Where to get coupons and the abbreviations!!

Where to get coupons:•Sunday newspaper – Coupon inserts (RP, SS, P&G, and occasionally bonus inserts depending on your area).


•Internet: printable coupons – There are a vast array of printable coupons – on printable coupon sites and manufacturer’s sites. For example: RedPlum, SmartSource, Coupons.com.

•Coupon mailers from a manufacturer with whom you have signed up in the mail or online.

•All You Magazine (and occasionally a few others). All You Magazine generally has over $50 worth of manufacturer coupons.  You can buy it at Walmart.
•Inside products or on the box of a product

•Loaded to your savings card or to your cell phone

•Store Weekly Circular

Catalina - coupon on back of store receipt or printed after receipt

Blinkie or Tear Pad – coupon from a small blinkie machine or pad – typically near the relevant product

Peelie –  product itself




•Newspaper Insert Abbreviations:

GM = General Mills

PG = Procter and Gamble

RP = Red Plum

SS = SmartSource



*Date for insert is typically in very small print on the spine of the insert.





ECB = Extra Care Bucks – CVS money

RR = Register Reward – Walgreens money

IVC = Instant Value Coupon – found in the monthly Walgreens EasySaver booklet

B1G1 or BOGO = Buy One, Get One Free

B2GI = Buy Two, Get One Free

DND = Do Not Double

EX or X = Expires On

FAR = Free After Rebate

FILLER = Item Purchased to Reach a Minimum Total in Order to Get a “Deal”

GC = Gift Card

IP = Internet Printable

MQ = Manufacturer’s coupon

MIR = Mail In Rebate

NED = No Expiration Date

OOP = Out of Pocket

STACKING: Using Both a Store Coupon and a Manufacturer’s Coupon on One Item

TMF = Try Me Free Offer