The Coupon Mom's Guide to Cutting Your Grocery Bills in Half: The Strategic Shopping Method Proven to Slash Food and Drugstore Costs » (Original)

Stephanie Nelson, AKA The Coupon Mom, has been featured widely in the media-from The Oprah Winfrey Show, Today, and Good Morning America to The New York Times, Ladies' Home Journal and The Seattle Times. She holds a degree in finance and has worked in marketing at Procter & Gamble and Marriott.

A book that pays for itself! The creator of couponmom.com, with 1.6 million subscribers and counting, shares her strategic money-saving techniques for saving big while living well

Americans are hungry for bargains these days, but one woman has developed the ultimate strategy for enjoying a feast of savings. Taking the nation by storm, with appearances ranging from The Oprah Winfrey Show, Today and Good Morning America, Stephanie Nelson has shown countless women and men how to save thousands of dollars by becoming savvy coupon clippers-without sacrificing nutrition or quality. Now, in The Coupon Mom's Guide to Cutting Your Grocery Bills in Half, Nelson demonstrates all of the tricks of the trade-beyond coupons and tailor-made for a variety of shopper lifestyles. Whether you're a "busy" shopper and have only a small amount of time each week to devote to finding the best deal; a "rookie" shopper who is ready to put more effort into cutting bills; or a seasoned "varsity" shopper who is looking for new ways to get the deepest discounts possible, this book offers techniques thatw ill make it easy to save money at any level and on any timetable.

Extending her Strategic Shopping protocols to mass merchandisers, wholesale clubs, natural-food stores, drugstores, and other retailers, Nelson proves that value and variety can go hand in hand. With meal- planning tips, recipes, and cost-comparison guides, as well as inspiring real-life stories from the phenomenal Coupon Mom movement, this is a priceless guide to turning the checkout lane into a road of riches.

Introduction 11

1 Strategic Shopping 17

2 What Kind of Shopper Are You? 32

3 Think Like a Saver: The Strategic Shopping Mentality 46

4 What's the Plan? Save with Grocery Lists and Meal Planning 59

5 By the Numbers: Learning Prices to Detect the Best Bargains 75

6 Super Savings at Supermarkets 92

7 Clip, Print, or Swipe to Save: Using Coupons 116

8 Surf and Save: Using CouponMom.com 155

9 Think Inside the (Big) Box: Saving at Supercenters 175

10 Is Bigger Always Better? Saving at Wholesale Clubs 189

11 The Frill Is Gone: Bag the Savings Yourself at Bare-Bones Stores 213

12 Trim the Fat from Your Grocery Budget: Savings Strategies for Buying Meat 232

13 Save Green in the Produce Department 257

14 Dear Dairy: Savings Strategies on Milk, Yogurt, Cheese, and Eggs 277

15 Attack Your Snack Bill: Saving on Treats 290

16 Healthy, Beautiful Savings: Deals at the Drugstore 308

17 Incredible, Inedible Deals: Savings on Non-Grocery Items 338

18 Go Green, Save Green: Saving on Organic Products 355

19 Cheap Eats: Deals in Your Dining Room 379

20 Recipes 414

21 From Saving to Giving: Helping Others with Cut Out Hunger 457

Acknowledgments 475

Resources 477

Appendix 1 Selected organic and Natural Food Companies with Printable Coupons 487

Appendix 2 Organic and Natural Food Companies that Mail Free Coupons in Response to E-Mail Requests 491

Appendix 3 Companies that Mail Coupons in response to an E-Mail request Via their Website 493

Index 497