Ok, so you are collecting your inserts from your Sunday papers and organizing them. So now you ask "Ms. Ran, where can I get MORE!". I actually have an answer for you.....Yay!
There are several sources for more manufacturer coupons online. These coupons can be printed at home and they are all over the place. Do be aware of the expiration dates on your printable coupons. Sometimes even if you can print 10 you may not want to. I usually start with 2 unless I see a sale on the item. Using a coupon just because you have it does not save you as much as waiting until there is also a sale on the item. Of course, the manufacturers and the stores absolutely love it when you do it that way ;-)
Coupons.com: http://www.coupons.com
This site has manufacturer coupons that are updated monthly. The 1st business day of the month they all reset and add more. Check them out right around then because some of them only have a limited number of prints available for everyone so, grab the ones you *have* to have right away. You are allowed 2 prints of manufacturer coupons from EACH site per computer. Yes, I said per computer. I have 2 computers so I can get a total of 4......I have been banned from using Joe's computer because he is a weirdo but, still 4 is good for us.
http://www.bettycrocker.com/
More manufacturer coupons and regardless of whether you have printed the same coupon from another site you still get 2 more prints! This site does require a sign up to access the coupons but as I said before if you have an alternate email address this is no big thing. They will send you emails every once in a while and sometimes they have coupons in them!
http://www.pillsbury.com
Same thing as the Betty Crocker site here......2 more prints! This site also requires a sign up and they will send out occasional emails.
A ton of the grocery stores are jumping on the digital coupon bandwagon, which is a great thing for all of us! Our local Kroger and Randalls (Safeway) both offer this service. I will warn you to watch very carefully for these coupons on your register receipt. I have had a TON of issues using Kroger's service. The idea is sound and is great when it works. You log into the website and look at the coupons available then click and they load directly onto your store card. When you hit the checkout lane they automatically come off your total. These coupons count as STORE coupons so you can also use a manufacturer coupon on the same item!
There are a couple of websites that will also put MANUFACTURER coupons on your savings card, I have not had any issue with these working on my card so definitely make use of them:
PGE Saver: https://www.pgesaver.com/
Proctor and Gamble update this site on the first business day of the month and these coupons can be loaded directly to your savings card. These are manufacturer coupons and cannot be stacked with another but they can be stacked with a store coupon. This does require a sign up and you have to register your store card with the site.
Cellfire: http://www.cellfire.com/
This is the same as PGE Saver but it offers different manufacturer coupons that will load directly on your card. This has fewer coupons than PGE Saver but definitely worth looking at.
A note on these types of coupons. Be careful before you load these, look at what you have in your stash of coupons. Sometimes the paper coupons have a higher savings dollar on them and you cannot use both. The store will automatically use the ones loaded on your card first so if you attempt to use another coupon it will not be valid.
Store coupons are also fantastic and can really add to your savings. Target has taken this idea and just run with it like crazy. This is one of my favorite places to shop anyway but now with the savings I am getting.....well, lets just say they are starting to recognize me when I walk in the door. I keep waiting for someone to come after me with the handcuffs and arrest me for robbing the store!!!! These prices are fantastic guys.....stacking your manufacturer coupons with the store coupons can save you a TON!
A couple of examples that I have cashed in on in the past couple of weeks.
Zantac: Regular price $7.59, Target Coupon for $2 and Manufacturer Coupon for $5 = $0.59 for 30 ct
Beneful: On Sale for $13, Target Coupon for $1 and Manufacturer Coupon for $2 = $10 for 15.5lb
Sharpies: On sale for $1, Target Coupon for $1 = FREE for 2pk
Papermate Pens: On sale for $1.02, Target Coupon for $1 = $0.02 for 10pk
In addition Target does these great deals where you buy 2 items and get a $5 Gift Card for Target. Yesterday I found 2 of these in the razor section. They worked out like this:
Venus Breeze: On Sale for $5.39 each, manufacturer coupon for $3 off each = $2.39ea, received $5GC so I actually made $0.22
Schick Quattro: On sale for $7.29, Manufacturer Coupon Buy 1 Get One and (since I had 2 items) $3 off one = $4.29 for 2, received a $5GC so I made another $0.71.
You cannot use the gift cards for the transaction that you receive them for. So, I split my transaction yesterday and paid for my GC items and a couple of other things (Sometimes Target Coupons only allow 1 item per TRANSACTION) then I turned around and used the cards on my next and much larger transaction. I walked out of the store yesterday with $120 worth of items for under $40.......
Facebook has gotten to be so big that all of the manufacturers and store have their own sites and keep them updated with all sorts of stuff. You can cash in on coupons, freebies and all sorts of other things just by visiting the sites and hitting the "Like" button.
The Krazy Coupon Lady: http://thekrazycouponlady.com/krazy-this-week/
I cannot say enough about this site. Every week they post the information for each of the stores and give you links to manufacturer coupons or the dates for the inserts that coupons were available in from the newspaper. Also, if you "Like" them on FB you will get several updates a day on new deals that members have found in the store that may have been unadvertised or that they stumbled across accidentally. They will also update you on new Swagbucks offers, freebies that they have found and additional manufacturer coupons that have popped up. I have stopped looking at any other site and use this one exclusively. I do have to make my own lists and it takes a little more time than SavingsAngel but well, this one is free and with the updates to my Facebook I can just keep a running list until I make it into the stores. I have also noticed that this site is updated IMMEDIATELY and sometimes way ahead of time. I am already seeing the information on the sales that are starting on Sunday!
Both of the above can save you a ton, HOWEVER it does post a lot of stuff to your Facebook page. If you want to keep your stuff nice and clean you can set up an alternate Facebook account for all of this stuff. That way you can keep your regular Facebook nice and clean.
One more note and I am off to do my grocery shopping ;-) Drugstores (CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid) and Superstores (Target) have sales cycles that start on Sunday and end on Saturday. Your grocery store sales cycles run from Wednesday to the following Tuesday. The drugstore and supercenter sales tend to attract a ton of people and things can run out very quickly. On some items they will offer a rain check but that is kind of iffy. The sooner you can get in to take advantage of those sales, the better off you are.
Until next time......happy coupon hunting!
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