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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Food Lion - $10.00 in Free Groceries!


Food Lion has another promotion running simultaneously with The Big Deal this week that can earn you some free groceries!

Spend $20.00 or more on a shopping trip and earn a Proof of Purchase ticket (in the form of a catalina coupon). It looks like this:
The $20.00 is calculated on your pre-coupon bill - I got one of these yesterday and only spent $3.59.

Collect & Save 4 Proof of Purchase tickets over the next 6 weeks and get a coupon for $10 off your next purchase!

Here are the details:

You can do this multiple times. If you plan to spend more than $40.00, you can break your transactions into two and get 2 tickets. Collect as many tickets as you want, then break them into groups of four different weeks for each $10.00 grocery coupon that you claim!


Friday, March 30, 2012

Friday Freebies - March 30, 2012

I post links to at least NEW freebies every Friday! Check out my previous posts for other offers. You may want to use a separate email address when signing up for these, so as to prevent spam accumulation in your inbox!  


Today Only (March 30th) go here get a free Android app from Amazon (regularly 99 cents) called Fling!

Fill out the form here for a free sample of Meow Mix Pate Toppper.
 











Fill out the form here for a free subscription to Rachel Ray's magazine Every Day. Use the promo code: JR44YNSE
 
  




Free sample of Depends Underwear when you fill out the form here. 

Free sample of Hugo Boss fragrance when you fill out the form here.

Free music download from Budweiser when you "like" their Facebook page here.  
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Free sample of baby formula from Parents Choice when you click here.  






Click here to download a free ebook to your Kindle called Return of the Rose about a time-traveling infant!
Get a free subscription to Baby Talk magazine when you click here.
                                                        

Free Garnier Products at Rite Aid!


There are two current UP Rewards offers for Garnier products resulting in a "double dip" situation through tomorrow, March 31st.

The weekly offer is to get back a $10.00 UP Reward when you buy 3 Garnier products in one transaction.

The monthly offer is to get back a $5.00 UP reward when you spend $15.00 on Garnier or Maybelline products.
Since Garnier skincare products are on sale this week, Buy One Get One 50% off,  you can buy 3 items that cost just under $7.00 each in the same transaction, spend about $16.00, then get back $15.00 in Up Rewards!!

Even better, there are coupons you can use to bring your out of pocket costs down:

Save $2.00 on on any Garnier moisturizer in the Red Plum 1/8/12  and 3/11/12 inserts.

Save $1.00 on any Garnier skincare product in the Red Plum 1/8/12, 2/5/12, 3/11/12, and 3/18/12 inserts.

The limit on both UP Rewards is 2 per Wellness card.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Food Lion - The Big Deal!

The "Big Deal" is at Food Lion from March 28 - April 10, 2012.
Look for Big Deal Signs throughout the store and save instantly when you buy:

10 items in one transaction - $5.00 off your bill
20 items in one transactions - $10.00 off your bill
30 items in one transaction - $15.00 off your bill

Click here to see a list of all the items that qualify!

This is my plan for today:

Buy 2 boxes Sunshine Cheez-It crackers - on sale $3.99, Buy One Get One Free, and use 2 coupons for 70 cents off one box that you can print here. That will make my final price $1.30 each.
Buy 1 box of Kelloggs Crispix and use a peelie coupon that I found at Giant to get a free box of Crispix when you buy two boxes of Cheez-It crackers.


Buy 4 Hormel Compleats at $2.00 each and use 2 coupons to "buy1 get 1 free" that you can print from Facebook here, plus a coupon for $1.00 off two Hormel Compleats from the 2/12/12 Smart Source insert. That will make my cost for four $3.00.


Buy 4 Green Giant boxed vegetables that are on sale 10 for $10.00 and use 2 coupons for 50 cents off two that you can print  here. That will make my final price $3.00 for four.
 

My total will come to $8.59 after coupons minus the $5.00 instant savings = $3.59 for everything!

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Weekly Roundup #12 - March 20-26

This week my shopping trips focused on the Harris Teeter "Triple Coupons" event and the continued Frozen Food Month promotion at Giant. I was able to "roll" my $10 frozen food catalinas at Giant into several deals producing more catalinas, then spent the last one on Gatorade for my husband - an item for which I rarely find coupons.

Purchases  
Food
- Gallon milk (1)                                                                     
- Celery (1)
- Fiber One Cereal (1)
- Planters Nutrition Bars (18)
- DeWafelbakker    Blueberry pancakes (2)
- Kraft Bagel-fuls (4)
- Maruchan Yakisoba noodles (8)
- Nasoya Tofu (2)
- Starkist Tuna (4)
- Campbell's Tomato Soup (12)
- Hormel Chili (4)
- Hormel Compleats meals (11)
- Chex Snacks Mix (1)
- Land O Lakes Half and Half (2)
- Minute Maid Pomegranate Blueberry juice (1)
- Simply Orange juice (1)
- Silk Almond Choc Milk (1)
- Gatorade, 32 oz bottle (6)
- Gatorade powder (1)
- Tetley Tea Bags, family size (1)
- Mentos gum (7)
- Sweethearts (1) - big bag I found on clearance for 22 cents

Health and Beauty
- False eyelashes for my daughter's part in the Wizard of Oz

Household
- Mardi Gras Napkins, 250 ct. (2)

Refunds:
- Minute Maid Enhanced Juice

I purchased this Minute Maid Pomegranate Blueberry Juice on impulse at Harris Teeter, even though I didn't have a coupon for it, when I saw this "Love It Or It's Free" hangtag. The inside of the form says "Try 59 oz. Minute Maid Enhanced Juice or Enhanced Lemonade. If you don't love it, we will refund your purchase price. While I may like the juice, I don't like the price of $3.69!

Expenditures     
Rite Aid - $4.96
Giant - $20.42
Harris Teeter - $13.46
Total: $39.84

I'm pleased to be under budget this week since I went over the first week of March. My running total for the month thus far is $153.82.


Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Food Lion Coupon Matchups - 3/27-4/3


I am venturing into Food Lion this week for the first time since mine converted from a Bloom grocery store. Below you will find a list of all their advertised sale prices from March 27th through April 3rd with coupon match-ups.

SS - Smart Source insert
RP - Red Plum insert
P&G - Proctor & Gamble insert
GM - General Mills insert
NLA - No Longer Available
IP - Internet Printable coupon

My Essentials Brands
Potato Chips - 2/$5
Drinking Water, 24 pack - $2.99
Soda, 2 ltr bottles - 89 cents
Ice Cream, 1 gallon - $4.99
Foam plates, 50 ct. - $2.19
Half & Half, 32 oz - $2.59

Buy One, Get One Free
Nature's Own Butterbread
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
$1.00/2 Mfr Catalina
Red Baron 12 inch Pizza
Tyson Any'tizers
$1/2 SS 1/22
$1/2 SS 3/4

Purex Liquid Landry Detergent (60-72 oz)
.50/1 RP 3/11
Doritos Tortilla Chips (also part of the Big Deal)
Sunshine Cheez-It (also part of the Big Deal)
$1/2 Peelie
Free Kellogg's Crispix cereal wyb 2 Cheez-It Crackers peelie

Mueller's Pasta (16 oz)
.55/1 when you register here
Mrs. Smith's Fruit Pies
Food Lion Shrimp (16 oz, cooked)
Hormel Black Label Bacon


The Big Deal (March 28 - April 10)

Look for Big Deal signs on products throughout the store

Buy 10 products, receive $5 off instantly
Buy 20 products, receive $10 off instantly
Buy 30 products, receive $15 off instantly



Included products:
Kraft BBQ Sauce - 99 cents
Kellogg's Frosted Flakes/Mini Wheats - 2/$5.00
$1/2 Kelloggs Frosted Mini-wheats - IP NLA?
$1/2 Frosted Mini-wheats - found in package
$1/3 Kelloggs Cereals - RP 3/4
$1/2 Kelloggs Cereal & fresh fruit - found in package

Hormel Compleats - 2/$4
$1/2 SS 2/12
$1/1 IP (NLA) - Kid's Meal

Kraft Homestyle Mac & Cheese - 3/$5
.75/1 IP - No more prints
.75/1 Tearpad

Nabisco Snack Crackers - 2/$5
$1/2 Tearpad
$1/2 Booklet called "Your Party's Winning Game Plan with Guy"

Starbucks Coffee - $7.99
$1.50/1 SS 3/25
Spam - 2/$5
Quaker Instant Oatmeal - 2/$5
PopTarts - 2/$5
$1/2 Found in Package
$1.00/2 Peelie
$1.00/3 Found in Package
.70/1 IP No More Prints
$1/3 RP 3/4

Del Monte Fruit (4 pack) - 5/$10
Fresh Step Scoop Cat Litter - $7.99
Viva Paper Towels- $7.99
.60/1 SS 3/11
.50/1 IP here

$1/1 Booklet/Pamphlet
Cottonelle Bath Tissue - $7.99
$2/1 Blinkie
$1/1 Peelie
.50/2 SS 3/1

Betty Crocker Muffins or Cookies - 2/$4
.40/1 GM 2/5 cookie mix
.40/1 SS 3/25 cookie mix
$1/2 SS 3/25 muffins
$1/2 Found in Package muffins

Vanity Fair Napkins/Dixie Plates or Cups - 2/$4
.50/1 Dixie Plates, Perfect Touch Cups, Bath Cups - Found in Package
Kingsford or Match Light Charcoal - $5.99
I think there was a $2 IP for this recently that is NLA
Maxwell House Coffee - $8.99
$1/2 Found in Package
$1.50 off wyb 1 pkg of Dixie PerfecTouch Cups

Bush's Best Baked Beans or Grillin'Beans - 3/$5
Doritos Tortilla Chips - Buy One, Get One free
Sunshine Cheez-It - Buy One, Get One free
$1/2 Peelie
Tyson Bagged Chicken - $6.99
.55/1 or $1/1 SS 1/8
Yoplait Go-Gurt - 2/$4
.55/2 Peelie
.75/2 GM 2/5
.75/2 SS 3/11
$1/2 Found in package

Green Giant Box Vegetables - 10/$10
.50/2 Booklet/Pamphlet fm Weight Watchers
Pillsbury Cinnamon or Crescent Rolls - 2/$4
.40/2 GM 1/8 crescent rolls
.40/4 SS 1/29 crescent rolls

Totinos Pizza Rolls - 2/$6
$1/2 GM 1/8
.35/1 SS 1/29
.40/2 SS 1/29

Depend Pants - $11.99
$3/1 Found in package
$2/1 IP - NLA

$1/1 SS 3/25
Poise Pads - $11.99
$2/1 Snail Mail
$2/1 Found in package
$1/1 IP here

Head & Shoulders Shampoo - $4.99
$1/1 Found in package
$1/2 P&G 3/4


Other Sale Items
Chuck Roast - $2.99
Holly Farms Chicken Breasts or Tenders - 50% off
Whole Pork Spare Ribs - $1.99
Green Grapes (Seedless) .99 (my personal stock-up price)
Berry Patch (Strawberries, Raspberries, or Blackberries) - 2/$4
Johnsonville Grilling Sausage & Brats - $3.99
$1/2 SS 1/22
$2/1 Catalina mfr q fm Safeway

Pepsi Products (12 pack) - $3/$10
.75/1 SS 3/18
Budwiser, Miller or Coors Family (24 pack) - $14.99
Kraft Shredded or Chunk Cheese - 2/$4
Stouffer's Dinners or Entrees (6-21 oz) - 4/$10
$1/4 Tearpad
Kraft Salad Dressing (14-16 oz) - 2/$4
.50/1 Peelie
Prego Pasta Sauce - 3/$5
.50/2 or $1/2 SS 1/8
.50/2 or .75/2 SS 2/26
$1/2 Campbell’s, "Make Game Day A Snap" Booklet
$1/3 Tearpad

Lance Crackers - 2/$4
$1/2 Tearpad
Huggies Jumbo Diapers or Pull-Ups & Goodnites - $8.99
$2/1 Found in Package Huggies
$1/1 Booklet/Pamplet Huggies
$2/1 Pull-ups IP here

$2/1 Pull-ups Found in package
$2/1 Booklet/pamplet Pull-ups
$1.50/1 Pull-ups SS 3/18
$1.50/1 Huggies SS 2/12

Purina Dog Chow - $10.99
$1/1 SS 3/18
Bounty 6 Regular Rolls - $4.99
$1/1 Found in package
.25/1 P&G 3/4

Charmin 9 Large Rolls - $4.99
$1/2 Found in package
$1/1 Found in package
.25/1 P&G 3/4

Rice A Roni or Pasta Roni - 10/$10
Waggin' Train Chicken Jerky Tenders - $9.99
Gain Liquid Fabric Softener - $4.99
$1/1 Essence magazine
$1/1 Found in package
.50/1 RP 3/18
$1/1 RP 2/19

Ro*tel - 10/$10

Beverages:
Coke Products (6 pack, 1/2 liter bottles) - 4/$11
Buy 4 6-packs and get an 8 pack, 20 oz Powerade FREE
Pepsi Products (2 ltr bottles) - 3/$5
.55/1 Diet Pepsi 2 ltr SS 3/18
Coke Products (2 ltr bottles) - 3/$5
Gatorade (32 oz) - 10/$10
Lipton Tea (12 pack)/Starbucks Frappucino (4 pack) - $5.99
Buy 1 Frappuccino 4 pack, Get 1 Refreshers Beverage 12 oz can free - Tearpad
Pepsi Next (12 pack) - $2.99
Capri Sun Juice Drink (10 ct) - 2/$5
B3G1 up to $2.60 SS 3/18
Heiniken/Amstel Light/Shock Top Beer (12 pack) - $12.99
Yuengling Beer (12 pack) - $8.99
Blue Moon Beer (12 pack) - $14.99
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer (12 pack) - $6.99
Leinenkugel or Woodchuck Cider (6 pack) - $7.29
CK Mondavi Wine - $9.49
Casillero Del Diablo Wine - $9.49
Livingston Cellars Wine - $9.99
Flip Flop Wine - 2/$11
* Save 10% when you buy 6 bottles of Wine*

Deli & Bakery
Food Lion Fresh Deli German Bologna - $2.49 lb.
Kretschmar Ham - $7.49 lb.
Fresh Deli Pre-Sliced Cheese (8 oz) - 2/$5
8 inch Sub Rolls or 6 ct. Kaiser Rolls - 2/$6
Food Lion Danish - 2/$7
Fried Dark Meat Chicken (10 piece) - $5.99
Nature's Place Breads - $2.99 each
Lofthouse Frosted Cookies - 2/$7

Dairy & Frozen
Nestle Refrigerated Cookies - 2/$5
$1/1 SS 3/25
$1.25/? IP here

Tropicana Orange Juice - 2/$6
Farm Rich Snacks - $5.99
.75/1 Blinkie
$1/1 SS 11/13

Daisy Sour Cream - 2/$4
I Cant Believe Its Not Butter - 2/$5
.75/2 RP 3/25
$1.50/1 IP fm Coupons.com - NLA?

Hot Pockets - 5/$10
$1/2 IP - No more prints
$1/1 IP - NLA?

Banquet Dinner Entrees - 10/$10
.60/3 Pot Pies - found in package
.25/1 Homestyle Bakes - found in package

Michelinas Dinner Entrees - 10/$10
$1/2 Snail mail
$1/5 IP here

Sister Shuberts Dinner Rolls - $2.99
$1/2 Tearpad
.75/2 Blinkie
$1/1 Blinkie
.75/1 All You magazine
.50/1 IP - NLA?

International Delight Creamers - 2/$5
.55/1 IP here
$1/2 International delight Blinkie found at Bloom
.40/1 Snail mail


Health & Beauty
Secret Solid or Old Spice High Endurance Deodorant - 2/$5
.50/1 P&G 3/4 Old Spice
$1/2 found in package Old Spice

Produce
Dole or Fresh Express, 12 oz - $1.29
Green Bell Peppers - $2/$1
Cucumbers - .59 each
Wonderful Pistachios, 8 oz - $3.99
Matchstix Carrots, 10 oz - $1.49
Red Delicious or Granny Smith, 3 lb bag - 2/$5
Yellow Onions, 3 lb bag - $1.99
Palm Sunday Bouquet - $9.99

Meat
Ribeye Steaks - $8.29 lb
Pork Back Ribs - $3.99 lb
My Essentials Spiral Sliced Ham - $1.49 lb.
St. Louis Style Pork Ribs - $3.49 lb.
Jennie-O Turkeys - .99 lb.
Taste of Inspiration Pork Chops - $5.49 lb.
Armour LunchMakers - 4/$4
Oscar Mayer Beef Bologna - $3.99
Gwaltney Great Dogs Turkey Franks - .99
Hillshire Farm Sausage - 2/$5
.55/1 RP 3/25
$1/1 Winetag
$/2 Peelie

Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Tubs - $4.99
$1.25/2 fm Kroger's My Magazine "Basketball Madness"

Seafood
Flounder Fillets - $6.99 lb.
Tilapia Fillets - $3.99 lb.
Food Lion Imitation Crab Meat - 2/$5
Quality Whiting or Trout (24 oz) - $4.99

Get a Coupon for Any Brand of Eggs!


Just in time for Easter, you can print a coupon good for 55 cents off 2 dozen eggs. Click here to "like" Incredible Edible Egg on Facebook. You can print it twice!



Here are some ways you can use the coupon best: 

- Wegmans has an everyday low price on eggs of $1.59 for a dozen large eggs.
Final price = $1.04 a dozen

- Giant will double this coupon to take off $1.10, and eggs are on sale there this week for $1.99 a dozen through 3/29/12.  
Final price = $1.44 a dozen
OR
If you got a coupon on your hand scanner at Giant for 75 cents off 2 dozen eggs, you can combine it with this manufacturer's coupon.     Final price = $1.07 a dozen

- Harris Teeter has Grade A eggs on sale for $1.69 a dozen starting 3/28/12 and will also double this coupon to $1.10.     
Final price = $1.14 a dozen

- Shoppers charges $1.89 for a dozen eggs and will double the coupon to $1.10.
Final price = 1.34 cents a dozen
 
- Walmart charges $1.88 for a dozen eggs.    
Final price = $1.60 a dozen

- Food Lion eggs run $1.94 per dozen of large, white eggs.
Final price = $1.67 a dozen

- Safeway eggs are $2.79 a dozen and they will double the coupon.
Final price =  $2.24 a dozen
 
And if you really feel like splurging:
- Target eggs run $2.84 per dozen.
Final price = $2.56 a dozen

 

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Best Giant Deals - March 23-29, 2012!

Kellogg's Krave Cereal - $2.00
(Chocolate or Double Chocolate, 11 - 11.4 oz.)  
Use the 70 cent coupon from the 2/19/12 Red Plum insert doubled and pay 60 cents
Combine that with a 70 cent e-coupon from Saving Star that you can get here and it's FREE!


 Pamper's Baby Wipes - $1.99
Use the 75 coupon that you can print here and pay 49 cents after it doubles!
                                

Johnsonville Chicken Sausage - $4.49 regular price
On sale Buy One, Get One Free
Use 2 of the coupons in the Smart Source insert of 1/1/12 for $1.50 and pay $1.49 for two or 75 cents each!

Eggland's Best Eggs - $1.99 /dozen
Use the 55 cent coupon from the 11/13/11 Smart Source (Loudoun County Times) insert doubled to pay 90 cents. 

I got a coupon on my hand scanner tonight for 75 cents off two dozen, that made mine come out to just 52 cents each when combined with the manufacturer's coupon!

Land O Lakes Butter - $5.00 for 2
Use two 75 cent coupons that you can print here (use zip code 60013). Pay $2.00 after they double or $1.00 each!


Here is a good gas points scenario:
                                        
Buy 4 Fantastic Cleaners (32 oz trigger bottle) for $2.50 each.
Pay a total of $10.00.
Use four 75 cent coupons from the 3/25/12 Smart Source insert doubled to take $6.00 off your bill.
Pay $4.00 and get 200 gas points - equivalent to $5.00 worth of gas if your tank holds 25 gallons - more if you have a bigger tank!

STILL FREE THIS WEEK:

Mentos Gum - .99 
Use the 55 cent coupon from the 3/25/12 Smart Source insert doubled.
 
Maruchan Yakisoba Noodles - 2 for $1.00
Use the $1.00 off 2 coupon from the 3/11/12 Smart Source insert.
 

Drugstore Deals, Week of March 25-31

                                          

Neosporin Products, Buy One Get One 50% off
FREE Essentials Trial Pack when purchased between 3/18 and 3/26/12 with Mail In Rebate that you can print here
Make a profit when you use the $5.00 coupon that you can print here or here
 
Colgate Optic White Toothbrush - $3.49
FREE when you use the $1.00 coupon from the 3/11/12 Smart Source insert together with the $3.00 March Video Value coupon
Schick Hydro Shave Gel 8.4 oz - 2/$4.00FREE if you can find the $2.00 peelie coupon

Carefree Pantiliners - $1.00
FREE with the $1.00 coupon from the Smart Source 3/18/12 insert.

U by Kotex Pantiliners 18-22 ct - $1.00
FREE with the $1.00 coupon from the 3/25/12 Smart Source insert.


                                             


Gold Emblem Jelly Beans - .99
Three days only: 3/25 - 3/27FREE after you get back the .99 ECB (limit 1)

Mars Easter Egg or Bunny Single - 2/$1
Three days only: 3/25 - 3/27
FREE when you use the $1.00 coupon from the Red Plum 3/18/12 insert.
Make a profit and get back a $1.00 ECB for buying two
(Limit 2)!

Colgate 360 Toothbrush - $2.99
FREE when you use the $1.00 coupon in the Smart Source insert of 3/11/12 to pay $1.99, then get back a $2.00 ECB




Walgreens TRUEresult Monitor $14.99
FREE after you send off for the Mail in Rebate on package


Got2b select stylers - 2/$10.00
FREE after you use 2 of the $3.00 coupons from the Red Plum insert of 2/12/12, then get back a $5.00 Register reward for buying two

Exxon Speedpass - Save $15.00 on Gas!

The price of gas seems to be going up every day, so it's great to find a way to save at the pump. I paid $2.97 per gallon to fill up this morning at Shell with the Giant Gas Points that I earned buying cheap Hormel Compleats Kids meals and Planter's Nutrition bars (see my post below).


Here is another program you might be interested in to save money on gas at Exxon or Mobil gas stations called Speedpass.


 First, you sign up here for the program, to have the Speedpass mailed to your home. It has your credit or debit card information encoded on it and looks like this:



Then you go here to register your pass, and affix it to your keychain. The next time you buy gas, just point the Speedpass at the pump device reader  and wait for the Tiger or Pegasus to light up. Pump your gas and your card will automatically be charged.


You have until 5/31/2012 to register for a special offer to save 15 cents per gallon. 
Then you have 60 days from the day you registered to buy 100 gallons worth of gas. When you reach a total of 100 gallons, you will automatically receive a $15.00 credit on your debit or credit card in one lump sum.

You can read more about the Exxon/Mobil Speedpass program here.

Friday, March 23, 2012

Friday Freebies! March 23, 2012

Invisible Glass makes glass invisible!
Free Sample of Invisible Wipes
Click here to fill out a request for a sample to be mailed to you.


Free Sample of Gevalia Coffee
Answer a quick survey here to request your sample.

 Free Concentrate 128 Peroxide/Oxygen Cleaner
Click here and fill out the form to request your free sample.


Free Sample of Simply Right Baby Formula
Click here and fill out a form to have it mailed to you.

Free Sample of Prilosec OTC
Fill out a short form here and answer 2-3 times a week for heartburn.

Free Zone Perfect Bar
"Like" them on Facebook here to have a free bar mailed to you.


Free Samples of Proctor and Gamble products
Register with P&G Everyday Solutions here to select free samples and coupons.
Free Shout Wipes Sample
Click here to request your free sample.

Kiva Logo
Free Kiva $25 Micro-loan
Click here to take advantage of this wonderful offer from Reid Hoffman (Kiva board member, founder of LinkedIn & co-author of recently released The Startup of You), who has generously donated a million dollars to introduce new lenders to Kiva so they can learn how the microfinance site works. (Only new lenders are eligible).

                                                 
Free Sample of Rachel Ray Nutrish for Dogs
Click here to try out a new brand of dog food.


                       
Free Print on Demand Sample KitClick here to request seven papers and two canvases for use in art projects.

Free Book with Kindle App
You can download this free e-book from Amazon here