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The 918 Coupon Queen and her Coupon Coaches help busy Tulsa moms find ways to save on their grocery bills.
With seven children and a husband to feed, Sabrina Hall’s grocery bill runs nearly $1,000 a month.
“With my family, I have to seek out bargains,” she admits. “I use coupons, but I’m sure I can save more.
“I’m ready to learn from the Queen.”
Enter the 918 Coupon Queen, Sarah Roe. The “Queen,” as many people call her, has been teaching coupon workshops across Green Country for a couple of years. The 918 Coupon Queen is featured twice weekly on The News on 6’s “Six in the Morning” and is a nationally known blogger, monthly columnist and author of “The Power of Coupons: 13 Ways to Save.”
Although this money-saving mom of two young boys doesn’t have quite as many mouths to feed as Hall, she certainly understands the importance of pinching pennies.
“When my son was born with life-threatening food allergies, our grocery bill tripled,” Roe says. “My husband and I were, literally, not eating so we could feed our son.”
She turned to the power of coupons and discovered that she could cut her family’s grocery bill by 80 percent.
“Smart shopping, strategic shopping makes this possible,” she says. “I don’t buy items my family won’t use. Everything I buy, my family uses and I save a ton.”
During an hour-long shopping trip at Reasor’s, Roe gives Hall a taste of how using a Coupon Coach, a new offering from 918moms.com, can add up to big savings for her family.
“I get e-mails every day from people wanting me to do their grocery shopping for them,” Roe says. “Although I cannot provide one-on-one training for everyone, I now have specially trained Coupon Coaches who will.”
Coupon Coaches teach shoppers, firsthand, how to apply Roe’s smart-shopping strategies to their lives and save money.
Just as the Coupon Coaches do, Roe comes armed with her 918 Coupon Queen coupon binder, which is stuffed full of high-dollar coupons, and a coupon binder for Hall.
“Coupons equal cash,” Roe says. “If you don’t use coupons, you are throwing money away.”
She relies on the 918 Coupon Queen’s online matchups to quickly determine which coupons match up with store sales. As the savings add up, so does Hall’s grocery cart.
Hall watches carefully and asks questions throughout the training. One hurdle she faces is altering her preplanned menu. Hall is thinking beef, while Roe is eyeing chicken.
“This is an adjustment for many shoppers,” Roe says. “I tell people, rather than plan around what you want to eat, plan around what you can eat, based on sales.”
Hall ends up, happily, with chicken breasts and vegetables for a fraction of the cost.
“Chicken isn’t what I had in mind,” she admits, “but who can argue with the savings?”
Now, with Coupon Coaches, shoppers can take Roe’s techniques and apply them in real time with a Coupon Coach standing by to help.
“I know some people will say $60 is a lot to pay to learn how to shop,” Roe says. “I say, you can’t afford not to do it. In one shopping trip, you recoup your investment.”
This is certainly true for Hall, as the true savings are revealed upon checkout. In an hour, her bill has been cut in half.
“Shopping with the 918 Coupon Queen gave me the confidence and the training I needed,” she says. “I’m not the Queen, more like a duchess, but I’m on my way.”
As she wheels her grocery cart out of the store, she smiles and shouts over her shoulder, “Long live the Queen!”
How do I get a Coupon Coach?
Go to 918moms.com, click on Coupon Queen and click on Store to complete the Coupon Coaches registration form.
Pay $60 via Pay Pal for your coaching session, coupon binder complete with coupons from your list, and a reusable grocery bag.
A Coupon Coach will contact you to set up a one-hour, in-store training session
To learn about the stores and areas covered by Coupon Coaches, visit 918moms.com and click on 918 Coupon Queen. 918moms.com offers forums; blogs, including the nationally known 918 Coupon Queen; a calendar of events; a photo gallery; and a directory with customized ratings and experts. Follow 918moms.com on Twitter @918moms, 918 Coupon Queen @918couponqueen and become a Facebook Fan.
