Coffee and Donuts
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (124295)
Gainesville, Florida
May 9, 2025 4:20pm CST
No, this isn't about what I had for breakfast, it's about some great deals I scored with coupons and sales. I am by no means as good as April (@thislittlepennyearns), but I'm still pretty proud of myself.
Starbucks coffee, which is normally $13.99 a bag, was on sale for $6.00. I had a coupon for $5.00 off, which means I only paid $1.00 for the bag. I'm not a big Starbucks fan, but I couldn't pass up that deal.
For the donuts, our local grocery store had a BOGO (buy one get one free) deal on Entenmann's Donuts. The donuts were $5.69 per box, so I got two boxes for $5.69. I had coupons for $2.50 off each box, so that took $5.00 off my total cost. So I ended up only paying $.69 for two boxes of donuts.
I'm not one of those extreme couponers by any means, but I do try to keep an eye out for good deals when I can.
Have you made out like a bandit lately with some of your coupon deals?
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@wolfgirl569 (115978)
• Marion, Ohio
10 May
Starbucks was a great deal for any kind of coffee.
Great on the donuts too
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
I agree about the Starbucks. I am not a fan of their coffee more because of how expensive it is, and the fact that it really isn't any better than coffee you can buy at half the price. But, when the price is right, there's absolutely nothing wrong with Starbucks coffee. I'm just not going to overpay for it.
Are you a coffee drinker, and do you have a favorite brand?
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@wolfgirl569 (115978)
• Marion, Ohio
11 May
@moffittjc I don't but hubby does. We usually buy Folgers.
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 May
@wolfgirl569 My last batch of coffee was Folgers, as it was on sale at my local grocery store.
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@Juliaacv (53323)
• Canada
10 May
@moffittjc I don't use the apps that you upload your receipts to, I always pay for my purchases with my debit card and I would not want any of that sensitive information online.
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
What about coupon apps, like ibotta, Checkout51 or Upside? You don't actually use the coupons at the grocery store, you upload your receipts and they give you cash based on the coupon value, and when you reach a certain amount of cash in your "bank," you can cash out and they'll send you the money (sort of how myLot works).
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
@Juliaacv I pay for all my groceries with my credit card (for the reward dollars/points), and then promptly pay off the balance each month. But on the coupon apps, I don't have any personal information saved there other than my PayPal address, which is where they send the money when you cash out.
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@lovebuglena (46255)
• Staten Island, New York
9 May
Wow! That’s a heck of a deal.
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 May
@lovebuglena During the weekdays, I'll usually have two cups of coffee in the morning. On weekends, I will often drink 1-2 cups in the morning, and often will grab a latte in the afternoon at either Starbucks or a local coffee company near my house.
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@lovebuglena (46255)
• Staten Island, New York
11 May
@moffittjc I have one cup in the morning. And maybe on Saturday dinner out I’ll have a cappuccino.
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@LindaOHio (188594)
• United States
10 May
Those were great deals. I can't use coupons when I shop online; but Walmart has been having sales on various items; and I've saved a bit each week.
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
That's the one thing about online shopping I don't like, but I think in the future they may figure out a way to apply coupons to online purchases.
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 May
@LindaOHio I've never heard of Giant Eagle.
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@LindaOHio (188594)
• United States
11 May
@moffittjc I think with Giant Eagle you can use online coupons.
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@solidcodes (1786)
• Philippines
9 May
I'm shocked the price in USA compare to my country when buying donuts.
Anyways donuts and coffee are always perfect combination.
I like not so sweet donuts though.
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
Are donuts expensive in your country? I had a friend in the UK that told me their donuts were five times more expensive than our donuts.
Generally speaking, our donuts are very cheap.
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@solidcodes (1786)
• Philippines
13 May
@moffittjc
One donut here cost almost half a dollar.
Is this price expensive?
What is your favorite flavor?
@Ineeddentures (1120)
•
9 May
Great minds think alike
Trust me.
I would have got the same deals lol
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
Are you still drinking massive quantities of coffee these days?
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
@Ineeddentures I have found over the last year or so that my coffee consumption is starting to increase more and more. I need to be careful, I don't want my heart to explode out of my chest.
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@Ineeddentures (1120)
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10 May
@moffittjc
Aye well I switched to capsules.
Found a good place to buy them in Denmark and was buying 500 at a time.
Must have been using 10 a day and full strength at that.
Had to stop, couldn't sleep, agitated quite a lot,
So it's coffee from a jar for me now
A 200g jar last about 4 days
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@GardenGerty (163435)
• United States
10 May
Excellent. Right now our store has Starbucks at $6.99, I do not have any coupons to use with it. I usually buy what is on sale. Mostly Maxwell House and Folgers. Sometimes store brand.
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
I'm usually the same way, when I don't have any coupons to use. I'll just see what coffee is on sale. I like coffee a lot, but I don't have a brand favorite or brand preference. Usually whatever is on sale or whatever is cheapest is fine for me.
@snowy22315 (189361)
• United States
9 May
I"n impressed I like the digital coupons and rewards back shopping that Food Lion has
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
I use digital coupons almost exclusively now.
We used to have a Food Lion here in my city, but I think they closed down.
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@RasmaSandra (84913)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 May
You got some really good deals, Nope no coupons but what I accomplished this week is 3 payouts from survey site to add to my account so tomorrow will be a great grocery day when I order
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
Oh wow, I thought I was doing great with two payouts this week from my survey sites! You got me beat by one! haha
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
Sometimes in the coupon apps you can use the coupon for multiple times, most of them will say "limit 2" or "limit 5." I wanted to go back and use the coffee coupon again, but it wasn't on the app anymore, so the offer either expired or it was for one-time use.
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
I think physical couponing is slowly going away, and almost all of it is becoming digital now. I use several coupon apps for scoring great deals at the grocery store.
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 May
@JudyEv Oh yes, I forgot about receipts. It's the same here in the US. A lot of coupons, discounts and special deals are printed on the back of receipts.
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@JudyEv (353311)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 May
@moffittjc I must check my receipts. There is always stuff on the back of them.
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@Traceyjayne (1975)
• United Kingdom
17h
my goodness, you did have some good savings there. Well done you . Did you enjoy it all....
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
17h
I’m still in the process of enjoying it. The coffee is long gone, but I have a lot of donuts to eat. But I am down to my last box now.
@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
Nah, April is the master of discounts and coupons. But I have learned a thing or two from her over the years. And speaking of her, has she been on myLot lately?
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@porwest (99828)
• United States
11 May
@moffittjc I'm suspect of her prowess, as I have mentioned to her in the past...with examples. 
But yeah, she's been around a bit more lately. I'm sure she'll duck out again before ducking in for a spell.
But yeah, she's been around a bit more lately. I'm sure she'll duck out again before ducking in for a spell.1 person likes this
@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 May
@porwest I see she's back being active. I've been commenting back and forth with her.
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@MarieCoyle (43765)
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10 May
You really did make out like a bandit! Coffee seems to go up in price weekly. $1.69 for all of that is a steal!
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
I don't like the way the price of coffee keeps going up, but I guess my caffeine addiction overrides my desire to pay low prices! lol
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 May
@MarieCoyle I agree with you 100%. There's a lot of creature comforts that I would give up before coffee.
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@MarieCoyle (43765)
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11 May
@moffittjc
I can live without a lot of things. Right now, coffee is not one of those things...it just isn't!
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
Thanks! I'm always on the lookout for good deals, but these two I found were exceptionally great deals. I wish I could find more deals like that! haha
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@DaddyEvil (148019)
• United States
10 May
Places here don't accept coupons anymore. Pretty uses apps to get money back on different things. Sometimes she'll ask if I want certain items. If I'm interested, we buy them and then she scans our receipt into the apps and they send the money to my PayPal account.
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@moffittjc (124295)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May
That is almost exclusively how I do my coupon shopping these days, through the apps. It's much easier than trying to use physical coupons at the store.
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