We’re supposed to get four inserts in this Sunday’s paper (1/26), a SmartSource, two RetailMeNots and the February P&G. Sometimes you’ll find your paper has divided them differently and not all papers will carry the same coupons or even have the same value.

RetailMeNot

AXE Product $1.50/1 (2/9)
Digiorno Pizza 10.6 oz or larger $2/2 (2/29)
Dove Men+Care Deodorant, Antiperspirant Stick or Dry Spray $1.50/1 (2/9)
Dove Men+Care Hair Care Products $3/2 (2/9)
Dove Men+Care Body Wash or Bar $1/1 (2/9)
Dove Hair Care Products $3/2 (2/9)
Dove Body Wash 22oz or larger or Shower Foam 13.5 oz product $1/1 (2/9)
Dove Exfoliating Body Polish (10.5oz) Product $1/1 (2/9)
Dove Beauty Bar Product 4pk+ $1/1 (2/9)
Dove Baby 13oz or 20 oz Products $1/1 (2/9)
Dove Baby 13oz or 20 oz Products $2.50/2 (2/9)
Dove Advanced Care, 0% Aluminum or Clinical Deodorant Product $1.50/1 (2/9)
Dove Beauty Bar Product 4pk+ .75/1 (2/9)
Friskies Dry Cat Food 16lb or larger bag $1/1 (3/26)
Friskies Wet Cat Food 5.5oz cans or one 32 ct variety pack $3/32 (3/26)
Hellmann’s Real Mayonnaise 11.5 oz or larger or Variety Sauce 11oz Product .50/1 (2/9)
Lipton Tea Bags, K-Cup, Liquid or Powdered Iced Tea Mix Product .40/1 (2/9)
Lipton Tea Bags, K-Cup, Liquid or Powdered Iced Tea Mix Product .75/1 (2/9)
Lipton Recipe Secr products .60/2 (2/9)
Perdue Frozen Fully Cooked Chicken Product $1/1 (3/8)
Pringles Full Size Cans 130g or larger (3/8) $1/4 (2/9)
Purina Bella Dry Dog Food 3lb or larger bag $3/1 (3/26)
Purina Beneful Dry Dog Food 2lb or larger bag or carton $2/1 (3/26)
Purina Cat Chow Naturals Dry Cat Food 13lb or larger bag $2/1 (3/26)
SheaMoisture Products $5/2 (2/9)
SheaMoisture Bar Soap NVPR $1/1 (2/9)
Suave Professionals Shampoo or Conditioner Products $1/1 (2/9)
Suave Professionals for Natural Hair Product $2/1 (2/9)
Suave Lotion product $1/1 (2/9)
Suave Kids Hair Products $2/2 (2/9)
Suave Body Wash Products $1/2 (2/15)
Suave Deodorant Products $1/2 (2/9)
Suave Body Wash Product .75/1 (2/15)
Suave Professionals Shampoo or Conditioner Products $3/2 (2/9)
Suave Professionals Professionals for Natural Hair Product – B1G1 (2/9)
Suave Deodorant Products .50/1 (2/9)
Vaseline Lotion 6.8oz or larger $2/1 (2/9)

RetailMeNot

Colace 60 ct $5/1 (3/8)
Colace any $2/1 (3/8)
Garnier Fructis dry shampoo Product $2/1 (2/22)
Garnier Nutrisse Color Reviver Haircolor Product $4/2 (2/22)
Garnier Nutrisse or Express Retouch Haircolor Products $4/2 (2/22)
Garnier Whole Blends Shampoo, Conditioner or Treatment $2/2 (2/8)
Garnier Skinactive Moisturize $3/1 (2/8)
Garnier Skinactive Cleanser Product $2/1 (2/8)
Maybelline New York Dream Foundation, BB Cream or Concealer Product $3/1 (2/15)
Sheba Perfect Portions Premium Cat Food – Buy 10 get 5 FREE (up to $4.45) (3/8)
Sheba Perfect Portions Premium Cat Food – Buy 10 get 5 FREE (up to $4.45) (3/8)

SmartSource

2000 Flushes automatic toilet bowl cleaner .55/1 (4/27)
Act product ETS $1/1 (3/29)
Act kids product ETS $1/1 (3/29)
Air Wick Essential Mist Starter Kit $3/1 (2/23)
Ajax Ultra dish liquid 28oz+ .50/1 (2/6)
Aleve product 80ct+ exc. Aleve PM $4/1 (2/2)
Allegra 24hr 24ct or larger or any Allegra-d product $4/1 (2/15)
Allegra Children’s product or Allegra 12hr product $4/1 (2/15)
Allegra Allergy 60ct gelcap or 70ct tablet $8/1 (2/1)
Amberen any product $7/1 (3/9)
Aunt Annie’s at home soft pretzel products $1/1 (3/22)
Aunt Annie’s at home protein products $1.50/1 (3/22)
Bayer Aspirin product 200ct+ $2/1 (2/9)
Bayer Aspirin product 50ct+ $1/1 (2/9)
Blue Diamond cans or bags of almonds $1/2 (3/29)
Botanica by Air Wick Scented Oil Starter Kit $1.50/1 (2/23)
Botanica by Air Wick Non Aerosol Room Spray $3/1 (2/23)
Bromley’s razor or blade refills $1.50/1 (3/8)
Bromley’s beard products $1/1 (3/8)
Cacique Cheese or Cream 10 oz+ $1/1 (3/31)
Capzasin any product $2/1 (2/8)
Chock Full O Nuts package $1/1 (3/6)
Coricidin HBP Product $2/1 (2/23)
Covergirl face product exc. cheekers, accessories and ETS $3/1 (2/22)
Covergirl eye product exc. 1kit shadows, accessories and ETS $3/1 (2/22)
Covergirl Lip product exc. accessories and ETS $2/1 (2/22)
Depend package 8ct+ $2/1 (2/28)
Dulcolax product exc. 10ct or smaller stimulant and stool softener $3/1 (2/23)
Ensure multipack $3/1 (3/8)
Fortify any product $3/1 (2/14)
General Mills boxes: Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Reeses Puffs, Chex, Cocoa Puffs, Trix, Cookie Crisp, Golden Grahams, Kix, Fiber One, Wheaties, Raisin Nut Bran, Total, Basic4, Oatmeal Crisp, Nature Valley granola (pouches) $2/4 (3/7)
Glucerna product of your choice $3/1 (3/15)
Gold Bond Product exc. 1oz and ETS $1/1 (3/29)
Hidden Valley Ranch Dips 10oz $1.50/2 (2/26)
Jose Ole Taquitos Rolled Tacos or Snacks (16oz+) $1/1 (3/31)
Kaopectate any product $2/1 (2/23)
Kinder Bueno 1.5oz bars $1/2 (2/23)
Kleenex bundle pack of three facial tissue ETS $1/1 (2/22)
Kleenex Wet Wipes 20ct+ .50/1 (2/22)
Louis Kemp Crab Delights or Lobster Delights $1/1 (3/22)
Nasacort Allergy 24hr 120 sprays or larger $8/1 (2/1)
Nutrisystem loss kit $5/1 (3/27)
Nutrisystem any single item $1/1 (3/27)
One A Day multivitamin product exc. 60ct $3/1 (2/8)
One A Day 50+ multivitamin product $3/1 (2/8)
Pearls any product $2/1 (2/14)
Poise package of pads or liners. Not valid on 14-26ct or 10ct pads $2/1 (2/29)
PreserVision any product $7/2 (2/29)
PreserVision any product $3/1 (2/29)
Rolaids bottle $2/1 (2/23)
Sargento Shredded Natural Cheese .50/2 (3/29)
Sargento Natural Cheese Slices .50/2 (3/29)
Selsun Blue product ETS $1/1 (3/29)
Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzels 8oz+ $1/1 (3/30)
Spot Shot Instant carpet stain remover .55/1 (4/27)
Stick Finger’s Barbeque Sauce (any flavor/size) $1/1 (2/23)
Summer’s Eve external products $1.50/1 (3/14)
Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbeque Sauce 28oz+ $1/1 (2/23)
Sweet Baby Ray’s Marinade, Wing sauce or dipping sauce $1/1 (2/23)
Sweet Baby Ray’s Hot Sauce $1/1 (2/23)
Unisom any product $2/1 (2/8)
Viactive any product $1/1 (3/16)
Welch’s Fruit Snacks, Fruit N’ Yogurt Snacks or Fruit Rolls *8oz or larger bag or 6ct or larger box .25/1 (3/7)
Xyzal Allergy 24 hr including kids $4/1 (2/15)

February P&G

Always Radiant, Infinity, Pure & Clean, Ultra or Maxi Pads 10ct or higher $1/1 (2/22)
Bounty Paper Towel $15.00 retail value or greater $2/1 (2/8)
Cascade ActionPacs Dishwasher Detergent 30ct or larger $1/1 (2/8)
Cascade Dishwasher Detergent, Rinse Aid or Dishwasher Cleaner .50/1 (2/8)
Charmin Toilet Paper Product $15.00 retail value or greater $2/1 (2/8)
Crest Mouthwash 473ml (16oz) or larger $1/1 (2/8)
Crest Multi-pack Toothpaste 3oz or larger $2/1 (2/8)
Crest Gum or 3D White Whitening Therapy Premium Toothpaste Variants $3/1 (2/8)
Febreze Air Effects Product – B1G1 Free B1G1 (2/8)
Febreze Small Spaces Products – B1G1 Free B1G1 (2/8)
Gain Dishwashing Liquid Product 21.6 oz or larger .50/1 (2/8)
Gillette Razor $4/1 (2/22)
Head & Shoulders Men’s Styling Product $3/1 (2/8)
Head & Shoulders Products $1/1 (2/8)
Head & Shoulders Products $3/2 (3/2)
Herbal Essences bio; renew Shampoo, Conditioner or Styling Products $5/2 (2/8)
Luvs Diapers $1.50/1 (2/8)
Mr Clean Product .50/1 (2/8)
Olay Bar (4ct or larger) Body Wash, In-Shower Body Lotion or Hand and Body Lotion $1/1 (2/8)
Old Spice Antiperspirant Deodorant, Body Wash or Bar Soap Products $1/2 (2/8)
Old Spice Hair Product $1/1 (2/8)
Oral-B Adult Battery Toothbrush $2/1 (2/8)
Oral-B Replacement Brush Heads 3ct or greater $3/1 (2/8)
Pampers Diapers or Easy Ups Training Underwear $1.50/1 (2/8)
Pampers Easy Ups Training Underwear or UnderJams Absorbent Night Wear $2/1 (2/8)
Pampers Wipes or Luvs Wipes 56ct or higher .50/1 (2/8)
Pantene Products including Golden Series Collection $1/1 (2/8)
Pantene Products including Golden Series Collection $2/2 (2/8)
Pantene Buy one Waterless Product 2.2oz or larger – Get One Pantene Shampoo or Conditioner Free (2/8)
Secret Clinical. Fresh or Outlast 1.6oz or larger $1/2 (2/8)
Secret Invisible Spray 3.8oz $2/1 (2/8)
Swiffer Product $1/1 (2/8)
Tampax Pearl, Radiant or Pure Tampons 14ct or high $1/1 (2/22)
Venus Razor $4/1 (2/22)

Oooh, just got an email about An American in Paris tickets being offered for only $25 each (plus $5 service fee) on the Lucky Seat lottery. We won two tickets for the Mary Poppins performance at the Drury Lane Oak Brook earlier this month.  These were $75 seats!

Lucky Seat rewards fans with access to tickets for amazing events at incredible deals. Fans who are feeling lucky can enter our digital drawing for the chance to buy event tickets at special prices. Don’t worry if your plans change – you only pay if you win.

If you have a flexible schedule, this is a great way to potentially see a show.  If you need a definite time and date, you’re definitely better off with Goldstar tickets for a few bucks more.

You don’t seem to see things this like happening at McDonald’s or Wendy’s. But something about Burger King appears to send coupon users flying into a rage.

An Iowa man has become the latest in an increasingly long line of Burger King customers arrested in connection with a coupon-related confrontation. And this one was caught on camera.

Police in Cedar Rapids say 34-year-old Jeremiah Wenzel was arrested last Wednesday, accused of hitting a Burger King employee in the head with a cell phone. “The suspect allegedly attempted to use a coupon but the store didn’t honor it,” police spokesman Greg Buelow told Coupons in the News. “He became upset and threw his phone at the employee.”

I’ve been doing this for quite a few years now and having double (or even triple) inserts in a Sunday Trib isn’t that rare, although uncommon – used to be way more likely you’d get stiffed! So imagine my surprise when one of my papers was super fat and I ended up with 14 SmartSource inserts. Naturally this is the week we get pitiful inserts and naturally I have to complain instead of doing a happy dance.

When there are so many geese on your corner that you finally give up and turn off in the other direction…

We’re supposed to get two inserts in this Sunday’s paper (1/19), a SmartSource and a RetailMeNot. Sometimes you’ll find your paper has divided them differently and not all papers will carry the same coupons or even have the same value.

SmartSource
Acuvue $3/1 10oz Revitalens Multipurpose Disinfecting Solutions (2/24)
Acuvue $5/1 20oz Revitalens Multipurpose Disinfecting Solution (2/24)
Alka Seltzer $2/1 Plus Power Max Gels Product 10ct+ (2/16)
Alka Seltzer $1/1 Plus Product 10ct+ (2/16)
Amlactin $3/1 Product and foot repair cream (2/8)
Blink $3/1 Tears Lubricating Eyedrops, GelTears Lubrication Eye Drops or Preservative Free Lubricating Eye Drops (2/24)
Blink $3/1 Contacts Lubricating Eye Drops or Blink and Clean Lens Drops (2/24)
Celestial Seasonings $1/2 Boxes Tea exc. K-Cup Pod Boxes (3/31)
Colgate $1.50/1 Adult or Kids Battery Powered Toothbrush (2/1)
Colgate .50/1 Toothpaste 3oz or larger exc. 2.8oz, 2.8oz bonus and ETS (2/1)
Colgate .50/1 Adult or Kids Manual Toothbrush exc. Colgate Plus, Colgate Extra Clean or Colgate Classic Clean (2/1)
Eating Well $1/1 Frozen Entrée or Breakfast Item any variety (3/15)
Farm Rich $1/1 Snack 15.2oz+ (4/12)
Farm Rich $1.25/1 Snack 15.2oz+ (4/25)
Florastor $4/1 50ct+ Florastor Pre or Florastor Plus (5/30)
Florastor $2/1 Product (5/30)
Greek Gods .50/1 Greek Style Yogurt (3/31)
Grown in Idaho $1/1 Bag of Potatoes (3/14)
Maruchan $1/3 Bowls (3/31)
O’Keefe’s $1/1 Product (3/31)
Palmolive .50/1 Ultra Dish Liquid 18oz+ (2/1)
Palmolive $1/1 Ultra Dish Liquid 32.5oz+ (2/1)
Pepcid $2/1 or Immodium or Lactaid Dietary Supplement Product (2/16)
Schick $3/1 Disposable or Skintimate Disposable Pack or Xtreme 5 or Hydro Silk 3 Razor or Refill exc. xtreme 3 1ct, xtreme 2 and Skintimate 2ct and 6ct disposables (2/8)
Sensible Portions $1/2 Snacks 4.2oz or larger (3/31)
Softsoap .75/1 Body Wash or any Irish Spring Body Wash (2/1)
Softsoap .50/1 Liquid Hand Soap Pump 8oz+ or refill 32oz+ (2/1)
Speedstick .50/1 Men’s A/P Deodorant exc. 2oz, 1.8oz and 1.7oz and .5oz ETS (2/8)
Speedstick .50/1 Lady A/P Deodorant exc. 1.7oz and 1.4oz and .5oz ETS (2/8)
Sugardale .50/1 Package Hot Dogs, Bacon or Pepperoni (4/30)
Sunsweet $1/1 Juice (4/30)
Superpretzel $1/1 Soft Pretzel Product (3/20)
Superpretzel $1/1 Soft Pretzel Bites Product (3/20)
Wonderful $1/1 Pistachios Product 14oz+ (4/19)
Wonderful .50/1 Pistachios Product 4.5oz-8oz (4/19)

RetailMeNot 
Cetaphil $2/1 Product exc. 14oz or less – daily facial cleanser, gentle skin cleanser, moisturizing lotion, moisturizing cream, single bars and Cetaphil Baby (2/29)
Cetaphil $4/1 Restoring Lotion, Ultra Healing Lotion or Purifying Clay Mask (2/29)
Dixie $1/1 Package To Go Cups (2/19)
Dixie $1/2 Ultra or Dixie Everyday Plates and Bowls (2/19)
Persil $2/1 ProClean Laundry Detergent exc. 6 loads or less and ETS (2/2)
Renuzit $3/1 Oil Refill (2/2)
Renuzit B4G2 Free Adjustables Air Fresheners Cones (2/2)
Sudafed $1/1 Product or Children’s Sudafed Product (2/15)
Tylenol $1/1 Cold or Tylenol Sinus or Children’s Tylenol Cold Product (2/15)
Tyson $1.25/1 Chicken Strips or Anytizers Snack Products (2/7)

Using coupons at a self-checkout has always been a less-than-optimal experience. Either the store trusts you to scan your own coupons, putting itself at risk for fraud, or you have to wait while an attendant scrutinizes your every coupon, defeating the purpose of a speedy, do-it-yourself checkout.

Now, self-checkout pioneer NCR has come up with a system that skips the self-checkout lane and eliminates the need to scan bar codes, by letting you use your phone to identify items, pay for your purchases – and apply your own paper coupons without an attendant’s assistance.

What could possibly go wrong?  Seriously?  I can think of crap ton of ways to make this a complete clusterf**k – ever scanned on Amazon using photo search and have completely oddball items appear?

The Jet Blue Winter Sale returns, with tickets starting at $44 for trips through March 31st (purchase by 1/16).  They also have package deals (like Las Vegas).  Oooh, Chicago to Ft. Lauderdale – sunny skies and warm beaches would sure be nice in March…or next week.

Buying groceries online is becoming more popular, but many shoppers remain hesitant to try it. A number of surveys have found that coupons, or the lack thereof, are part of the reason – shoppers say they’d be more willing to try online grocery shopping if it was easier to use coupons.

You might think, then, that stores looking to boost their e-commerce capabilities ought to take shoppers’ advice already, and do a better job accepting coupons. So what’s stopping them? Coupons in the News article here.