Welcome to Coupons 757

Welcome to my blog! I am starting my journey of serious couponing. I am discovering the best ways to collect, organize and use coupons for Hampton Roads grocery stores and more. Clipping coupons can be tedious and time consuming but I have saved more than $600 in the past month and I've barely scratch the surface of what can be saved. During this time I've invested approximately three hours of my time each week, that's like paying myself $50 an hour! Plus I get to reap the rewards of all of the variety of items that I normally couldn't buy.

Hampton Roads has held pretty strong through these tough economic times, but it is starting to hit home a little. I hope that you will join me on this journey as we discover the best deals in our own stomping ground and save some money! Feel free to comment on any posts and add your own special finds and success stories.

Follow along with me and I will post any great deals that I find in our area. It is up to you to clip the coupons. Currently I recommend clipping coupons from the Virginia Pilot, Richmond Times and Washington Post as well as printing online coupons from http://www.coupons.com/ or http://www.couponmom.com/. Also, make sure you have your store savings card and that it is registered online.

I'm still learning too, so everything will not be perfect. I am not quite organized enough yet to tell you which coupon came from where except that it came from the above sources. You will need to make a coupon book and when you see the deal posted flip through it and see if you have the coupon too.


I do not intend to replace the major sites like Coupon Mom, I just want to make it easier for everyone in Hampton Roads to find really great deals that are relavent to us.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Triples are coming! Triples are coming!

Everyone get your coupons ready!  According to SouthernSavers.com Harris Teeter will triple the value of your coupons up to a face value of 99¢ starting tomorrow!  This is pretty exciting since you will be able to get lots of things for free!  I am going to organize my book, call everyone to get their extra coupons and get myself ready.  Remember that you can only use 20 coupons per day, so either have someone else in your household go with you with their own VIC card or plan to go more than one day because this deal only comes around once in a while, so it is worth it to make more than one trip.  I will post what I find!

Friday, April 15, 2011

E VIC Specials, Target Freebies and free Iron Man 2 toys

So... I am not super impressed with the grocery deals that are out there this week.  I have devoted most of my couponing time this week to clipping, printing and organizing my coupons.  There are a couple of good deals out there, such as the Saturday E VIC 4/$5 Kellogg's Cereals (which I have coupons for to make them 75¢ ea) and the B1G2 bags of frozen chicken breast.  I have decided to skip the chicken breast because after their B1G2 deal two weeks ago and Bloom's B1G2 last week I don't think I can get any more chicken in my freezer.

I was a little excited though that many of my coupons could be used for trial sized items at Target.  I ended up with some Jergen's Daily Glow, Crest Mouthwash, Crest Toothpaste, Old Spice, Secrect Clinical, Visine and more for basically free!  $48 worth for a little over $2 (mostly taxes).  I was also excited to see that if your coupon value is more than the purchase that they put the rest towards the other items in your cart.

I stopped by Wal-Mart (I really despise that place) and saw on their clearance rack Iron Man 2 toys on clearance for $3.  I had $3 off coupons from the Sunday paper so it made it free (15¢ tax)!  My son doesn't even know what Iron Man is, but I figured I would save it for a birthday gift.

I was really hoping for some Super Doubles or Triples somewhere this week but it didn't happen.  I did however, receive an email back from Kroger saying that the stores in our area will still allow stacking of e coupons with paper coupons.  This is pretty exciting, so I will have to do some research on what types of deals are available there.

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Saturday, April 9, 2011

99¢ Pop Tarts @ Harris Teeter!

I'm headed to Harris Teeter now for 99¢ Pop Tarts, too bad there is a limit of two because my house can go through them like crazy!  I'm pretty sure I have a coupon for $1 off of three which will make 3 of them $1.

Other deals that I will probably pick up today are the B2G3 Green Giant Veggies, 21/30ct Shrimp and Chx of the Sea Tuna.

I also have a coupon for a McCormick Spice which will make their $1 Vanilla free and a coupon for Farm Rich products. 

Don't miss the Pop Tarts!  Check the e-vic specials before you head out!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Coupon policies at local stores

My quick trip to Farm Fresh yesterday landed me $47 in coupon savings.  I had seven coupons for $1 any K-Cup coffee pack and I found myself standing there wondering how many Farm Fresh would take for the same product.  I ended up having to detour to customer service to find out their coupon policy.  They would take two.

Last night I watched Extreme Couponing in TLC and watched these women buy ridiculous amounts of mustard and such.  I decided to do some research into our local stores policies.  This is what I found:

  • Farm Fresh
    • Double coupons up to 99¢ everyday
    • Double coupons up to $1 on Wednesdays
    • Up to 20 coupons doubled per person per day
    • Limit 1 coupon per item
    • Limit 2 like items
    • No competitor coupons
  • Harris Teeter
    • Double Coupons up to 99¢ everyday
    • Up to 20 coupons doubled per household each day, you cannot separate orders to increase this amount
    • Limit of 1 B1G1 coupon per item
    • No overage on coupons
    • Limit 3 like items
    • No competitor coupons will be doubled or tripled
    • You can stack your evic coupons with paper coupons
    • Internet coupons are limited to 2 like items
    • Competitor coupons are accepted, as well as competitor circular or direct mail offers to deduct money off the total order
  • Walmart
    • No doubles or triples
    • No limit on the number of coupons per transaction
    • Overage is given on coupons in cash back or applied to the basket (excludes SNAP & WIC)
    • You can usea B1G1 coupon with a B1G1 deal
  • BJ's Wholesale
    • No doubles or triples
    • BJ's coupons can be stacked with manufacturer coupons
    • You may use multiple coupns for grouped items that could be sold separately
  • Fresh Pride/Be-Lo
    • Doubles to 50¢ everyday
    • No limit on like items or number of coupons to be used per transaction
    • Please call ahead to manager if you plan on buy a large amount of the same item
  • Food Lion
    • No doubles
    • Limit of 10 like items
    • No overage
    • No limit on coupons per transaction
    • No stacking store and manufacturer coupons
  • Bottom Dollar
    • Pretty much the same as Food Lion
    • eCoupons are available to be loaded to your card, still waiting to hear if they can be stacked
  • Bloom
    • Double coupons up to 99¢ everyday
    • Limit of 10 like items
    • Up to manager's discretion on multiple transactions (smile and be nice!)
    • Price Snipper coupons are not doubled
    • No overage
  • Kroger
    • Waiting on a return email for the policy in our area
This is all I've got for now.  I will update this posting when the stores return my emails.  Please comment if you know more about it than I do!

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

It's Wednesday and the new deals are in + double $1 coupons at Farm Fresh

I went through some of the new grocery ads that came out today and here are some of the really good deals that have come out so far:

  • Farm Fresh - (Don't forget it's double coupons up to a $1 today)
    • Nature's Valley Granola Bars - $1.77ea - 75¢/2 coupon (dbld = $1.50 off) = $1.02ea
    • Texas Toast Croutons - $1.29ea - 55¢ coupon (dbld = $1.10 off) = 19¢ea
    • Glade Premium Room Spray - $2.49 - $1 coupon (dbld = $2 off) = 49¢ea
  • Bloom (dbl coupons up to 99¢)
    • Frozen Boneless Chicken Breast (2.5lbs ea) - Buy 1 Get 2 Free ($11.99ea)
    • Pork Loins - Buy 1 Get 1 Free
    • 20pk Miller/Coors/Bud bottles $11.99
    • Pepsi 12pk 4/$10
  • Bottom Dollar
    • Pepsi 12pk $2.88ea
  • Kroger
    • Pepsi 12pk 3/$9
    • Oral B Advantage Toothbrush $2.00 - $2 coupon = FREE
    • Scrubbing Bubbles - $1.49ea when you buy 4 - $1 coupon off 2 (x2 coupons) = 99¢ea
  • Harris Teeter
    • Green Giant Can Veggies - Buy 2 Get 3 Free
    • Chx of Sea Tuna - Buy 2 Get 3 Free
    • EZ Peel Shrimp - 21/30 Count - Buy 2 Get 3 Free
    • YoPlait - 10/$4 - $1.00 coupon/10 = 30¢ ea
    • Ball Park Beef Franks - Buy 1 Get 1 Free ($2.49ea) - 75¢ coupon on 2 (x2) = 49¢ea
    • Lloyd's Woodfire BBQ - Buy 1 Get 1 Free ($4.24ea) - $1 coupon/1 = $1.12ea
    • Always Infinity - $3.99 - $2 coupon = $1.99ea
    • Tampax - $2.99 - $1 coupon = $1.99ea
    • Colgate Total - $2.50 - $1.50 = $1ea
    • Crest Rinse - $3.99 - $2 coupon = $1.99ea
    • Oral B Cross Action Tooth Brush - $2.99 - $2 coupon = 99¢ea
    • Olay Body Wash - $3.49 - $2 coupon = $1.49ea
This is all I have found so far, I'm sure there will be more to come as the week goes on!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Get Sunday's Daily Press for 26¢

Follow the link below to sign up for Groupon!

http://www.groupon.com/r/uu10275899

Today's deal is 26 weeks of the Sunday Daily Press for $10!

That means lots of coupons delivered to you for very cheap!

Monday, April 4, 2011

Success at Food Lion

I made a quick stop by Food Lion today and used three coupons and my MVP card.   I got two Best Life Buttery Spreads for Free and a package of BIC razors for 99¢! 

The Best Life Buttery Spread was on MVP special for 5/$5 ($1ea) and I had two $1 coupons.

The BIC razors were on MVP special for $2.99 and I had a $2 off coupon.

Total Bill: $1.18!