Coupon books and an app filled with discounts to thrift stores, are available through the end of November to help save money on already reduced prices.

Choose to reuse coupon books are available for pickup at participating retailers and city centers like the library and city hall while also being available on an app called Chinook book in order to promote local retailers who sell previously owned items and encourage more people to shop reuse.

According to Hennepin County communications specialist Alisa Reckinger, Hennepin County partners with local thrift stores and music stores with over 70 retailers in the coupon book including Arc, Goodwill and the Electric Fetus.

Reckinger said she believes the coupon books will help people save money by having discounts on already reduced prices.

“(The coupon books are a) good opportunity to save money, can save more with some stores having 50 percent off one item or 10-15 percent off an entire purchase,” Reckinger said.

Reckinger said she believes that thrift stores are a way to find items one normally wouldn’t find in a standard shopping center.

“(Thrift stores help people) find unique, rare, harder to find stuff, different than mainstream stores,” Reckinger said.

According to sophomore Idris Hussein he normally doesn’t shop at thrift stores for not knowing what the people who previously had it could have done with it.

However, Hussein said he believes that the coupon books might change his mind in regards to going to thrift stores since he would be able to save money.

“Maybe, it’s a whole lot cheaper so I can save money,” Hussein said.

According to Reckinger, this is the 12th year the coupon books have been around, but the first year the country has partnered with the app Chinook book which allows customers to download coupons directly on to their smartphones.

Junior Charis Tshihamba said that without needing to worry about the hassle of having a physical coupon book, she would look into using the coupons and shopping reuse.

“I think it’s a good idea because it’s easy and cheap,” Tshihamba said.

Sophomore Tess McQuillan said she believes the coupon book being available on an app could make more people want to go shopping at the retailers.

“It could make people encouraged to shop there because it would be right there, wouldn’t have to keep track of it,” McQuillan said.