If you subscribe to our Savvy Shopper Sunday Multiple Daily Herald Newpaper Package or even get extra papers from friends or family, you are receiving multiple coupon inserts (ie.. Valassis, Smart Source and P&G).

     No one wants to cut these coupons out one at a time!!!  The best and most efficient way I have found to cut out multiple manufacturers coupons is as follows:

       Separate all copies of each same insert by page ( ie.. separate all the Valassis into piles and then Smart Source etc...) and stack them on top of each other (I sit on the floor spread eagle and separate my pages into like piles).

           
       Cut all the same page at one time, gripping your stack tightly.  This makes it so you are cutting only once!!! 


       Make sure they line up - sometimes you will get some from a different printing and you'll need to adjust the alignment.

Thanks for the link! 

I also separate by page and then cut! I sit "spread eagle" on the floor and separate each insert into piles!

The only hang up I have found with stapling each coupon is that you have to "Unstaple" each coupon before you can use them.  It definitely saves time to sort and cut once.  If you want to staple to hold the pages together I would staple on the edges you will be cutting off!

Thanks Again!  Great Visual! Holy Cow - that is a ton of coupons!

I am pretty new at this, but I had an aching hand after last Sunday, so I went out and got one of those rolling cutters from a craft store.  I haven't tried it yet, but I hope it cuts down on the hand stress this week.

I love using my wrapping paper cutter for my 5 papers each week!  I much prefer it to using scissors!

I too use my "guillotine" paper cutter (tendonitis makes scissors a difficult thing).  I have also found that stapling the individual Q's to be immensely helpful.  Not only does it keep them from sliding around while you are chopping, but it is also nice to have them all together when I'm sorting, putting away and discarding (once they've expired).  I'm pretty sure no two people cut their coupons in exactly the same way.