When it comes to household products, few stores can match the selection and prices of Target. The store has become a favorite for couponers and bargain hunters alike due to its friendly coupon policies and aggressive discounting.
There are several strategies that must be employed to see the full benefits of shopping for household products at Target, however.
Listed below are a handful of tips to help you score huge discounts on household products at Target.
If you weren’t aware, Target has an outstanding app called Cartwheel that provides mobile coupons for thousands of items. It can be downloaded on both iPhones and Android devices and is extremely easy to use. You can either search for the item you want to see if a discount is available or you can scan the product’s barcode.
If you don’t already have a product in mind, you can discover which coupons are available by tapping on the offers tab and then picking through the categories that interest you.
The best part about the Cartwheel app is that you can combine the savings it provides with sales, manufacturer coupons and/or store credit to notch the best possible deal.
Another cool Cartwheel feature is that it stores all of the discounts you’ve ever gotten, so you can go back to reference them.
Target has a weekly circular (sale ad) that typically goes into the local newspaper or postal mail. They also have the ad available on the Cartwheel app and on their web site. This should serve as the starting point of your saving journey and is a must-read if you want to land the best possible deal on household products at Target
Unlike some other stores, Target is very accommodating to couponers and that includes accepting most, if not all, manufacturer coupons. Any experienced couponer will tell you that manufacturer coupons (the printed ones that come in the newspaper) remain one of the best sources of savings available. Manufacturer coupons are particularly valuable when it comes to household products.
The concept of “stacking” is especially important at Target. Stacking is when you combine manufacturer coupons with online printable coupons, mobile-app coupons (like those from Cartwheel) and clearance sales to generate huge discounts. This is how you can get items like Tide detergent for $1 when it would normally cost $10.
Target is famous for running promotions in which it offers a gift card with purchase. One example of this is when Target gives a $5 Target gift card to anyone who buys 24 rolls of selected toilet paper brands. Sometimes, Target even gives out $20 gift cards when buying pricier items such as coffee makers or cookwear. Savvy shoppers always keep an eye out for these buying opportunities.
While Target usually places restrictions on how quickly you can redeem those cards (to prevent people from getting back in line and using them right away), the more you get it adds up, especially for lower-priced household products.
It’s not unusual for Target to announce BOGO (buy one, get one half off,or sometimes, free) deals during seasonal periods or when it finds itself overstocked in a certain item. This presents a great chance to save, especially if the sale doesn’t exclude the use of manufacturer coupons or clearance items (each sale will have details in fine print).
While the biggest Black Friday discounts at Target are generally on electronics and other big-ticket items, there are still a few incredible deals you can find for household products. If you come across an amazing deal on a household product you need, you should buy as many as is allowed, so that it will last you a long time and prevent you from having to shop for it when the prices have normalized.
The post-Christmas clearance sales at Target are legendary. They also have clearance sales following other holidays such as Easter and Valentine’s that are worth monitoring, but their post-Christmas discounts can’t be beat.
By the time early January rolls around, Target usually has most of its Christmas-themed items at 90% off. If you don’t mind using Christmas-themed stuff out of season, you can get all sorts of products for pennies.
Though it sometimes seems like every neighborhood has a Target, that is not actually true. If you don’t happen to live near a store, Target.com also offers some impressive discounts via online promo codes. Free shipping promotions are also quite common.
Target Red Card holders automatically get a 5% discount applied to all purchases at the store. Add this up over time and it can become quite a savings, especially on household products.
