Thursday, July 14, 2011

Limited/Lack of Posts-Please Read

We apologize for the lack of recent posts. I am dealing with a family member illness issue and have had to travel in order to do so. This leaves me very limited time to post as I normally would.

My expectation is that by Sunday of this weekend I should be back into the normal swing of things.
Until then, there will be very limited, and lack of, postings.

I appreciate you all sticking with me, and I look forward to finding deals and getting them posted for you right away!!

Until Next Time:

Smart Source Coupon Insert Preview July 17 ,2011




There will be ONE coupon insert this week!



Here is a preview of what's to come THIS weekend.

Remember, coupons are regional in nature. If you do not get every coupon listed, this is why. Be sure to consider an eBay auction, or a clipping service to get multiple coupons for the best stocking-up power. Use them if you do not get the coupons you were hoping to get!


(date)=expiration date


Benefiber $1/1 (9/10)
Benefiber $2/1 stick pack (9/10)
Betty Crocker $.50/2 fruit shapes, Fruit by the Foot, Gushers (9/10)
Bufferin $1/1 130ct (10/31)
Cheerios $1/2 many listed (8/27)
Clairol $1/1 hair color (8/31)
Clairol $5/2 hair color (8/31)
Cocoa Puffs $.75/1 Brownie Crunch (8/27)
Comet $.35/1 spray or soft scrub cleanser (9/30)
Cottonelle $.75/1 bathroom tissue 12 pack+ or .75/2 4 packs (8/28)
Cottonelle $.75/2 flushable moist wipes ets (8/28)
Excedrin $.75/1 20 ct (9/3)
Excedrin $1.50/1 80 ct+ (9/3)
Fiber One $.40/1 chewy bars, 90 calorie chewy bars, or 90 calorie brownies (9/10)
Fiber One $.50/1 cereal many listed (8/27)
Fiber One $.75/1 90 calorie brownies (9/10)
Gas-X $1/1 (9/10)
Gas-x $1/1 prevention (9/10)
GenTeal $1.50/1 (11/30)
Hamburger Helper $.75/3 tuna helper or chicken helper home cooked skillet meals (9/10)
Huggies $.50/1 baby wipes 64ct+ (8/13)
Huggies $1.50/1 diapers (8/13)
Huggies $3/1 diapers 60ct+ (8/13)
Keri $2/1 lotion (10/31)
Kleenex $.50/3 boxes 50ct+ or 1 bundle pack (8/14)
Kleenex $.75/1 hand towels ets (9/11)
Maalox $1/1 advanced (10/15)
Maalox $2.50/2 advanced (10/15)
Nature Valley $.75/2 6ct+ granola bars (excludes granola thins) (9/10)
NoDOz $1/1 36ct+ (10/31)
Noxzema $.75/1 facial product (10/31)
Nylabone $1.50/1 edible chew or treat (8/26)
Nylabone $1.50/1 non-edible chew (8/26)
Prevacid 24HR $3/1 (8/13)
Prevacid 24HR $7/2 42ct (8/13)
Pull-Ups $1/1 training pants jumbo pack+ (8/13)
Purina $1/1 4lb+ bag of Puppy Chow, Dog Chow, Active Senior 7+, Little Bites, Healthy Morsels, Fit & Trim (8/14)
Raid Max $1/1 Bug Barrier refill (9/10)
Raid Max $3/1 Bug Barrier starter (9/10)
Sani-Hands $.50/1 instant hand sanitizing wipes (10/31)
Sani-Surface $.75/1 household disinfecting wipes (10/31)
Schick $1/1 disposable razor package (8/28)
Starbucks $1.50/1 VIA iced coffee 6ct (9/4)
Starbucks $3/2 11oz, 12oz or 20oz packaged coffee (9/4)
Tazo $1/1 filterbag tea or latte concentrate (9/4)
Tazo $1/4 bottles of tea (9/4)
Tide/Gain $2/1 powder detergent (8/31)
Total $.50/1 Whole Grain, Raisin Bran, Cranberry Crunch, Cinnamon Cruch, Plus Omega-3s Honey Almond Flax (8/27)
VIVA $.60/1 big rolls (8/28)
Wheaties $.75/1 regular or Fuel (8/27)
Wilkinson Sword $2/1 triple blade razor (9/30)

Until Next Time:

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Lysol Back To School Rebate!


When you purchase 3 Lysol Products, ONE OF WHICH MUST BE Lysol Wipes, you can get $3 back from Lysol!

Official Rebate Mail-In Offer

Up to $3.00 rebate by mail with the purchase of three LYSOL® products. Purchase three LYSOL® products to receive a refund of your purchase price of LYSOL® wipes (up to $3.00). One of the three products purchased must be Lysol wipes.

To receive your rebate, mail the following:

  1. Original cash register receipt(s) dated between 07/01/2011 and 10/31/2011 showing purchase of three LYSOL® products (one of which is LYSOL® wipes) with date and purchase prices circled.
  2. The downloaded rebate form.
Where do you get the form??? HERE!!

With the back to school sales starting soon, Lysol Products will be at great savings with coupons as well!

Until Next Time:

Kroger-Wheeling WV-Now Enforcing 3 Like Coupons


To say that we aren't surprised is an understatement.
The local Kroger ads have, for some time now, included a blurb line boasting: "Double Manufacturer's Coupons up to $0.50....Limit 3 Manufacturer's Coupons will be doubled per LIKE items purchased."

However, in this part of the region, they were not actively enforcing the policy. And because we knew that it was "coming down the pike", we call every time we head out to our local Kroger because we shop according to a plan. I've mentioned before that I am not a "shop-on-the-fly" kind of girl. I like to have a plan. One that is checked, double checked, and will affect my bottom line positively. And yesterday, when I made the call, I was told what I've been told for years: "Unlimited Manufacturer's Coupons double."

So, off to Kroger I went, and did my shopping according to plan. Long story short, get to the register, and a manager proceeds to tell the cashier ringing me out that they accept 3 like coupons only.

Que the violins! No, better yet, Que screeching brakes!

"What?", I asked. "When did this go into effect?"
Manager: "Oh, a few months ago."
Me: "That's not what I was told when I called in today."
Manager: "Yeah, for a few months now."
So I asked: "Ok, then the computer shouldn't double the 'over 3' like coupons but should double the first 3, right?"
Manager: "I'm not sure".

We discussed for a few moments because apparently, though I heard her say "No more than 3 like coupons per transaction"...she really meant to say that only 3 will double.

The policy is 3 'like' coupons to double during a transaction, but, apparently, you can use more than 3 like coupons in a transaction. There IS a difference, and even the manager was confused. Even though, according to her, the policy had been in effect for a few months now. Shouldn't she be well versed in the policy if it's a few months old now?

This is a lesson to be learned. Know the policy.

Per Kroger, they will double the first 3 'like' coupons, and the rest of the 'like' coupons will be redeemed at face value.

In Wheeling, WV, you will now be required to split transactions to be able to maximize your 'like' coupons.

This means, if you have 6 'like' coupons, you will have to do two transactions. The first and second transaction will require you to use 3 'like' coupons each. Otherwise, do one transaction, the first 3 coupons will double, the second 3 will not. :(


How that will affect the Mega Sales Events is confusing as well because THOSE sales require you to purchase 10 participating items. It used to be that you could use 10 'like' coupons on those purchases, they would double (subject to the coupon double policy), and you could and would realize massive savings on items.
Now, it seems that possibility is tossed out the window. In essence, you can use 3 'like' coupons on 3 different items. That will take you to 9 Mega Sales Event items, leaving you one more. You will either have to buy an item with out a double coupon, or possibly buy another item that you might not necessarily want to purchase. Remember for the Mega Sales Event you need that 10th item to qualify your other items at great savings.

....AND you will have to do separate transactions each including 10 items if you were planning on stocking up on certain items. (This brings to mind the FREE pasta from a few weeks ago).
 
As if being at the grocery store acquiring your purchases doesn't already take up time!
Now, depending on your shopping list and coupon usage, the time checking out can be doubled, tripled....etc.

This begs the question, really, :"How it will affect the bottom line in terms of my shopping budget?"
It also will likely change the way I shop mega events. Frankly, I want to be able to get the best price for those items, in the required number of products to be purchased, and do so using coupons. This will change the game.

If it isn't obvious by now, I do NOT support the change. I feel that the number ONE reason that I shop at Kroger is to be able to make my money stretch, and doubling coupons did that for me. If the deal is good enough, you will likely find me in a Wheeling, WV Kroger check out line, doing multiple transactions...

In the end, I foresee price matching at my local Wal-Mart...where they don't double, but they don't limit the number of coupons I can use either. Technically, Kroger doesn't either. They just limit the number of coupons that can or will be doubled in a single transaction. To lessen the check out anxiety, and the juggling of transactions, Wal Mart may well become the store I shop at most.

Well...I'm going to go cry in my nearly free cereal.

Until Next Time: