10 Secrets of 'Coupon Queens'

You can clip a lot more off your grocery bill if you know where to look.

There are approximately 300 billion coupons distributed in the U.S. every year, and they offer $3 billion in savings. While there is a lot of free money floating around, only 1.26% of all those coupons are actually redeemed, according ICOM Information and Communications.

You may have read articles or heard about people who save 50% or more on their groceries using coupons -- they call themselves "Coupon Queens." You have also probably tried to use coupons at some point and failed at getting the savings that these people are able to accomplish. The reason is that most of us are conditioned to use coupons the way that the manufacturers want us to use them, rather than to our advantage. ...