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 4 inserts: 2 SmartSource, 1 RedPlum and a Proctor & Gamble (although the P&G isn’t that good)! Make sure you check your Parade/USA Weekend magazine for coupons as well!
Coupons of Note
Oral-B Free Toothbrush (2 coupons): requires the purchase of Crest Toothpaste, but it is fairly easy to get the toothpaste for free at CVS after an ECB deal!
Pringles $1/2: usually it is a $1/3, so this is a little better
Betty Crocker Suddenly Salad Mixes $.50/2: these went on sale for $1 almost every other week last summer
Bic Soleil Disposable Shaver $3: you should be able to combine this with an ECB deal at CVS to make it free (or even a moneymaker)
Bob Evans coupons: not the greatest values, but at least it’s not another coupon for one of their side dishes!
California Pizza Kitchen $1: Kraft deals are popping up everywhere and the CPK pizza is part of many of them. Get another coupon for this pizza here (and try the Margherita or the Barbecue Chicken pizzas – those are my favorites!)
Drinkin Mate: the free sample offer seems to be already gone (unless it resets on Sunday)
Heluva Good $1/2: best French Onion Dip ever!
Hershey’s Syrup $1/2: I can’t remember the last time I saw a coupon for this!
Huggies Pure & Natural Diapers $3: I haven’t priced these yet – are they much more expensive than the regular ones?
Jack Daniels Barbecue Sauce $.55: I seem to remember this being on sale at 3 for $5 last summer
Lean/Hot Pockets $.50/1: These go on sale for $2 and lower all the time, making this a nice coupon after doubling
Soft Scrub BOGO: usually it is just a $1/2, so this is a great coupon!
Wheat Thins/Ritz BOGO: requires purchase of 1 of each, but this is a great coupon. Depending on your store policies/mood of your cashier, you could combine this with a BOGO sale to get both free! If shopping at Target, combine this coupon with these Target coupons that are available right now.
Eight O’Clock Coffee $1/2: this is my favorite coffee right now….I’ll hold on to this for a BOGO sale.
Honey Maid/Jet-Puff/Hershey $1/3: Acme (and probably other Albertson’s “family of stores”) where you get $3 off when you buy 1 of each of these. Add this coupon in for even more savings!
Marcal Small Steps coupons: this brand is finally making it in to my local stores and I love any coupon that gives you free paper towels or toilet paper
Ball Park Franks $1/2: use this when they are BOGO
Breyers Ice Cream $1/2: hold on to this for a BOGO sale as well
Dove Skin Vitalizer $3.75: I bought these with the last $3.50 coupon and a deal at CVS and I really like it!
Hellmann’s Product $.60: mayo sales and Catalina deals should be fairly common now that we are getting closer to the summer!
Johnson & Johnson Red Cross Product $1: Target has a mini-First-Aid kit in the travel section for only $1. use this coupon to get it free
Ragu coupons: one of them is for $.60 and it appears to be a new flavor, not necessarily a “premium version” of Ragu. When stores run sales, they usually don’t exclude certain flavors within the same line, so you should be able to get it pretty cheap!
Suave Hair Care $.50/2: these go on sale for $1 all the time
Healthy Ones $1: the coupon is good on both the pre-packaged as well as the deli meat. If the coupon is worded the way previous ones have been, you can use it on the packages that go on sale 3 for $5 all the time!
So how many copies of the paper would I buy?
If I was building a stockpile: 8-12
Now that I am in stockpile-maintenance mode: 6-9
Why so many? There are some great coupons in here, especially the Wheat Thins/Ritz (my children inhale these). The Hot/Lean pocket coupon is a good one and my husband likes to take them for lunch. The Marcal Small Steps coupons are also great (especially now that I can find the stuff!)
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Good morning Mindi! Thanks for the early post. Guess what! As usually, following your advice, I went to a local $1 store. I woke up early in the morning, wich was very hard for me to do, dragged myself and baby in a stroller to the $1 store and purchased 10!!! sunday papers! I was so exited that I got and there were still about 20 papers left. So after I bought them, I was standing on the side checking to make sure all the coupons were there, not missing. This lady comes up to me and asks if she could take them. I said that I purchased them for myself. She already had 2 in her hands and about 2 more were still sitting at the paper stand. So she started saying that I shouldn’t do that, “leave papers for others” bla bla bla… I was so shocked, I sait that maybe if she got up early in the morning like me, then she would get more, and it wasn’t like i was stealing from her! The most shocking thing was, that she called me a PIG!!! several times and went and talked to the cashiers and other customers about me. An the cashiers seemed to laugh at me too… Good morning to me. I cant’t believe this. I am very upset. May be i am too sensitive. Sorry for gramm. mistakes. And by the way, not that it matters that much, but the lady herself looked like a pig.
So she had 2 in her hands and there were still 2 more available to buy….yet she wanted yours?
Some people are just nasty….don’t let it get to you. The people at my Dollar Tree used to look at me like I was crazy when I bought so many papers, until one day when I gave a cashier my card. From then on, whenever another customer said something or made a crack about the number of papers that I had, she would say “oh – you should see her website and what she does with these papers!”
Many times using coupons requires growing a thicker skin. Believe me – it gets easier the more you do it!
I even thought to myself, that maybe it was NOT fair to buy 10 papers, but then I rememberd you and thought NO, MomsNeedToKnow lady does that, so it must be ok. LOL
LOL!
I bought 8! ;-)
Thanks, they(non-couponers) always look at us(smart-savingmoney-gettingstuffforfree-couponers) like we are crazy. Who is crazy? Spending money on stuff you don’t have to.
My BF works at a coffee shop that rarely, if ever, sells all of their Sunday papers. I often score multiple copies of the paper from there. I guess I’m lucky.
I have cleaned out Acme of their papers (I’ll even pay the $1.50 for it particularly during a week like this one with coupons for so many things I use) and people think I’m nuts.
There is one person at the self checkout now that says “heyyyy, that’s the girl I love. She pays like $1 for all her food.” I guess they are realizing I’m not a total freak.
Wow, the inserts are even better than the preview. YAY!!! It’s good that we’re off next week. I know I will need the extra time to catch up on clipping and filing!
The Huggies Pure and Natural are on sale at Giant right now for 8.99. The regular price is 10.99, so the $3 off is really good if you have one in diapers. The only downside is right now the stores only carry size newborn, 1, and 2. Having one size 2’s has worked for me because I have stocked up on 5.99 a bag diapers (after coupons) for the last week.
I heard that the dollar tree will no longer be selling the phila inquirer. My dollar tree did not have then yesterday or today. when we asked the manager he said that he called the paper and all he got was an answering machine, but no person or response. so I am glad to see that you all got yours.
I could cry – I went to Dollar Tree and they told me no more Philadelphia Inquirers at Dollar Tree :-(
It’s true – the Phila Inquirer has stopped supplying Dollar Tree with newspapers. I talked with the manager of my local DT today and she said they are still trying to work out an agreement but supposedly, the Inquirer states it is losing too much money selling to the Dollar Tree. I was really disappointed, since I made a special trip there early this morning just to get my 10 papers!!
Where was that Breyers icecream coupon? I didn’t see it any of my papers, I get the A.C. Press. This is my very first day doing this! I can see why you need a binder which I also bought today!
Just wanted to mention that the Lowes flyer had 2 coupons in it – $10/$50 and $25/$250. I don’t always look at the store flyers before throwing them out so wanted to pass along!
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