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This is a post by BargainBabe.com writer Yazmin Cruz.
Stop throwing away your expired coupons! Instead send them to military families overseas to use for up to six months after the manufacturer’s expiration date.
You’ll be helping service men and women save money on groceries when they shop at their on base commissionaires. This is not time consuming, difficult, or costly since you’re already clipping coupons.
Organizations like
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This is a post by BargainBabe.com writer Yazmin Cruz.
In a comment, Susie A. suggested we find organizations that facilitate sending items to soldiers overseas. Care packages include items soldiers need or enjoy while they are away from home. To create inexpensive care packages you can buy items in bulk, organize a collection in your community, or use coupon matching to score free items like toothpaste. If you have a loved one in the military, don’t forget to take advantage of military discounts. For those that would like to send a letter or care package to service members overseas, here are three organizations that help you do so. (more…)
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Cathy at Chief Family Officer shared four great grocery deals at Ralph’s this week. These prices assume coupon doubling up to $1. New to coupons? Check out my post on coupon clipping basics. If you want to take advantage of these deals, make sure to save the coupon inserts you receive in the mail or with your Sunday newspaper. Here’s a great suggestion for how to handle coupon organization.
Crest Toothpaste on sale for $1
Use $0.75 cents off 1 coupon for Crest Toothpaste 4 oz or larger from 7/4 Proctor & Gamble (P&G) coupon insert
Or use $0.50 off 1 Crest Toothpaste 4 oz or larger from 6/27 Red Plum (RP) or 6/6 P&G
FREE after coupon
Oral B Indicator Toothbrush on sale for $1
Buy 2 and use $2 off 2 coupon Indicator or Cavity Defense Toothbrushes from 7/4 P&G
FREE after coupon
The Buy 10, Save $5 Mega Sale continues and includes:
Lean Cuisine or Stouffer’s Entree on sale for $1.79
Use $1 off 1 Stouffers Corner Bistro toasted sub from 4/11 Smart Source (SS) if included in sale
$0.79 after coupon and discount
Planter’s Big Nut Bars on sale for $1.99
Use $0.75 off 1 Planters Big Nut Bars from 4/25 or 6/20 SS
$0.99 after coupon and discount
Keep reading Cathy’s grocery deals at Ralphs.
Cathy from Chief Family Officer shared four grocery deals at Ralphs this week. These prices assume coupon doubling up to $1. New to coupons? Check out my post on coupon clipping basics. If you want to take advantage of these deals, make sure to save the coupon inserts you receive in the mail or with your Sunday newspaper. Here’s a great suggestion for how to handle coupon organization.
Buy 2 and use $0.75 off 2 Yoplait Go Gurt or Trix Multipack yogurt from 5/30 General Mills (GM) coupon insert or 6/13 Smart Source (SS) coupon insert or use this printable coupon
Final cost: $1.50 each
Buy 3 and use $0.75 off 3 Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper or Chicken Helper from 6/20 SS coupon insert
Final cost: $0.67 each
Use $0.20 off 1 Hunts Tomato ketchup from 6/20 SS coupon insert
Final cost: $0.60
StarKist Solid White Tuna Can or Pouch on sale for $1
Buy 2 and use $1 off 2 Starkist Pouch from May All You magazine
Or buy 3 and use B2G1 Starkist Pouch Products or Creations Pouch from July All You
Final cost: as low as $0.50 each when you buy 2
Read the rest of Cathy’s Ralphs deals.
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Cathy from Chief Family Officer shared five great deals at Ralphs this week.
Keebler Chips Deluxe Cookies or Pecan Sandies 3 for $6 (must buy 3)
Use $1 off a 1 Keebler Sandies printable coupon for (Firefox or Internet Explorer)
Or use $0.55 off 1 Keebler Sandies Cookies from 4/18 Red Plum
Or use $0.55 off 1 Keebler Cookies from 4/18 Red Plum
Final price: as low as $1 each when you buy 3
Green Giant Frozen Vegetables for 88 cents
Use $0.60 off 3 Green Giant Frozen Boxed vegetables from 3/28 Smart Source (exp 5/22)
Final price: 55 cents each when you buy 3
Quaker Chewy Granola Bars or Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix 4 for $6 (must buy 4)
Use $1 off 2 Quaker Chewy Granola Bars from 5/2 Red Plum
Or use $1 off 2 Aunt Jemima Mix or Syrup from 5/2 Red Plum
Final price: $1 each when you buy 4
Tree Top Trim Juice for $1.67
Use $1 off 1 Tree Top Trim from 4/18 Smart Source
Final price: 67 cents
All or Surf Laundry Detergent $2.99
Use $2 off 1 Surf Laundry Detergent from 5/16 Red Plum
or use $2 off 1 All Oxi Liquid Laundry Detergent from 5/16 Red Plum (reportedly included in sale)
or use $1 off 1 All Oxi printable coupons (registration required)
Final price: as low as 99 cents
Check out the rest of Cathy’s deals at Ralphs this week.
I headed to Walgreens to spend a $25 voucher I received recently for transferring a prescription from another pharmacy. On my way to the store I called a friend who knows I am a bargain hunter.
“You’re going to the drugstore? Are you going to use coupons?”
“No,” I said sheepishly.
“Really?”
“I was too lazy to look through anything but the Sundays coupons,” I confessed.
“Ohhhhh. I’m going to out you on your blog,” he teased.
“Hmph.”
At Walgreens, however, I realized there were a ton of ways to stretch my dollars – without coupons. I bought everything you see in the above picture, which has a retail value of $49.07, for $3.42! Here’s how I did it.
- I first checked the Walgreens store circular for coupons for items on my list (see below). I found two.
- I wasn’t brand loyal. Instead, I started with a general list and took advantage of a buy-one-get-one free sale on batteries and other deals.
- I carefully reviewed cosmetic prices and leveraged a sweet deal on Revlon products, which were 40 percent off. Plus, if I bought $10 in Revlon products I would get a $5 voucher to buy more Revlon products.
- I bought off-brand candy (the gummy bears).
- I bought products on sale (Hershey’s chocolate, beauty tools, polish, batteries, tissues).
- I went back to ask the manager when I noticed a pricing mistake on my receipt and got a refund.
- I quickly used my bonus $5 Revlon voucher before it could expire. (Walgreens Register Rewards have to be used on your “next” purchase, which means you can come back another day or wait in line again. RR are only good for a few days so I like to spend them on the same trip.)
Even if I did not have the $25 voucher, my tab would have come to $28.42 – a 42% discount over the $49.07 retail price. Not too bad for leaving my manufacturer coupons at home.
