From the category archives:
It’s been a while since I stepped up on my soapbox…maybe I was just waiting for the right article to come along! This is a long one, so grab the beverage of your choice and get comfy!
There was a Yahoo Finance Article “8 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Use Coupons” by Amy Fontinelle that popped [...]
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I recently had this discussion with two friends of mine and it was fun to see someone have a “light bulb moment”, not from me, but from another friend that I had converted to the “couponing dark side” about 2 years ago.
We were outside with the kids playing when one friend asked me about the [...]
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I get this question several times a day from people who aren’t able to find a coupon that I (and other sites) mention when we list deals. I also get regular emails from people asking me to print off the coupon that they can’t find and mail it to them (and as much as I [...]
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This question tends to cause much confusion, especially among cashiers and newer couponers. I’ve always made my feelings clear: as far as the store is concerned, manufacturers coupons should ALWAYS be a form of payment, not a discount.
Right now, you might be thinking: “How can you say they aren’t a discount?”
The answer is simple: the [...]
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If you are a Fan of Moms Need To Know on Facebook, you may have seen an interesting conversation between myself and another reader about Walmart yesterday. Luckily Kim caught me in just the right mood, when my Snark-O-Matic was primed and ready to go!
Here are a few of her comments (I hope she doesn’t [...]
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As many of you know, Moms Need to Know was recently featured on Channel 6 News in a Savings With 6BC segment. Part of the filming done at my house was of my pantry. While some of my family and close friends (and all the friends of my children, who know where to find the [...]
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I am working on the ad right now, but wanted to write a separate post to call your attention to a major change in the Coupon Policy at Genuardi’s.
1. Genuardi’s will continue to double coupons up to $.99 (so a $.99 coupon has a value of $1.98)
2. ONLY ONE COUPON will be doubled on multiple [...]
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Have you ever wondered why stores are set up the way they are? Why the milk is all the way in the back corner of the store and why you need to stand on your tiptoes to reach the healthier cereals? (answers: to get you to walk past everything else to get to the milk [...]
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To find a Rite Aid near you, click here
Rite Aid currently has 3 programs: Single Check Rebate, the Wellness program and the +UP Rewards program.
:: SINGLE CHECK REBATE AND WELLNESS
Rite Aid primarily uses the Single Check Rebate (SCR) system. Rather than give you instant savings, selected products each week and month are eligible for a [...]
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(note: for those that don’t know, a “big box” store is the industry description for a freestanding “chain store”…think Best Buy, Lowes or, in the case of this post, Costco/Sam’s/BJ’s)
I got an interesting phone call from my sister a short while ago:
Me: Hello?
Her: I gotta tell you – I’m pretty angry right now!
Me: Ok – [...]
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Welcome Back to Coupon 101!
To read the rest of the posts in this series, click here
In order to use coupons effectively, you need to understand both store policies and basic coupon policies. I wish that I could tell you that after reading this post you will have all the knowledge you need to never have a [...]
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I thought about creating a whole new post for each of these, but then I thought…”I’ve already done the work? Why retype them?”
So here are a few of my favorite past posts:
Baby Steps to Saving On Groceries
Creating a Price Book
Why I Stockpile
Baby Steps to Creating a Stockpile
Why Buy Things You Don’t Need?
These are all aimed [...]
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Welcome to Coupon 101!
You’ve got the lingo, you know where to find the coupons…now what do you do?
Like most things in life, using coupons effectively won’t work unless you are organized (and if being organized is a foreign concept to you, check out this site. This woman turned me from a scattered mess in to [...]
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Welcome to Coupon 101
Check out this post for the first in the series!
It’s no secret: in order to truly rack up the savings, you are going to need multiple copies of the coupons. In order to save the most amount of money at the grocery store, you need to start a stockpile…and your weekly subscription [...]
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Since I started this site, I’ve had many people say to me, both online and in real life that they just don’t get it. I throw words around all the time like “Catalina“, ECBs and “IPs” and assume that everyone understands what I’m saying. I’ve had several friends asking me to teach them some sort of [...]
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The way I see it, you have a few options to remembering what the best deals are. You can:
1. Develop a great memory for numbers (even though you may not remember what you ate for lunch yesterday).
2. Start your own blog and write about grocery prices 7 days per week (believe me – you’ll never [...]
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