I've always been a coupon clipper. But last year, I really became more of a coupon printer, thanks to an explosion of savings offered on the Web through sites such as Coupons.com.
On Wednesday, the Website released its 2010 frugal cities ranking, with Minneapolis weighing in at No. 5.
The index looked at Minneapolis proper and was based on the city's total printed coupon savings through coupons.com and its affiliates. The city has a savings index of 329, meaning that residents are more than three times as likely to print coupons as a "typical" city resident.
Have you found yourself using more printed coupons? And how do you find them? I typically go to sites that analyze store circulars and then scour the web for coupons that match up with store deals, maximizing savings. One such site is the Maple Grove-based pocketyourdollars.com, but there are many others, such as moneysavingmom.com and couponcravings.com
Here's the list:
2010 Rank
Change Since 2009
City
State
Savings Index
1
—
Atlanta
GA
997
2
—
Tampa
FL
569
3
—
Cincinnati
OH
497
4
—
Saint Louis
MO
420
5
—
Minneapolis
MN
329
6
↑ 1
Charlotte
NC
303
7
↓ 1
Nashville
TN
291
8
—
Cleveland
OH
289
9
—
Pittsburgh
PA
250
10
↑ 1
Raleigh
NC
235
11
↓ 1
Kansas City
MO
233
12
↑ 3
Washington
DC
207
13
↓ 1
Miami
FL
202
14
↑ 4
Dallas
TX
198
15
↓ 2
Oklahoma City
OK
198
16
↓ 4
Boston
MA
192
17
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Denver
CO
170
18
↑ 5
Seattle
WA
153
19
↑ 1
Columbus
OH
147
20
↓ 1
Wichita
KS
146