subject: How Mobile Coupons Apps Load Grocery Coupons To Loyalty Cards [print this page] Grocery coupons have made shoppers' lives easier, and saved them tens, hundreds, and even thousands of dollars over the years. At the same time, grocery coupons have made many shoppers lives hectic, because they're tedious to clip, a pain to organize, and maddening when they are forgotten.
The disappointment of an expired coupon or the crushing agony of leaving them on the counter can sour a shopper on grocery coupons altogether. But with a smartphone or even just Internet access, grocery shoppers are finding an easier way to save money. Through a mobile app, or even a website, money conscious consumers can access coupon savings that are tied directly to their shopper loyalty cards.
When getting started with one of these mobile coupons apps, the shopper adds the stores where they shop and use their grocery coupons most frequently, and registers their store loyalty cards. The shopper should to be careful to add the loyalty card number and not their alternative ID number of phone number that is associated with the card in order to register their savings opportunity.
Mobile grocery coupons apps are typically compatible with most major grocery stores, and can even help shoppers find the stores which are closest to them. During the registration process, the shopper will be able to select the grocery store where they prefer to shop. Once they see their favorite grocery store will work with the grocery coupon app, the fun begins.
When the shopper hits the store, they start scanning the desired items with their smartphone's camera. The grocery coupon app searches for that manufacturer's coupons and for any grocery coupons being offered by the retailer. Some stores offer double or triple grocery coupons and the mobile apps will pick up on any current offers through the stores' own loyalty card system. Once grocery coupons are recognized after scanning the barcode, the app will add any applicable coupons to the shopper's loyalty card.
Then the shopper simply hands the cashier the loyalty card to redeem all the loaded coupons. The register will pull out any coupons on the loyalty card that match up to items in the transaction and apply the savings. These coupons could be direct from the manufacturer, from the grocery store, or both if the retailer allows double dipping. The shopper does not have to scrounge through their personal items to locate all grocery coupons that apply to the purchase. The savings that apply are all already on the shopper's loyalty card.
Some shoppers will buy items on sale in the store, instead of looking for saving on the products that they actually want. Shopping with mobile coupons apps allows consumers to search for savings on their preferred products. Once an item has been scanned, it is added to a shopping list on the mobile app.
Mobile coupon apps allow shoppers to save on the items that they normally buy at the grocery store. Since the shopper scans their desired product with their mobile phone's camera, they are looking for savings on that item. These grocery coupon apps start to track items that are purchased and customize the website and mobile app to each shopper.
Mobile grocery coupon apps enable thrift shoppers to make the most out of shopping experience by tying saving to their loyalty card. Loyalty cards typically fit into a credit card slit in a wallet or on a key chain. Shoppers do not usually leave the house without their wallet and keys, but grocery coupons often get left behind and are wasted when the coupon expires. Tying the mobile coupons to the shopper's familiar loyalty cards makes it more likely that the customer will actually save. All they need are items they already carry - a loyalty card and their smartphone.
