Dollar General is great for when you want to stock up on essentials due to being a very cheap store that carries hundreds of top-brand items at lowest possible prices.
You can buy snacks at Dollar General for $2.50 only, cards 2 for $1, 50 cents toy items, 50 cents personal care, and the savings add more and more when you look at how much you’d have to spend shopping anywhere else.
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Dollar General is not, however, a dollar store, so while they have a ton of stuff priced around $1, not everything they sell is so cheap, but there are other ways to score deals.
Learn the secrets to saving all you can at Dollar General, right here.
Store coupons – are available at any one time and can include various savings, such as $5 off a $25 in-store purchase, money off store brand items, and $2 discount per $10 transaction with exclusive offers available to customers who sign up for a digital account.
Social media coupons – these are bonus discounts provided via the Dollar General Facebook page and can be one-day only deals so staying on top of posts is a must for these exclusives.
Manufacturer coupons – can be redeemed at all times and coupons that the store honors include those found in newspapers, magazines, receipts, product packaging, direct mail, and the Dollar General website.
Coupon stacking – for best discounts, purchase items when you have a manufacturer coupon to stack with a store coupon.
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You can use one DG store coupon along with a single manufacturer coupon per any one item in a transaction and while you cannot use two or more manufacturer coupons per item, you can however combine two or more store coupons to save the most.
Coupon matching – this is when you shop using coupons with items in the Dollar General weekly advertising.
When you match up DG weekly specials with coupon discounts, you stretch your dollar more, but see just how much further you can maximize your savings when you also add a manufacturer coupon to the match-up.
Coupon overages – this is another great coupon saving tip to apply at Dollar General and the coupon overage is when you have a coupon with value bigger than the price of an item. At Dollar General, you receive the difference as discount for the total purchase.
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1-cent items – if you can wait for end of season to shop at Dollar General, it’s going to be worth it because at the end of every season or holiday, the store marks down clearance items and items can cost as little as 1 cent.
The $1 aisle – while not everything at Dollar General is $1, many name brand and store brand items are. These items are usually all in one or more aisles and to top that out, you are allowed to pair the $1 price with manufacturer coupons.
Weekly ad – when you don’t feel like couponing and just want to be in and out of the store, look for weekly ad specials because you can score some real nice BOGO deals here.