Sunday, April 5, 2009

Not All Coupon Inserts Are Created Equal!


Clipping coupons and sorting them are not always my favorite part of couponing. I prefer the saving lots of money stuff personally. So, having two paper inserts to go through these past three weeks has also been a test of perseverance as well. Not to mention this week's paper included five coupon inserts! That's a record number as far as I can remember.

So what's there to report? After matching up all similar coupons, these are the results.

Both the P&G Saver and Unilever inserts matched up exactly.

The Wichita Eagle Smart Source insert also included...
$1 Star olive oil
$1 Star balsamic vinegar
$1 Star vinegar

The KC Star Smart Source insert also included...
$.55 Spot Shot carpet cleaner product
$1 Vitamin water 20oz
$2 Benefiber powder
$1 Benefiber chewable or caplet
$1/2 Color Silk products
$1 Welch's dried fruit
$1 Nestea 12 pack bottles
$.55 Ziploc bag with expandable bottom
$2 Benefiber stick pack
$2 Zicam
$.55 Johnsonville brats package
$.55 Johnsonville italian sausage
$1 Ricola

The KC star Red Plum insert also included...
$1 Uncle Ben's rice
$2 Pepcid AC
$1.50 Kellogg's Cereal
$1 Poptarts
$.70 Kellogg's Special K or All-Bran fiber product
$.50 Treasure Cave Cheese package
$.75 Whole Fruit sorbet
$.55 Nexcare bandage
$1 L'Oreal Paris men's skin care product
$.55 Keebler Sandies Cookies
$.55/2 Keebler cookies package
$.75 McCormick spice
$1 wyb $1 Ahorre natural tone product
$.50 Sister Schubert's rolls
$3/2 Tylenol extra strength
$1 Tylenol extra strength
$4 Alaway eye drops
$.50 Pure Life water 20 pack
$.50/2 Clorox bleach
$.50 Pine-Sol
$.75 Clorox Clean-up 409 formula

The Wichita Eagle Smart Source insert also included...
$.60 Viva paper towels
$1 Biore product
$2 Biore product
$1 Jergens moisturizers
$2 John Frieda product
$.40 Ban deodorant
$.75 ban invisible solid
$1 Curel moisturizer

The KC Star Smart Source insert also included...
$1 Opti-free solution
$1 Systane product
$2 Icaps vitamin formula
$.40 Viva paper towels
$2 Bare Naturale product
$1 Kotex
$.75 Kotex pantiliners
$.75 Kotex tampons

The final results? I think I'm switching to the KC Star. There are far more coupons included and for many products that I'll find useful. The best part is my sweet husband doesn't mind picking me up a copy at the gas station on his way in to church each Sunday. I hope you found this informative and now you know when a coupon is listed for a deal and you can't come up with it, it may have never been included in your insert to begin with.

2 comments:

Jenn said...

Julie, thanks so much for taking the time to compare and share!! Very helpful information!

Unknown said...

Excellent information- we might be making a stop at the gas station on Sunday mornings as well!