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Are you still clipping coupons theold-fashioned way? Then it may betime to look into TrueCouponing, a sys-tem developed to help you save hun-dreds on your grocery store bills.

Conceptualized by Valrico residentKati Kiefer, TrueCouponing offers resi-dents a plan of attack when it comes togrocery shopping, from announcingcoupons referred to as “Money Makers”– coupons that basically pay you foryour other groceries – and revealing“Good Deal Alerts,” to listing all of thedeals at Publix, Albertsons, Walgreensand Winn Dixie and teaching advancedtechniques when it comes to coupon-ing. Along with her partners of the min-istry, Kelly Willey and Susanna Collins,Kiefer offers free classes to area resi-dents who would like to learn her tricksof the trade, with two coming up inMay: Tuesday, May 4, from 6:30-8:30p.m., at the Brandon Seventh-dayAdventist Church, located at 1221Victoria St. in Brandon; and Thursday,May 13, at The Crossing Church, situ-ated at 10130 Causeway Blvd. inTampa, with one from 9:15–11:30 a.m.and another running from 7–9 p.m.Also, TrueCouponing offers residents a

discount on TheTampa Tribunefor its couponingpotential.

A formerfull-timeaccountant, witha Bachelor ofScience inAccounting fromthe University ofSouth Florida,Kiefer beganthis ministry inJuly of 2009after deciding tohomeschool herfour childrenand work part-time for BellShoals Baptist

Church as an accountant. Remarkably,her methods have allowed her to cuther monthly grocery bill from $600 to$250 for a family of six.

“I started TrueCouponing because Iwanted everyone I knew to see howmuch easier it could be to use couponsthan the old way I had used themsome time ago,” she comments.“TrueCouponing is a faith-based min-istry, operating locally, with a mission tohelp individuals save over 70 percenton their grocery bills and have enoughleft over to bless others.”

Having already held 11 classesand received some 10,000 hits on herWebsite since its inception in January,she adds, “In challenging economictimes such as these, we want toencourage individuals that they can cutdown on expenses in possibly the sec-ond highest expenditure in their house-holds.”

To sign up for classes, which coverthe specifics of the system while delv-ing out free items, visitwww.thxamillion.com. For more infor-mation, e-mailKati@TrueCouponing.com.

LOCAL COUPON GURU SHARES SKILLSTO SAVES CONSUMERS 70-80 PERCENT

By Carisa Biesecker

PHOTO CREDIT: ERIKA CATLIN“THE TRUECOUPONING METHOD SAVES OUR CLIENTS AN AVERAGE OF 70 TO 80

PERCENT OF THEIR TOTAL GROCERY BILL, INCLUDING GROCERIES, HEALTH AND BEAU-TY, AND BABY ITEMS, WHILE THE OLD METHOD USUALLY SAVES AROUND 20 PER-

CENT,” SAYS VALRICO RESIDENT KATI KIEFER, FOUNDER OF TRUECOUPONING. SHEIS PICTURED ABOVE (LEFT) WITH HER MINISTRY’S PARTNERS, KELLY WILLEY (CEN-

TER) AND SUSANNA COLLINS.

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