Another week has gone by, I have to say that this Thursday morning was not nearly as stressful as last weeks. Not too much were on sale that I had coupons for. I did shop at my three stores today but was in and out each store under 30 minutes. That is how few items I had on my list.
Let's start with Kroger again. They are still having the same sale as last week going on, but they did remove a couple of items and replaced them with other items. I bought my milk at Kroger since if I spent $10 or more, then the Springdale milk was 99 cents a gallon. I also picked up two Nesquiks for the boys at a dollar a piece. I did take advantage of the sale again. I was able to get four boxes of Kelloggs fruit snacks for 99 cents a box. My other items that I bought where items I needed to buy either for making school lunches or for dinner tonight. Swedish Meatballs in my new crock pot! I cannot wait to eat! All in all, I paid $26.35 and saved $25.49. A savings of 49%.
Albertsons was my next stop. I needed to get some pasta for tonight's dinner. Albertsons has the Barilla Whole Grain Pasta on sale for $1.25 a box. I still had the 55 cents off of one Barilla Whole Grain Pasta coupons from last month. I used all three and paid 75 cents per box. I also used all three of my 50 cents off of one Yakisoba meals. Since Albertsons still doubles all three of my coupons, I got them all for FREE! Nice, quick lunch for me today. I did take advantage of the buy one get one free sale on the Irish Spring soap bar packs. I still had my two 50 cents off of any one Irish Spring coupons. They were expiring on the 23rd, so I saw this as my opportunity to use them. I am used to getting Irish Soap free, but it has been awhile since Kroger had them on sale for a dollar a 3 pack. Albertsons did take and double my two coupons to drop the price from $2.99 to 99 cents for both packs! I ended up paying $14.69 and saving $15. A savings of just over 50%.
Tom Thumb was my last stop today. I needed to get cereal. Tom Thumb as selected General Mills cereals for $1.88. Tom Thumb also had a coupon that makes the price of Multi-grain Cheerios and Banana Nut Cheerios $1.99 a box, with a limit of 4 boxes. I had two coupons for $1 off of two Banana Nut Cheerios coupons and a Cellfire coupon for 75 cents off of one box of Banana Nut Cheerios. I ended up getting 3 boxes for $1.49 and one for 74 cents. I also used two different $1 off of any two Cheerios coupons for get some Honey Nut Cheerios for $1.38 a box. My best find was the Progresso Vegetable Classic soups for 88 cents each with a limit of 8 cans. I still had several $1 off of any four Progresso soups coupon. I decided to only use one coupon, since I really do not have room in my pantry to get all 8. I checked Cellfire and Shortcuts for electronic coupons. I had a 50 cents off of two Progresso soups coupons on both websites. Tom Thumb did take both of the electronic coupons and this brought my total to $1.52 for all four cans! If you do the math, then that is 38 cents a can! I spent $17.31 and saved $30.25! A savings of 64%! I love having big savings at Tom Thumb!
In the end I spent $58.35 for $129.09 worth of groceries, and I saved $70.74! I did better than I thought I was going to do. Definitely going to enjoy my Swedish Meatballs tonight after doing a good job saving money this morning.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
My Weekly Deals
Once again it's Thursday and I'm ready with kids and coupons in tow to save some money. Today I went to Kroger and Tom Thumb. I know what you are thinking, what about Albertsons that I love so much. Well unfortunately, the only thing that Albertsons has on sale that I could use are apples. The items on my grocery list I can I get cheaper at the other two stores, but I still love you Albertsons.
I saved the most today at Tom Thumb. Both Tom Thumb and Kroger have selected General Mills cereals for $1.99 or $1.98 a box. I chose to get the majority of my cereal at Tom Thumb because, my Coupons.com app applies their electronic coupons only to my Tom Thumb card. I also had a decent cereal coupon for $1.50 off of 3 boxes of any General Mills cereal that I could only use at Tom Thumb. My other coupons are a dollar off of three boxes. I checked my Shortcuts and Cellfire coupons to see if there are any coupons that I can use. I had two, one for Multi-grain Cheerios and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. These were on sale for $1.99. I was able to get a box of Multi-grain Cheerios for 74 cents! This was because my Shortcuts coupon was 75 cents off of one box of Multi-grain Cheerios. I got my Cinnamon Toast Crunch for 94 cents. My Shortcuts coupon was 55 cents off of a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Since I did not have anymore Cellfire or Shortcuts cereal coupons, I ended up getting a box of Lucky Charms for $1.49. My favorite deal of the week was for Campbell condensed soups. This week, Tom Thumb has the Campbell's condensed soups for a dollar a can. Last Sunday, we received coupons for 40 cents off of 4 Campbell condensed soups. I checked my Coupons.com app and there was a $1.49 off of any 4 Campbell condensed soup electronic coupon. Tom Thumb doubled my 40 cents coupon and applied the electronic coupon to drop my price to $1.71 for all four cans! That is about 42 cents a can! My next favorite deal was the whole fryer chickens Tom Thumb has for 59 cents a pound. I paid $2.73 for a chicken over four and a half pounds! At that price, I bought two. Herb rubbed roast chicken is on the menu for tomorrow. For anyone out there that loves Silk Almond Milk, Tom Thumb has a coupon to make Silk products $1.99 for a half gallon. Since in Sunday's paper I got a $2 off of 2 Silk Almond Milk coupon, I was able to get 2 half gallons for 99 cents each! In the end, I paid $28.62 and saved $45.76! That is a savings for 62% from just one store! Totally made my day!
My last stop was at Kroger. We are having salad to go with the herb rubbed chicken tomorrow, and Kroger has Roma tomatoes on sale for 88 cents a pound. I also bought five pomegranates for a dollar a piece. Kroger also has General Mills cereals for $1.98 a box. So if you do not have a Tom Thumb, then you can do what I did above at Kroger. Kroger also has Post cereals for $1.98 a box. I had a Kroger coupon for a dollar off of 2 Post cereals. Since we are completely out of cereal at my house, I thought why not get some Honey Bunches of Oats for Rob. Kroger has Sara Lee bread on sale for 98 cents a loaf. I decided to buy 2 loaves and use one for tonight's dinner of grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup, using 2 of my Progresso Hearty Tomato soup cans from my pantry. Trying to remember to rotate my food supply to make room for more. Overall I find it harder to get a 50% or greater savings per week at Kroger, but I did save 47%. I spent $31.99 and saved $27.11.
In the end, I spent $60.61 and bought $133.48 worth of groceries. That is a savings of $72.87! Much more than a 50% savings! I think this was a great shopping experience!
I saved the most today at Tom Thumb. Both Tom Thumb and Kroger have selected General Mills cereals for $1.99 or $1.98 a box. I chose to get the majority of my cereal at Tom Thumb because, my Coupons.com app applies their electronic coupons only to my Tom Thumb card. I also had a decent cereal coupon for $1.50 off of 3 boxes of any General Mills cereal that I could only use at Tom Thumb. My other coupons are a dollar off of three boxes. I checked my Shortcuts and Cellfire coupons to see if there are any coupons that I can use. I had two, one for Multi-grain Cheerios and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. These were on sale for $1.99. I was able to get a box of Multi-grain Cheerios for 74 cents! This was because my Shortcuts coupon was 75 cents off of one box of Multi-grain Cheerios. I got my Cinnamon Toast Crunch for 94 cents. My Shortcuts coupon was 55 cents off of a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Since I did not have anymore Cellfire or Shortcuts cereal coupons, I ended up getting a box of Lucky Charms for $1.49. My favorite deal of the week was for Campbell condensed soups. This week, Tom Thumb has the Campbell's condensed soups for a dollar a can. Last Sunday, we received coupons for 40 cents off of 4 Campbell condensed soups. I checked my Coupons.com app and there was a $1.49 off of any 4 Campbell condensed soup electronic coupon. Tom Thumb doubled my 40 cents coupon and applied the electronic coupon to drop my price to $1.71 for all four cans! That is about 42 cents a can! My next favorite deal was the whole fryer chickens Tom Thumb has for 59 cents a pound. I paid $2.73 for a chicken over four and a half pounds! At that price, I bought two. Herb rubbed roast chicken is on the menu for tomorrow. For anyone out there that loves Silk Almond Milk, Tom Thumb has a coupon to make Silk products $1.99 for a half gallon. Since in Sunday's paper I got a $2 off of 2 Silk Almond Milk coupon, I was able to get 2 half gallons for 99 cents each! In the end, I paid $28.62 and saved $45.76! That is a savings for 62% from just one store! Totally made my day!
My last stop was at Kroger. We are having salad to go with the herb rubbed chicken tomorrow, and Kroger has Roma tomatoes on sale for 88 cents a pound. I also bought five pomegranates for a dollar a piece. Kroger also has General Mills cereals for $1.98 a box. So if you do not have a Tom Thumb, then you can do what I did above at Kroger. Kroger also has Post cereals for $1.98 a box. I had a Kroger coupon for a dollar off of 2 Post cereals. Since we are completely out of cereal at my house, I thought why not get some Honey Bunches of Oats for Rob. Kroger has Sara Lee bread on sale for 98 cents a loaf. I decided to buy 2 loaves and use one for tonight's dinner of grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup, using 2 of my Progresso Hearty Tomato soup cans from my pantry. Trying to remember to rotate my food supply to make room for more. Overall I find it harder to get a 50% or greater savings per week at Kroger, but I did save 47%. I spent $31.99 and saved $27.11.
In the end, I spent $60.61 and bought $133.48 worth of groceries. That is a savings of $72.87! Much more than a 50% savings! I think this was a great shopping experience!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
The deals of the week
Okay so it's Thursday once again, and time to take the boys and hit the grocery stores. Today I only went to Albertsons and Kroger. Tom Thumb has some deals going on, but nothing that really caught my attention. I was able to get great deals on several items that I stock piled to use when money is going to be tight, which will be in a couple of months. Rob was laid off a month ago and started school the same week. It is actually a good thing for us, since he is getting several months of severance pay, which will lower how much money we will have to borrow while he is in school. So while we have money coming in, I am trying to stock pile on as many essentials as possible to use when no money is coming in.
The first store I went to today was Albertsons. Albertsons is have a buy one get one free on practically everything in the store. This is a good opportunity to get 2 items for the price of one and use 2 coupons on top of the sale. Gain dish soap is on the buy one get one free sale. The price of one Gain is 99 cents. We received a dollar off of one Gain dish soap coupon at the beginning of the month. I had two of these coupons, so I decided to get 4 dish soaps. So without the coupons, I would pay under 2 dollars for those 4 dish soaps, but if you take in account the coupons, then I ended up getting the dish soap for FREE!!!! Progresso Vegetable Classic soups are on sale for 99 cents. I had two 50 cents off of any two Progresso soup coupons. Albertsons doubled both of my coupons to make each can 49 cents! Not as good as 25 cents a can, but I will still pay under a dollar for the Progresso Hearty Tomato soup. It will make a cheap meal during the fall and winter months. My family loves to eat grilled cheese and tomato soup. Albertsons does have selected General Mills cereals on sale 3 for $5. We got in last Sunday's paper coupons for $1 off of 3 General Mills cereals. Not as good as the $1 off of 2 you can print from Coupons.com, but my printer is out of ink so I have to make due with what I have. If you do have any $1 off of 2, then you can get each box for $1.17.
My last stop was at Kroger. I could of gotten all my items at Albertsons, but Kroger has Libby canned veggies for 2 for a $1. Since I have lots of $1 off of 3 cans of Libby's veggies coupons, I decided to stock pile of canned veggies for when the money famine hits. I used three of my $1 off of 3 cans coupons, and was able to get nine cans of veggies for $1.50! That is about 17 cents a can! I think I may have to go back on Monday and use another 3 coupons for that price!
There were other items I bought that were on sale, but the ones that I write about are the true gems. Not as many as last week, but I was able to get food to put away and food for the week. In the end, I spent $67.72 and got $135.51 worth of groceries. I saved $67.79 which is a 50% savings! Today was not a bad day to save.
The first store I went to today was Albertsons. Albertsons is have a buy one get one free on practically everything in the store. This is a good opportunity to get 2 items for the price of one and use 2 coupons on top of the sale. Gain dish soap is on the buy one get one free sale. The price of one Gain is 99 cents. We received a dollar off of one Gain dish soap coupon at the beginning of the month. I had two of these coupons, so I decided to get 4 dish soaps. So without the coupons, I would pay under 2 dollars for those 4 dish soaps, but if you take in account the coupons, then I ended up getting the dish soap for FREE!!!! Progresso Vegetable Classic soups are on sale for 99 cents. I had two 50 cents off of any two Progresso soup coupons. Albertsons doubled both of my coupons to make each can 49 cents! Not as good as 25 cents a can, but I will still pay under a dollar for the Progresso Hearty Tomato soup. It will make a cheap meal during the fall and winter months. My family loves to eat grilled cheese and tomato soup. Albertsons does have selected General Mills cereals on sale 3 for $5. We got in last Sunday's paper coupons for $1 off of 3 General Mills cereals. Not as good as the $1 off of 2 you can print from Coupons.com, but my printer is out of ink so I have to make due with what I have. If you do have any $1 off of 2, then you can get each box for $1.17.
My last stop was at Kroger. I could of gotten all my items at Albertsons, but Kroger has Libby canned veggies for 2 for a $1. Since I have lots of $1 off of 3 cans of Libby's veggies coupons, I decided to stock pile of canned veggies for when the money famine hits. I used three of my $1 off of 3 cans coupons, and was able to get nine cans of veggies for $1.50! That is about 17 cents a can! I think I may have to go back on Monday and use another 3 coupons for that price!
There were other items I bought that were on sale, but the ones that I write about are the true gems. Not as many as last week, but I was able to get food to put away and food for the week. In the end, I spent $67.72 and got $135.51 worth of groceries. I saved $67.79 which is a 50% savings! Today was not a bad day to save.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
The Big Day!
So my big day has arrived, the day I take my lists with coupons, and head to the stores. Today I went to three different stores with 4 kids in tow, and it only took me an hour and a half to get my grocery shopping done. If I were to go to Wallymart with the kids in tow, then it would of taken me at least 2 hours! So right there just by skipping Walmart, I'm saving time! Which somewhere I heard was the same as money.
Now the three stores I shopped at today was Tom Thumb, Albertsons, and Kroger. I tend to have my travel route planned as well to help me save time. If I go to Tom Thumb, I always go there first. It is the furthest away and on my way back home, I am able to make stops at the other stores.
Lets start with the first store, Tom Thumb. I did get lots of things on sale at Tom Thumb today, but for time I'm going to write about the best deals I got there. I was able to get most of my cereal there for under $1.50 a box. Now the cereal I got was an assortment of General Mills cereal that I had coupons for and were also on sale. In yesterday's flier, I clipped two coupons. One has 4 boxes of General Mills cereal for a sale price of $1.49. One of those selected cereals is Reese's Puffs. I looked through my coupons and discovered a $1 off of 3 of any General Mills coupon. Next I checked Shortcuts and Cellfire for electronic coupons to use on top of the coupon I already had. I discovered a 50 cents off of one box of Reese's Puffs. So when I checked out, I paid $0.66 for that one box of Reese's Puffs! The other 2 boxes I got for about $1.16 a box. There was also a separate coupon making Banana Nut Cheerios a $1.99 a box. Like before, I looked through my coupons and found a $1 off of 2 boxes of any Cheerios. So far that dropped the price to $1.49 a box. I checked Shortcuts and Cellfire again for Cheerio coupons and discovered one for a 50 cents off of one any type of Cheerios. So in the end, I got one box for $1.49 and the other for $0.99! Try getting General Mills at Wallymart for that price!
Next on my route was Albertsons. I spent the most at Albertsons today since I had to buy meat and produce there today. I also had to buy garbage bags and nobody had them on sale this week. Albertsons did have nice cantaloupe on sale for 99 cents. I was also able to get 4 large ripe coconuts for $1. The kids were excited for that since they want to drink the coconut milk. I also got the shrimp I wanted for $3.99 a pound instead of $4.88 a pound which was advertised in my flier. And these shrimp were the extra large ones too!!!
My last stop was Kroger. Kroger has a buy 8 participating items, get $4 dollars off deal going on this week. I was able to get all 8 items and use coupons too. Sunny Delight was on sale for 75 cents( after the $4 was taken off). I had a 25 cents off of any Sunny Delight coupon. Kroger tripled my coupon and in the end, it was FREE!!! Then the Chex Mix was 99 cents(after the $4 was taken off). I had two coupons to use on this one. One was a regular 50 cents off of one and the other was my electronic coupon for 50 cents off of one. Kroger doubled the regular one to make the item free, but then they applied my electronic one to it as well. So in the end, Kroger paid me 50 cents to take that bag of Chex Mix off their hands! How could I refuse to help them out. I was also able to get a bag of Buggle snacks for free too! The Buggle snacks were 99 cents as well, and I had a 50 cent coupon that was doubled. There were other deals, like I got Smart Balance Sour Cream for $0.49 cents. and Progresso Thick and Hearty soup for $0.69 cents a can. All using the buy 8 get $4 off deal and coupons.
I hope my examples can shed some light on how to find the deals in your area and how to use coupons with those deals. When I used to shop for groceries at Wallymart, I would spend $100 every week, now I spend way less and get more. Because of this, I no long have to shop Wallymart for my groceries. Today I spent $69.39 and was able to get $134.04 worth of food. Which is a savings of $64.65! Not bad for a day's work.
Now the three stores I shopped at today was Tom Thumb, Albertsons, and Kroger. I tend to have my travel route planned as well to help me save time. If I go to Tom Thumb, I always go there first. It is the furthest away and on my way back home, I am able to make stops at the other stores.
Lets start with the first store, Tom Thumb. I did get lots of things on sale at Tom Thumb today, but for time I'm going to write about the best deals I got there. I was able to get most of my cereal there for under $1.50 a box. Now the cereal I got was an assortment of General Mills cereal that I had coupons for and were also on sale. In yesterday's flier, I clipped two coupons. One has 4 boxes of General Mills cereal for a sale price of $1.49. One of those selected cereals is Reese's Puffs. I looked through my coupons and discovered a $1 off of 3 of any General Mills coupon. Next I checked Shortcuts and Cellfire for electronic coupons to use on top of the coupon I already had. I discovered a 50 cents off of one box of Reese's Puffs. So when I checked out, I paid $0.66 for that one box of Reese's Puffs! The other 2 boxes I got for about $1.16 a box. There was also a separate coupon making Banana Nut Cheerios a $1.99 a box. Like before, I looked through my coupons and found a $1 off of 2 boxes of any Cheerios. So far that dropped the price to $1.49 a box. I checked Shortcuts and Cellfire again for Cheerio coupons and discovered one for a 50 cents off of one any type of Cheerios. So in the end, I got one box for $1.49 and the other for $0.99! Try getting General Mills at Wallymart for that price!
Next on my route was Albertsons. I spent the most at Albertsons today since I had to buy meat and produce there today. I also had to buy garbage bags and nobody had them on sale this week. Albertsons did have nice cantaloupe on sale for 99 cents. I was also able to get 4 large ripe coconuts for $1. The kids were excited for that since they want to drink the coconut milk. I also got the shrimp I wanted for $3.99 a pound instead of $4.88 a pound which was advertised in my flier. And these shrimp were the extra large ones too!!!
My last stop was Kroger. Kroger has a buy 8 participating items, get $4 dollars off deal going on this week. I was able to get all 8 items and use coupons too. Sunny Delight was on sale for 75 cents( after the $4 was taken off). I had a 25 cents off of any Sunny Delight coupon. Kroger tripled my coupon and in the end, it was FREE!!! Then the Chex Mix was 99 cents(after the $4 was taken off). I had two coupons to use on this one. One was a regular 50 cents off of one and the other was my electronic coupon for 50 cents off of one. Kroger doubled the regular one to make the item free, but then they applied my electronic one to it as well. So in the end, Kroger paid me 50 cents to take that bag of Chex Mix off their hands! How could I refuse to help them out. I was also able to get a bag of Buggle snacks for free too! The Buggle snacks were 99 cents as well, and I had a 50 cent coupon that was doubled. There were other deals, like I got Smart Balance Sour Cream for $0.49 cents. and Progresso Thick and Hearty soup for $0.69 cents a can. All using the buy 8 get $4 off deal and coupons.
I hope my examples can shed some light on how to find the deals in your area and how to use coupons with those deals. When I used to shop for groceries at Wallymart, I would spend $100 every week, now I spend way less and get more. Because of this, I no long have to shop Wallymart for my groceries. Today I spent $69.39 and was able to get $134.04 worth of food. Which is a savings of $64.65! Not bad for a day's work.
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