Want a free $10 gift card to your local mall? Check out this offer from TLC’s What Not To Wear at select malls this September 17-20. Free Benefit Bad Gal Blue Mascara: Take the cover of the October 2009 Seventeen Magazine or a printout of the home page of Seventeen.com to an Ulta Store starting Sept 15 for free mascara, a $19 value. On Labor Day, wear your favorite team logo to any participating Chick-Fil-A from 10:30 am to close, and receive a free Chick-fil-A original chicken sandwich. Sign up for Eat Better America, and receive a Free Nature Valley … Continue reading →

CVS this week has some really great deals. Remember the free 2 oz Glade Soy based candle (up to $3.89) that appeared in the August 11 SmartSource? Well, now there is an ECB deal out there for 6.99 back when you buy a Glade Fragrance Collection Scented Reed Diffuser 1.62 oz or Soy Candle 4.9-10oz. In the same newpaper was a coupon for $3/2. You can also print a $2 coupon here. On a deal like this, you actually make money back, because your total out of pocket is $4.99 after the $2 printable coupon, but you get $6.99 back … Continue reading →

K Mart is doubling coupons again in select stores. The rumor is that this is the last time they will be doubling this year. Go to Kmart.com, and look up the flyer for your local area. If you don’t see an announcement of double coupons (usually in red at the bottom of the front page) then your store is not doubling. If your K Mart is doubling, be sure to look for a coupon booklet in your K Mart store. There are high value coupons which will make some items free or nearly free, such as Oil of Olay Body … Continue reading →

Today starts Walgreen’s special $4 off a purchase of $25 or more. Combine this coupon with register rewards and manufacturer coupons, and you will save big. And watch for Friends and Family Day at Walgreens, Monday, August 31. You’ll save 15% on many items, and 20% on W brand products. You’ll see the coupon on the Walgreens website. Meantime, don’t pass up these great savings at Walgreens: Barilla Pasta, 2/$2. Use the $/2 coupon that was in the Smart Source insert this weekend, and your final price is 50 cents each. Cheez-Its, Keebler cookies and crackers – 4/$10 (Great Price!) … Continue reading →

You know how to save money using coupons. So how do you get to the sweet deals where you profit? When do they actually pay you to take it away? When you combine savvy shopping with coupons and in-store rebates and free deals, then you have the potential for overage, or in more simple terms, PROFIT. Your profits from in-store rebates, catalinas, and promotions go right back into free food and products. You can do that at Weis right now. Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks are $1 a box. Buy 4, and you get a $2.50 catalina. So here’s how you … Continue reading →

Have you seen the deals at Albertsons lately? They are really going all out to match your coupons, and give you extra savings. There are some great catalina deals going on there. Take a look at the Post Cereal deal at Albertsons. Cereals are on sale for $2.50 a box. There is a promotion – buy 4 boxes save $4. Ok, now it is $1.50 a box. Then there’s the catalina. Buy 2, get $1 on your next order. Buy 3 get $2. Buy 4 get $3. Ok, so you buy 4 boxes at $1.50 each for a total of … Continue reading →

There are more coupon booklets coming to a store or a mailbox near you. For starters, look for the MDA Coupon booklet with over $40 in savings. There’s a coupon for a free FreshPet product, one pound or smaller, up to $3.99 Right now you can find the MDA Coupon booklet at Safeway, Vons, Dominicks, Genuardis, Tom Thumb, Pavillons, and Carrs stores. So head for your local store, pick up the MDA booklet, use the coupons, save money, and watch Jerry Lewis smile on Labor Day! This is the season for Kellogg’s promotions. In addition to the assortment of free … Continue reading →

It’s no secret that faithful readers of the Deals Blog like to find inside information and how-tos for saving with smart shopping strategies and coupons. Well, it may not be a secret, but what we know just got a bit more public. The Deals Blog of Families.com was mentioned in Jonathan Burton’s Life Savings column in MarketWatch from the Wall Street Journal. We’re right up there with some of the major deals websites. Welcome to all who have found us from that link! Enjoy this blog and our other frugal articles as well. What I found interesting was not only … Continue reading →

This is a super weekend for coupons in the newspaper. There will be two Smart Source inserts, a Red Plum, a P& G Brandsaver, and a special Kellogg’s insert in some newspapers. This is certainly the week to buy extras. The Kellogg’s insert will feature a rebate for $10 off ten products. Freecoupons.com is a good place to find a weekly pdf of insert coupons. You can also find a preview of what will be included at Taylortown Preview. This is a site that sells coupons for a handling fee. I’m not a fan of buying coupons, but Taylortown is … Continue reading →

There are some awesome deals this week at the three top drug store chains, CVS, Walgreens, and RiteAid. By combining the sales with coupons and some of their in store deals, you can do really well. Here are some examples at RiteAid, where you can print a $5 off $25 coupon: Softsoap 7.5 oz on sale for 89 cents! Use the $1 coupon from coupons.com, and you have it FREE! Speed Stick – 2/$4.74. Use the $2 off two Rite Aid Coupon in the ad, and stack it with the .75/2 coupon found in the July 26 Smart Source insert. … Continue reading →