All You Magazine



Image of May issue.



In my last posting, I mentioned All You magazine.  If you have not seen this publication, it is a couponer's dream come true!  The magazine is available through limited sources.  The first is Wal-Mart, and the price is somewhere between $2.30 and $2.50 an issue.  Inside each issue are subscription cards (the irritating ones that fall out when you open the magazine) that allow a person to order the magazine for a year for $1.69 an issue (plus $ .30 for postage and handling).  However, if  you go to Amazon.com, you can get a two-year subscription to All You for $1.42 an issue. 



Index showing coupon product,
value, and location.



Each issue of All You is packed with coupons!  The May issue contains coupons valuing a total of $85.32!  What's more is that this magazine provides an index of the coupons which provides the product name, the value of the coupon, and the page of the magazine where the coupon is located!  How great is that?!?!?!?!



By the way, these coupons are good ones.  Some of the ones this month include $1.00 coupon for Advil or Thermacare, $1.00 coupon for Colgate MaxClean toothpaste, $1.00 coupon for Marie Callender's Bakes, and $1.00 coupon for White cloud Ultra Bathroom Tissue.

There are also coupons for clothing stores.  For example, the May issue contains a coupon for Catherines for $10 off on a purchase of $25 or more.  That's a 40% savings with just that coupon!!!!! 

Next time you go to Wal-Mart, take a look at the magazine.  You can easily find a copy on the racks close to the registers.  If you coupon, this magazine is a great tool!

Using a Smart Phone as a Shopping Tool!

Do you have a smart phone or know someone who does?  If you do, you have a handy shopping tool at your disposal!  All you need to do is search for an app that read a UPC from a product and then tells you which store has that product for the best price. 

After I bought my iPhone, I started to look for various apps.  One day, I heard about the apps that saved people money by reading a product's UPC and then told where to shop for the best price.  Well, I decided to give that type of app a try!  Being the money saver that I am, I opted for one of the free UPC reading apps.  The first UPC that I scanned with the iPhone's camera was the one for Smucker's Chunky Natural Peanut Butter.  The price (before coupons) that I normally paid was somewhere in the neighborhood of  $2.99 for a one pound jar.  The UPC reading app told me that I could get that same peanut butter at Wal-Mart for $2.28!  The actual price was a few cents more at $2.34.  That is a savings of $.65 without any coupons!  My kind of savings!

What do you need to do?  Get a hold of a smart phone and start scanning to see where you can find the best prices for the products you buy!  May the deal sweeter by using coupons!