We've all heard stories about people walking in to a grocery store and plunking down a few bucks for a cartful of groceries
It's possible, said Stephanie Nelson, the "Coupon Mom." But it's not very practical.
"I once got $100 worth of groceries for $1.95," said Nelson, who operates grocery-deals site The Coupon Mom and wrote "Greatest Secrets of the Coupon Mom." But, she said, it was mostly toothbrushes, tomato sauce and other nonessential items. She couldn't feed her family on it. "I would have had to rush out to the store the next day."
While some rabid couponers scour the Internet and even the dump to score free coupons and rebates, that's really not necessary, say Nelson and Teri Gault, operator of The Grocery Game.