Did you notice there weren’t as many coupon inserts in the Sunday paper this week? Typically, the week after a holiday, there are either less or no coupon inserts in the paper at all – nor nearly as many good deals as the previous week.

This is because grocery stores (and coupon publishers) are aware of people’s shopping habits prior to a holiday. Whether it’s Labor Day weekend, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any other holiday, people typically shop a lot during the days before the holiday… and then they don’t shop much at all the next week, because there are typically lots of leftovers.