Jill Cataldo

I'm happy to announce I've partnered with Chicagoland Savers to bring you even more great coupon deals!

Chicagoland Savers is a new website sponsored by Bonneville International. The site is focused on bringing great coupon deals on restaurants, entertainment, and things to do around Chicagoland, as well as (of course) grocery savings.

Each week, I'll blog both grocery and non-grocery deals at Chicagoland Savers, but what's even more exciting? Chicagoland Savers is the first Chicago media outlet that's carrying my weekly syndicated column, "The Coupon Queen!" Now, each week, my Chicagoland audience can enjoy what over 20 million people around the country already read each week!

As posted earlier this week, SuperTarget has the best price on baby back ribs this week -- Hormel Always Tender baby back ribs are on sale for the ridiculously low price of $1.79/lb -- a slab of ribs averages out to about $4.75 at this price.

Well, several of my readers wrote to say that there are also $1 coupons out for ANY Hormel Always Tender product! The 5/2 SS has one, and you can also print 2 from Hormel's site. Oh yes... guess who went and got MORE ribs today? If you have any freezer space left, it's highly unlikely we'll see them at this low a price again for most of the summer. The sale continues through TODAY, Saturday, May 29th!

CONTEST WINNER ANNOUNCED!

General Mills is celebrating the May 21st release of "Shrek Forever After," the final chapter of the Shrek films. This time, I'm giving away a "Shrek-Tacular Savings Prize Pack, which includes...

A Shrek-tacular tote bag filled with:

• General Mills "Big G" cereals
• Fruit Roll-Ups Minis
• Betty Crocker baking mix
• Shrek water squirter
• Shrek highlighter
• A $10 Shrek-tacular Savings coupon book
• A $25 gift card that you can use to purchase tickets to see the new "Shrek Forever After" film

Participants entered by replying to this post in the comments section with a note including how they're saving lots of "green" with coupons! Entries were funny, smart, serious, and irreverent.

My Chicago readers know that the Spanish newspaper "Hoy" often has coupon inserts in it. The Hoy inserts are usually comparable to the non-Tribune coupons we find in other area papers (that is, a thinner insert, but of course, still good to have, as Hoy is a free publication, both found in newsstands and delivered within city limits.)

However, this past weekend's Hoy Fin de Semana (weekend edition) contained a surprise... SmartSource en Espanol! The coupons that came in this new Spanish SmartSource are different than what's in the standard SmartSource for 5/2 -- right away, the .45 off any Knorr product jumped out at me as an excellent one, as it will line up nicely with the $1 Knorr in the current Catalina deal at Jewel.

Many of my downtown readers have written in the past to say that Hoys are delivered en masse to the lobbies of their apartment buildings... and if nobody picks them up, a day later, these Super-Couponers are more than happy to "clean up" all the Hoys... and keep the coupons! Why not? Keep your eyes open for these!

I often get mail from readers who are amazed at the great deals we get but wonder if they can Super-Coupon where they live. The answer? Absolutely! Here's an email from one of my newspaper column readers in Florida about her recent trip to Publix:

Jill,

This is the first time I've taken the time to write to you but I had the most awesome trip at Publix today. On my trip today this is what i purchased:

8 bottles of Windex
6 bottles of Shout Trigger spray
1 ALL Small and Mighty laundry detergent
1 Iodized salt
2 boxes of Mueller's pasta

I appeared on WRMN radio's "Making Money Work" program today, and the entire show was devoted to discussing Super-Couponing! Chicagoland listeners called in to ask questions and win Super-Couponing DVDs too.

Listen to the clip!

This is what happens when I have classes in Lombard and Mokena on the same day... :) After my morning class, I stopped into the Lombard Kmart, mainly to look for more clearance clothes for my sons, but also to do some more double couponing. With the 5 coupons per day, per store limit, it's not necessarily worth making a special trip -just- to do doubles... but as long as I was there... that wonderful coupon for $10 off of a $20 Kmart purchase works so nicely into the clearance clothing deals!

If you're planning a trip to Kmart to take advantage of their double coupon promotion this week, you may want to check out the winter clothing clearance going on too. Winter clearance clothes (man, woman, and child) have dropped to $1.99 each, already a fabulous price -- but if you printed a $10-off-$20 coupon for Kmart when they were available, you'll be able to do really well with this sale.

In my Super-Couponing 2 class, I talk about the yearly, seasonal clothing clearances and the times of the year in which they happen -- it's a great way to buy ahead of our needs for next season or next year, at fantastic savings.

Here's what I bought today for my sons at $1.99 each (pre-coupon):

5 pairs Disney blue jeans
2 pairs Basic Edition cargo pants
2 Route 66 long-sleeve shirts
1 Basic Edition long-sleeve flannel shirt
1 two-pair set of NASCAR pajamas (my favorite find... and theirs! Two pairs of 100% cotton pajamas for $1.99 BEFORE coupons? Oh yes.)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 1, 2010

Jill Cataldo, one of the premier coupon experts in the country, has partnered with France's Erroné Parfum to launch her signature scent, "Cupón."

"I'm very excited about bringing my signature fragrance to the marketplace," Cataldo stated, adding "'Cupón' captures everything I love about the grocery store shopping experience."

Described by Vogue Magazine as "the supermarket olfactory sensation in bottle form," Cupón features the essences of shoppers' favorite departments at the grocery store. The fragrance opens with the scent of delicious, fresh-baked cinnamon rolls from the bakery, featuring soft, butter-topped whole-wheat bread undertones. Orange and lemon citrus scents waft in from the produce department, and the spicy scent of roses and carnations from the floral case finish this tantalizing parfum.

If you have emailed me recently, PLEASE be patient in waiting for a response. I have over one thousand (yes, that's 1,000) emails in my inbox from the past three weeks alone. I do receive and read every single one, and if you have emailed me about scheduling workshops or classes, rest assured I WILL get to answering you as soon as I can. I've been up every night until 1-2am or later, every night, simply trying to get through all of the email. Again, please be patient. :)

If you've emailed questions about couponing or the current Catalina promotions running, please use the Search function at the top of the blog to help find your answer. Many of the emails I'm receiving are asking the same questions, and due to the volume of mail it's easier to answer these questions publicly on the blog so that many people can share in reading the answers.