The 'Coupon General' Mum Has Amassed A Stockpile Worth Over $30K | Extreme Couponing

For mum of 7 April, couponing isn’t just a hobby, it’s a necessity! With the help of her family, the ‘coupon general’ has amassed an impressive stockpile worth over $30,000!
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[@morenag.7769]

Okay....she not only feeds her own family but she also helps at the food bank at her church. In my book that’s awesome!

[@CoCo1989]

I like how she and her family used to be in need and struggling but now she helps others that are in this situation and even feeds her whole church once a week

[@carlycrays2831]

A lot of these couponers use food banks to satisfy their coupon addictions.

[@nonniperkl6273]

I just love the heavy music over the montage of the church

[@aaubrey5980]

200th like :)

[@manishtripathi5581]

Even I agree if she feeds people in church. That's not bad

[@EmilySmith-lx5ny]

I just want everyone to know that you shouldn’t feel humiliated going to the food bank. Especially with the way things are going with Covid. Everybody deserves to eat

[@hawrarocks]

👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽

[@tashaw.950]

I've been there absolutely a life saver!! I donate there!!

[@intransition8548]

Hunger and poverty are no jokes.

[@debcothran7564]

I go to our local food bank

[@Megz1794]

Yeah but couponing half works too and it’s also easier on most people’s plus a lot of the food she gets also goes to her local church.

[@chrissychris1360]

I agree, she was ready for the pandemic...

[@Megz1794]

That is if she’s still allowed to extreme coupon when she runs out of items since extreme couponing plus she has a somewhat bigger family. Since extreme couponing doesn’t exist as much anymore as it did in the past. Plus a lot of it goes to her mass/church group.

[@lynner.1517]

True🤣🤣

[@excusemeum....8053]

She was ready for Texas

[@Megz1794]

@Dorjsuren Dash maybe she already had toilet paper and didn’t need anymore

[@jessicaalexandra306]

You do realize thos is an old show

[@abdullahaleem7991]

She can open her own supermarket 🤣

[@piper_squadfan7830]

Ikr

[@rzel4569]

Ikr

[@Jermie..]

Ikr

[@Katie-May]

No jokes she can

[@Katie-May]

😆

[@dikliklik]

Has she ever been afraid that these products out of date

[@melissagallagher8311]

I saw an episode about this usually they try to buy some things that are nonpershisable, and they cycle through things to make sure food gets eaten before expiration.

[@ShimaTheCatto]

she has a family of 9 so I am assuming everything gets consumed at a faster rate than a normal family

[@fancybread8824]

Yeah like the salad

[@Megz1794]

The food probably gets eatten before it expires since a lot of the food also goes to her local church for mass so she’s not just feeding a family of 9 she’s also feeding her local church goers.

[@Megz1794]

And also it’s a family of 9 eating all that food In the stockpile she’d need back ups of the same foods after she runs out of anyway

[@ok-tr7ly]

She is the only person who can say we have food at home

[@sab5076]

That's because she bought all the food and left next to nothing for anyone else to get.

[@ThePrincesselise06]

😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@mariadasilva4090]

222th comment lol and yes

[@kite6864]

not much vegetables or protein though.. i didn't even see any beans.

[@hopehaskins4918]

@@sab5076 it's going to food banks not just her chill lmao

[@tammybands4688]

Its the lady from all those maths equations

[@RedBlueberryAnimates]

Math teachers taking note here

[@alexwilliams9129]

OMG It is 😲

[@rianna1_1]

Ikr

[@PurpleBlueHaze]

I lost it reading your comment 😂😂

[@leannesmith5818]

This woman could run anyone's buisness with great sucess

[@catm2454]

"I feel like Brad Pitt has just walked up to the register and said he broke up with Angelina Jolie and hes into big women!"

[@pamelahatchett981]

OMG NEED A VENTILATOR!! I'm that big girl for Brad!!!!!!😆

[@EarthCentral]

Keep in mind she said this about a decade before they divorced

[@dnieto1466]

🤣

[@lonelydog4536]

I was so confused by your comment until I watched the video lmao

[@coolcatoo397]

i died. feel like that would be any woman’s dream

[@dewilew2137]

For anyone who says that stay at home wives don’t do anything...just know that this is A LOT to stay on top of. Coupons or no coupons, managing a household is work.

[@nadeawilliams7749]

Domestic engineer!!

[@hannahcorinne5388]

And yet people do it while working full time, frequently without a partner to help, so yeah, relatively stay at home people have it easy.

[@bexmw]

@@hannahcorinne5388just because it’s not as back breaking doesn’t mean it’s easy. One’s struggle doesn’t negate another’s.

[@dork3132]

Someone needs to find that cashier and give her a lot of money.

[@alexandrapevey5911]

She's just doing her job

[@yesterdaypizza9725]

@@alexandrapevey5911 yeah but it isnt in her job description to deal with crazy people, do you know how hard it is for her to manually enter every coupon so a woman can save up on her money while the cashier get minimum wage to deal with this bullshit, if she has the audacity, she would have tipped or gave the 100 dollar she brought with her.

[@alexandrapevey5911]

@@yesterdaypizza9725 you don't have to tip cashers, that's insane. Scanning thing is a hell of a lot easier job than all my family has outside working all day in the sun doing manual labor.

[@alexandrapevey5911]

@@yesterdaypizza9725 she's not crazy, she's a mon trying to keep her family fed and even helps her community

[@bug7753]

“Your a horder” Her: I nO sEe DuSt

[@yaronnx4610]

It makes sense though because borders usually hold on to things for a long time

[@bug7753]

@@yaronnx4610 yea sort of does it just kills me that that’s her argument

[@juliac8225]

@@bug7753 the way she said it too like she made sure everyone was informed she is not a hoarder 😂

[@bug7753]

@@juliac8225 XD yes indeed

[@lowercasebadguy]

That was hilarious

[@gotenks961]

I don’t understand how they’re allowed to coupon like this. In Australia it’s capped at 1 coupon per person, per day lol

[@charliesutton3281]

America is weird man...

[@LiveCamsAllOverTheWorld]

This is old. I think it changed in the US too

[@AlphaFoxAdam]

@@LiveCamsAllOverTheWorld yeah, it depends on the store.

[@charliesutton3281]

@@queennil fair

[@stephanychocolate6227]

This is not acceptable in New York! So in certain states in America it is

[@joudjabr9112]

She literally has a whole grocery store in her basement I’m so jealous 😭😭😭

[@skerskerskersker8656]

You can’t blame her it’s hard to look after 7 kids with just child support money

[@paigexcorefan123]

that’s why they have jobs you can get

[@gunterzeninja4114]

That's why you don't have 7 kids to begin with

[@sarai5467]

@@gunterzeninja4114 she's doing nothing illegal . Its her time and effort and who are you to say how many kids a person should have ! Calm down Adolf!

[@gunterzeninja4114]

@@sarai5467 real mature with the name calling 🙄

[@Angelwings-qz5ki]

@@gunterzeninja4114 oh shut up go have your Abortion protest somewhere else

[@brooklynndurham6009]

that girls face doing homework is literally me everyday in algebra

[@lululipes4382]

3:01

[@mackenzie44]

Me in every class tho

[@dakokehinde9981]

She is organised 😍😍 i love that. And the way she is with her children 😘😘😁

[@joshuaarmijo3565]

What a drill srgt?

[@shanergamer826]

I like the way she says she could barely put food on the table now she can put 7

[@vynetti]

She's just like my mom. My mom is a stay at home and raises 5 kids. And she coupons like crazy.

[@speedy_7676]

Does she have a stockpile?

[@yazank123kahla8]

Bruh she said free always taste better💀😂

[@tashaw.950]

I want to learn how to do this! They should have classes on this everywhere and how to budget! Especially if your on any kind of food assistance. When I had foodstamps I'd just stock up at the meat market and to Aldi but now that I don't I struggle to stay on budget. So would love to learn this! But my mind cannot wrap this concept! Its awesome amazing even!

[@cmapp1969]

same here but I don't think I would be able to spend 16 hours a week on couponing. That is out of the question. But I do love her pantry, it would be nice to stock up in time of a famine.

[@zazasworld8377]

Me too

[@da1stamericus]

I do couponing also, but it's nothing like in the USA here in the Netherlands. We get great discounts, and get coupons for 50% off etc. And I look for food save apps.

[@carlycrays2831]

Most stores drastically changed their coupon policies because of these shows.

[@tashaw.950]

Yes I think they only agree to do it because there on tv!! And don't want to look bad...I cannot ever imagine going in to my local grocery stores and having 7 orders...with 7 million coupons🤣😂 they look at me crazy when I have to many groceries in my buggy now...🤣

[@up-uw4op]

I dont have a basement but I keep 3 shelves of extra food in my 2nd bathroom and away from my kids. Im a single mom of 4 and its good to be prepared.

[@lemmesleep1858]

Oof single mom of 4!! Good luck to you. Seriously, good luck

[@j.mcgyver5541]

Bless you!

[@HeavenLeeMadeOnEtsy]

Just letting you know if you use that bathroom for it's original purpose all the food you store in there is contaminated. The health dept won't even let you keep your bathroom door open into your food storage or food prep areas

[@calcatel3199]

She's not a horder she just owns a mini store

[@hazel3432]

Surprising how none of the kids are over weight or unhealthy even though they stack tons of food at home it's good to know they value stuff and don't over use or waste things

[@christinefilipkowski5346]

I was there when they were filming the episode for her daughter’s quince, and I spent Christmas with them. I also lived with two of her daughters ❤️She has a baking business now and she’s still the sweetest woman ever and she now teaches couponing classes!

[@ravenbaa7989]

How u spend Christmas with them u know them

[@ravenbaa7989]

Proof

[@christyhayes8475]

Omg I wish that I could actually get down how to actually do couponing I get confused so easily and I don't know what to do about it

[@cookiemonstermpayo]

Food pantries is not embarrassing, it’s helpful. There were times were my family had to get food from the food bank. I was grateful to get food for the week because I lived in a house with my two brothers and parents along with two other families of 5 or more.

[@ilovewhiteflowers]

She not only is feeding her kids properly but shes being a great role model and spending her money wisely!

[@kimpelders4996]

Properly 🤣🤣 fat and refined sugar mmmm

[@ravenbaa7989]

Properly um no all that candy

[@ansleyalexander8647]

And everyone wondered where all the tolit paper went

[@kayladanielle7105]

I like how the cashiers never get attitudes🙂

[@nurhanismunirah]

This kind of mom is the real ceo of life!

[@saundrahonwytewalopez2286]

I used to coupon like this. But I stopped cause, I need surgery on my spine. It’s been about 4 years and I still have body soap left. I used everything I had. She needs to watch those expiration dates though

[@kimberlyarrington5721]

How you spine now honey and Health

[@marissagarcia2627]

This mom is amazing and hard working, she’s a hero

[@LittleBlueAngelDuck]

I like how she managed her kids. We were also seven kids and we had an important rule when we were younger. Every older sibling would hold hands with a younger sibling, forming pairs, and my mom would hold my youngest sibling on her arm and later on her hands. So she knew where every kid was and that the older ones were taking care of the younger ones.

[@hannahcorinne5388]

Making your older kids help parent your younger kids - basically making them be adults before they should be because of your selfish lack of family planning - is just plain wrong.

[@kellymcfalls1458]

@@hannahcorinne5388 Having the older kids HELP with the younger ones is NOT selfish or lazy parenting it’s called being a family and working together !

[@Pasadena14]

The guys at the grocery store are VERY NICE people indeed. And that cashier is a trooper.

[@itsemmaplayz8346]

Ok in gonna have to say that this mom is kind of the less crazy cheapskate.. like she always gets things on sale (like my mom she loves 'em but gets other things on the real price) and always gets coupons. she is reasonable. She actually buys food and not cat food and serves it to guests. And lets her kids go and take whatever they want. That is pretty cool

[@itsemmaplayz8346]

@@Jglz1016 yesss that's what i like to see 😊

[@avacdoimchristyhi-8392]

She’s not dumb Not cheap Not a Karen She’s smart for saving money and helping the church 😚✌️

[@kushagraverma6456]

Shes an awesome human, not only she taker care of her own family but also feed people at the church. Also, she knows what the barcode means, shes really smart.

[@charitygoos2691]

“It feels like brad Pitt just walked in here saying he broke up with Angelina Jolie and is into big woman!” Man she’s funny 😂

[@riawally5627]

The dividing factor between couponing & a hoarder is not just "dust", It's the usefulness of the stuff you've accumulated. Oh Wait, then again hoarders believe those 10 000 stacks of old newspapers will be very useful one day, lol.

[@michaelavillanueva3562]

I am so impressed and love how she is so organized lol

[@_Sarby1]

There's having a stock pile to make sure your family's ok and theres going overboard. She doesn't need 500 jars of pasta sauce, 200 bottles of barbecue sauce etc why is she not donating some to the food bank she says they had to use at one point? Goes to church but is sitting on 500 jars of pasta sauce etc. behaviour Jesus would not agree with SMH

[@stephanychocolate6227]

Do you donate to the food bank? How much?

[@sunnyxp4681]

Let the woman live her life like just bc she has a lot of food doesn't mean u have to pressure her into giving

[@_Sarby1]

Those of you asking, yes I donate food and have raised money to donate to a local organisation in my city that does food parcels, runs a soup kitchen and does outreach work to help the homeless in my city. I'm in the UK not the US we don't have vouchers/coupons like this and no I don't belong to or go to a church . I do it because helping those less fortunate than yourself, if you can is the right thing to do and I can't stand a hypocrite fake Christian sitting on 500 jars of sauce etc especially as they had to use a food bank themselves in the past.

[@odiyabrandsma1451]

They had so little money that there wasnt enough for food. I think she doesnt want to experience that again;)

[@samrivas290]

She does give back, she feeds her church members! I see jealousy in your comments.

[@zazasworld8377]

When my husband broke his leg in two places and out of work for two months we went to a food bank. Well the lady there made us feel like bums. She actually told me "my husband and i would never take charity no mater what was wrong with us ". "he would find a way to make money even if both his legs were broke." she continued making me feel aweful by saying that. She feels this place should only help people. In emergency situations. Like a fire in their home or a spouse passed away. Then she handed me a bag of food and I swear i am not being ungrateful but it was almost like a bag of garbage. The place had shelves of good food but she gave us that. She had to have done it on purpose.because she had no respect for my husband not working. We always worked hard and we had 6 kids. Ill never set foot in a place like that ever again. I came out of thier in tears feeling like a piece of trash

[@dorcascristy601]

I’m so sorry. You did not deserve that kind of treatment

[@100Madison]

We laughed but she’s looking really smart now 😂

[@Lord1Eye]

You keep doing what you are doing you should be proud of your self those children are so happy and it makes me feel great knowing you are doing the best for them

[@judymcpheron5955]

She is amazing! Efficiently organized, a great supervisor, teaching her kids responsible work ethics and survival skills. 👏👏👏

[@evelyn4560]

Bro imagine having the munchies at her house

[@Losstillmatic]

She was ready for covid

[@nicholasmt5839]

Fair play to her nothing wrong with being prepared.

[@angelicaguzman9961]

She prepared prepared even on a food shortage thass wassup

[@deblavan4190]

That is nice she shares with the church too!

[@goodgnu]

That is really cool that she gives back to her community!

[@AyeYoTay]

Okay she's awesome in my eyes she feeds a church too. Bless her heart 💜❤️

[@amandabasham5240]

Where is the protein and fresh fruits and vegetables?

[@darrenohara4588]

My guess, no coupon. Americans don't eat produce anyway.

[@sambito702]

Coupons for fresh foods are VERY limited.

[@shelby8364]

@@darrenohara4588 lmao okay sure then

[@bexmw]

A different shopping trip obviously.

[@whitebuffalodesigns1963]

It would have been much faster if she had done that as separate sales for each basket, then the scan limit would not have required hand keying almost all the coupons. And yes she would have had to divide the coupons as to the contents of each basket. But that could have been done as they shopped and saved the store personnel alot of time and aggrivation. I am sure that store dreads seeing her arrive to shop.

[@Ianlee1977]

Damn..she's totally ready for quarantine time during Covid. Mad respect.

[@emmag7812]

The cashier: “your grand total before coupons is 594.33” The announcer: “tHe BiLl HaS cOmE tO 1,004 dOlLaRs”

[@osielatrujillo82]

special deals

[@julianlarsen9603]

Not a Horder she's a smart women she saves money and she has enough food just in case they don't have money

[@cowgoesmood6831]

I love how her kids are like her servant who helps her. I wish i had sibling like that XD

[@stutikatiyar6770]

This lady is the right couponer. She doesnt go overboard. Just enough. Isnt proud but understands the need.

[@sanchitasarkar7839]

I feel bad for the kids in public

[@lemmesleep1858]

What?!! I thought it was pretty cool. I'd be talking like a soldier if I were one of the kids lmao

[@sanchitasarkar7839]

@@lemmesleep1858 lmaoooo

[@samrivas290]

Why? They are learning money management! It’s a very important life skill. I’d be proud

[@sweezs4874]

The are the ones mainly eating the food, so they need to help, so the can learn

[@Kat-yn3lu]

why? it’s pretty cool

[@B12_bri]

see now those toilet paper stockpiles come in handy

[@violets6113]

I think she's smart and she's teaching her children. I'd love to have my own grocery store and cookie room lol.

[@joshuaarmijo3565]

Not like the kids get any cookies... While the mom is fat...

[@Magdalena287]

As a fellow catholic and large family mom, this is by far my favorite episode ❤

[@shashannawilson5345]

I understand her she never wants to put of food. Love it

[@maryannfelice148]

Hoarders are very disorganized, too. Your area isn't dusty because you actually USE your purchases while hoarder's domains are not just dusty, their abodes are typically filthy.

[@auxiliasequeira8648]

The coupons concept is sooo confusing

[@abdullahaleem7991]

I don't care what anyone says, once the kids get to get that's all the matters 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@theyyluvvjayy4595]

I’m kinda happy she had all this stuff she was already prepared for corona

[@eternalsunshineofthespotlessme]

Hoarding has nothing to do with dust... Hoarding is the act of collecting large amounts of something and keeping it for yourself. You're a hoarder.

[@sab5076]

Exactly, besides I can guarantee if one of us walked in there and checked we would find dust. There's no way you can have that much stuff and have it NOT collect dust. Even if you dust it every week.

[@nicolecorter3533]

I actually like that shes very decorated and put together. Nothing like a horder.

[@PopofromSoHo]

Yooo how she able to coupon like this? Every coupon I get is like ‘cannot be used with another coupon or deal’.

[@ashleybosvik3031]

I applaud this woman to be able to stock like this.

[@momof3creation207]

Thank you so much for that tip going to look for those

[@lonelydog4536]

This woman doesn’t take crap from nobody

[@angelicaguzman9961]

Imagine shopping like her... damn

[@Tyrapalmer127]

I like that she gives back

[@muchachitachinita]

God Bless you sister, yes all these are coming from our Lord and you share it. Deo Gratias! ❤️🙏🇵🇭 The church inside is mesmerizing 😍😍😍

[@carisowealthy]

I need to learn her style in parenting. My 3 kids run my life

[@---rx6em]

Normally these kinda irritate me but they have 7 kids so go for it mama.

[@Mrs.IsabelaBarbosa]

I’ve watched extreme coupons but I haven’t learned how to really get it done until April, damn, girl spiting facts ! 🥂🙌🏼

[@waqasahmad8015]

This lady has definetly shown how saving can be done

[@abbymaliski5440]

As someone who works in a store she is the nightmare we all have

[@BRKS627]

Mom got sense good for her.

[@christyhayes8475]

I need to know how it's calculated exactly I'm not good with math and I don't understand how to do it and I'm not sure how many products to get with the coupons

[@jeannyhiew2266]

Her kids is so happy when the cookies jar opening times😍

[@knowme7300]

When she said I feel like brad Pitt walked up broke up with Angelina Jolie and said he likes big woman now 😂 her kids were like um ok mom

[@a.k.4085]

When people have more than one cart, they should have to make an appointment with the manager. This is insane. Time and Restrictions makes it a huge pain. She was there at the register for 2 hours !!!

[@pama.6410]

for over one thousand dollars worth of food. It's a good deal for the store obviously.

[@josiemarie3502]

At 0:55 you can here that April talked other the person that was talking about her stock pile LOL

[@libradiva9249]

I think she is a great parent

[@siobhanmcleish651]

She is a super mum xx love that woman xxxx

[@some.random.baldie2111]

To any Americans on here, what are coupon savings like there? Here, it's just a few pence off here or there unless you've got a reward or points card with a supermarket and even then it's on items you don't need. Plus living in an allegedly well-off area (maybe 35-40 years ago it was but not now), the shops tend to refuse.

[@PaisleyMoon2022]

It's depends, some are 50¢, 75¢, or $1 off. Some stores will let you double coupons. I think things changed after this show became popular and so many people were couponing. It's not just limited to food. I've gone to department stores and paid $50 for $400 worth of clothing.

[@breannaremigio6991]

She’s amazing and lives in my hometown

[@donatnieuenkirk3659]

I'm astonished

[@26fitch]

I always think about how prepared these people were during covid

[@becky5218]

It’s so funny that these people never talk about the expiration dates of all the food they stock pile.

[@marciebigley1820]

We don't have couponing in CA. Double coupons are actually not legal. You rarely find anything worth using in the mail. Online obviously you find much more but again no doubles and strict guidelines.

[@emmaleigh978]

I feel bad for the cashier like damn, once I had someone pay in loonies, toonies, quarters and Nickels on a $94 purchase and it took me 30 minutes to count it all out and I was over it, having to stand and scan things for 2 HOURS nah I’d be sad and ask to go home because that’s too much 😂

[@hollyc9554]

Gotta feel bad for the till lady :( the amount of coupons manually and scanning all items bless her

[@StunningMeDesigns]

I love this u go momma !!!!