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Best Tips for Shopping at Dollar General

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Best Tips for Shopping at Dollar General

So you shop at Dollar General and maybe even use coupons. You must know how difficult it can be to coupon at Dollar General then. They are not known for how easy it is to coupon there. Between the poor cell reception and the lack of a good computer system it can make you want to pull your hair out and give up. Don’t! Here are some Best Tips for Shopping at Dollar General to hopefully help you save money there with ease. Be sure to check out our Couponing 101 at Dollar General post too!

$2 Off $10 Dollar General Coupon

Sign Up for Digital Coupons and Text Alerts

If you are shopping at Dollar General you best be taking advantage of their amazing offers! Learn how to use digital coupons by check out our previous post here. You can save a ton just by clipping these coupons before you shop. By signing up for the text alerts you are going to be sure to know when they offer special coupon offers like their popular $2 off a $10 purchase (digital coupon offer) and special clearance events.

Dollar General Printable Digital Coupon List

Print out your Digital Coupons List

Dollar General is the one store famous for not getting any reception in. Don’t be caught in store trying to figure out what coupons you loaded to your account and the sizes they include. Print out your list of digital coupons and bring it with you. I would even suggest writing the sale price for the items you know are on sale next to them to keep you organized.

Pantene 2 For $8

Shop Unadvertised Deals

Sure Dollar General has a weekly ad that offers many sales during the week that are great and you should totally check that first. But did you know that you can often find many great every day prices and even some unadvertised sales? Often we will see many sales hold over from a previous weeks sale. The ad may advertise them as ending that week, but when shopping in the store you may find the end date different on the shelf tag. You can find many deals this way just by walking around your store and checking.

Dollar General Coupon Policy 4

Know Your Coupon Policy

This is important no matter where you coupon at. You must be familiar with the stores coupon policy. The coupon policy tells you what they allow at the store. It’s important to know it and even maybe print it out to keep with you when you shop. Sometimes you can get employees that tell you what you can and can’t do and they may be wrong. Knowing the coupon policy will save you from possibly lucking out on something that you should be able to save on. You can view the coupon policy here.

Pampers pg offer at dollar General

Watch Sales Tags

If your store is good and keeps up with tags then it’s going to make your life so much easier. Dollar General often runs great instant savings offers and money back offers like the P&G offer shown above. They typically advertised these in the weekly ad, but often the offers run for more than a week. If you forget to write down the end date for these, then it will be handy when they are actually on the shelves in the store so you can see the savings. If your store is not good at doing this you can either write the end dates down or check out our list of instant savings and offers with end dates that we try to keep updated for your ease!

 

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2 comments

  1. Kim

    How do you print coupons from DG I have ditals how do extra coupons

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    1. Kristy

      Hi Kim, if you go here – http://mymommataughtme.com/where-to-find-coupons/ We have a list of where to find coupons to print.

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