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Free Bertolli Coupons Contest


I picked up a few Free Bertolli Frozen Meal coupons (while attending the BlogHer Food conference in San Francisco on Saturday) that I’m going to give away as a prize. The contest is for two (2) coupons. Each coupon is “Good for and ONE (1) variety of Bertolli Frozen Meals” with a value of up [...]

Free McDonalds Halloween Coupon Booklets


Some McDonalds have started to sell their free food Halloween coupon booklets which can be great treats for the kids. The McDonald Halloween booklets cost $1.00 and include the following free item coupons:

4 Free Small McDonalds Soft Serve Ice-Cream Cone coupons
4 Free McDonalds Apple Dippers coupons
4 Free McDonalds Apple Juice or Milk [...]

Back to School Sales Tax Holiday Dates


It’s that time of year again when some states offer Back to School sales tax holiday dates where the purchase of certain products comes free from state sales tax. Unfortunately due to the current economic conditions, some states have put on hold their sales tax holiday promotions which they have had in years passed — [...]

Grocery Shopping Fail


You wouldn’t think that it would really be possible to fail when grocery shopping. Sure, you might buy a few items that maybe you shouldn’t have or paid a bit more than you could have, but for the most part shopping is pretty common sense. The problem seems to be that what one person views [...]

Vegetable Musical Instruments


When most people do their shopping for vegetables, the assumption is that the vegetables are going to be eaten. That, however, is not always the case. There are a wide variety of things that can be done with the vegetables that you buy. One of the more unique uses is to make them into vegetable [...]

2009 Coupon Insert Schedule


When your collect coupons, it’s often helpful knowing when the different coupon inserts are scheduled to appear in your Sunday newspaper. Below is the 2009 schedule for coupon inserts to appear for the Red Plum, Smart Source and Procter & Gamble coupon inserts. If there is scheduled to be more than one insert, the number [...]

Shop The Entire Grocery Store to Save Money


A fairly good interview about how to cut down on costs while grocery shopping which is worth the view. He hits on a number of points to reduce the cost of grocery shopping and highlights the importance of shopping the entire store to get the best deal.
For example, you are likely to find cheese [...]

Easy and Cheap Holiday Snack Recipes


I thought since the holidays are fast approaching that I would share a few, very easy recipes that are also cost effective. My favorite quick and easy cookie recipe is especially suited to letting the kids help.
As a person with several years of baking experience, I want to first recommend using good quality ingredients. Use [...]

I Won’t Buy Grapes for my Wife


When I am in the grocery store, I won’t buy grapes for my wife. Perhaps, I should say that I won’t buy grapes the way that my wife wants me to buy grapes. My wife is a big fan of the grape and rarely a day goes by when grapes are in season that [...]

Black Friday Deals That Aren’t Deals


For all those coupon shoppers that are thinking about getting up in the early hours of November 28 to try and score some great Christmas shopping deals, take some well learned advice from your grocery price book. Many of the deals that are promoted on Black Friday aren’t really all that great of a deal [...]