Great Deals at Kroger today!

**Prices are still good on most of these deals from 7/6-7/12 - check your circular!
Today I went to Kroger to take advantage of the week's sales before the new prices start tomorrow.  I used a lot of coupons and got some good prices.  The total savings on my receipt was $57.86 - 62%!  Here are some of the highlights:

These are on sale for $1.00

-$0.50/1 Minute Maid Frozen Novelty Product 6/26/2011 RP Insert (exp 8/27/2011)
= FREE!

(2) V-8 Fusion $2.99 each/(1) V-8 fusion+Tea $3.99 each

- (2) $1.50/1 V8 V-Fusion Juice Variety 6/26/2011 SS Insert (exp 7/31/2011)

- B2G1 V8 V-Fusion + Tea WYB V8 V-Fusion Juice 6/26/2011 SS Insert (exp 7/31/2011)

= $0.99 each!

These items are included in the Daytona 500 promotion - Buy 10, get $3 off

Possible scenario:

Buy 6 Chef Boyardee Pasta $0.99 each

Buy 4 Totino's Pizza Rolls 1.29

- (2) $0.50/3 Chef Boyardee Products (Chef Boyardee Products, Code 63829897)

-(2) $0.40/2 Totinos Rolls Snacks 4/17/2011 SS Insert (exp 7/9/2011)

-$3.00 Daytona Savings

Final Price: Pasta $0.35 / Pizza Rolls $0.59 each!

These items are also included in the Daytona promotion

Possible Scenario:

Buy 6 Hefty Storage bags $1.49 each

Buy 3 Pillbury Grands $1.29 each

Buy 1 Cheerios $$2.49 each

- (3) $1/2 Hefty One Zip Bags 7/10/2011 RP Insert (exp 10/31/2011)

- (1)  .40/3 Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits 4/17/2011 SS Insert (exp 7/9/2011)

- (1) $0.50/1 General Mills Original Cheerios Cereal 6/26/2011 SS Insert (exp 8/6/2011) 

- $3.00 Daytona Savings

Final Price: Hefty $0.69 each / PiIlsbury $0.72 each / Cheerios $1.19 each!

Price match you items using the handy COUPON DATABASE.

Happy Shopping!

Vegan Blueberry Pie via Paula Deen

Paula Deen's VEGAN Blueberry Pie

Click HERE for recipe

I dragged my kids to Kroger today with my very specific shopping list and coupons all organized in an envelope.  I told them to go look at magazines while I got the things on the list. I was thinking that if they tagged along with me a few "extras" might get thrown in the cart and mess up my well-planned shopping trip.  Suddenly, my 17 year old runs up with Paula Deen's latest magazine opened up to a glorious-looking blueberry pie (we're suckers for blueberry pie at our house).  Surprisingly, there was no butter in the recipe, but it did call for sour cream. My daughter is a vegan, but she wanted to try the recipe using Tofutti Milk-Free Sour Cream.  Who am I to stop my daughter from making one of my favorite desserts?  So she set about gathering up the ingredients...and messing up my 75% savings plan...but all was forgiven after I took my first bite...it was so light and refreshing - not too heavy or sweet...just good! For the recipe click HERE!

I Planned, I Shopped, I Saved!

Last night I spent some time planning today's trip to the grocery store.  I wanted to stock up on some chicken, but I also wanted to take advantage of some coupons that were expiring on 4/30.  By carefully planning, I quickly got through the 3 stores I visited. I stuck to my list and didn't spend time looking for other deals...although I did stumble upon a great deal on turkey bacon while I was in the Albertson's meat department ;-)

• I matched my coupons with the sales in the store circulars
• I checked my favorite coupon sites for deals I might have missed
• I made a list for each store
• I placed the coupons in envelopes for each store
• I got to the store early

 

Here are the results:

Kroger: 

4 packs MentosGum - Free

2 pkg Goldfish Grahams - Free

10 Tony's Crispy Crust Pizzas - .50 each

2 bags Kroger tortilla chips $1.00 each

Total out of Pocket:  $7.88 (72% savings)

Albertsons:

2 Archway Cookies .99 each (my plan for stacking coupons failed)

3 Puffs Tissues .63 each

2 Homelife double roll 6 roll $1.99 each

3 New York Texas Toast Croutons .75 each 

2 pkg Allen Frozen Peas .33 each

2 Cool Whip $1.25 each

1 Pantene Shampoo $1.33

3 Whole Fryer Chickens .49 per pound

1 pkg Chicken thighs .88 per pound

5 pkg Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon $1.00 each

4 Mangos $2.00

5 limes $1.00

2 jalepeno peppers .15

1 bunch cilantro .25

3 bags Fresh Express Salad .99 each

Total Out of Pocket  $36.73 (Total savings $52.51)
Aldi
2 loaves of wheat bread .99 each
2 gallons of milk $1.69 each
1 bag of sweet onions $1.29
Total out of pocket:  $6.65 (total savings approx. $3-$4)
Grand Total Out of Pocket:  $51.26


I would not call this extreme couponing, but I'm very happy with the results.  I can't believe I used to buy all of this stuff without coupons! Actually, I would have never bought Pantene Shampoo, 5 pounds of bacon, or 10 pizzas at one time because these would have busted the weekly grocery budget.  Couponing allows us to buy higher quality products and stock up on items we used to buy every week!!!

Attention Crazy Cat Ladies:Great Deal on Tidy Cats at Kroger!

Purina Tidy Cats Scoopable Cat Litter 14 lb. $4.99
- $1/1 Purina Tidy Cats Cat Litter Coupon (1/30 RP) OR
- $1.50/1 Purina Tidy Cat Litter Coupon (1/30 RP) Hurry...expiration date is 4/30!
= $3.49 – $3.99