Stockpiling: Getting Started

Stockpiling of groceries and other necessities takes time and diligence. From studying store sales ads and clipping coupons to work out the best deals, the money you can save will pay you for your time over and over again. Getting started with stockpiling can cost you a little bit more in the beginning but in the end your budget and wallet will thank you when your grocery bills are a fraction of what they use to be.

To get started in stockpiling, sign up for money saving forums such as slickdeals.net, afullcup.com and hotcouponworld.com. Many times sales ads are available on these forums weeks in advance to allow you time to locate coupons to correspond with the sales and plan out the best deals for stockpiling.

Next, you will want to find places where you can print internet coupons so you can bookmark them or add the sites to your favorites for future reference. Printable manufacturer coupons can be found on sites such as couponloop.com, coupons.com, and smartsource.com. Also, sign up for website newsletters for products that you use. The newsletters are delivered right to your email address and oftentimes include coupons.

Some companies do not use internet coupons. Proctor and Gamble have monthly coupons that are in most local papers the first Sunday of the month. Red Plum and Smart Source also have inserts in the papers. To gather more than one of the coupons from the Sunday papers you have two options. You can buy multiple papers if there are a lot of coupons in there that you will use or you can use a coupon clipping service.

Ebay and coupons clipping services allow you to buy multiples of a coupon. On Ebay they can oftentimes be found in lots of 10, 15, or 20. Coupon clipping services offer you the ability to buy just one or numerous coupons. Couponsarecool.com is the cheapest coupon clipper service I have found. However, their supply of coupons is limited. Another great site is couponsandforms.com, their prices are a bit higher and they have a minimum order amount. The do have a larger selection of coupons.

To begin stockpiling, coupons and sales ads are all you need. For the first month or so until your stockpile grows, you will be spending a little bit more money to buy your normal groceries and begin your stockpile. However, once your stockpiling begins you will be able to forgo buying items until they are on sale and have coupons available making the items very cheap and oftentimes free.