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Stephanie Nelson, author of the book Greatest Secrets of the Coupon Mom…

I'm not saying it's purposeful - there was even a study done that showed there were twice as many price errors in the store's favor as there were in the customer's favor.

So, it's worth checking and Stephanie says another effective way to save money at the grocery store is to know the store's pricing policies.

Does your store double coupons - do they do it everyday, do they double up to a certain limit? And you'd be surprised how differently each store works.

For example, buy one get one free…

Some stores will charge you full price for the first item and then the second item will ring in at zero. So, obviously you need to buy two items to get the benefit of the savings. But, many stores will actually just charge you half price for each item and you might want to just buy one item if you happen to have one coupon by buying one half-price item with the coupon if it's a store that doubles. You may actually pay nothing for that item - and that's really knowing how your store's savings programs work and then using them to your advantage.

You can get more from Stephanie's website which you can link to from ours: somethingyoushouldknow.net - I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.