The $5 off $25 coupon is back at Dollar General — and this one is a digital coupon, valid Saturday 08/22 only — so we built out five complete scenarios you can run as-is. Every total below has been verified line by line.

The headline play gets you 10 items for $6.89 — about $0.69 each — by layering $11.40 of digital coupons on top of the $5 off $25, then finishing with Ibotta and Fetch. There's also a Colgate oral care run at $1.52 per item, a laundry scenario at $1.17 per item that pulls in a $5 Henkel instant savings, and a paper goods run that takes $25 of Scott and Cottonelle down to $15.00.

One thing to read before anything else: every one of these scenarios is built to just barely clear $25. Once you account for instant savings, four of the five have less than fifty cents of cushion, and none of them have a full dollar. They all work exactly as written — but because DG prices vary by store, verify the shelf tags against the listed prices as you shop. If they match, you're set and you don't need to add anything extra.

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Quick App Legend

• 🎫 $5 off $25 — The main digital coupon. Valid Saturday 08/22 only — clip it in the DG app before you shop
• 🏷️ Digital Coupon — DG digital coupon, clipped in the app
• 💸 Instant Savings — Comes off automatically at the register when you hit a brand spending threshold
• 🟠 Ibotta — Submit the rebate after purchase (Sign up for Ibotta)
• 🔵 Fetch Rewards — Scan your receipt for points (Sign up for Fetch)
• 📄 Printable Coupon — Print at home before you go

⚠️ Before You Shop: The $25 Threshold Is Tighter Than It Looks

This is the part that costs people money. The $5 off $25 coupon needs a $25 pre-coupon subtotal. Here's how much room each scenario actually has:

*Household 1's $5 Henkel instant savings counts against the $25 threshold, so its real qualifying subtotal is $25.45 — not $30.45. That drops its cushion to $0.45.

Household Scenario 2 lands on exactly $25.00. If a single item rings up even a penny lower than listed, the coupon fails and you lose $5. Household 1 and the Best Scenario aren't far behind at $0.45 and $0.25.

You don't need to buy extra — you just need to verify. Every scenario in this post clears $25 as written, so as long as your store's prices match the ones listed, no filler items are needed. Check the shelf tags against the list as you shop.