SmartCanucks just reached 15,000 facebook likes/followers! One of the posts that many of you loved was a post about Walmart selling British foods, so help us celebrate with some British chocolate. You can see the grand prize pictured and two runners up will receive a selection of five chocolate bars from the ones shown for… Read more »
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Canadian Quick Question: Which Laundry Detergent Do You Use?
As a couponer, I am not particularly brand loyal. I will happily try something once and if I like it, will buy it when the price is right, along with any other similar products based on price. This week, pretty much every brand of laundry detergent is on sale somewhere, and while I was going… Read more »
Help Hallie’s Mom Get A Wheelchair Accessible Van *Ends May 10*
It is rare that we post vote requests for our SmartCanucks members on the blog, but this is a vote request near and dear to many of our members. If voting and contests is not your thing, we promise that we will not be posting many, so please just ignore this post. Hallie’s Mom has… Read more »
Featured Brag: Valery Redeems For Groceries
Unlike many people, Valery redeemed on a regular weekend when Shoppers Drug Mart had some deals she could use to maximize her redemption rather than wait for a bonus redemption weekend. Valery did two redemptions to get all of her items from Shoppers Drug Mart Total Before Coupons $121.16 – $29.47 coupons used: Total $91.69… Read more »
Featured Brag: ccmp1974 Cleans Up On Clearance
ccmp1974 managed to score Similac formula for just $2.50 a can by combining pink sticker sales with coupons and Similac cheques this week, and got ready for next Easter while shopping! 8x $24.99 Similac – 50% off pink stickers -8x $5 coupons( doctor office) – 8x $5 cheques (mailout’s and trades) =$20 or $2.50 each… Read more »
Featured Brag: CouponDiva’s Dominion of Coupons
CouponDiva scored some great deals while shopping in Newfoundland this week by keeping an eye out for unadvertised store specials like pink stickers. Some of the highlights of her shopping at Dominion are: 4 x IOGO Probio Vanilla Yogurt 650g @ .99 ea (used 4 x .75 coupons from gocoupons.ca) 3 x Dial Eco-Smart Hand… Read more »
Featured Brag: ErinsMom Uses FPCs to Score More Freebies
While getting anything for free is excellent, most SmartCanucks members hold onto their free product coupons (FPCs) until they can make even more from them – you can use them on items with bonus points, for items with more coupons on it and in some cases towards minimum spend requirements for promotions (not at Shoppers… Read more »
Canadian Quick Questions: Grocery Store Snacking Before Paying – Is It OK?
We have discussed this before on SmartCanucks and likely will again, but the topic came up on our facebook page yesterday. Do you think it is ok to snack before paying in the grocery store? Does this differ for you if it is a bulk item compared to a single priced item? A few weeks… Read more »
Answer The SmartCanucks Survey
Please take a few minutes to answer this survey so we can target the deals we post to the deals you want to see. If there is anything in particular you would like to see us start posting that we do not currently, reply to this post and let us know. Click here to access… Read more »
Featured Brag: sabadi Saves 57% at Atlantic SuperStore
We don’t get many Atlantic store brags but forum member sabadi did great in their first forum brag. Pretzel M&M’s: Reg. $3.99, 50% Clearance = 1.99 Febreeze Set & Refresh refill: Reg. $5.99, 50% Clearance + $1 coupon = 1.99 Finish Quantum 20 pk: Reg. $7.99, Sale $6.99 + MIR = Free Resolve: Reg. $5.99,… Read more »
Featured Brag: CouponDawn Earns Big Points at Shoppers Drug Mart
We don’t all have hundreds of coupons to bring down our out of pocket costs at Shoppers Drug Mart, some people just are not into couponing, but you can still maximise your savings by shopping with bonus points as forum member CouponDawn did in this brag. 1x Pampers Cruisers Box Reg. $27.99 Sale $20.99 –… Read more »
Featured Brag: Steffigirl Saves 80% At Rexall
Forum member steffigirl managed to get everything pictured for just $13.15 including taxes (the Robax or eyeliners would cost that alone without couponing) and here is how she managed it: Robax Platinum 18′s – $9.99-$10 coupon (from filling in Shoppers Voice survey) Right Guard Deodorant – $1.99-$1.50 coupon Lady Speed Stick – 4 x $1.99… Read more »
Featured Brag: How scbpooh Paid Under $10 For All Of This
Forum member scbpooh managed to score all of the items pictured above for less than $10 including taxes by combining clearance deals, price-matching, overage and coupons as well as using Canadian Tire money earned from previous purchases. Canadian Tire: 4 x Green Works Dishsoap $2- $1.50= 50c each 3 x Palmolive $1- $1 (Palmolive vouchers)=… Read more »
Featured Brag: Alisa123′s Baby Item Haul
Alisa recently posted her Shoppers Drug Mart brag All diapers are already on sale. Pull ups $10.99 – 3000VIB points (I wish my $2off coupon hasn’t expired…) Easy ups $10.99 – $3 coupon + 3000VIB points Huggies box $14.99 – $1 coupon + 3000VIB points Mother hen baby food $8.37 (price applies if you buy… Read more »
Featured Brag: Shmeelady’s Walmart Haul
Forum member shmeelady managed to score all of this for just $34.50 at Walmart by combining coupons and price-matching. 5x Almond Breeze; $2.57 pricematched @ SDM 2/$4 – $1 coupons = $1 each 5x Natur-A Almond;; $2.57 pricematched @ SDM 2/$4 – $1 coupons = $1 each 4x Nourishtea Full Leaf Tea;; $5.99 on clearance… Read more »
Featured Brag: Ashoo’s First Brag
Forum member Ashoo posted her first brag this week and here is what she got. Walmart: 2x sunlight (PM Food Basics) $2.88 each – 1x$2 coupon(insert) – 1x$1.5 coupon(save.ca) = $2.26 2x veileda dish scrunge $3.00 each – 2xFPC(insert) = FREE 1x Family size Apple Cannamon Cheerioes $5.00 – 1xFPC(websave.ca) = FREE 2x Glades Sense… Read more »
Featured Brag: sjw80′s Redemption Brag
Forum member sjw80 combined the Shoppers Drug Mart coupon for 25% off full priced items and a redemption to get a WiiU and Super Mario Bros. U game for just $133.75 including taxes (full price including tax would be $463.28). Wii U Deluxe Set (including nintendo land game): Regular price taxes included $395.49 – 25%… Read more »
Featured Brag: IRefuseToPayFullPrice’s Quaker Deal
Using coupons with sales and other deals is the best way to use coupons. Forum member IRefuseToPayFullPrice did just that when she found Quaker oatmeal on sale for $1 box and used coupons for a free Tropicana Juice when you buy three Quaker products. 6 box of Quaker oatmeal at $1 each = $6 2… Read more »
Featured Brag: Saving on Produce by Buying Glade
It is not very often we get to see brags about saving on fruit and vegetables, but forum member d.ot scored this week when a multibuy deal meant she saved more than the item at Walmart. Personally, I hate multibuy deals, you are never sure if the price will adjust and you end up buying… Read more »
Featured Brag: dlee Spends $21 to get 20x Optimum on $54 Worth of Items
I often hear that Shoppers Drug Mart is too expensive to shop at, even when you include Optimum points into the pricing, but 20x points days are the way to save and dlee cleaned up at the most recent 20x day. Forum member dlee bought $54 worth of stuff (see the regular points, that is… Read more »

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