How to Mine the Gold in Sunday Coupon Inserts
Sunday papers are golden for thrifty-minded coupon shoppers. Packed with one or more fat inserts, bargain hunters can more than justify the $2.00 (more or less) that it costs to buy the paper. Now, in most cities, shoppers will also get a mid week insert, often on the day the grocery stores run their new ads. The total value of the ads in the inserts can be in excess of $20, especially if there are restaurant coupons included.
If you are in a city where you get multiple inserts, in multiple papers, on multiple days, it can be a bit overwhelming to keep up with the offers. It will help if you do your homework.
There are four major sources of coupon inserts:
• Unilever (http://www.makinglifebetter.com/)
• SmartSource (smartsource.com/ )
• Vlassis/Red Plum (http://www.valassis.com/)
• PGBrand Saver (https://www.pgeverydaysolutions.com/pgeds/brandsaver-coupons.jsp )
Unilever and PGBrand Saver will have coupons from their corporate suite of grocery and restaurant brands. Red Plum and SmartSource will feature a variety of corporate brand names. To see if any inserts are planned for your area, you can go the website, type in your zip code or city and you can find out the dates of insertion and which papers will carry the coupons.
Sunday Coupon Insert Schedule
For coupon shoppers, Sundays are just not the same without that bargain-rich newspaper inserts that we look forward to every week. Don’t forget that not every insert runs every Sunday. And most inserts will skip holiday weekends.
June
5 — Smart Source, Red Plum and Procter & Gamble
12 — Smart Source
19 — Smart Source and Red Plum
26 — Smart Source and Red Plum
July
3 — No Inserts scheduled (Independence Day)
10 — Smart Source and Red Plum
17 — Smart Source
24 — Smart Source and Red Plum
31 — Smart Source, Red Plum and Procter & Gamble
August
7 — Smart Source and Red Plum
14 — Smart Source and Red Plum
21 — Smart Source and Red Plum
28 — Smart Source, Red Plum and Procter & Gamble
September
4 — No Inserts scheduled (Labor Day)
11 — Smart Source and (2) Red Plum
18 — Smart Source and Red Plum
25 — Smart Source and Red Plum
October
2 — Smart Source, Red Plum and Procter & Gamble
9 — Smart Source and Red Plum
16 — Smart Source and Red Plum
23 — Smart Source and Red Plum
30 — Smart Source and Red Plum
November
6 — Smart Source, Red Plum and Procter & Gamble
13 — Smart Source and Red Plum
20 — Smart Source and Red Plum
27 — No Inserts scheduled (Thanksgiving)
December
4 — Smart Source, Red Plum and Procter & Gamble
11 — Smart Source and Red Plum
18 — No Inserts scheduled (Christmas
In addition to the inserts, make sure to look for coupons printed within the paper, as well as coupon offers in the store ads. In the absence of an insert, you can clip here to get your fix until the next Sunday rolls around.