This week of 3/17/13: A Red Plum and a SmartSource. There are a whole ton of Hasbro coupons, so I’m wondering if they’ll be in their own insert again or in the SmartSource as shown — will let you know Saturday in Notes from the Chicago Tribune!

• See the full list of what’s supposed to be included at Sunday Coupon Preview.
• Use this as a general guide, because coupons and values can vary regionally. This means that sometimes our papers will not include one or more of the coupons listed, or that one area will get one $ amount on their coupons, we will get another.

In Chicagoland, the Chicago Tribune generally has the most coupons in it — even if the Sun Times or the DuPage Daily Herald or the other smaller papers have the same inserts, they’re often thinner. (On rare occasions, the Sun-Times will contain a coupon not found in the Trib, but it’s rare enough that it’s worth remarking on when it happens.) If you are outside of Chicagoland, you will want to pick up the largest-circulation paper in your area.

So, what looks good to me?

• Aveeno $3/2 products excluding cleansing bars, trial sizes and 2.5oz body lotion sizes (4/30). Always useful on drugstore or Target deals.
• Bic $3/1 disposable razor (4/14) ETS. Sometimes Ultra puts them on sale for $2.00.
• Claussen $.55/1 pickles (5/12). Needs no explanation!!
• Cracker Barrel $1/1 6oz+ block, cracker cuts or snacking bars (5/15). Hee, maybe Dominick’s will have another $1.99 sale, as that was awesome.
• Duncan Hines Free frosting creations flavor mix up to $1 (6/30). Well, it’s free.
• Fisher $.55/1 10oz+ baking nut item (5/31). If Jewel has another good sale — maybe with Easter coming?
• French’s $.75/1 french fried onions (6/15).
• Hershey’s $2/3 8oz+ Hershey’s Kisses, Reese’s, Hershey’s Miniatures, Hershey’s Eggs, Cadbury, Jolly Rancher or Whoppers bags (3/31). Did you get the CVS store coupon for Whoppers that has been printing out this week? Hold onto it for a sale Sunday!
• Hungry Jack $.50/1 premium hashbrown potatoes (5/12). These go BOGO at Jewel sometimes.
• La Victoria $1/2 12oz+ salsa or taco sauce products (5/5).
• Maxwell House $1/1 product (4/13).
• Mitchum $1/1 regular or for women product excludes trial and multipacks (4/21).
• Wonderful Pistachios $.50/1 5oz+ package (5/17) DND. Although these used to be $1.00/1…

So, how many?

It’s an OK week. I’m probably doing four. You?

Not getting inserts in your paper?

The Tribune is apparently no longer including inserts in some papers, the further you get from the city — and some people in Chicago and the southern burbs are also missing one or both inserts in both delivered and purchased papers. This decision is made by the inserts — they’ll decide not to distribute in certain ZIP codes, or only to distribute a certain number in given areas so not all papers have them.

Here are a couple of places you can get clipped coupons and/or whole inserts, if the Trib isn’t working for you:

1. Coupons & Things by Dede. Dede also has a loyalty program where you earn points for each order, and then can redeem those points towards $ off later orders. She ships fast.
2. WeClipUSave — some cheaper than Dede, and often more stock. They also have whole inserts available.

These are also good places to try if you just want a lot of a single coupon, as it can be more cost effective than buying multiple papers.

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