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Coupon Mania

My current obsession is coupons, therefor I will probably blog about them regularly. This post will be more of a list of where to get coupons (besides the Sunday paper) and where to not waste your time and energy.


Great Places to pick up printable coupons!

Coupons.com is possibly the best known place to pick up printable coupons. They have coupons for everything, and from what I can tell, the coupons are very similar to the ones you find in your Sunday paper. However, to print the coupons you have to download some kind of software. Since I do not have a printer at home and have to use public ones, I can't and therefor cannot print these.

Check out Purity Lovers for great coupons on Purity products. They change their coupons monthly, but currently you can get coupons for $1 off a gallon of milk and $1 off sour cream and more. Their coupons are in adobe, so no software to download (assuming you already have the reader)

At Wish Bone you can print a $.50 coupon off salad dressing. If you use the coupon at Kroger, it doubles to make it $1 off.

Campbells has four printable coupons for $1 off when you buy 2 or 3 of certain products. These are better than what you typically find in the Sunday paper.

Welchshas a coupon for $1 off 2 refrigerated juices.

You have to sign up at Betty Crocker but there is over $12 worth of coupons for the taking. They change their coupons monthly. Many of these coupons can also be found at Coupons.com

You also have to sign up at Pillsbury but they have over $15 worth of printable coupons, many of which can also be found on Coupons.com

Birds Eye has a $1 off 2 Viola meals and $1 off 4 bags of frozen Vegtables.

At Johnson & Johnson there are many great offers and coupons including $1 off Desitin and $1 off Shampoo.

If your looking for coupons for over the counter medications, check valuesforhealth.com They have $1 off coupons for Tylenol and Motrin,adult and childrens! They update the offers fairly often, so keep checking.


Contact these companies to receive awesome coupons by mail!

I had luck with Johnson & Johnsons. I simply asked them to send coupons I received 3 $1 off coupons for any Johnson and Johnson family product about 2 weeks later. I am unsure how often they will honor coupon requests.

I contacted Birds Eye and also received 3 $1 off coupons for viola meals. It is their policy to only send coupons once.

Purina will honor coupon requests every 4-6 weeks. I was sent 2 $2 off any pet food coupons with in two weeks of my request.

I contacted Welchs and received 3 $.50 coupons for any Welchs products.

Wish Bone will send a token of appreciation when you contact them about their products. I received a recipie book and coupons for many Unilever brands including $1 off Hellmans, $1 off Dove and ofcourse $1 off Wish Bone salad dressing. There were 12 coupons total that do not expire until Febuary of 2011.

I had already signed up at Huggies and had been receiving coupons about 4 times a year through the mail. However, they had started sending me pull ups coupons and my daughter still is in diapers, so I asked them to send me diaper coupons again. I received a one-time mailing of coupons that included 4 $1 off any Huggies brand products.

If you are a new mom who uses formula, you also need to sign up with Similac. They send coupons and samples quarterly until the childs first birthday.

Last, but certainly not least, Proctor and Gamble allows you to request samples and coupons once each quarter. You can pick the samples and coupons you want, and they will be delivered in about 4 weeks. The new quarter just started April 1 and I am loving that they offer a free sample of cascade and 2 great coupons for Tide!

While the above brands have some great offers, others do not.
Here is my "don't waste your time" list:
Campbells-corporate policy to not mail coupons
Con-Agra Foods (Chef Boyardee, Hunts, etc)-corporate policy to not mail coupons
Playtex-signed up online and never received any correspondance
Dr.Pepper/Snapple Brand- Received email that did not address my request
Suave- signed up online nad never received any correspondance
Kraft- corporate policy to not mail coupons
Knorr- corporate policy to not mail coupons

Happy savings to all the coupon-ers!

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