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Announcing the Deal Seeking Mom Coupon Database!

August 1, 2009 by Tara Kuczykowski 53 Comments

Tara and I have been hard at work behind the scenes to make her vision for the most intuitive, user-friendly coupon database on the internet a reality, and we’re excited to announce its launch today!

The Deal Seeking Mom Coupon Database is a comprehensive listing of coupons from newspaper inserts and printable coupon sites such as Coupons.com, SmartSource.com and Redplum.com as well as e-coupons from CellFire and Upromise. We’ll be adding Bricks coupons and those listed on manufacturer sites as we go forward, but we didn’t want you to have to wait any longer to start using it!

A couple of the features that we’re very excited about include:

An expandable view to give you even more information about each coupon, including limitations, product categories and subcategories.

A blogging format field for bloggers that allows you to simply copy and paste the information for each coupon as you’re doing your coupon match-ups.

A comprehensive search feature that allows you to sort coupons by brand, description, source and more.

Perhaps the most exciting feature, though, are the Personal Coupon Boxes! That’s right – you can create an account to keep track of all of the coupons you currently have in your stash to make your own personal shopping and saving easier. With your Personal Coupon Box, you can:

Add your own regional or specialty coupons that aren’t in the main database.

Edit the quantity of each coupon.

Edit the expiration date on printable coupons based on the date you print them.

I’m still updating the database with the new printable coupons that came out today as well as this week’s inserts, and we have some tweaking to do as we figure out what works best for you, but we hope it will be a resource that helps you take your deal-seeking to the next level!

We welcome your comments and suggestions on any additional features that would make the database more useful to you. Feel free to email me at [email protected]!

Mandi Ehman is the Project Administrator for Deal Seeking Mom.

Reminder: ALL YOU Magazine 2 Years For $16 Ends Tomorrow!

July 30, 2009 by Tara Kuczykowski 15 Comments

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Just a quick reminder that the fantastic ALL YOU magazine special ends at noon PST tomorrow, Friday, July 31st. If you want to snag a 2-year subscription to this money-saving magazine for just $16, you’ll have to act now! The price will increase substantially in August, so this is probably the last time you’ll see a deal this good on it.

Please direct all questions to allyou @ dealseekingmom.com (remove the spaces). Thanks!

Best of the Forums: Self-Checkout, Blogging Opportunities + More!

July 26, 2009 by Tara Kuczykowski 1 Comment

If you’re looking for even more great deals, blogging tips, networking and more, be sure to stop by the Deal Seeking Mom Forums! Here are a few threads you won’t want to miss:

Do you use self-checkout when you have coupons? Come share the best and worst of your experience!

If you’re a blogger looking to promote a giveaway hosted on your blog, you’ll want to check out some of the giveaway sites listed in this thread. Know of one we missed? We’d love for you to add to the list!

Deal Seeking Mom is looking for guest posters! Email me at [email protected] for more information.

Are you participating in the ALL YOU grocery challenge? Share your experience, posts and pics with us on the forums!

As always, we’re working on expanding the Grocery Grab. If you do weekly coupon matchups for a chain (large or small!) and would like to cover them on the forums as well, PM me (Mandi) for more information.

We hope to see you there!

Mandi Ehman is the Project Administrator for Deal Seeking Mom.

Best of the Forums: New and Improved Look!

July 13, 2009 by Tara Kuczykowski 2 Comments

We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes for the past two weeks and we’re excited to finally be able to share the new and improved look of the Deal Seeking Mom Forums with you!

Whether you’re a regular visitor or haven’t visited in a while, we hope you’ll take a few minutes to stop by and tell us what you think. If you have an questions or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to send me an email or a PM on the forums.

Mandi Ehman is the Project Administrator for Deal Seeking Mom. She can also be found blogging at Organizing Your Way and Simple Nest.

Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough: Important Recall Notice

June 19, 2009 by Tara Kuczykowski 21 Comments

toll-house-cookie-dough-family-shot My friends at Nestle asked me to share this important information with you this morning.

Nestlé USA’s Baking Division is initiating a voluntary recall of Nestlé® TOLL HOUSE® refrigerated cookie dough products. Nestlé is taking this action out of an abundance of caution after being notified that the Food and Drug Administration, together with the Centers for Disease Control, are conducting an investigation into reported E. coli 0157:H7 illnesses that may be related to consumption of raw cookie dough.

Check out the full Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough Recall Press Release for details as well as a list of the products affected.

Consumers with products affected by this recall are advised to return them to their local grocer for a full refund. Any questions should be directed at Nestlé Consumer Services at 1-800-559-5025 or www.verybestbaking.com

Important Reminder: Raw cookie dough should not be eaten (as tempting as it is).