(NAPSI)-The average family can save at least $1,000 per year by spending just 20 minutes a week seeking value from a variety of sources, according to a leading trade association. Consider these practical tips to spend less and get more:
1. Share savings with a friend: People are passionate about scoring great deals and word of mouth is a good way to find deals.
2. Seek savings offline and online: Those achieving the greatest savings are clipping print coupons and printing online coupons.
3. Organize your coupons: Organize coupons the way in which …

(ARA) – What’s a shopper to do when the prices of grocery staples are going through the roof? Erin Gifford, grocery savings expert with Shortcuts.com, offers five ways to save serious money at the supermarket this week.
1. Keep Your Eyes Peeled for Coupons: There are many more places to find coupons today than the Sunday paper. Online coupon Web sites let you select the coupons you want to print and cut out to use at your grocery store. Also, frequent the Web sites of your favorite brands for printable coupons …

Steve Bolden stood in the aisle of Wally’s Supermarket in Marysville holding a print out showing the items at the grocery store on sale.
Bolden, with two boxes of Spartan brand cereal in his cart alongside packages of ramen noodles, said when he shops, “I’m looking for the deals” — and skipping local eateries.
“Eating out is not in the budget plan anymore,” the 31-year-old Marysville resident said.
Bolden isn’t alone.
Grocery store sales across the country increased 6.1% in the first 10 months of this year, compared with the same period in 2007, …

As gas prices plummet, retailers are discounting everything from clothes to shoes to lure shoppers in stores. So, why aren’t grocery prices headed south, too?
In the most recent report by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, food prices in the Boston area in November were up 7 percent from a year earlier. During the same period, gas prices, which had a huge run-up, declined 28 percent.
The reason? High fuel prices – which factor in at every level from farmers growing food to trucks transporting it – was but one component …

Falling food costs and a prolonged recession may tempt restaurant chains into a wave of discounts next year, leaving potential profits on the table.
With prices for many food items and fuel hitting record highs this summer, restaurants were forced to raise the prices of their dishes beyond historical norms, producing a bitter proposition for customers watching the values of their homes and investment portfolios shrink.
Now, with food inflation expected to ease next year and the price of oil already in freefall, analysts will be watching whether restaurants can hold onto …