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More and more manufacturers are offering e-newsletters for a simple sign up procedure.

These newsletters can be a boon for the consumer because they contain coupon savings, great tips, recipes and more.

A couple of my favorites because of their constant coupon savings are Betty Crocker.com, Kraft.com, Eat Better America.com and Arm & Hammer.com. The coupons are often valued at $15 or $20.

Some retail outlets send coupons too. I get them most often from Borders.com, Kohl’s.com and TruValue.com. The sign up is very easy, and the information requested is generally along the lines of name, address and zip code. A few go into a little more detail, but not at all invasive.

Beside the coupons, I’ve gotten some great recipes. The best recipes of 2009 listed simple but great ideas. Even for me, the non-cook, I found a few I could incorporate into my specialties.

So chose some of your favorite products, and check online for the e-newsletters.

Have you noticed the new and improved Supermarket Sites now available online? I have, and I thought I’d share some of the better parts of the sites.

Since I mostly shop at the local A&P, I’ll use that store as my guide. But most stores have equally user friendly and helpful sections. Remember in this case “Forewarned is forearmed.”

First, the entire weekly sales flyer is offered online. You can turn each page to view all the specials. So with the speed of your computer you can manage it all. Now the fun begins. With the specific sale item I want, I click and add it to a shopping list. As I turn each page my savings and my list grow. But the time I’m done, I’ve planned the bulk of my weekly shopping list. And with a click of the print button my list is ready.

Still there’s more. I click on the coupon link on the supermarket site, and I can download coupons for the same items right onto my frequent shopper card. The deductions are taken at the register. And last, I can print off other coupons that will further reduce my shopping bill.

Naturally I fill in my coupon needs with those from the www.selectcouponprogram.com so that weekly I save between 40-60%. The reason I know about my exact savings is that each and every week, at the bottom of my receipt is a little blurb ‘you saved 63% on you groceries’.

Have you noticed how many coupons are issued outside the supermarket from books to clothes and everything in-between.

Competition and the economy are creating new and innovative marketing tools that can save us money on almost all of our purchases. That doesn’t mean that we have to run out and buy it all, it just means that if we need it, we can effect great deals.

For example, I received 3-$10 Old Navy coupons with a minimum purchase of $10. Each coupon was to be used one a week over a 3-week time frame. The first week I purchased 3 pairs of boxers for $12, my cost $2. Week 2 the handkerchief bags were on sale for a little over $5 each. I bought 2 for about $1. The last week I needed jeans, not on sale, still a good deal at $19.

Next onto TruValue hardware for the $5 coupon off a $25 purchase. I bought compact fluorescent bulbs in size R30 and R40 for our high hats. Both sizes were on sale, and I got enough to cover the $25.

The ever popular Bed, Bath & Beyond 20% coupon came in handy during a recent cold snap. I got the Lasko heater, priced at $50 for $40.

Before making purchases check for the likely places and coupon deals and add to your savings.

Degree is giving a $1 coupon

http://www.degreewomen.com/Women/Fine-Fragrance-Collection.aspx

Lever $1 coupon

http://www.lever2000.com/

$3 in Dove Coupons

http://content.dove.us/dimensions/coupons.aspx

$3 in Pledge Coupons

http://www.pledge.com/savings/2009-1/

$6 in Coupons from Eat Better America: Yoplait, Wheaties etc.

http://www.eatbetteramerica.com/coupons/?WT.dcsvid=MzQ4NjY4ODU2NQS2&WT.mc_id=Newsletter_EBA_042909

$7 coupon for Crest White Strips

http://www.pgeverydaysolutions.com/pgeds/en_US/jsp/EDS_Page.jsp?pageID=SCSCL&edstempseg=BB&utm_source=BB&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=May09Newsletter

Refund Offers will net you the best savings but require you to mail away your proofs of purchase to receive your refund. And you can save in 3 different ways.

• A return of a free product coupon
• Cash back on the purchase
• Great premiums or gifts

In a typical year, I get back about $2500 in cash, in addition to the free product coupons and gifts. I place all my refunds into an interest bearing back account, and any expenses associated with my refund offers come out of this account. So my hobby is certainly money-saving and fun.

Some of the premiums include: T-Shirts, free movie tickets, stuffed toys, great kitchen-related items, insulated lunch bags, a Crockpot, the Energizer Bunny about 2’ tall, matchbox cars, lovely tote bags, wonderful child’s books, cookbooks, children’s items that served as a diversion when my kids came to me with bumps; more unique gadgets than I can list here.

The free product coupons are just about on every item. Most packaged goods, pet foods, cereals, paper goods all offer refunds in the form of a coupon. Among those that I like the best are the tie-in promotions offering a coupon on another product. For example, Wishbone’s refund on its salad dressing nets $2 back on the purchase of produce, Dole Pineapple wants you to make Hawaiian Chicken, that refund is $2 on your meat order. But the packaged goods are great too. I got a coupon for a free Cheer, the cost of the product around $15.

Refunding is worth the time, postage money, and effort. For more information, great offers, go to www.refundlebundle.com and start saving too.