Al Ruechel, Your Technology

With food prices expected to climb for the next couple of years, many people are turning to an old-fashioned money saving standby -- clipping coupons.

But, as News 13's Al Ruechel shows us, the Internet age has its own twist on coupon clipping with two Web sites.

Coupons.com is much larger and carries up to 100 new coupons each week.

You start out by entering your zip code. Then, look under the sort function. The coupons are arranged by subject.

On one particular day, there were 63 coupons offered -- 15 for food and 11 for household items.

You can find the specific offer, place a check mark in the clip box and print the coupons all at once at the end of your search.

Most of the coupons come from large product manufacturers, so you'll definitely see a lot of familiar brand names.

You can also sign-up for weekly coupon alerts sent to your e-mail address.

The other Web site is called MyCoupons.com. It represents over 1,700 stores.

In addition to the regular, printable coupons from some of Americas largest retailers -- such as Amazon.com, American Eagle, Target and Kohls --  this Web site gives you coupon code numbers. That means you can shop online and get the printed coupon discounts by simply entering the coupon code.

That code is usually good for discounts of 10 to 20 percent.

To make it even easier, just click on the "use code tab" and it takes you directly to that retailers Web site where they are hoping you will instantly start shopping.

Just remember, most stores are using coupons to entice you buy their products. That's no problem if they're products you would normally use. You can save a lot of money.

Try to avoid getting suckered in with an unbelieveable deal for an item you really don't need.

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