New Coupons to Print on Coupons.com!

I've been discouraged lately by the number of deals that require a coupon that is no longer available to print, so I am going to start publishing the latest coupons to hold for future deals:

My Profitable Harris Teeter Trip & More Matchups!

Here is a pic of my Harris Teeter trip yesterday. I had a coupon for $1.00 off the Fiber One 90 calorie bars from a package that I had been holding on to for a sale like this, so they were free with the 50 cent ZVR ecoupon!

My total bill came to $1.55 and I will get back:
$1.25 from Ibotta for the Neosporin
40 cents from Saving Star for the Fiber One bars
50 cents from Saving Star for the Chex Mix
for a final profit of 60 cents!

Here are a few more matchups (in addition to the ones I posted HERE, HERE, and HERE):

Quaker Popped - $1.25
FREE with the ZVR ecoupon to save 50 cents off 2 and two of the coupons for 50 cents that you can print HERE!

Smart Balance Butter - $1.34 Buy One Get One Free price
FREE with the 75 cent coupon that you can print HERE!

Welch's Light Grape Juice - $1.90 Buy One Get One Free Price
40 cents with this coupon:


TODAY ONLY:  Saturday eVic special (if you got this by email):
Lysol Disinfecting Wipes (35 ct.) or Toilet Bowl Cleaner (24 oz.) - $0.97 (Limit 2)
49 cents each when you use any of these coupons:
- Smart Source insert 1/6 coupon for 50 cents off 2 Lysol Wipes
- Smart Source insert 1/6 coupon for 50 cents off 2 Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner
- Coupon that you can print HERE for 50 cents off 2 Lysol items


Bird's Eye Voila! Family Size (42 oz bag) - $4.97 eVic price
$1.47 when you use the coupon for $1.75 that you can print HERE!
If your store carries the Cheesy Chicken Ranch, it is on clearance for $2.97 but unmarked, which makes it FREE!

Here is another coupon that you can print to use for the Meal Deal:
Save $1.00 on Perdue Simply Smart Frozen Chicken

And here is an awesome scenario for Special K products, which have an instant savings deal of $2.00 when you buy 3 items in one transaction:

Buy:
1 Special K Bars - $2.50
2 Special K Cereals - $1.97 eVic price (Limit 2)
Fruit - $2.00
Subtotal - $8.44

Use:
1 coupon from the Kelloggs Family Rewards site to save $1.50 on the Special K bars (1000 points)
2 of these coupons:
$0.70 off any ONE Kellogg's Special K Cereal:

1 of these coupons:
$1.00 off Fruit and any TWO Kellogg's Cereals:

Get $2.00 Instant Savings
Submit for Ibotta credit on Special K Red Berries of $1.00!
Get everything for FREE and make a profit of $2.36!

Best Rite Aid Deals - April 22-28, 2012

These are the best deals that I see at Rite Aid this week:

Samy Fat Hair Shampoo/Stylers/Fat Foam Hair Color - $8.99
FREE when you use both an April Video Value coupon and a $2.00 manufacturer's coupon that you can print here AND get back a $5.00 UP Reward (Limit 3). Look for the double packs!




Veet Depilatories & Wax - $4.99 and up
FREE when you use the $2.00 in-ad store coupon together with either the $2.00 manufacturer's coupon that you can print here or on Facebook AND get back a $1.00 UP Reward (Limit 4).



Tums Freshers - $2.99
Free with you combine the $1.50 Video Value coupon with the $1.50 manufacturer's coupon from the 4/1 Red Plum insert. It's a small money maker if you have a Silver or Gold Wellness discount.




Dentyne Ice (16 ct) - 3 for $3.00
- Buy 6 packs for $6.00
- Use 3 of the $1.00 off 2 packs coupons in the 3/4 Smart Source
- Pay $3.00
- Get back two $2.00 UP Rewards when you buy three (Limit 4).
FREE plus a $1.00 profit!

Food Lion Shopping Today!

Yesterday I received coupons in a trade for $1.00 off 1 Kraft Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese in the mail, so I took off to shop at Food Lion. The mac & cheese was on sale 3/$5.00 or $1.66 each, with a Big Deal discount of $5.00 when you buy 10 in one transaction. When I got to the store, I found that the mac & cheese had "peelie" coupons to save $1.00 on a box of Stovetop stuffing when you buy a bag of Kraft Homestyle. The Stovetop was on sale for $1.50 a box. I impulsively decided to buy 10 boxes of that as well, then threw in a 3 lb. bag of onions on sale for $3.13 that I needed for dinner.

Here you see the groceries that I got for a total of $10.55, including tax. I paid for most of it with my prepaid debit card from the Kelloggs gas card deal, so my out of pocket expense was only $2.54!

Also in the photo, you can see the ticket I received for "spending" over $20.00 this week at Food Lion. You can read more about the ticket and how to use it for a $10.00 savings on your groceries here.

Today, April 10th, is the last day of the Big Deal.

Dumpster Diving for Fun and Profit!

I'm back from my vacation and checking in.

Here is a post that I wrote just before I left, but it is relevant anytime. 

When I first started couponing I subscribed to receive two Sunday editions of the Washington Post every week. I quickly realized, however, that I was missing out on many deals because I just didn't have enough coupons.  A lot of deals seem to require four "like" coupons for some reason.

At first, I would buy extra papers if there was a super deal, but that was costly. I was opposed to buying coupons off eBay or from clipping services. After all, what was the point of spending money to save money?  Where were these vendors getting all those extra inserts, anyway?  I wasn't convinced that their sources were legitimate.

A light bulb went off in my head when I realized that I could find coupon inserts at my local recycling center for free. Soon, I began finding many other valuable things at my recycling center, including:

• Books
• Box Tops for Education (BTFE)
• Campbell's Labels for Education (CLFE)
• Purina Weight Circles
• UPC's for various refund deals
• Lean Cuisine codes
• Stouffer's codes
• Catalina coupons
• Coke codes
• Kashi codes
• Cars2 codes
• Brand new envelopes and mailing labels 

All of these things are valuable for trading in the coupon world except for the books, which I donate.  Here you see my take from my last dumpster dive - I don't actually dive in - I just stand at the window and cull through the contents.

I also found something today that I have never run across before. A brand new 5-pack of 30 gallon lawn and refuse bags from the Home Depot like these.

I think that is what I love about dumpster diving - you just never know what treasure you will run across. And one of the benefits of living in Loudoun County, I guess, is that some of the residents are so wealthy they throw away perfectly good things without a thought, and then I don't have to pay for them!

General Mills Rebate & Safeway

Here is a great "Try Me Free" Offer from General Mills that is only good at Safeway or its affiliate stores (Carrs, Dominick's, Genuardi's, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb, and Vons). You must include UPC's and an original cash register tape showing purchases made between 2/5/12 and 3/31/12.

I read about this offer online, and since we did not receive it locally in our inserts, I traded with someone in California for it.

The rebate gives your purchase price back on 10 different General Mills products:  Cheerios Dulce de Leche flavor cereal, Cheerios Multigrain Peanut Butter flavor cereal, Fun-da-Middles, Yoplait Greek yogurt, Yoplait Greek yogurt with Granola, Ocean Spray Fruit Shapes, Progresso Soup, Totino's Pizza Stuffers, Pillsbury Breakfast sandwiches,  and Nature Valley Protein bars.

I was able to find 8 of these products at my Safeway and had coupons for 4 of them. I paid about $18.52 for my groceries, and I hope to get nearly $30 back on the rebate!

Here are the coupons I used:

Cheerios Multi Grain Peanut Butter cereal - save .80

Multi Grain Cheerios Peanut Butter - Save $1.00

Ocean Spray Fruit Flavored Snacks - .50 off in the General Mills insert of 2-5-12

Fun-Da-Middles Cupcakes - .50 off in the General Mills insert of 2-5-12

Safeway doubles coupons up to .99 face value with your store rewards card. A nice bonus on this purchase was that I received a Catalina coupon worth 20 Box Tops for Education!

Kelloggs Cereal Rebate - $10 Gift Card

Here is an awesome rebate on Kelloggs cereal. Submit 10 UPC's from the following participating cereals and fill out the Kelloggs Rebate Form by April 30th to receive a FREE $10 prepaid debit gas card in return. No cash register tape needed. This deal is a limit of 5 per household!

• Kellogg's All-Bran® Original
• Kellogg's All-Bran® Bran Buds® cereal
• Kellogg's All-Bran® Complete® Wheat Flakes® cereal
• Kellogg's Smart Start® Strong Heart Antioxidant cereal
• Kellogg's Smart Start® Strong Heart Toasted Oat cereal
• Kellogg's Corn Flakes® cereal
• Kellogg's Corn Flakes® Touch of Honey cereal
• Kellogg's Raisin Bran® cereal
• Kellogg's Raisin Bran® Crunch cereal
• Kellogg's Raisin Bran® Extra! Cereal
• Kellogg's Crispix® cereal
• Kellogg's Product 19® cereal
• Kellogg's Mueslix® cereal
• Kellogg's® Cracklin’ Oat Bran cereal
• Kellogg's® Lowfat Granola with Raisins cereal
• Kellogg's® Lowfat Granola without Raisins cereal
• Kellogg's® Lowfat Granola Original cereal
• Kellogg's® Fruit Harvest Strawberry/Blueberry cereal
• Kellogg's Rice Krispies® cereal

This offer was originally marketed towards AARP members, but you do not have to be a member or even over age 50 to receive the gift card. Also, it is advertised as a "gas card" but you don't have to use it just for gas. The card can be used any place where Discover is accepted.

Please note: the address on the form is incorrect and will result in your rebate being returned. The correct address is:

Kelloggs Gas Rewards Card

P.O. Box CAMB

Battle Creek, MI 49016

Click here to go directly to the downloadable form.

To get a coupon for $4.00 off four boxes of Kelloggs cereals:  click here . If you don't see it immediately, try zip code 34102.

Next week Giant will have an Instant Savings offer on Kellogg's cereal. Buy any 4 boxes in a single transaction and instantly save $6.00 off your bill. You should be able to combine the coupon above with the instant savings for a good deal, then save the UPC's for your rebate!

CVS Money Making Shop

I did this nice little money maker shop at CVS today with the $3 coupon on Facebook that I posted about the other day: 

I bought 1 Coldcalm on sale for $6.99

I got 1 Tylenol Precise Cream on sale for $7.49

And I got 3 packs of Eclipse gum (18 count) on sale $1.00 each

                              

My total came to $17.48

I then used the $3.00 CVS coupon good on a $15.00 purchase and a $5.00 coupon on the Tylenol from the 2-12-12 Smart Source.

That brought my balance down to $9.48 and after tax the total was $9.54.  I used $9.00 in ECB to pay, so my out of pocket expense was 54 cents.

I then got back the following Extra Care Bucks:

$6.99 for the Coldcalm

$2.00 for the Tylenol Precise

$2.00 for the Eclipse Gum

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$10.99 Total

Here is another scenario you can do, if you get a coupon from the CVS Kiosk for $2.00 off 2 bags of Hershey's Drops/Minis/Pieces when you scan your card.

Buy 3 single serve bags of Reese's Pieces at $1.19 each. They are on sale this week, Buy 2, Get 1 Free. The total would be $3.57 minus the free bag ($1.19) makes it $2.38. After your $2.00 CVS coupon, it will come to 38 cents for three bags or 13 cents each!

Loudoun County Times Mirror Freebies!

     I had a nice surprise when I walked out to get my newspaper this morning. The free edition of the Loudoun Times- Mirror came with a special General Mills insert and three small boxes of cereal.

Included were a box of Reese's Puffs, Dulce de Leche Cheerios, and Fiber One 80, along with coupons for $1.00 off one box of each. 

These coupons might make for some good deals next week at Harris Teeter Super Doubles.

 

The Loudoun-Times Mirror also had a preview insert of this weekend's Smart Source!

Giant Shopping Trip - Feb 7, 2012

Today I decided to spend $50.00 at Giant in order to use the Bonus 300 Gas Points coupon that I posted about the other day. Only I didn't want to actually spend that much, so I put together a deal with some high value coupons that I had.

 If you use the hand scanner to scan the price of items as you shop you can make sure that you get to the amount you want without going over too far. Here are my dogs Ziggy and Hugger with the items I purchased, which normally would have cost $50.26. (Ziggy is eating a dog treat that she got for posing).

Ziggy and Hugger with their dog food

I used $34.18 worth of coupons and got a discount of $4.36 from Giant because Hershey bars are on sale this week (Buy 2, Get 2 Free). So my total savings came to $38.54, which means my bill was only $11.82 plus $1.75 tax, or $13.57 out of pocket.

I could have spent less, but I really wanted that Chef Boyardee Ravioli!

If you have 2 of the coupons from the Smart Source insert of 1/8/12 to get a free Hershey's Air Delight Aerated Candy Bar free when you buy any Hershey Bar, you can get 4 chocolate bars for free at Giant this week. Two will be free from the store and 2 will be free with your coupon!