Jill Cataldo

It's Deal Day, Super-Couponers! Ready to save big? National Coupon Month (September) is just around the corner, and I know how most of my readers will celebrate... by using even more coupons!

This week's Sunday newspaper contained three inserts: SmartSource, RedPlum, and P&G. The Parade magazine also has coupons inside for .60 off Kellogg's Raisin Bran, $1 off 2 Libby's canned, cup or jar fruits, and $1 off 3 Libby's canned vegetables.

Now... ready for your Deals of the Week? You may enjoy FREE Ken's Salad Dressing, .25 8-packs of Ice Mountain water, .99 Mott's Apple Juice, .99 Capri-Sun, FREE Del-Monte smoothies, .84 or .42 tubs of Country Crock, a great "Buy Juice, Get Free Snacks" deal, .50 Ziplocs, and a bunch of freebies at the drugstores ... so let's get started!

It's Deal Day, Super-Couponers... live from Atlanta! I'm on a media tour to promote Super-Couponing, and while you're out shopping the deals, I'll be talking couponing with over 30 morning news programs and networks around the country live via satellite! A big welcome to all the new blog readers introduced to Super-Couponing via these television segments too -- truly, no matter where you live, you can get incredible deals on everything from groceries to personal care products.

Each week, I blog the best deals of the week -- everything FREE or cheap with coupons -- for four major grocery chains, plus Target, Walgreens, and CVS Pharmacy. I'm based out of Chicago, so while my grocery deals focus on Chicagoland stores, if you shop at a SuperValu, Safeway, or Kroger-owned store elsewhere in the country, you may find similar sales to our Jewel, Dominick's, and Hilander deals. Welcome, and enjoy!

This week's Sunday newspaper contained one insert: SmartSource. (Next week, we'll have 3 inserts, so watch Sunday's paper for that great $117 P&G Brandsaver insert too!)

Now... ready for your Deals of the Week? You may enjoy .99 meatballs, .25 Right Guard deodorant, .99 (or less!) Capri-Sun 10-packs, .53 Dial hand soap, FREE Classico pasta sauce (& free meat to go with it too!) .54 Kleenex, FREE Chef Michael's Dog Food, .99 Benadryl, FREE Listerine Zero, FREE Blink Gel Tears, .97 Gillette Fusion razors, and .24 Crest Pro-Health toothpaste... so let's get started!

Hello, Super-Couponers! If you're ready to save big, it's a great week... there are sales all over town! Grab your scissors and your coupon inserts and get ready to buy lots for little!

This week's Sunday newspaper contained two inserts: SmartSource and RedPlum. The Parade magazine also has some manufacturer coupons - $1 off any Cinnabon product and $1-off-2 Fruit of the Loom products, so grab and file those too if you'd like.

Now... ready for your Deals of the Week? You may enjoy .50 Bisquick pancake mix, .50 Bugles and Chex Mix, FREE Pillsbury Sweet Moments brownies, FREE Pillsbury Simply Cookie dough, FREE Tide Stain Release, .49 Glad resealable bags, $1 Dannon Activia, $1 Yogurt GoGurt, FREE Vaseline Sheer Infusion lotion, FREE or .24 Fruit Roll-Ups, FREE Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters... a P&G $25/$10 Catalina deal, .34 Reese's Puffs and Kix cereals, .49 Multi-Grain Cheerios and Fiber One cereals, $2.74 Freschetta frozen pizzas, FREE Smart Balance milk, $2 Contessa frozen meals, .75 Keebler Town House crackers, FREE Stride Gum, FREE Right Guard or Dry Idea deodorant, FREE Sobe Lifewater (again,) FREE Blink tears, FREE Zegerid, FREE Dawn Hand Renewal ... so let's get started!

Hello, Super-Couponers! This week will mark the two-year anniversary of when I began teaching free Super-Couponing workshops in Chicagoland, and... wow, what a wonderful two years it's been! With the immediate success of those initial few workshops, my life quickly became consumed with writing, blogging, breathing, sleeping and dreaming coupons! (And I wouldn't have it any other way...)

Today also marks another anniversary... the 41st wedding anniversary of my parents! (Hey, had they not met and fallen in love over 40 years ago, I wouldn't be here writing this :) My beautiful mom was my original coupon mentor, and I have great memories of watching her clip coupons and save on our groceries as a kid in the 70s. Of course, the coupon game's changed a lot since then, and we've all taken saving and stockpiling to the next level now. My amazing Dad deserves a big thumbs-up too for understanding why Mom now needs to bring home so many boxes of cereal and bottles of juice, even though their kids are all grown. Mom & Dad, the happiest of anniversaries to you today!

This week's Sunday newspaper contained three inserts: SmartSource, RedPlum, and General Mills.

Hello, Super-Couponers! I hope you're ready to save big this week, as things are hopping pretty much all over town sale-wise. Grab your scissors, because this week's newspaper contained FOUR inserts: a thick SmartSource, two RedPlums, and one Procter and Gamble!

Now... ready for your Deals of the Week? You may enjoy .99 pistachios, FREE Febreze Noticeables, .49 Prego, cheap Neutrogena makeup, FREE Athenos hummus, .13 Vitaminwater, a $30/$10 P&G deal, super-cheap Starkist pouch tuna, .99 Purex laundry detergent, .62 cake mixes, $3.99/lb. shrimp, a frozen-food instant savings deal, an amazing Kellogg's Catalina/instant savings double dip deal, FREE Scrubbing Bubbles, FREE Complete solution, FREE Alive vitamins, FREE Crayola products, FREE Dawn dish detergent, FREE Sobe... Let's get started!

Hello, Super-Couponers! It's hard to believe we're in the last week of July! (Where has the summer break gone?) While summer's slipping away, great shopping deals are not. Many of our readers have noted clothes and toy clearances popping up around town (hint - some Old Navy stores have reduced clearance by 50%, both Target and Meijer have clothes clearances going on, and Target and Kmart are also clearancing toys 50%-75%.)

This week's newspaper contained two inserts: SmartSource and RedPlum. Parade Magazine also has some coupons you may want to save, including $1 off Olay, $3 off Bausch and Lomb, .50 and $2 off Celsius tea, and .50 off Walgreens store-brand medications.

Now... ready for your Deals of the Week? You may enjoy bargain-priced steak and chicken breasts, .99 Pam spray, FREE Kraft salad dressing, $1.49 Bisquick, a super-cheap cheese Catalina deal, bargain Lay's chips with FREE bonuses, FREE Yoplait Delights, .36 2-liters of 7-Up, a Fruit-of-the-Loom instant-savings deal, cheap Twizzlers, FREE U by Kotex (again,) CHEAP Pampers, and Kmart Double Coupons return! Let's get started!

Hello, Super-Couponers! In my Super-Couponing workshops, I always mention what a great magazine All You is for coupon shoppers -- each issue costs under $2 and has between $50 and $100 worth of coupons inside. I do joke that I never read the thing though, as I'm just incredibly busy.

But this week, I flipped through it and saw a recipe for marinated mango/pineapple/shrimp kabobs, and I giggled when they estimated it would cost $3 per serving to make. I used my $2.99/lb. shrimp, a .99 pineapple and 2 free mangoes (thanks, Jewel $2 free produce coupon) and fed the entire family of FIVE for $3.98! :) Yum!

A big welcome to everyone from my Barrington and Moline classes this past week!

This week's newspaper contained one insert: SmartSource. Parade Magazine also has a coupon for a FREE smoothie or frappe at McDonald's, so grab that too.

Now... ready for your Deals of the Week? You may enjoy FREE produce, cheap Chips Ahoy and a free movie, FREE Reach dental floss, FREE Air Wick air freshener, $1.69/lb. steak, a fabulous snacks and granola bars instant-savings deal that will have you taking things home for around .14 a package, cheap Barilla pasta, FREE Crystal Light, FREE Totino's pizza rolls, FREE Colgate toothpaste, cheap (.09-.49) school supplies, FREE Bic highlighters, FREE Pretzel M&Ms, FREE Celsius green tea, cheap Pantene stylers... Let's get started!

Hello, Super-Couponers! I approached this week's deals with "reader appreciation" in mind... within the last week, readers have asked for specific deals on "steak and shrimp," "Palermo's pizzas," "cereal under a dollar", toilet paper, kids' toothpaste and sunscreen! Whew! I did my best this week to deliver on all counts, as well as bringing many more great deals to the table.

A big welcome to everyone from my Huntley, Elgin, and Gurnee classes this past week!

This week's newspaper contained two inserts: SmartSource and RedPlum. Parade Magazine also has a .75 Sara Lee coupon inside, so grab & file that too if you'd like.

Now... ready for your Deals of the Week? You may enjoy .50 Kellogg's cereal, CHEAP Tide Stain Release, .25 Pounce cat treats, an iTunes gift card deal with P&G products, FREE Airwick air freshener, shrimp and steak at stock-up prices, .50 Hefty disposable plates, ridiculously cheap olive oil, .24 kids' Colgate, FREE Nabisco crackers, MONEYMAKER contact lens solution, FREE John Freida haircare products, and cheap Neutrogena sunscreen! Let's get started!

Hello, Super-Couponers! I hope everyone had a great Independence Day! Ours involved two slabs of ribs (from that last Target deal in which they were around $1.49/lb) slow-cooked all day to fall-off-the-bone perfection, slathered in bargain-priced barbecue sauce, then finished on the grill over some inexpensive Kingsford charcoal, along with chicken drumsticks from a past Jewel sale (bought with that great chicken coupon, of course,) ears of sweet corn, baked potatoes (wrapped in some free Reynolds Wrap and nestled in the coals) served on paper plates from another recent deal... and of course, everything was washed down with some fabulous, natural-sugar Cokes! Hope yours was great as well!

This week's newspaper contained one insert: P&G. (Where are the rest? We never have coupons on weeks containing a holiday [here's why] but since Procter & Gamble typically comes out the first week of the month, we got it.)

Ready for your Deals of the Week? You may enjoy FREE toothbrushes, cheap (.37-.49) salad dressings, cheap Worcestershire sauces, FREE air freshener spray, cheap mixed nuts, great ice cream deals, cheap and FREE barbecue sauces, cheap salsa, a decent diaper deal, FREE and cheap batteries, cheap razors, FREE contact lens solution, and cheap Sobe beverages (again!) And, oh yes, KMART DOUBLE COUPONS return too! Let's get started!

Hello, Super-Couponers! I can't believe we're already a third of the way through this summer "vacation" (from my kids' perspective, anyway!) The 4th of July is rapidly approaching, and this week's there are a lot of great deals to be had on meats for grilling and other cookout-planning supplies.

This week's newspaper contained two inserts: SmartSource and RedPlum.

But there are also a lot of OTHER coupons in the Tribune you'll want to keep too! Some editions of the Trib received an "Amazing Brands, Amazing Savings" insert with $28 worth of Target store coupons in it -- pull that out and keep it! There's also a Target store coupon for Vaseline on page 9 of the Tribune (the newspaper part) AND the Parade Magazine has a bunch of manufacturer coupons in it too, including B1G1F Pantene, $5 off Align and Prilosec, $3 off Metamucil. (With coupons like these, I usually pull them out and date them with "6/27" and keep them with my regular coupon inserts for future deals.)

Ready for your Deals of the Week? You may enjoy cheap Chips Ahoy, bargain Smuckers ice cream toppings, cheap Hellman's mayonnaise, cheap Betty Crocker fruit snacks, $1 General Mills and Kellogg's cereal (some of which includes FREE milk in the deal too,) cheap or FREE Stayfree, .49 Dole juices, cheap Ball Park franks, FREE Tide Stain Release, .49 cream cheese, cheap Popsicles and ice cream, .49 Ragu, a great deal for Coca-Cola and 2 FREE tickets to Brookfield Zoo, FREE Ortega Mexican foods, FREE Reach toothbrushes and floss, FREE Charmin, the classic cheap Swiffer & Swiffer Refill deal (again!), cheap Scrubbing Bubbles (again,) FREE Blistex lip care, FREE Dentyne gum, .50 Xtra laundry detergent, FREE M&Ms, cheap Windex and Scrubbing Bubbles Toilet Bowl cleaner and FREE PowerBars! Let's get started!