How To Get Newspaper Coupons
Every great chef keeps a well stocked pantry, including the basics, like flour and sugar, as well as those rare ingredients and secret spices. So, too, the great savers keep a well stocked pantry…of coupons. And every super saver relies on the basics, too. The Sunday Paper!
Sunday newspapers are the most reliable source of coupons. They also provide savings on a broad range of products. Three publishers print inserts, which are generally “inserted” into the pre-printed ads and store circulars:
- SmartSource (SS, one or two inserts each week)
- Vlassis (V, usually one every other week)
- PGBrand Saver (P&G, usually the first weekend of every month)
There are no inserts on major holidays. The schedule for inserts in 2006 can be found at Newspaper Insert Schedule 2006
It is important to realize that not every newspaper subscribes to coupon publications (inserts). Also, not every newspaper subscribes to the same set of inserts, even within the same city. Even more complicating, coupon value in inserts, from the same publisher on the same weekend, frequently varies by region, even by town! “30 cents on two” in Baltimore maybe “$1.50 on one” in San Diego!
Before you decide good Sunday coupons are not available in your area, do some investigation at a large supermarket, newsstand, restaurant, airport, hotel, or wherever you will find the largest selection of Sunday newspapers in your area. Look through them. You might be surprised. Even the local free “rag” may provide great coupons.
