Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away, and it is time to plan, prepare and purchase those critical must-have items – the emergency supplies! My stockpiled pantry is usually flexible enough to accommodate surprise needs. You know the ones I mean : my sister comes to visit and she is on a sugar free, soy…
My half brother has been out of touch with me for several years. Broken families go through confusing relationships, and ours has been no different. But lately he's been reaching out by email. He doesn't “get” the whole couponing thing, although he buys in bulk and believes in stockpiling groceries to save money, just not…
If you are waiting for your local stores to pick up on the paperless clipfree coupon trend, you might want to check out the latest. Zavers.com, a leader in providing paperless coupons, has recently launched a clip-free grocery coupon service. The Zavers program allows you to link coupons directly from your PC and/or your mobile…
Yes, it's another consumer advisor invitation. It's definitely a trend among manufacturers to sign up consumers to try new products, give insight on marketing, and receive coupons and samples. But, if you are interested, they can have rewards. Here's the information on the new Viactiv Consumer Advisor Panel Viactiv invitation The makers for VIACTIV products…
One of the complaints I hear regularly is that Kellogg's doesn't have printable coupons, and finding their offers is a challenge. Not everyone receives the Fall coupon booklet in the newspaper. But…Kellogg's is on of the brands that have recently added their own printable coupon page on their website, along with email updates for new…
With the Summer a distant memory, you may find yourself in a predicament familiar to me: what to do with those extra boxes of breakfast cereal you bought on sale just a few months ago? There are several options: serve them up in the near future, freeze them, or make something tasty out of them.…
I’ve noticed over the last week or two a new type of deal cropping up: the Free Thanksgiving Dinner Deal, otherwise known as the “Holiday Rewards“ deal. A number of supermarket chains have hit on the idea that a “Spend $XXX dollars and get a free turkey dinner” deal will be a sure fire winner…
General Mills is beta testing a new site for finding, sharing, and saving recipes, and it’s loaded with coupons, too! The new site Tablespoon.com is designed to provide a huge reference of searchable commercial kitchen-tested recipes (like the ones from Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, and their other brands), along with your own recipes, and share them…
I finally got past this cold enough to open my inbox. Along with my usual coupons, product advisories and announcements, and other newsletter stuff, there was an announcement from my Nature Made rewards program. Nature Made is offering $5000 a month, for six months, and providing a free laptop, for someone to blog about using…
It’s time to talk turkey! Many stores offer free Thanksgiving Turkey or other free dinner promotions during the six weeks prior to Thanksgiving. While the offers vary somewhat from store to store, there are three basic types of offers: spend $300 at one store to receive your turkey; buy participating items to earn a turkey;…