Jewel-Osco Saturday Morning Sampler Savings Report – December 2018 #12

Dave Gates

5 years ago

Hello Everyone,

Dave Gates reporting in for my twelvth and final Jewel-Osco Saturday Morning Sampler Savings Report of 2018. I’ve noticed a slowdown in the Saturday Morning Sample freebies. I only calculate ONE item for the month of December. Is this the beginning of the end? Time will only tell.

I though it would be interesting to report how much I’ve saved by redeeming the coupons for free items at our local grocery store.

We live in the Chicago-Land area and one of the major stores is Jewel-Osco. Last year I signed up for MyMixx rewards and downloaded their smart phone app.

Many blogs publish income reports on how much their blogs and businesses earn. I’ve decided to take this concept and turn it around a bit.

Instead of reporting on how much my blog is making, I plan to report how much I’m saving by redeeming coupons for free items. It’s kinda fun to track how this adds up.

disclaimer: Some of the links below are affiliate links. If you have any questions about any of the information from this report, please leave a comment and I’ll reply very early in the morning before the wife and kid wake up.

This report includes the following.

SAVINGS THIS MONTH December 2018 ($1.49)
YEAR TO DATE SAVINGS 2018($142.02)
LIST OF ITEMS
WEBSITE TRAFFIC
EMAIL LIST
BLOG UPDATES
LESSONS LEARNED
MOVING FORWARD

Click here to see How much I saved last year (2017).

NUMBER OF COUPONS REDEEMED THIS MONTH = 1

LIST OF ITEMS

Ghirardelli Peppermint bark squares (0.83 oz)
$1.29 (0.83 oz)

Total = $1.29

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WEBSITE TRAFFIC

Overview

Any blogger will tell you there is a lot of work behind creating the articles and maintaining a blog. But it is actually fun and interesting. There are many ups and downs along the way.

Our traffic is slowing decreasing, and I’ll need to investigate why. I know I’ve been super busy juggling several projects and find it hard to stay focused on analyzing exactly why, but here are the numbers.

November 1, 2018 – November 30, 2018

December 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018

Here are the top traffic sources for November 1, 2018 – November 30, 2018

Here are the top traffic sources for December 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018

EMAIL LIST

November 2018

December 2018

Our current email newsletter service is with Mailchimp.

My plan is to track the growth of this list. I joined in 2017, we have a great base to start with. Everything I read suggest offering something of value for free. Do you have any suggestions?

I still need to investigate how to grow this list. I’m open to any ideas you guys have.

For all you long time bloggers, I know you’ve always said to start growing your email list. Well, now is your opportunity to join my list and help me grow this thing.

BLOG UPDATES

Slow and declining traffic again in December. The hard part of the tree house building project is done, and we will pick this up in the spring and summer of next year. I’ve been busy working on the post office books.

I’ve also noticed a slow down in Saturday Morning Sampler offerings. So I’m wondering if this will continue. Is this the beginning of the end? One item for December. We are way into he middle of January and still I have NOT notices any Saturday Morning Sampler free items.

I’m still loving the themes from Studiopress. I highly recommend them. I’m currently using the Lifestyle Pro Theme for davegates.net.

I’ve been working on the monthly report you are reading here.

Yes, I’m still happy with Bluehost and their services. If you are in the market for starting your own blog, I highly recommend you click on his link and check it out. Thank you.

We finally got the hard part of the Tree House up. For more on that project head over the first article Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Tree House Project Part One The idea The Plan.

LESSONS LEARNED

I’m still NOT used to the Block editor with the new WordPress updates. So that has taken a small learning curve.

Just when you get used to navigating around and getting productive, something like this happens. I’ll continue to blog, a-bit at a much slower pace ave you have notice with the procrastination of this monthly update.

Amazon Link builder plugin has not been updated for the new version of WordPress either. So there is that too! Fun stuff and always something new to learn when bloggin.

MOVING FORWARD

The plan is to continue visiting my local Jewel-Osco on Saturday morning’s for their Free items. I’m a sucker for free stuff. Although, nothing I’ve notices for far offered in January of 2019. I’ll continue to keep an eye on it for now.

I’m creating other article series such as my Christmas Card series. I’ve been digging through my old photos trying to find the ones I sent out in the past. I’m posting them here to keep track and to see them all in one place. It also makes it easier to share.

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Sincerely yours