Jewel-Osco Saturday Morning Sampler Savings Report – August 2018 #8

Dave Gates

6 years ago

Hello Everyone,

Dave Gates reporting in for my eigth Jewel-Osco Saturday Morning Sampler Savings Report of 2018. Well into the second half of 2018, and more than half way through the month and I’m just getting this out. OMG! super busy summer. Getting ready for the tree-house construction which is the reason for the delay for my August report.

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.

A lot of blogs publish income reports on how much their blogs are earning. 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.

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This report includes the following.

SAVINGS THIS MONTH August 2018 ($7.91)
YEAR TO DATE SAVINGS 2018($126.58)
LIST OF ITEMS
WEBSITE TRAFFIC
EMAIL LIST
BLOG UPDATES
LESSONS LEARNED
MOVING FORWARD

Click here to see How much I saved last year.

NUMBER OF COUPONS REDEEMED THIS MONTH = 5

LIST OF ITEMS

Avitae water (16.9 oz)
$1.49
Sola Greek Yogurt (5.3 oz)
$1.34
Muuma cottage cheese (5.3 oz)
$1.50
Hello Water (16 oz)
$1.99
Kinder Joy (.7 oz)
$1.59

Total = $7.91

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 during the summer but we gain one more subscriber for our newsletter. I’m super excited about it, for more details see below.

If you are enjoying these reports please share and comment. I’d really appreciate it.

July 1, – July 30, 2018

August 1, 2018 – August 31, 2018

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

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

EMAIL LIST

July 2018

August 2018

Our current email newsletter service is with Mailchimp.

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

What sort of opt-in reward would you be interested in?

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 for the summer. I’ve been super busy building the tree house. I just getting around to this monthly report and it’s already the middle of the month.

I counted five items for the month of August 2018 for a total of $7.91 worth of stuff. Not bad. Thanks Jewel.

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.

Time to get this tree house up. Yeah!!! Most of the pieces are completed, and now we need to prep the back yard. For more on that project head over the first article Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Tree House Project Part One The idea The Plan.

It has been a fun project, but I’m anxious to get it up now.

LESSONS LEARNED

Keep on keeping on!!!

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 anything free.

I’ll be working on the Tree-House Project for foreseeable future.

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