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Frugal Family: Plenty of Back-To-School Savings

This week we located coupons for product promotions and retailer's minimum-purchase deals to help you save on back-to-school shopping.

We have multiple ways to help you save on school supplies in this week's "Frugal Family."

Whether you're sending your child off for their first day at preschool or purchasing those extra-long twin sheets for their first dorm room, check out this week's deals. 

As always, remember to check with the merchant for additional details.

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1. Old Navy   

 Deal: Receive a coupon for $10 off a $50 purchase. Go to this facebook link  to get your coupon.

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 Valid: Through August 18, 2011.

2. Target

 Deal: Target web coupons for Crayola dry erase items, mead binders, expo-markers, post-its and more at this link. Target allows use of one of their web coupons with one manufacturer’s coupon. See Target coupon policy here.

 Valid: Dates vary — you must print the coupons to see there expiration dates.   


3. JC Penney

Deal: $10 off a purchase of $50 or more. To get the coupon on your phone, text ‘new10’ to 527365 or print the coupon at this link.                                         

Valid: Through August 10, 2011

4. Carter’s

Deal: “First day Favorites” sale with savings up to 50 percent off. Every Wednesday is an additional 10 percent off for Grandparents.

Valid: until further notice   

5. Meijer

Deal: Purchase $10 or more of Kellogg’s brand products and receive $10 off Fruit of the Loom Basics for the entire family. See the ‘fine print’ here.

Valid: Through August 10, 2011

 

Find more back-to-school savings with these coupons:

Crayola Dry-Erase products: find two coupons at this Facebook link.

Pilot pens: get a $1 off coupon for “B2P, the world’s first pen made from recycled bottles.” Here is the link to have your coupon immediately emailed to you.

3m & Scotch products: get a free sample and coupons for Post-it note products. Just use this link to sign-up for a free sample and/or download a single-page pdf of 7 coupons. Use this link to get coupons for Scotch products.

Bic pens: for a chance to ‘win’ a Bic pen use must use this link (ends August 30,2011). If you are not lucky enough to snag a free pen, there is also a $1 off coupon for any Bic Ball pen – just scroll down the page. (Facebook)

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