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wee n from page 2 major money savers are the cash refunds food companies offer <?> to consumers who send in proof-of-purchase ni J!^i i. seais. ane aisinouies refund forms to area grocery stores and to a coupon trading club she organized. A plan for clipping and filing coupons and organization are the keys to efficient use of C coupons, she said. Pevehouse gets cents off coupons from local newspapers and the Atlanta and Charlotte papers on the days each paper's food section appears. She also gets coupons from national magazines. "I look through the ^magazines before Til buy them. Sometimes they'll pay for themselves in coupons," she said. Pevehouse has gotten her coupon clipping down to a science. She keeps one file box in her kitchen I to temporarily store all ******** * * * c J** i * c & 1 \ * on im HB I mm r l--! CW I proof-of-purchase seals she cuts out of food containers that are about to be discarded. She then files them in one of six permanent files according to the coupon offer. She also files cents-off coupons according to the expiration dates. "I have almost five years worth of trashproof-of-purchase seals I've collected and other offers," she said. "You've got to be organized if you're going to do this well. If you're not organized forget it. I wasn't organized or thrifty before I started all of this, but it sure helped me get that way." n J ^uupuiu> ait* guuu deals for both consumers and the food companies, Pevehouse said. "It's the only form of advertising where you're going to get something back from the ad. It's also good for the company because they are making money FREE 9" PIZZA PIZZA EXPRES :ast, Free Delivi 256-0301 in: Sat. 12 Noon- 2: Sun, 12 Noon-1:00 Mi/ r, ^ i. jyy vpti i i \JI LI promoting tneir products. An entire coupon campaign costs about as much as one 30-second television commercial. I'd rather have the coupon program," she said. Couponing has other uses, namely as a hobby and as a substitute for food stamps, Pevehouse said. "Collecting coupons is a great thine to do in the winter when you can't get out of the house as much," she said. Pevehous said she knows of several families who were able to get off food stamps by saving money with coupons. "I wrote President Carter when I first found out about these families and said I though he should implement coupons into his policy on food stamps. But he never did," she said. Many companies are offering coupons on junk foods, she said, which disturbs her. 4'It * * * * * ? ;s I ery 30am am jnch : Ht j Us if I ^ * encourages people to * '' buy non-nutritional ?:j food," she said. "Sometimes I want to H ^ ^ cry when I see what H people have in their v% grocery baskets." But B] Pevehouse said, she was relieved to learn t , more coupons are j. being offered with [/'.j foods such as ]' ! vegetables, milk and Hgg WBM meat. j j Pevehouse said she ' ; is a very careful H shopper and never g] goes to the grocery ? store without a list. She I 01 said people tend to buy unnecesarv items if they go without a list or p when they are hungry. ^ Pevehouse's coupon and grocery-store H^ mentality is reflected Hi HI in the way she gets j ! around Columbia. B ^ "I really know my B stores because I I compare prices,'* she [ said. "And whenever I I someone tells me j where they live, I I 30 always think of what B orAPort? ctnrn fh q f ic H VV/Vyl JT V VllUt AOl near." j I Ff ? 9" F * p..??.. j Buy a 16" C | and Get ? II Pizza And 1 I I Offer Expires Sun ! i 10-25-81 at 1:002 Buy a 16" 1 II and Get a 9" | and 4 C I | Offer Expires Sun J 10-25-81 al 1:00a we something to sell? : e GAMECOCK advertising. * It sells itself. 777-4249 : | Minute Cleaners! and Laundry I One-Day Service I inHnMmn!^ 25% Discount 1 ff orders over $ 10.00 | Offer expires 10-31-81 I .?...J ~7 .r%r\ tz.irs r t? JCII / .\JW.D\J IVIUII.TII. j 7:00-6:00 Sat. I 10 Rosewood Drive 799-07 18 j j 19 Broad River Road 7 7 2-0241 I * (tb ? 1ZZA | * . )ne Item Pizza ! i 9" Cheese J \ Cokes FREE! v J . } E day y otuvtM w J-? L i im sagr *l ^ wo item Pizza j Pepperoni Pizza | okes FREE! I