Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Away For a While

I know I have been away for a while, but Chris has been home this whole week, and for some reason, that makes it way harder for me to get on here! He should be back in work at the end of this week or at the latest next week, and so I will pick up where I left off and this will be more or a priority! We've been helping him do metal, and of course there's always the sharing computers ;-)

Friday, January 21, 2011

Walgreens 1/23-1/29

These are my favorite deals for Walgreens the week of 1/23-1/29! Keep in mind that when I say "money maker" or "free" or "as low as", that is the price AFTER register rewards. For example, you would pay .54 + tax for the 6 Maalox using 6 $5/1 coupons, but in turn, you would get $10 RR making it a $9.46 Money Maker!

Get $5 RR WYB $20 RR, Get $10 WYB $30 RR in Participating Products:
Maalox or Liquid 12 oz. or 90 ct.($5.09 sale price!)
-$5/1 Maalox Product, any – 01-09-11 SS x3/1
= $9.46 MONEY MAKER WYB (6) MAALOX 

Get $3 RR WYB Nivea For Men Arctic Gel or After Shave 3.3 oz. $3.99
-$1/1 Nivea for Men Face or Body Care, .5 to 16.9oz, Any x6/30, Booklet at Wags
= AS LOW AS FREE!

Get $10 MIR WYB Omega Smart Ultimate Super Critical Fish Oil 30ct $10
-$2/1 Any Renew Life Omega Smart Ultimate Super Critical Fish Oil PRINT
= FREE OR BETTER!
 
Get $2.50 RR WYB Colgate Pro Clinical Toothpaste 4 oz. $3.49
-$1/1 ; $.75/1 Colgate toothpaste 4.0 oz+ – 01-09-11 SS x2/17
= AS LOW AS FREE!
 
Get $2 RR WYB Huggies Jumbo Diapers, Pull-Ups or GoodNites 12 or 50 pk $8.99
-$1.50/1 Huggies Snug & Dry Diapers PRINT
-$1/1 GoodNites Jumbo Pk+ PRINT
-$2/1 Pull-Ups Jumbo Pk+ PRINT
-$2/1 Huggies diapers (any Little Snugglers or Movers) – 01-23-11 SS x2/19
-$2/1 Huggies Pull Ups Jumbo Pk+ 01-23-11 SS x2/19
-$1.50/1 GoodNites Jumbo pack+ 01-23-11 SS x2/19
-$1.50/1 Huggies diapers (any jumbo pack+) – 01-23-11 SS x2/19

= AS LOW AS $4.99 EACH

Thanks Wild For Wags! Be sure to check out her site for all of the weekly Walgreens deals! 

 

Publix 1/19-1/25

These are my favorite deals for the week of 1/19-1/25!

Quaker Instant Oatmeal or Instant Multigrain Hot Cereal, Assorted Varieties, 10.1 to 16.2 oz box, BOGO $2.98
-$1/1 Quaker Instant Oatmeal All You Feb 2011 (exp 3/31/2011)
-$1/1 Quaker Instant Oatmeal or Oats 1/2/2011 RP Insert (exp 4/30/2011)
.50 each with either coupon!

Kraft Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, Hearty Four Cheese, American Cheddar or World Italian with Parmesan & Romano, 12.6 oz box, BOGO $2.59
-$0.50/1 Kraft Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese Dinner Rolling
-$1/1 Kraft Homestyle Mac & Cheese 1/16/2011 SS Insert (exp 2/16/2011)
.30 each with either coupon!

Taco Bell Home Originals Dinner! Assorted Varieties, 10.75 to 16.35 oz box, BOGO $2.69
-$1/1 Taco Bell Home Originals All You Feb 2011 (exp 4/30/2011)
.35 each after coupon!

Blue Diamond Almonds, Assorted Varieties, 6 oz can, BOGO $3.19
-$0.75/2 Blue Diamond Almonds 12/5/2010 SS Insert (exp 3/31/2011)
-$0.60/2 Blue Diamond Almonds 10/10/2010 SS Insert (exp 1/31/2011)
As low as .60 with .50/1 coupon!

Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt, Assorted Varieties, 4 pack, 4 oz cup, BOGO $2
-$0.50/1 Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt (exp 2/2/2011)
-$0.50/1 Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt 1/2/2011 GM Insert (exp 2/26/2011)
-$0.50/1 Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt 1/16/2011 SS Insert
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$1/1 Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt Rolling
Free with any of these coupons!

Shedd’s Spread Country Crock, Regular or Churn Style, 15 oz tub, or twin pack, 2 pk, 7.5 oz tub, BOGO $1.89
-$0.40/1 Shedd’s Spread Country Crock Product (IE) (exp 2/1/2011) Printable (FF)

WholeFruit Sorbet, Assorted Varieties, 1-pt ctn, BOGO $2.89
-$0.50/1 Whole Fruit Sorbet 1/9/2011 RP Insert (exp 3/1/2011)
You pay 45¢ per pint

Colgate Toothpaste, Assorted Varieties, 8.2 oz tube, BOGO $2.75
-$0.50/1 Colgate Toothpaste 1/2/2011 SS Insert (exp 1/22/2011)
-$1/1 Colgate Toothpaste 1/2/2011 SS Insert (exp 1/22/2011)
As low as 38¢ 

Halls Cough Drops, Assorted Varieties, 30 ct bag (Excluding Halls Defense) BOGO $1.49
-$0.50/1 Halls Cough Drops All You Feb 2011 (exp 3/31/2011)
-$1/2 Halls Cough Drops 1/2/2011 SS Insert (exp 2/5/2011)
-$0.35/1 Halls Cough Drops 1/2/2011 SS Insert (exp 2/5/2011)

-$0.55/1 Halls Cough Drop Blinkie
-$1/2 Halls Cough Drops, 20 Ct. + Bag, Any (DND5) – All You, November 2010
-B1G1 Halls Cough Drops, Any Single Bags 20 Ct. Or Larger – valid up to $2.00 tearpad
As much as .25 overage!

 

 Thanks I Heart Publix! Head over to her site for all of the deals this week!
     

Sunday Coupon Preview

The Sunday Coupon Preview is up for this Sunday (1/23/11)! Be sure to check it out! And remember, some are regional so not all areas will get the same ones/same values!

Home Made Simple Booklet

A GREAT way to get P&G coupons (Dawn, Febreeze, Cascade, etc) is to request the Home Made Simple books when they are available! It is limit one per household. The best coupon I have seen in these books are the $1 off of Dawn Hand Renewal with Olay. These often go on sale at CVS for $1 or less so FREE after the coupon!

Best Of

I Will be back later tonight with the best of the stores for this coming week :-)

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Kroger

Kroger used to be my absolute favorite grocery store until I met Publix......now they rival each other, yes, but I don't say "I'm going here because they have better sales this week..." No, I say, "I'm going here for this and there for that." Locally, they are right beside each other, so no wasted gas!

Kroger has a loyalty card program. If you do not have one, go to the front desk and get one! They will send you special coupons, you can get discounted gas, and this is the only way to get their sale prices!

Their rules about gas: No matter what, Kroger Plus Card members will get .03/gallon discount when they scan their card.
For every $100 of groceries, items you purchase within a month, you get .10/gallon discount.
For every $50 in gift cards purchased (and they have A TON!), you get .10/gallon
For every 2 prescriptions purchased, you get .10/gallon
Kroger has also teamed up with Shell and now you can use your card at the Shell stations and get a discount as well!

One of the things I love about Kroger is their markdowns they do every morning usually between 7 and 9. They go through and markdown the produce, meat, bread, and dairy for things that are going out of date soon. This has been a major blessing for us as we have gotten ground beef for .99/lb, bananas for .19/lb, bread for .49/loaf, and milk for 1.50/gallon before! Granted, these things do expire SOON, but I live in a house with 4 guys! We freeze the meat, eat/freeze bananas (bananas frozen are WONDERFUL for banana bread!), eat/freeze the bread, and go through a gallon of milk in less than 2 days.

Kroger has their 10/$10 sales that they do frequently, and while some things are a great price, you do have to be careful to not get excited "just because it's on sale" (yes, I have to deal with my husband on this ;-) ). One important thing about this type of sale: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BUY 10 TO GET EACH ITEM FOR $1! You can buy just one and it will still charge you the same price.

They also have their "Mega Events" that they have begun doing more frequently. Thy currently have a frozen mega event going on to where if you buy 10 items off of their special list (there is usually a wide assortment of items available for the sale), you will get $5 off of your order. That is essentially that each item will be .50 cheaper. This discount comes off automatically at the register at the end of your checkout. Make sure you have the required number of items or it will not give you the discount! You can do this as many times in each transaction as you want, just as long as you have it in multiples of the number. For example, this week is buy 10 get $5 off. If I bought 50 items, I would get $25 off of my order, but if I bought 58 items, I would still only get $25 off since I haven't hit the next mark yet.
****BOGO coupons are AMAZING for this type of sale!! An example recently:
Herbal essence was in the list of Buy 4, Get $4 off
You could buy:
(2) Herbal Essence shampoos @2.99 ------5.98
(2) Herbal Essence stylers @2.99 -----------5.98
Total = 11.96
Minus $4 mega even sale = 7.96
Use (2) Buy 1 shampoo/cond get 1 styler free coupons from 12/26/10 PG
These would both take off 2.99 each (not the discounted price!) - 5.98
Total would be $1.98 + tax for 2 Herbal Essence shampoos and 2 stylers!! 
OR JUST .50 each!!

Kroger also has catalina deals where if you buy a certain number of items, you get a certain amount back on your next order (OYNO). These do not run with the sales weeks nor do they advertise them in their paper. Usually they have tags hanging under the items. There is also a master list over at Southern Savers where she keeps record of it all. You do not have to wait until the next trip to use these (yes, I have forgotten about them before!!! lol). You can just divide your items into 2 transactions and use them on your 2nd. One major thing about catalinas is if it says:
Buy 3, get $1.50 oyno
Buy 4, get $2.50 oyno
Buy 5(+), get $3.50 oyno
You will not get $7 for buying 10! If you wanted 10, it would be best to split your order into 2 separate transactions.

Kroger also has eCoupons you can load at their site, Shurtcuts, and Cellfire. A lot of stores will not let you use both an eCoupon and a paper coupon, but last time I checked, our local store would let you. It something they are having to slowly transition in their system, and from what I understand, they will all eventually only take one or the other. These coupons take 2-24 hours to load onto your card, so when you're browsing the coupons, if you think you will use it, save it to your card! Your card can hold MANY coupons!

Kroger, like Publix, doubles MQs up to .50. However, there is one difference. While at Publix, they will always double the same amount no matter how much the item costs, Kroger will not. I tried it on McCormick seasonings for .89. I used a .50/1 MQ and it doubled .39. It will make the item free, but you will not get overage at Kroger. Still great though!