You may have noticed my posts have been more sparse the last couple days. With school starting back up for both my husband (he’s a teacher) and my son – I’ve been extra busy with “life”. Things like open house, orientation, doctor’s appointments and of course the newborn. . . it’s been extra hectic.
I have lots to tell you about, but haven’t had a lot of time to post. So please, check back tomorrow!
I hope to have these things up tomorrow some time:
- grocery match-ups
- Safeway
- Albertsons
- an exciting giveaway (you’re gonna love this one!)
- more info on FREE coupon class in Tacoma
- more info on Fill the Bowl food drive in Tacoma
- and of course, more awesome deals
Thanks for understanding and for continuing to visit Queen Bee daily. I really appreciate your loyalty and love!
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The future population of couponers hopefully grew by one this week as we welcomed our daughter Hadley into the world. 
She’s a healthy, happy little girl.
Thank you for your patience this week as I didn’t personally update the blog. The posts you’ve seen since Monday were scheduled ahead by me and auto-published while we were in the hospital. Now that we’re home, I plan to publish deals as often as I can but I appreciate your patience as I get back up to speed.
If you have any deals you’ve found lately that you’d like me to post – send them my way, I’ll appreciate the help getting back into the loop. Also, I’d love to see photos/hear stories from Albertsons doublers this week – how did you do?
Thank you to all the Queen Bee friends who sent kind words and well wishes on the Queen Bee Facebook page! What a wonderful community of couponers we have.
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If you think you’re a crazy couponer, be rest assured, you’re in good company. Americans saved $2 Billion using coupons in the first half of this year! That’s up 37% from before the recession, according to a study done by Valassis, the company that puts out the Red Plum coupon insert in the newspaper.
Here are the highlights from the study:
- Companies are offering more coupons than ever before - with 18 billion more coupons (for consumer packaged goods) released between January to June 2010, an increase of 11.4 percent from a year ago and 24.8 percent from 2008.
- Overall coupon redemption has increased 7.9% year-to-date, with the highest growth (12%) being in health and beauty care.
- Coupons have shorter expiration dates, lasting 9.5 weeks compared to 10.6 weeks in 2009.
- Coupon values are higher, with the average value up to $1.43 for the first half of 2010 compared to $1.37 for 2009.
- The newspaper continues to be the primary resource for coupons, with companies continuing to distribute 85% of their coupons via newspaper and mailed coupon inserts. (Get coupon inserts! Check out my special Sunday paper rates for the Tacoma News Tribune!)
- Internet printable coupons are growing at a much faster rate than any other distribution rate, up 79% from a year ago. Internet coupons represent only 1.2% of all coupon distribution.
I find these kinds of studies fascinating! Of course, please remember the source, Valassis is in the business of coupons and they want their investors to think they are part of a promising and lucrative future. Although I do think there is validity in their study, I just like to consider the source when considering how much weight to put on the statistics.
View the complete Valassis press release here.
What are your thoughts? Leave a comment, I’d love to hear from you!
This post may contain affiliate links. Click to view my disclosure policy.Some days just don’t shake out to be blog days! I had great intentions of posting lots of great deals today, but alas, I didn’t get around to it! My husband let me sleep in (thank you, thank you!) and then I had a day full of errands to run including getting the oil changed on the car and getting ready for my son’s 3rd birthday party, which is tomorrow! I’m exhausted, but it was a productive day in my non-blog world. Thanks for understanding and for sticking with me, even on slow days. Expect some posts tonight and hopefully a bunch tomorrow morning. . .
I want to hear from you! I’m working on a series of tutorial posts covering everything from coupon basics to the nitty gritty details of things. But I want to hear from you to find out what I should be blogging about.
The sky is the limit – what I am looking for is some dialogue from you about what is working, what isn’t and what you want to learn more about. These are just some ideas to get you thinking. . .
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Kellogg’s is recalling a bunch of cereal due to an “off-flavor and smell coming from the bag”. The recall includes Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Froot Loops and Honey Smacks. To find out if your cereal is included in the recall, on for instructions on what to do with it, visit the Kellogg’s Web site.
(Thanks, Couponing to Disney!)
This post may contain affiliate links. Click to view my disclosure policy.Wahoo! Check out my new colors and navigation! It was just uploaded tonight and I’ve gotta run out to a meeting, so I won’t be able to work on the links and navigation until late tonight or tomorrow. So bear with me. Lauren over at Restored 316 Designs did an incredible job tweaking the colors for me and slightly redesigning the site. I was having a hard time warming up to the orange/pastel colors from the redesign that was launched the first week of May – so I’m super excited for these new hues and my new bee. I hope you dig it as much as I do.
I’m working on filling in the menu – so expect changes over the next 24 hours or so. And of course, I’ll be updating with good deals, too.
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I have a special offer for my couponing friends and loyal blog followers. . .every year my husband and I raise money for Relay for Life the primary fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Relay for Life is a 24-hour relay style walk/run to raise funds and awareness for cancer research, education and ultimately a cure to this dreadful disease that impacts so many.
Make a donation and I’ll send you coupons! Any donation makes a difference whether it’s $5 or $500. Your donation is tax deductible and if you donate $5 or more, I’ll DOUBLE your amount in coupons!
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I always look in the clearance section for good deals, but I’ve never seen “blowout prices” advertised like this before. This was taken this afternoon at the local QFC. Some employee must have a sense of humor.
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Hey fellow bloggers and friends, it was just brought to my attention (thanks, Melissa!) that my code for my button wasn’t working properly! If you grabbed my button – thank you and I hope you’ll update it with the new code to the right. Sorry for the inconvenience! I’m working on a blogroll page, so let me know if you have my button on your page and I’ll link to you!
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Sorry it’s been 24+ hrs since my last post. I’ve been working a lot on freelance writing projects (my real work, besides the blog and being a mom), but I should have time this evening to post some awesome deals. Went to Safeway this morning and found all kinds of coupons – will post photos tonight. Also Albertsons doublers are coming this weekend, so I’m working on a list of great deals for that too! Thanks for your patience!
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With this weekend being the Memorial Day holiday there won’t be the traditional coupon inserts. There will probably be some good sales and lots of ads, and there is a possibility there could be Albertsons doubler coupons (heard rumor of this, but haven’t confirmed it), but no manufacturer coupon inserts that I know of. If you subscribed to multiple Sunday papers through the News Tribune or Olympian, I recommend putting your papers on vacation this weekend – no reason to get multiple copies of nothing!
Part of the beauty of blogs and social media is the ability to interact and engage with others. I encourage to you to speak up and join the buzz! There are lots of ways to beee engaged with Queen Bee – leave comments on my blog posts, comment or “like” my Facebook posts, or e-mail me when you find a great deal or you have a question.
Don’t be afraid to ask a question, post a deal idea or to tell me if I’ve made a mistake in a post – we are all in this together. Blogging is a lonely gig if you post deals but never hear from anyone! Nothing makes my day more than hearing someone benefited from a deal I posted. Plus, we can all benefit from sharing the deals we find or the things we learn.
I LOVE hearing success stories about your super shopping trips and if I you send me a photo and a description of what you saved – I’ll post your shopping scores on the blog!
So . . I hope to see more comments on the blog posts, hear from you on Facebook and/or get an e-mail from you!
Thanks for following Queen Bee!
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Today is my husband Jeremy’s birthday! I’m telling you this because there is nooo way the Queen Bee blog would be around if it wasn’t for him. Jeremy is awesome for lots of reasons, but these are the reasons most relevant to the Queen Bee couponing crowd. . .
I was away in Seattle all weekend for a friend’s wedding, so I didn’t have many opportunities to update the blog (oh, but I had so much fun and wasn’t the weather amazing?). I’ve got some exciting match-ups and deals for you that I plan to post tomorrow (Monday) morning. I’ll also be announcing the winners of the Olympia Local Foods and Cheeky and Choccy giveaways – so stay tuned!
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Tonight I went to dinner with my son and husband for Mother’s Day. We don’t eat out very often and when we do, we almost always have some kind of coupon or discount like Restaurant.com. Tonight was an exception, we wanted to go some place that doesn’t generally have coupons and I wasn’t going to feel guilty about it!
Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day! I’m not posting much today because I’m spending time with my family, but expect some posts tonight and definitely plenty tomorrow.
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