Not All Coupon Inserts Are Created Equal!

No brownie points scored for the Wichita Eagle today. Not only did I find their inserts to have less coupons, but they sent an automated phone message to us today telling us they will no longer be delivering the Wednesday paper as part of the price for buying the weekend edition. Besides our paper carrier always forgetting to leave our Wednesday paper every week (I've called 3 times about this issue and it's never resolved) now the mid-week paper that contains the Dillons insert will cease altogether. *I must mention here my most wonderful neighbor who each Wednesday notices my lack of paper delivery and leaves her Dillons ad under my door mat each morning. She wins the award for The-World's-Best-Neighbor in my book.* As an avid couponer receiving the Dillons ad asap is critical for planning my weekly shopping trips and coupon organization.

So how did the coupon ads between the KC Star and the Wichita Eagle stack up? I matched up all the coupons that could be found in the inserts of both papers and the following lists are the ones left over that were unique to each paper.

Wichita Eagle Red Plum insert also contained:
$1 Morton Salt System Saver Pellets (water softener)
Buy 3 get 1 free Cesar Canine Cuisine entree
BOGO MAX Face product

KC Star Red Plum insert also contained:
$2 L'Oreal Paris Excellence to-go hair color
$2 L'Oreal Paris Excellence Creme hair color
$1/2 Del Monte Fruit Chillers
$1 ThermaCare Heat Wraps
$1.50 ThermaCare Arthritis Heat Wrap
$2 Alavert product
$.55 package of Hefty One Zip
$.50 package Vanity Fair napkins
$.50 package Vanity Fair bowls or plates
$1 Real Simple magazine
$.75 McCormick Vanilla extract or food coloring
$1.25 Pond's cream, towelette or cleansing product
$1.50 Pond's wet cleansing towelettes
$.50 Newman's Own pasta sauce, salsa, or popcorn
$.50 Newman's Own dressing, marinade, lemonade
$1 Betty Crocker cupcake icing
$1 Quaker rice snack product

Wichita Eagle Smart Source insert also contained:
$.50 French's french fried onions
$.40/3 Swanson broth
$.55/2 cans Dole canned fruit
$1 Scott bath tissue
$1.50/2 Emerald Nut product
$.50 package Poppycock
$1 Glade fragrance collection
$3/2 Glade fragrance collection
$1/2 Welch's jelly
$1/3 Welch's frozen concentrates
$1/2 Polident product

KC Star Smart Source insert also contained:
$1 Imodium product
$1/2 Mrs. Smith's pies
$.75 Scott bath tissue
$.75 French's spicy mustard
$1 French's honey dijon
$.50 Cottonelle toilet paper (2 of these)
$.50 Cottonelle moist wipes
$.50 Softsoap 8.5oz
$.35 Softsoap 7.5oz
$2 Pearls brand probiotics
$3 Whole Body Cleanse
$1 No Nonsense product
$1 T/Gel haircare item
$.35 Steamfresh vegetable or rice
$.75/2 Speed Stick deodorants
$.75 Speed Stick 24/7 deodorant
$1.50 Comtrex cough cold product
$.75 Softsoap body wash
$.40/4 Campbell's cooking soups
$.50 French's Classic yellow mustard
$.40/4 Swanson broth
$.25 Palmolive dish liquid
$.40 Palmolive Pure + Clear liquid dish soap
$.75 Energizer batteries
$1.50 4-Way nasal spray product
$1 Halls cough drops
$.75 French's french fried onions
$.55 Eckrich smoked sausage product
$1 Zantac 150 product
$1.50 Zantac 75 product
$1/2 Natural Almond Accents

You can decide for yourself which set of inserts would be more profitable to you. KC Star has more coupons in general and for me more items I might buy. Next weeks paper looks to have the Proctor and Gamble insert included in it, so one more week of comparison and I think my decision will be made.