Saturday, June 18, 2011

Saving Money on Supplies!

June 18, 2011

I posted this before, but have a lot of new readers so I thought I would share it again:)

This question arise ALL the time so I thought I would give you some tips on saving money on supplies!

I would think the biggest expense would probably be ink!! Right?!!?? Believe it or not, you CAN save money on ink! Here are some tips:

1.) RECYCLE your old ink Cartridges! Places will actually PAY you for this!!

-Staples pays $2 in Staples Rewards for every ink cartridge you recycle, up to 10!! Read more about this HERE.

-Office Max offers it’s MaxPerks members $3 in rewards for each qualifying† visibly undamaged HP, Dell or Lexmark ink or toner cartridges dropped off in an OfficeMax store location. The allow up to 20 a month!! (or $60!! That would buy A LOT of paper) Go HERE to read more about this.

-Office Depot offers $2 back in Recycling Rewards* for each cartridge recycled, up to 20 cartridges per month! Read more about this HERE.

2.) Walgreens will fill ink cartridges. They are limited on which ones they will fill, go HERE to read more. They put this on sale occasionally. so watch for the sale!

3.) Check out prices online. I buy all of my ink from online. You can see my favorite places HERE. They have the best prices I have found for my particular ink. You can also refill your own ink cartridges (YUCK) I have tried this in the past & made a huge mess, but my brother swears by it!! He says things have changed & its not messy now. I would search ebay for this, because that is where I have seen the best prices.

Tips for saving money on Paper!

Well the only real tip I have on that is strike when the iron is hot!! Take advantage of Staples Rewards. About once a month or so they offer FREE paper or really cheap paper! You have to pay up front, but you will get your Staples Rewards back. If you recycle your ink cartridges, start rolling those Staples Rewards! Recycle Ink…..Get Rewards….Buy Paper….Get Rewards…..see the idea:)

Hope this helps out a little!!

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Shopping trip to Piggly Wiggly in Cullman, Al

June 18, 2011

in Shopping Trips

Last night after the class in Crane Hill, I decided to check out the Piggly Wiggly in Cullman, AL. Although, we left the class around 8:30, by the time we found Piggly Wiggly it was 15 minutes until closing!! (Stupid GPS) Anyway, this Piggly Wiggly doubles coupons up to 99¢ daily! It was a very big Piggly Wiggly & was super clean!! I was running through there as quickly as possible trying to find deals and these are the items that I quickly snagged up! Before coupons all of this would have cost, $35.03, after coupons I paid $15.74 ($2.19 of that was tax) This was definitely not the best trip ever, BUT….I thought it was GREAT for NO plan and only 15 minutes to shop! It has inspired me to make a planned trip with plenty of time to shop and find unadvertised deals! Thanks to our great cashier, TY! Thanks Cullman Piggly Wiggly! I will be coming back:)

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Are buying whole inserts going to be a thing of the past??

June 18, 2011

in Letters from my inbox

Got an interesting email last night from a reader about Red Plum, Smart Source, & P&G filing suit against ebay over people selling inserts. Where it has ALWAYS been against the law to “SELL” inserts, it has been a “gray” area over how much people can “Charge” for their time collecting these inserts. The problem here is actually people supposedly are buying up the “leftovers” at a discounted rate and reselling them. (This makes me mad, that there are “LEFTOVERS” in some areas & we can’t get enough locally to be distributed to all the folks that WANT them)

However, insert services that are buying the whole newspaper and offering them for sale are NOT going to be affected by this change. (I confirmed that Insert Insanity or Whole Coupon Inserts, should NOT be affected by this, as they are buying the whole paper) Go HERE to read more about this change.

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Kmart Super Doubles through 6/25!

June 18, 2011

in Kmart

Yay!! Kmart Super Doubles is back!!!!! Now through 6/25, Kmart is doubling coupons up to 99¢!! You must use your “Shop Your Way” Rewards Card to have your coupons double. (You can pick one up at Kmart)

The rules are:

*Participating stores only. Kmart will double manufacturer coupons with a face value of .99¢ or less.
Amount of credit from doubling a coupon cannot exceed the current retail price of a single item. No cash
or in-store purchase credit will be awarded for any amount exceeding the retail price of the item. Limit 1
coupon for each item purchased. Only 1 coupon will be doubled per item.
You may only purchase 4 of the same item using double coupons. Excludes Buy One, Get One offers,
Kmart Savings coupons and Kmart Store coupons. Coupons do not apply to sales tax. Offer excludes
products prohibited by law, including but not limited to alcohol, tobacco, and prescription medication.
Not valid on non-merchandise, federal or state regulated items, prior purchases, Lands’ End, Sears
merchandise rung on Sears registers within Kmart and kmart.com. In the event of a return, coupon
savings may be deducted from the refund. Exclusions apply.

For a list of participating stores go HERE. It’s a bunch of them!! Don’t be surprised if your cashiers know NOTHING about this! It has been my experience that this is usually the case! However, your coupons should double with no problems!!

I did an advanced search on the coupon database HERE for coupons 99¢ and less and found these. This is not all of them, just the ones I had time to post.

$0.75 off Betty Crocker Cake Mix AND Frosting, exp. 7/16 (SS 5/22/11)
$0.85/1 Yoplait Go-Gurt or Trix Multipack Yogurt? printable
$0.85/1 Fiber One Honey Clusters printable

$0.70/1 Kellogg’s Corn Pops Cereal printable
$0.70/1 Sunshine Cheez-it Colby Baked Snack Crackers printable
$0.70/1 Kelloggs Raisin Bran Cereal printable
$0.70/1 Kellogg?s Pop-Tarts Mini Crisps printable
$0.70/1 Sunshine Colby Baked Snack Crackers printable

$0.65/1 Taster’s Choice Variety printable
$0.65/1 Butterball Turkey Product or Chicken Strips, exp. 7/10/11 (SS 05/22/11)
$0.55 off Swiss Premium Tea printable
$0.55 off Eggs wyb Kikkoman Product, exp. 7/31 (RP 01/23/11)
$0.55 off Eggs, wyb (2) Bagel Crisps, exp. 9/30 (SS 05/08/11)
$0.55 off Barilla Pasta AND Sauce, exp. 6/26 (SS 05/01/11)
$.55 off Land O Lakes Half & Half AND Heavy Whipping Cream, exp. 7/31/11 (SS 05/22/11)

$0.50/2 Betty Crocker Boxed Potatoes printable
$0.50/2 Stonyfield Organic Maple Vanilla Yogurt printable
$0.50/2 Stonyfiled Organic Yogurt Smoothie printable
$0.50/2 Chex Mix or Chex 100 Calorie Snack, exp. 8/6/11 (SS 06/12/11)
$0.50/2 Secret Invisible Solid or Old Spice Deodorant, exp. 6/28/11 (Winn Dixie Summer Savings)
$0.50/2 Viva Paper Towels printable
$0.50/2 Mori-Nu Silken Tofu printable
$0.50/2 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, exp. 6/25/11 (SS 05/01/11)
$0.50/2 Arm & Hammer Baking Soda or Fridge Fresh printable
$0.50/2 Dole Mandarin Oranges printable
$0.50/2 Starburst or Skittles printable
$0.50/2 Betty Crocker Suddenly Salad Mix printable
$0.50/2 Hunt’s Ketchup, exp. 6/30/11 (ConAgra Rediscover Family)
$0.50/2 Select Parkay Products, exp. 6/30 (ConAgra Rediscover Family)
$0.50/2 Up & Up Oral Care Product Target printable
$0.50/2 Betty Crocker Suddenly Salad printable
$0.50/2 Pillsbury Sweet Rolls, exp. 7/9/11 (SS 04/17/11)
$0.50/2 Pillsbury Rolled Refrigerated Pie Crusts printable
$0.50/2 Okios Organic Greek Yogurt printable
$0.50/2 Nestle Toll House Morsels printable
$0.50/2 Red Gold Tomato Product printable
$0.50/2 Kleenex Facial Tissue Uprights, exp. 6/25 (ALL YOU Apr ’11)
$0.50/2 Viva Big Roll Package printable
$0.50/2 Nestle Single Bar, exp. 7/14/11 (SS 05/01/11 #2)
$0.50/2 Nestle Toll House Morsels printable
$0.50/2 Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls printable
$0.50/2 Dole Fruit in Gel, exp. 7/31/11 (SS 5/15/11)

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Ready, Set, RUN to your computer & print this $5 off ANY Zyrtec coupon!!

June 18, 2011

in Printable Coupons

Run and grab this $5/1 Zyrtec, ANY coupon PRINTABLE HERE! The coupon says good on the 5ct packs! Use it at CVS this week for a big money maker!! Zyrtec 5 ct is $5.99 and you get $5.99 ecbs back!!!

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Harris Teeter Super Doubles 6/22-6/28

June 18, 2011

This is a heads up to start getting your coupons ready for Harris Teeter!! Starting 6/22 and running through 6/28 Harris Teeter is having Super Doubles!!! Your coupons $1.98 or less will double during this sale!! Coupon matchups will be posted soon, but I wanted you to have a head start on getting your coupons [...]

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Save-A-Lot Butterball Turkey Deal!

June 18, 2011

Rachael found a super deal a Save-a-Lot in Athens. Butterball Turkey Bacon is on sale 10/$10 (or price match at Walmart). Use the 65¢/1 Butterball Turkey item from SS 5/22/11 to grab these for 35¢ each! I checked several other Save-lot-stores & this sale is going on at most of them! It looks like this [...]

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