Coupon Stories

  • TLC’s “Extreme Couponing” Reality TV Features a Family Saving $40,000 on Grocery Bills

    TLC’s “Extreme Couponing” Reality TV Features a Family Saving $40,000 on Grocery Bills

    TLC’s “Extreme Couponing” Reality TV Features a Family Saving $40,000 on Grocery Bills (279 words) The recent premiere of TLC’s reality television show “Extreme Couponing” featured different families who were considered experts when it comes to maximizing the use of grocery coupons and saving a significant amount of money. According to website owner Nathan Engels,…

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  • Searches for Wal-Mart’s Policy on Grocery Coupons Shoot Up after the Premier of TLC’s “Extreme Couponing”

    Searches for Wal-Mart’s Policy on Grocery Coupons Shoot Up after the Premier of TLC’s “Extreme Couponing”

    After the two-episode premiere of the reality television show “Extreme Couponing,” searches for Wal-Mart’s policy on grocery coupons significantly went up. The show features 12 expert couponers who share tips, as well as their experiences, in maximizing the use of grocery coupons. These reality TV stars and their families have been able to save more…

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  • How Having a Coupon-Crazy Mentality Can Save A Lot of Money

    Although cutting one’s grocery bill does not really require a coupon-crazy mentality, it certainly helps to have one. Some, like Nebraska resident, Nicole Biondi, say that having that kind of mentality has been worth her time. Biondi, who runs a blog called poweredbycoupons.com, does not take offense at being described as having an obsession for…

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  • ‘Extreme Couponing’ Reality Star Helps A Mom Save 80% on Her Groceries

    ‘Extreme Couponing’ Reality Star Helps A Mom Save 80% on Her Groceries

    Just this month, TLC’s ‘Extreme Couponing’ featured Desirae Young, a couponing expert who does not hesitate to jump into giant dumpsters just to look for coupons. Young, who has a food stockpile of about 24,000 items in her home, says that all the grocery items she has collected were free or almost free. That achievement…

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  • Coupon 101 With Coupon Carmen

    Coupon 101 With Coupon Carmen

    In Kernersville, North Carolina, homemaker Carmen Palmer shares some of her strategy when grocery shopping. Palmer, who is also known as Coupon Carmen, can get grocery items to fill up a shopping cart for just $11. She has been able to save a significant amount of the household’s grocery budget because of her extreme couponing.…

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  • Extreme Couponer in Polk County Never Had to Spend Money on Her Grocery

    Extreme Couponer in Polk County Never Had to Spend Money on Her Grocery

    Another extreme couponer shares that for this year so far, she has never had to spend money for her groceries. Polk County, Florida, resident, Missy Eby, said that she started couponing over a year ago, when she tried using her coupons at drugstores and grocery stores. Since then, Eby has gotten really good and has…

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  • Two Expert Couponers Show ‘Extreme Couponing’ How Big They Can Save on Groceries

    Two Expert Couponers Show ‘Extreme Couponing’ How Big They Can Save on Groceries

    TLC’s Extreme Couponing featured two expert couponers from two different states who can trim down their grocery bill from a thousand dollars to a few hundred dollars, and even less than that. Arizona resident, Amber Flores, a self-confessed extreme shopper, is also an extreme couponer. Even though she has only been couponing for three months,…

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  • Google Launches Mobile Application for Payment and Coupon Services

    Google Launches Mobile Application for Payment and Coupon Services

    Google Inc. has introduced a new way that consumers can pay for their transactions, as well as collect coupons electronically. As part of its expansion plans in the area of mobile advertising, Google has partnered with Sprint Nextel Corporation and MasterCard Inc. in order to let consumers pay for their purchases and collect coupons via…

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