Black Friday Newspaper Ads?

[DisneyMomma81]

I assume they come out on T~day - I only get the paper Fri. Sat. & Sun. so I suppose I'll need to purchase a paper next Thurs. Right?

 

[ditchdoc1017]

Yes
I cant wait!!

 

[niclodn]

Check with your newspaper office. Most weekend only subscriptions also include the Thanksgiving and Christmas day papers!

 

[kydisneyfans]

Buy one next Wed too. There are several ads scheduled for that day.

 

[paper1225]

We only get the sunday paper (monday too) and always get the holiday paper!

 

[TreslovesWDW]

Just making sure I am correct the friday ads will be in thurs. paper but some may be in wed. paper. Right?

 

[mward73]

We also only have Sunday delivery and get the Black Friday ads. They usually come Thursday (Thanksgiving) but I think they can come Wed night, too

 

[kydisneyfans]

Yes, most ads in Wednesday's paper will be geared toward Thursday only sales, like Meijer and KMart. A few mainly smaller retailers have requested Wednesday insertation as the ads get "lost" in the mound of ads in the Thursday edition.

From personal experience, you must go out early for the Thanksgiving Day paper. Most newspaper companies have really cut the return number back for unsold papers, making the product harder to find. Expect to pay Sunday price for the Thanksgiving Day paper. Many papers will be out on Wednesday night, so it may not hurt to check if out around 10 PM or midnight. The papers do not want to pay time and a half for pressmen and mailroom workers, and some good hearted circulation bosses want their carriers off the street by midnight to enjoy the day with family.

Most customers will receive a Thanksgiving Day edition free with a weekend subscription, I would strongly suggest subscribing at least for a weekend delivery through the holiday season, in most cases it is cheaper than a Sunday paper at a newsstand. You can cancel it in January. Remember that if a newspaper sells 100,000 copies a day and KMart gives them 80,000 ads, the home delivery subscribers are priority. Also remember that certain companies "zone" their ads to certain zip codes, if you live in the boonies and don't get a Toys R Us ad, it is likely not the papers fault, it's that Toys R Us doesn't expect you to drive from the boonies to their store. They also don't want their ads price comped at WalMart either.

 

[kaytieeldr]

The papers do not want to pay time and a half for pressmen and mailroom workers, and some good hearted circulation bosses want their carriers off the street by midnight to enjoy the day with family.

Except that then they don't contain the primary focus of the industry - providing up-to-date news