More and more stores now allow coupon stacking, or combining a manufacturer coupon and a store coupon for multiple savings.

It's a cruel world out there. Advertising preys on the desirable tween and teen audience with TV ads incorporating popular music, rapid-cut editing and youthful celebrities. Merchants know kids like to hang out at malls where shopping is a form of entertainment.

Frugalistas look upon double coupons as the mother load of savings. True coupon addicts know some stores will double the face value of regular grocery coupons. That means a 35-cents-off coupon is worth 70 cents at stores that allow shoppers to double up. Coupon Sherpa did the legwork to bring you 105 grocery stores that accept double coupons.

Congress passed the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act more than 16 years ago; yet, while the format makes it easier to ascertain calorie counts, serving size and ingredients, the labels still could be improved.

If you buy newspapers to make papier-mâché piñatas, then by all means keep killing those trees. But if you keep the sales circulars and toss the news pages into the recycle bin, it's time to take your business online.

Forget frost-burned Salisbury steaks and chilly pot pies. Things are heating up in the frozen food aisle.

If you're looking to impress a date or just like that feeling of "knowing the chef," here are 24 restaurants that offer secret menus. Remember, not all may participate in the hidden menu. However, if you try to order something and the server looks at you with a blank look, don't give up. Describe the dish and usually they'll make it for you anyway.

It's no surprise coupon use is on the rise. Coupons are one of several economically-focused promotional tools stores and manufacturers can use to get shoppers in the door and spending, despite these uncertain economic times.

Strolling through the enclosed walkways at a local mall invokes the same question from every shopper. Is this place going out of business?

You've made it to the cash register carrying only the items on your list. But then the cashier hits you with an irresistible offer: "Would you like to save an additional 20 percent by opening a store credit card?"