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Many shoppers still waiting for Fresh Market to bloom

Adding to Fresh Market’s woes has been the proximity of many of its stores to competitors that have stepped up efforts during the economic downturn to appeal to price-conscious shoppers. In Centerville, for example, Fresh Market is across the street from a Walmart and near a Target. Both have put in place aggressive plans over the past two years to attract and retain shoppers.

Jacki Brunson, who writes about grocery deals on the website MamasonaDime.com, said that week after week, other stores have better selections of sale items and loss leaders — items sold near or below cost to lure shoppers. Although Fresh Market coupons, which the chain delivers electronically to those who sign up for its emails, do provide substantial savings on basic grocery items, shoppers can only purchase one or two sale items at a time, she said.

How to Save with Coupons, part one - Twin Mamma

Coupons are kind of popular nowadays. When TLC’s Extreme Couponing first premiered, many people wanted to learn how to use coupons to save money like the people on the show. These people may not have ever used a coupon in their life (gasp!). Before you learn how to be “extreme” with coupons, you should learn some basics. So let’s start at the beginning.  There are different types of coupons available to be used. There are manufacturer coupons that can be used on the specified product at any store. These can come from a Sunday paper coupon insert, from a company’s website, or they can even be found at a store on a display. Let’s learn some of the different types of coupons and different ways to get coupons. An eCoupon is a coupon that is loaded onto a store card. I’ve never had the chance to use one of these yet as the stores that I shop at don’t offer them. But some stores offer coupons that you load right onto a store card and once you take them to the grocery store and purchase the items, the money comes right off of your order once you scan your card.  Sometimes people don’t want to start couponing because they think it is too difficult or too time consuming. While it is true that it takes time to clip the coupons and organize them, it might not take as much time as you would think. If you are not interested in extreme couponing, you don’t have to spend nearly as much time as the people on the show. And once you get used to using coupons, it is not difficult at all to remember to take coupons with you when you shop. We don’t leave the house without coupons in our family! Even if we are going to retail store, we use coupons. If you want to start using coupons right away, you will need to start collecting them. Most couponers buy a Sunday paper (or two, or ten). These newspapers have coupons on all Sundays, except for on Holidays. Once you get your flyers, you can look at the coupons available to determine the best deals. Next week we will learn more coupon basics so stay tuned!

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