Mcminsen's coupon zone

[mcminsen]

Found this morning at Metro in St. Thomas, ON

Nice haul again... you're on a roll!

I want to holler from the highest mountain... found the $1 Turtles... AT ZELLERS!!!!!!!!! Rep was there sampling (MMMMMMMMMMM)... and said to take as many coupons as I wanted.

Congrats! Those could be very handy on Boxing Day!

Boy, there are a lot of samples and coupons for goodies and snacks around. Must be Christmas! I picked up a few packs of these free Pringles Stix samples today on a downtown street corner. This is the same thing that came in my Brandsampler in early November. These Pringles Stix coupons expire May 31 '11.

[Sandra4]

Superstore has the 2L (or is it 3L??) large tubs of the Frozen yogurt, in yummy flavours. I remember buying a 5L tub in the Okanagan in Buy-Low foods, but we never saw that in the lower mainland and they sell them for around $5.48

Thanks to all posters for all your work. I'm hoping to get a printer with a scanner soon so that I can join in the good fight.

Quick question to any Vancouverites around downtown: Does anyone know where one can buy Chapman's ice cream? I have a couple $5 vouchers I have to use before December 31st. I was in Save On Foods on Cambie last night and they had Chapman's dessert bars and frozen yogurt and I'll just buy those if that's all that's available in the west but I wondered if anyone had seen any ice cream? Thanks.

[cdylan]

OMG They sell Rolo Hot Chocolate? Where have I been????

Ack! Why do they do that to us?

Oh, thanks for the post! That Old El Paso coupon would've been nice to have a couple of months ago. I've never seen it!

gasjoc had mentioned a while back about when she asked in a store if they would be putting out the new coupons and she was told no, but they might put out some leftovers that they had sitting around before they expire. Sounds like this is what happened here. So, all around the country there are store managers that are finally deciding to put out some coupon pads they have had for a while now. Actually, I saw that at the Dunbar IGA today in Vancouver. They put out Silk and Tre Stelle Ricotta coupons that are expiring Dec.31 '10. Oh, and a fresh batch of the Kraft $4 off WUB5 coupons that also expire Dec.31 '10..

Here's the Carnation Hot Chocolate coupon that I think you're talking about. At least it has a long expiry (Nov.30 '11).

I found a new coupon today! At least it's new to me. I was at the Stong's Market on Dunbar St. in Vancouver and I found some Grissol booklets with a $1 off WUB2 coupon in it. It expires June 30 '11.

[exitmanifesto]

Thanks everyone for all the advice about Chapman's! I'm going to keep my eyes open (constant vigilance!) because I definitely don't want my two vouchers to go to waste.

I also have to refocus my efforts in finding coupons. I've been in several grocery shops this week but I think I'm feeling a kind of culture shock. Being surrounded by english again and being able to get all this food again I've been missing (it is crazy that I've had this insane craving for Safeway brand grapefruit soda? - I got some and it's everything I wanted it to be) has distracted me from more important goals like finding new coupons!

Edit: I forgot I did find a pepto bismol coupon in Safeway the other day. I'm not sure if it's been posted, if not I'll take a picture later .

[FallenPixels]

OMG They sell Rolo Hot Chocolate? Where have I been????

It is very very sweet though, my BF loves it but 1/2 cup of it is enough for me

[mcminsen]

Thanks everyone for all the advice about Chapman's! I'm going to keep my eyes open (constant vigilance!) because I definitely don't want my two vouchers to go to waste.

I also have to refocus my efforts in finding coupons. I've been in several grocery shops this week but I think I'm feeling a kind of culture shock. Being surrounded by english again and being able to get all this food again I've been missing (it is crazy that I've had this insane craving for Safeway brand grapefruit soda? - I got some and it's everything I wanted it to be) has distracted me from more important goals like finding new coupons!

Edit: I forgot I did find a pepto bismol coupon in Safeway the other day. I'm not sure if it's been posted, if not I'll take a picture later .

There are not a lot of coupons out there right now so go ahead and look but adjust your expectations accordingly. I'm hoping that there will be a nice bunch of new coupons in January to replace all the ones that are expiring.

I posted the Pepto Bismol coupon a couple of weeks ago, so here it is again. Short expiry on this one. Jan.31 '11.

[mcminsen]

More goodies. I found another ice cream coupon on Friday at the IGA in Dunbar (Vancouver). It's this one for Island Farms, whose products are available in western Canada. It expires April 30 '11.

Yesterday I found the Purdy's Ice Cream coupon that I had previously posted after getting a couple of copies from ClipClap. I found it at the Nester's Yaletown market in downtown Vancouver. Again, it's actually an Island Farms product, available in western Canada. Expires Dec.31 '11.

[mcminsen]

Different, but the same.

I found this Old Spice coupon with the green banner yesterday on the Coupon Zone board at Extra Foods in West Vancouver. At first I thought wow, another one to stack with the earlier version with the red banner. But when I got home and compared them, they have the same code and different validity period start dates. At least there might be another round of this coupon coming out. The twins are valid to Feb.28 '11.

[mcminsen]

The same, but different.

I found what appears to be a "new" Clover Leaf Smoked Oysters/Mussels coupon yesterday. It's identical in frontal appearance to the two previous versions but has a new expiry date (Dec.31 '11) and a different code. So, yet another stacker for the legions of smoked oyster lovers in Western Canada that can stack coupons at London Drugs.

The previous two versions expire July 31 '11 and Aug.31 '11. These are on sale right now at SDM for .99!

[mcminsen]

Different AND the same.

I got the Starbucks VIA coupon in the top image on Saturday from a rep at a Safeway in Vancouver. The Starbucks VIA coupon in the bottom image was one of the Smartsource store coupons that came out in Vancouver in early November.

Same code and same expiry. Different look and different deal. The one on top is good on the 5,6,8 or 12 pack. The one on the bottom is good only for the 8 pack.

[mcminsen]

When nancyrose posted about finding this Nestle Noir coupon back on Dec.11, I was hopeful that maybe I would see it in a store here in Vancouver. Sure enough, I found it in two different London Drugs over the weekend (Broadway/Cambie, Park Royal in West Vancouver).

I'd gotten some copies from Patty earlier and a few in trades but it's always nice to find some yourself. Great stacker and doesn't expire until Feb.28 '11.

BTW, I've lost track of how many new pads of old coupons I'm seeing appear in stores just about everywhere. They're coming out of the woodwork! Dec.31 '10 expiries that I guess they've finally decided to share with us.

[NancyM]

i found out some very sad news yesterday i think i want to cry
my rcss will no longer be carrying manufactuerers coupons just in store coupons i finally asked a manager yesterday where all the "good" coupons were and that's when she told me the very upsetting news but i didn't ask why

[mcminsen]

i found out some very sad news yesterday i think i want to cry
my rcss will no longer be carrying manufactuerers coupons just in store coupons i finally asked a manager yesterday where all the "good" coupons were and that's when she told me the very upsetting news but i didn't ask why

Awww... my condolences.

But ya know what? Keep looking anyway. Sometimes store managers don't know what they're talking about.

[NancyM]

Awww... my condolences.

But ya know what? Keep looking anyway. Sometimes store managers don't know what they're talking about.

i hope so but i haven't seen any manf. coupons there in a long long time just the in store coupons on the board maybe i've mad them mad with the amount of coupons that i use there and this is all my fault

[FallenPixels]

Yeah all the Loblaws chain stores here have gone to just coupon zone coupons too, occasionally you find one with manufacturers coupon on it on the board, but its rare