate, only faster!  

It’s more or less reversed. Sometimes — and you really do have to pay attention because it isn’t too often — you can stack them with coupons as well. I personally love these! Everything I need is on my phone.  All that I really have to do is take a picture of my receipt when I get home.  (This IS sometimes the hardest part.  Darn my memory some days.) 

You basically save the offers you want to redeem to your account or list and then go buy them. There is even a feature on these apps that allow you to scan the barcode of the item while you’re at the store to ensure you’ve got the right item to be able to get your money back. AND, in most cases you can get multiple redemptions too.  Meaning, if you want to buy 4 boxes of cereal because it’s on sale, you can get cash back on each one! 

Sometimes you’ll discover bonus offers that award you even more cash back! You do need to pay attention to how long offers are valid for as they do have expirations as well. Ibotta is a couponer’s favorite with Fetch as a close second. Checkout51 and Shopkick might also offer you some savings on select products. 

So, here’s the best part about these apps – you might find an offer for your product on several of the apps. It’s a stacking dream!  (One word of caution, you won’t always be able to stack with paper coupons for the same item. Read the details of the offer to see if using a paper coupon in addition to claiming the offer is forbidden or not. Paper coupons will show on the receipt and the app will recognize it.)

Did you know? Some of our favorite points and shopping programs like MyPoints and Swagbucks offer points on specific grocery products. It’s under Magic Receipts. Check it out!

Expert Tip: While you’re scanning receipts, there are apps that award points for each receipt image that you upload. It does take a while to bank points to redeem, but it’s super easy and only takes a few moments. So if you’re interested in those, check out CoinOut, Receipt Hog, ReceiptPal, and ReceiptJar.

Follow Couponing Websites

My final tip is to follow blogs, websites and social media that do the math for you and lead you straight to the coupons. They’ll tip you off to some of the better weekly deals and step you through exactly what you need to do to get the deal yourself. MySavings is your source for the latest and greatest coupons and store deals.  

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