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How many inserts were in today’s Houston Chronicle?  I thought there were supposed to be three (3) – (1) Red Plum, (1) Smart Source, (1) P&G.  The insert schedule as well as several RSS posts showed there should have been the three (3) inserts.

I can not find a store that has all three inserts!  (I’m in The Woodlands @ the 242/Greenbridge/FM1488 area.).

Yesterday and again today, I tried 3 stores (same 3 stores each day) – Timewise Exxon at 242 & Greenbridge, the new Corner Store convenience store on FM 1488 @ Trails End/Kuykendahl, and Randall’s at 242 @ FM1488.

Yesterday when I tried to get my two (2) Sunday papers, the Timewise Exxon had only a Red Plum insert, and the other 2 had the Red Plum & P&G. I decided to wait until today to see if I could find a paper with the three (3) inserts. Today I ventured out again, but again, no Smart Source inserts anywhere. Only the Red Plum and the P&G.  Of course, no store clerk could tell me the number of inserts there should have been (and this should surprise me??)

Hi Tiffany,
My wife and I always double each newspaper before we buy it to make sure all of the coupons are there.  We wanted to know if other people in the Houston area experienced the same problem.

We’ll probably call the Chronicle to order a few more papers on Sunday to avoid this issue again.

Reader Frank called the Chronicle and this is the answer that he got:

The response from the Chronicle was that the vendors/manufactures for the coupons will not always provide the same coupons to both the Saturday and Sunday paper purchased through other outlets other than the Chronicle.  The Chronicle will guarantee that subscribers will always receive all of the available coupon sets on each Sunday paper.  No guarantees for newspapers purchases made at Walmart, Target, Kroger, etc.  The Chronicle wants more people to subscribe to receive the Sunday paper.