Coupon Insert Preview: 4/26/09

As a reminder, when I list the number of newspapers that I will be buying, I take in to account that I am able to get them at the Dollar Tree for only $1/copy. To find a Dollar Tree near you, click here. Don’t have a Dollar Tree? Check out your local dollar store. Many supermarkets even discount the Sunday paper. I also live in an area where all of the stores double up to $.99 (so a $.75 coupon is actually worth $1.50). If your newspapers are more expensive or you live where they don’t double coupons, you may not find the inserts of the same value as I do! In addition, the value of the coupons vary by area, but I hope that this will serve as a good guideline!

Click here to see the coupons this week.  There are 2 inserts this week:  a SmartSource and a RedPlum

Coupons of Note

Chex Mix Bars $.50:  these go on sale for $2 all the time

Colgate toothpaste $.75:  goes on sale for $1 to $1.50 all the time, making it free after doubling

Dole Fruit Bowls or Parfaits $.75/2:  wait for this to go BOGO (it’s a little pricey) so that you can get $1.50 off

Edy’s Dibs $1/2:  I have seen the Dibs being included on more Edy’s sales.  Hold on to this until Edy’s is BOGO or 50% off!

Haagen-Dazs Bars $1/2:  coupons for this are rare.  For my local readers, there is a small Catalina deal that includes these at Superfresh this week

Skintimate $.75:  It’s been a while since I have seen a coupon for this!  It goes on sale for $1.67 to $1.99 all the time, making it cheap after doubling

Ball Freezer & Canning jars coupons:  coupons for these usually only come out at this time of year (because the warmer months are “cannin’ season”).  If you need new jars this year, this is a good one (and watch for sales – they usually have pretty good ones as soon as the peaches are ready to be picked in my area)

Ball Park Franks $1/2:  It’s been a while since we had any new coupons.  You should start seeing a bunch of BOGO sales on hot dogs as the weather gets warmer

Ideal No Calorie Sweetener FREE (50 ct packets):  well, free is always good and I will use this coupon to give it a try and see if I like it more than my beloved Splenda

Ideal (sweetener) bag $2:  It’s still a fairly new product, so there should be some good sales and this is a nice coupon

Johnson’s Baby Product $1:  The Buddies soaps are considered part of the “baby line” and can be found for $.99 at most stores (although if I bring another Buddies soap in this house, I think my husband will leave me!)

L’Oreal Coupons:  these usually help to make a CVS ECB or RiteAid SCR deal even sweeter

Temptations Treats coupons $1 & $1/2:  I see these 10 for $10 all the time

So how many copies of the paper would I buy?

If I were building a stockpile: 3-4

Now that I am in stockpile maintenance mode: 2-3

Why so few? 

It’s just not that exciting of a week.  The Ball Park coupon is nice, as is the one for FREE Ideal Sweetner, but I don’t know that they alone justify buying a ton of copies and we should start seeing more & more hot dog coupons in the upcoming weeks/months anyway.  The coupons for Colgate, L’Oreal and Johnson’s are good as well, but they come out frequently enough that they can be considered “good, but not earth shattering”

One thing I also do is always check the Parade magazine in the Sunday paper (USA Today magazine in some areas) because they often have good coupons.  Make sure that you check those as well (and I’ll update this post if I find anything good!)