Cut Your Grocery Bill In Half! with Stephanie Nelson, The Coupon Mom

 

Tide laundry detergent is one of the most popular items with Coupon Mom shoppers, so we track the best sales and coupons for Tide Detergent every week.  You can print Tide coupons and also find Tide coupons in the Sunday coupon circulars.  Combining coupons with Tide’s sale prices can cut the cost of Tide in half.

But 50% off isn’t good enough for us, so we’d like to show you how to get FREE Tide Detergent, practically every week.  It’s easy if you follow our directions.

1. Go to our Free Deals List which shows you the “Free with Profit” items across all stores.
2. Once you find a deal at one of your stores, click on the store name in the first column to go to the full deals list for that store
3. Check to see if that store has Tide listed as a deal that week.  If not, you can check to see which stores in your state have Tide on sale.  Just select your State from this list, and then enter the word “Tide” into the search box.
4. Go to that stores full list of deals and look for items that are free, or free with a “profit.”  These items will be at the very top of the list.

In many cases, the “profit” from a few items will be more than enough to cover the cost of the Tide detergent. Let’s look at an example that is very typical:

Store A has Brand X shampoo on sale, and after combining the coupons and cash back rebates, you’ll actually get the shampoo on sale with a profit of $3.  Even if you don’t need or want the shampoo, you can buy it and donate it to charity or give it to a friend.  You keep the $3 profit, and apply that toward the cost of the Tide.  If Tide is on sale for $4.94 and you have a $2 Tide coupon, the cost of Tide would be $2.94.  After applying the $3 profit from the shampoo, you’ll get the Tide FREE with a 6-cent profit.

This “buy it even if you don’t want it” strategy can work for any item you need to make it free.  So check the Free Deals list on the Coupon Mom site each week and see which stores have items that are free with a profit.  Check the store’s full deals list and see if your favorite items are on sale with coupons too, and buy the profit items to cover the cost of the items you need.

That’s Strategic Shopping!  Get more details on how to get free deals every week with our free Ebooks and How To Videos at CouponMom.com.