I have been out of the house most of the day, so I haven't been able to post anything today. I am in the process of making supper, but will try to sit down at the computer a little later tonight to post a few things. My goal is to get the Albertsons and HEB ad/coupon match ups done tonight so that you will be able to get your coupons in order for the sales that begin tomorrow. Hope all of you are having an amazing day!!

Coupon for Libby's Vegetables

I found a coupon for $1.00 off three cans of Libby's Vegetables. This is a pretty high value coupon for canned vegetables. Most coupons that I've found for canned vegetables will be for $1.00 off five, or $1.00 off eight. I printed this coupon off and will be saving it for a sale. (Mine doesn't expire until the July 24, so plenty of time to find a good sale).

Go here to print this coupon. Remember, you should be able to print this coupon off twice...just hit your back button two or three times and it should automatically reprint!

Coupon for Minute Maid Orange Juice

My kids LOVE orange juice, but the "real" orange juice is pretty expensive. I found a great HIGH VALUE coupon for Minute Maid Orange Juice.

Go here to print a coupon for $1.50 off Minute Maid Orange Juice. To find this coupon quickly click on Beverages in the list of Categories on the left side of the page.

You might also want to print the coupon for $2.00 off Ovaltine while you are there...this coupon should get you Ovaltine for less than $1.00 at Wal-Mart!

HEB Update

Just wanted to let all of you know that I went up to HEB this morning to have a meeting with the supervisor and some of the managers. I met with some of the managers several days ago and left not feeling like I had any of my questions answered. One of my readers suggested that it might be a good idea to contact someone at a higher level of HEB, so I sent an email off to their corporate office. About 24 hours later, i received a call from our local HEB office asking to meet with me.
I have to say that the thought of meeting with them had me feeling pretty nervous, but once I started talking about coupons, the nervousness left...I guess when you really know what you are talking about it helps you be able to speak up for yourself (and all other coupon shoppers out there. :)
We did not get all my coupon questions resolved today, but I definitely left feeling like I had been heard and that they were going to look into questions that they did not have answers to...They told me that they would call me when they found out the answers to my questions.

Here's some of what we talked about (Most of these questions were taken from emails/comments/questions that I've received from readers)

Internet Coupons that do not scan...This is the best...They will now manually enter internet coupons that do not scan properly!! WOO HOO!! They will not accept internet coupons for FREE items, but if the computer will not ring up the coupon, the cashier can now manually enter it. I could not find this information on their website yet, but they did say that it is now in effect. If you have an issue with a cashier not entering in your coupons, ask to speak to a manager/supervisor.

One of the managers mentioned to me a couple of times that they needed to give their cashiers a little more knowledge about the store's coupon policy, so hopefully we won't run into any cashiers who refuse to accept coupons.

If a coupon exceeds the value of a product, the computer will automatically adjust the price of the coupon down...you'll be able to get a product FREE but no overage.

HEB will NOT price match competitor ads.

If an HEB coupon (yellow) has an M in the box on the lower left side of the coupon, that means it is a manufacturer's coupon and can NOT be combined with an additional manufacturer's coupon, if it has an S in it, this stands for a store coupon and CAN be combined with a manufacturer's coupon. I was told that HEB does not issue many "S" coupons, but you can always be on the lookout for those.

There are no limits to the amount of coupons you can use per day.

If you have a problem with bad produce/meats/products/etc. HEB would like you to bring your receipt AND the product up to the store...if you don't have your receipt, still bring the product up to the store. They will do their best to make things right...issue you new products, store credit, etc.

Things they are still working on finding the answers to:

-Accepting Register Rewards
I showed them a Register Reward and explained that it is a manufacturer's coupon that they should get reimbursed for...they copied one of my register rewards and told me they would contact someone to try to find answers to this.

-Accepting Military Store Coupons
Again, I showed them some of these coupons...they are clearly manufacturer's coupons. They said they would look into this. Evidently, some manufacturer's have deals with specific stores to reimburse them for products, so they wanted to know if that was the case with these coupons. If they start accepting those coupons, it will be wonderful for all of the military families in town!!

-Using a B1G1 FREE coupon with an additional $ off coupon
At first they told me they could not do that because that would be doubling up on coupons. I explained that they consider their yellow in store coupons to be manufacturer's coupons and they allow you to use a dollar off coupon for the item you are purchasing with those, so I didn't see what the difference was to use another manufacturer's B1G1 coupon with a dollar off coupon (only difference I could see was that HEB was printing the B1G1 coupon). They said that made sense and that they would be looking into that as well.

All in all today was a very good trip. All of the people I spoke with were very friendly and seemed to genuinely want to help. I think they understand the benefits of shopping with coupons and want to make it as easy on their customers as possible.

The next time you are at HEB I really encourage you to tell a manager or your cashier how much you appreciate them for taking the time to make couponing easier at their store. The managers could have easily ignored my comments and questions, but instead they took the time to sit down with me and try to understand where I was coming from and try to answer some of my questions. You know sometimes you can talk to people and it's like they aren't even listening...they are thinking of a comeback to prove their point and not listening to yours...I was kind of expecting that experience today, but I have to say that it was nothing like that. They genuinely seemed like they wanted to help and would do what they could to find the answers to our couponing questions.

I really think that if all of us coupon shoppers make an effort to tell them thank you and shop with a smile on our faces that it will make them want to make things easier on us!!
Let me know if you have any other issues/questions about HEB, and I will try to find the answers for you!!

Target Trip (May 24)

I just got back from a quick trip to Target and wanted to point out several deals that are available right now.



Bounty Basic Paper Towels $0.99
-For those of you who submitted for the Proctor and Gamble Coupon book, there are THREE coupon for $1.00 off Bounty paper towels
-coupon for $0.25 off Bounty Paper Towels (found in the 5/2 Proctor and Gamble insert)
Final Price: As low as FREE


Aquafresh Kid's Toothpaste $1.62
-use Target coupon for $0.50 off Aquafresh toothpaste (found here)
-AND use coupon for $1.00 off Aquafresh Kids' toothpaste (found here)
Final Price: $0.12!!

Satin Care Shave Gel (travel size) $0.99
-use coupon for $1.00 off Satin Care Shave Gel (found in 5/2 Proctor and Gamble insert)
-use coupon for $0.55 off Satin Care Shave Gel (found in 5/2 Proctor and Gamble insert)
Final Price: As low as FREE!!

Band-Aids $1.69
-use Target coupon for $0.75 off Band-Aids (found here)
-AND use coupon for $0.50 off Band-Aids (found in 4/25 SmartSource insert)
Final Price: $0.44

Stouffer's Family Size Chicken Lasagnas Normally Priced over $6.00...on Clearance for $3.12
-use coupon for $1.00 off Stouffer's Family Size meals (found in April All You magazine)
Final Price: $2.12 (This is a GREAT deal!!)

Select Kid Cuisine meals Normally Priced at $1.78...on Clearance for $0.88
-use coupon for $1.00 off two Kid Cuisine meals (found in April All You magazine and select home mailer books)
Final Price: $0.66 for two (or $0.33 each!!) (Again, a GREAT deal!!)

When I was at Target they had a good stock of the clearance food items, but I'm thinking that with prices as low as they are they will probably go quickly. If you are heading over to Target, make sure to check to see if you can find any of these GREAT deals!! Oh, the food that was clearance, was in the freezer section next to the ice cream/frozen pizzas...on the top two shelves...let me know if you find any good deals!!

Coupons in Parade Magazine

Don't forget to check the Parade magazine that comes in the Sunday paper for coupons each week. Parade will not have coupons every week, but it is still a good idea to always check, because you never know which week there will be coupons! This week this magazine has three coupons. These coupons include:

Buy One Olay Total Effects Facial Moisturizer and Get One Total Effects 7-in-1 Anti-Aging Body Wash Free

$1/2 Edy’s products

$1/1 Pantene product

Coupons...3 lbs. of Coupon Inserts Mailed to You!!

I've talked to several people who have mentioned that they are not getting the expected coupon inserts in the Sunday paper. The San Angelo paper might have both SmartSource and RedPlum inserts, but that there are not the amount of coupons that are in the coupon preview. Several people have told me that they buy the San Antonio paper, but that the last several weeks there has been no RedPlum insert in it. I was surprised to hear about this because I no longer buy the Sunday newspaper. Yes, I still get the wonderful coupon inserts from the paper, but I don't buy a Sundy paper. This means that I don't have to make a stop on Sundays for paper, throw out/recycle all the extra newspapers, or have to sort through the newspapers at the store to see if the inserts are even in there.

How do I still get coupon inserts?

I have coupon inserts mailed to me by a company called American Consumer Services. They mail me 3 lbs. of coupon inserts...no newspapers, no filler ads, just the coupon inserts. The inserts come directly to my mailbox. They are from big city newspapers, and I've found that there are more coupons in the inserts and that they are higher in value than the ones that were in the newspapers that I was buying. I feel good about it too, because I am no longer wasting all those newspapers that I was buying and just throwing out or recycling.

How many inserts are in a 3 lb. package? Usually between 30 to 40 inserts. No, these are not all different inserts...there are duplicats of many of the inserts (which I LOVE because that means when you find a coupon that works great with a sale or that will get you an item for FREE you can really STOCK UP!!)

Each time this package is shipped it costs $33.00...that might sound like a lot, but I figured that I get inserts from between 15 and 18 newspapers. San Antonio newspapers costs $3.00 a piece...15 newspapers would cost $45.00. I also know that I will EASILY make that money back on just one trip to the grocery store. You can choose to get coupons mailed to you once a month...or more frequently. I have them mailed to my house every two weeks. I cannot emphasize enough how much I LOVE receiving my coupons this way. If you think that this sounds like too many coupons for your family to use, think about going in with a friend...there should be plenty of coupons to split with a friend. One of the keys to saving big with coupons is being able to stock up when items are at rock bottom prices, that is the main reason that I LOVE having multiple inserts.

I contacted Mr. Daniels (the owner of American Consumer Services) and asked him if it was okay for me to write about his company. He gets a limited amount of inserts each week, so I wanted to make sure that if I wrote about it and if you guys were interested in it, that he would have enough coupon inserts for you guys to order from him. He told me that would be okay...if you contact him about this just let him know that you heard about it from Lucrecia Wingfield's blog.

This is a smaller company, and he does not have a website. You can contact him at 1-866-790-5088 or email him at americanconsumer@comcast.net. If you are interested in doing this, I would encourage you to call because he will need your debit/credit card information (and personally I feel a whole lot safer giving that information on the phone rather than through an email).

This was emailed to me directly from Mr. Daniels to explain the coupon inserts a little more clearly:

"You'll get a variety of SmartSource, RedPlum and P&G inserts from the Sunday newspapers of the last 4 to 6 weeks. Use the coupons at any supermarket in the U.S. to stretch your dollars and make them work harder. Most people get an order of AMERICAN SUPERSHOPPER GOLD once a month, but we can send you an order every 2 or 3 weeks, if you prefer. We charge your credit card on Friday and the scheduled orders ship on the following Thursday. Coupon packages ship all month long, not at just the beginning or end of the month. You will get the latest coupon inserts from the last Sunday as well as a variety of inserts from the previous weeks. We remove the junk pages to compact the inserts so more fit in the package. We also go through every insert to ensure that there are no short-dated or expired coupons. If there are any, we add additional inserts to the package at no cost to you."

Hope some of you take advantage of this offer...make sure to tell him that you heard about this on Lucrecia Wingfield's blog, so you can be sure to get in on his mailing list. Oh, and this is not something you have to sign a contract to join...try it once, and if you aren't satisfied call and cancel. I signed up to have it delivered once a month, and as soon as I received my first shipment I emailed him to ask if I could get it delivered every two weeks!

Let me know if you decide to sign up for this, and also give me feedback once you receive you first shipment!!