Coupon Planner for 2010

Here is a nice year end post – a schedule of all the manufacturer’s coupons inserts for 2010. If you don’t know what it is, then you are not serious about saving money :-).

Smart Source and Red Plum are the biggest coupon publishers. P&G jumps in once a month with their own insert.

Note that the year begins with a big set of coupons, so don’t forget to buy the paper on Sunday, Jan 3.

January
1/3: 2 Smart Source & 2 Red Plum & General Mill
1/10: Smart Source & Red Plum
1/17: Smart Source & Red Plum & Proctor & Gamble
1/24: Smart Source & Red Plum
1/31: Smart Source & Red Plum

February
2/7: Smart Source
2/14: No Inserts
2/21: Smart Source & General Mills & Procter and Gamble
2/28: Smart Source & Red Plum

March
3/7: Smart Source, Red Plum & Procter and Gamble
3/14: Smart Source& Red Plum
3/21: Smart Source& Red Plum
3/28:2 Smart Source & Red Plum & Procter and Gamble

April
4/4: No Inserts
4/11: Smart Source & Red Plum
4/18: Smart Source & Red Plum
4/25: Smart Source & Red Plum

May
5/2: Smart Source & Red Plum & P&G
5/9: Smart Source & Red Plum
5/16: 2 Smart Source & Red Plum
5/23: Smart Source & Red Plum
5/30: No Inserts

June
6/6: Smart Source & Red Plum & Procter and Gamble
6/13: Smart Source
6/20: Smart Source & Red Plum
6/27: Smart Source & Red Plum

July
7/4: No Inserts
7/11: Smart Source & Red Plum
7/18: Smart Source
7/25: Smart Source & Red Plum

August
8/1: Smart Source & Red Plum & Procter and Gamble
8/8: Smart Source & Red Plum
8/15: Smart Source & Red Plum
8/22: Smart Source & Red Plum
8/29: Smart Source & Red Plum & P&G Insert

September
9/5: No Inserts
9/12: Smart Source & 2 Red Plum
9/19: Smart Source & Red Plum
9/26: Smart Source & Red Plum

October
10/3: Smart Source & Red Plum & Procter and Gamble
10/10: Smart Source & Red Plum
10/17: Smart Source & Red Plum
10/24: Smart Source & Red Plum
10/31: Smart Source & Red Plum

November
11/7: Smart Source & Red Plum & Procter and Gamble
11/14: Smart Source & Red Plum
11/21: Smart Source & Red Plum
11/28: No Inserts

December
12/5: Smart Source & Red Plum & Procter and Gamble
12/12: Smart Source & Red Plum
12/19: No Inserts
12/26: No Inserts

Buy One Get One – Kellogg’s Special K Cereal

“GET SPECIAL K CHALLENGE READY. GET A FREE BOX WHEN YOU BUY A BOX.
Register now to get news on new products, fun promos, and money-saving coupons Special K® has to offer.

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Get a free box of Special K® cereal value up to $4.49 when you purchase one box of Special K® cereal. The Free box of cereal is limited to Special K™ Low Fat Granola 19.5 oz or Special K® Original 12 oz.

Coupon link

Keep your printer ready to print. Coupon expires Jan 31.

Free After Rebates Items at Rite Aid

Some “free after rebate” items at Rite Aid this week. Note that this is Rite Aid’s own online rebate submission, so its actually quite painless.

Soy Joy Bars – get 5 for $3, then get a $3 rebate

Kotex - $2.99, free after the $1 manufacturer’s coupon from the Sunday paper and a $2 rebate

Oral B Cross Action Power toothbrush - $5, free after a $3 mfr coupon from the Sunday and a $2 rebate

Sale in store only (grab your rebate booklet while you are there) and ends Jan 2.

Buy One Get One – Guacamole or Salsa

Wholly Guacamole and Wholly Salsa are some of the best you will find in a grocery store and this BOGO coupon makes them even cheaper. Don’t forget to refrigerate them, they are the fresh variety.

Coupon link

Coupon expires Jan 10.

TGI Friday - $5 off $15 Coupon

Get $5 off your $15 order at TGI Friday’s when you pay with a Visa card. Simply follow the instructions given on the coupon page (better still, carry a printout) when ringing up the bill.

Coupon link

Offer expires Dec 31.

Coldwater Creek – 50% Off – One Day Only – Dec 28

Get 50% off on your shopping at Coldwater Creek for just a day with promo code SALE50.

Website

Fine print - Offer is valid online only through 12/28/2009 and applies to in-stock items only, exclusive of tax and shipping. One offer per transaction. Not valid: on previous purchases, for Coldwater Creek gift cards, catalog orders, in Coldwater Creek stores, Outlet stores or Coldwater Creek, The Spa. May not be combined with any other Offer Code or discount. In the event of a return or exchange the amount refunded will equal the actual merchandise purchase price paid. No cash value.

CVS – Buy a $25 Gift Card, Get $5 Free

For a very limited time, when you buy a $25 electronic gift card from CVS stores, you get another worth $5 free. So $25 becomes $30. These can be used to buy anything in CVS stores or online at their website, combining with their many coupons and sales.

Gift card purchase link

No idea when this will end, so hurry.

Ikea After Christmas Special Sale

5 days of sales after Christmas at Ikea stores nation wide.

Dec 26th - $0.25 cent champagne flutes Limit 6

Dec 27th - $49 Poang Chair

Dec 28th - $69 Levsvik Drop Leaf Table

Dec 29th - $19 Detolf Glass Door Cabinet

Dec 30th - $199 table

Sale link

Enjoy a free breakfast before you shop. Valid until 11am, December 26, 2009 - January 3, 2010.

Limit one per customer. Offer valid for one small breakfast (value 99¢) and one cup of coffee (value 99¢). Offer not valid at IKEA Houston and IKEA Direct. See IKEA store for more details.

Kids Eat FREE!
Fill up their tummies with a free meal 11am until closing!

Valid Saturday, December 26, 2009 - Sunday, January 3, 2010. No adult purchase necessary. Choose any three kid-sized items to create a meal, including five meatballs, mac and cheese, PB&J Sandwich, kids yogurt, two cookies, chocolate milk and more! Kids under 12 only. $2.49 value. Offer not valid at IKEA Houston and IKEA Direct. See IKEA store for details.

40% Off at Gap Stores

Gap is running a special sale till Dec 27 with a 25% discount. Add the coupon for an additional 20% discount and your final price will be 40% less (no, they don’t just add up!).

Coupon link

25% sale ends Dec 27, coupon expires Jan 30.

Free $4 Amazon “Video On Demand” Credit

Get a free $4 credit on Amazon’s “Video On Demand” service with about a minute’s work. Follow these steps -

1. Go to the Video On Demand page at Amazon

2. Click on any program

3. Click on the button after “Have a promotion code?”

4. Enter AVODGIFT, then hit Apply

5. See your balance go up by $4

You can use this to watch any of the "Video on Demand” services from Amazon. Offer available till Jan 3. Limit one per account.

60 AA Alkaline Batteries for $7

Home Depot is selling specially marked packs of AA size Ray O Vac alkaline batteries for $9.99. This price is for the packs that say “Buy 30, Get 30 Free”, basically for 60 batteries. Throw in a $3 manufacturer’s coupon and your final price is $6.99 for 60 batteries.

Coupon link

Coupon expires Jan 15, no idea when the sale expires.

Free – 6 Issues of Harvard Business Review

Yes, posting has re-started in fits & jerks :-). Anyway, this is a hot deal given the very expensive subscription. Simply respond to a survey on cell phones and get a 6-issue subscription free.

Survey link

December 2009 - Lean Month for Postings

I will be travelling a bit for work over the next 2 weeks and with the holidays coming up, will also have a challenge in posting new deals. Apologies.

$20 off $50 in Olay Purchases

Spend $50 on various Olay products (multiple stores and receipts are ok) and get back $20 via mail in rebate. Rite Aid is a good candidate to make purchases in December since they have their own offers (rebates, gift cards, etc.) that don’t show up on the receipts and count towards this rebate.

Offer link

Purchases must be completed by Dec 27 and form postmarked by Jan 8.

Seattle’s Best Coffee – 12 oz Free

Get a 12-oz bag of Seattle’s Best Coffee free after rebate when purchased at a grocery store or any other mass merchandiser.

Offer link

Purchase must be made by Dec 31 and form mailed by Jan 15.

New Rite Aid $5 off $25 Coupon

Here is another $5 off $25 coupon from Rite Aid -

Download link

Coupon expires Dec 12.

Reader’s Digest Subscription - $5 for a Year

Direct from the publisher, get a 1-yr subscription to Reader’s Digest for just $5.

Offer link