Printing Cash At Home: My Favorite Grocery Coupon Sites

Nowadays, with everything being available on the internet, it’s easier than ever to find great coupons online. Like the coupon inserts you get from the paper, you don’t need many of them but sometimes you can find a real gem. Recently, I was able to print “$1.10 off one” coupons for a delicious but expensive cereal. I paired them up with a really good sale and got each box for $.80. In fact, several of my most valuable coupons have been printed online.

The online coupon sites will require you to register and download specific coupon printing software. This software is used to track and limit the number of coupons you can print. When I first tried to use the software, I couldn’t get things to print. My husband had setup the printer on a print server on the network so we could share the printer, but the coupon printer software didn’t like that one bit. I made him hook the printer directly to my computer. Now I’m happily printing my coupons.

There are a lot of coupon websites out there but many of them use the same coupon software and therefore offer the same coupons. The print limit per coupon is often capped at 2, regardless of what site you use to print them.

So far, I haven’t had any trouble redeeming printed coupons in stores although I have had a few checkers inspect them closely. (Hint to you frugal shoppers – choose the young checkers at your grocery store and avoid the “experienced” ones that might not have seen too many printed coupons. It makes things go much more smoothly).

So get your printer ready and check out my three favorite grocery coupon sites:

Coupons.com – I’ve had great luck finding coupons I’ll use here. I check this site every couple of days to see what’s new. Sites like Boodle.com actually redirect you to this site to print the coupons.

Smartsource.com – This site offers a different set of coupons than the site above. I haven’t found as many great coupons here but some have come in really handy. Other sites that offer the SmartSource coupons include eversave.com and coolsavings.com.

Betty Crocker – This has more than just Betty Crocker coupons. The coupons change once a month and are definitely worth checking out. I always seem to find at least one valuable coupon here.