Deals of the Week for August 30, 2010

It’s Deal Day, Super-Couponers! Ready to save big? National Coupon Month (September) is just around the corner, and I know how most of my readers will celebrate… by using even more coupons!

This week’s Sunday newspaper contained three inserts: SmartSource, RedPlum, and P&G. The Parade magazine also has coupons inside for .60 off Kellogg’s Raisin Bran, $1 off 2 Libby’s canned, cup or jar fruits, and $1 off 3 Libby’s canned vegetables.

Now… ready for your Deals of the Week? You may enjoy FREE Ken’s Salad Dressing, .25 8-packs of Ice Mountain water, .99 Mott’s Apple Juice, .99 Capri-Sun, FREE Del-Monte smoothies, .84 or .42 tubs of Country Crock, a great “Buy Juice, Get Free Snacks” deal, .50 Ziplocs, and a bunch of freebies at the drugstores … so let’s get started!

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If you’re new to my blog, take a quick minute to read Using this site and bring yourself up to speed on all the coupon lingo and abbreviations.

It’s a good idea to save the grocery and drugstore flyers each week to have on hand & refer to too as you go through the deals! And, if you’re new to couponing in general, check out my Super-Couponing® website for a list of coupon classes (most are FREE!) and easy instructions on how to start using coupons effectively!

A note to my non-Midwest readers: While my weekly deals focus on Illinois stores, the Target, Walgreens and CVS deals apply nationally. And, if you’re shopping at a SuperValu, Safeway, or Kroger-owned store, you may find similar sales to our Jewel, Dominick’s, and Hilander deals. Welcome, and enjoy!

AND… my Super-Couponing® class is now available on DVD! Own the 72-minute video and watch it whenever you like! Click for a video preview & learn how to order!

Unless otherwise noted, GROCERY store deals run through WEDNESDAY of this week,
and the drugstore/general merchandise store deals run through Saturday.

(Also, if you’re new, you may not have some of the coupon books that I refer to for some deals. At the bottom of each week’s deals, I list free coupon books that you can request to be mailed to you — register for all of them, as I’ll reference them in future weeks. Also, look for promotional/seasonal coupon books in your local stores — I’ll reference these too when applicable.)

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Grocery Deals

Starting at Jewel…

First off, here’s a great bottled water deal! Ice Mountain Aquapods 8-packs are on sale for $1. Buy 2 and use the $1.50-off-2 coupon from the 8/29 RP insert. You’ll pay .50 for 2, or a quarter per 8-pack! (And, an aside to my Jewel store managers reading this… Aquapods will FLY this week. Keep those shelves filled as often as possible!) This sale runs through 9/5.

If your store is out, don’t worry — get rainchecks, because the deal will actually get better if your store’s out of stock. Beginning 9/6 (the day this sale ends) there’s a Catalina on Ice Mountain Aquapods too! Buy 2 Ice Mountain Brand Natural 8 oz. 8- or 12-Pack or Aquapod 11 oz. 8- or 24-Packs and get a $1.50 Catalina. With coupons, these will be moneymakers!

(Incidentally, any time I blog bottled water deals, I receive some “hate mail” from readers stating that I should only encourage people to fill reusable bottles and not buy water. As with any deal, I encourage you to buy only what you’ll use or find beneficial and pass on what you won’t. I rarely, if ever, buy bottled water… unless it’s free or ridiculously cheap with coupons, as this is!)

Here’s a deal on Ken’s Salad Dressing that will have you taking it home for… nothing! Ken’s Salad Dressing is on sale for $1 a bottle. Use the $1 coupon from 8/15 SS and it’s yours… FREE!

Mott’s Apple Juice is $1.99 a bottle. Use the $2-off-2 coupon from the Dominick’s “Make a Muscle” coupon book, buy 2 and pay .99 each! Or, use the $1.50-off-2 coupon from the Jewel “Fall Into Savings” coupon book, buy 2 and pay $1.24 each!

Note that the juice is on sale for a penny more at Dominick’s this week, but it’s also part of their “Buy 3 juices, get 2 snacks free” sale if this interests you.

Act II microwave popcorn is on sale for .88 a box. Use the .40 coupon from 6/20 SS and pay .48!

If you missed the great weekend-only Kraft Macaroni and Cheese deal I posted last Friday, and you like “The Cheesiest,” here’s another deal on it that will have you taking it home pretty cheap! It’s on sale for .79 a box. You’ll need the new “Fall Into Savings” coupon book to really work this deal, and the deal is this: Buy 4 boxes. Use the $1-off-3 manufacturer coupon from the Fall book and stack it with the “Buy 3, get the 4th free” store coupon from 8/22 SS. You’ll pay $1.37 for 4 boxes, or .34 each!

There’s a little deal running on Quaker Products this week — buy 5 of the following and the price drops to $1.39 each. You MUST buy in multiples of 5 to get the $1.39 price! Here’s what’s included:

Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix
– $1 off 2 – 5/2 RP ($1.78 for 2 boxes after coupon – .89 each)

Cap’N Crunch cereal
– .50 off – 8/29 RP, 5/18 RP (.89 a box after coupon)

Quaker Chewy granola bars
– .75 off 2 – 7/25 RP ($2.03 for 2 boxes after coupon – about $1.01 each)

Quaker Life cereal
– $1 off 2 – printable (.89 a box after coupon)

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Of all of these, my pick’s the pancake mix — under a buck a box is a good price. Remember to buy in multiples of 5! Fans of Quaker Life or Cap’N Crunch might want to jump in too as Quaker cereals don’t cycle low as often as other brands.

“No Coupon Needed” Deals

One-dozen cartons of Jewel eggs are .99…

Note on the “Buy 10, Save $5 instantly” ConAgra/Snapple/7-UP deal on the back page of Thursday’s flyer — none of these items are super-hot deals, as there are barely any good coupons current for any of these products right now. That, coupled with the so-so post-sale prices left me inclined to skip it. Next Sunday’s General Mills “Buy 10, Save $5” sale is looking a lot better… more on that in a week :)

Deals continuing from previous weeks:

Here’s a yummy deal on Coca-Cola and Culinary Circle pizzas! (And if you’ve ever had one, you know these are the most delicious frozen pizzas..! Yum!) The deal is this… buy any 4 Coca-Cola 2 liters (Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite or Coke Zero) at $1.25 each and get a FREE Culinary Circle pizza. While the price of the 2-liters is high, the end price is $5 for 4 2-liters and a pizza, so this IS a deal :) The pizzas usually sell for $4.50 each, so for .50 more you’re getting all the pop too.

UPDATE: Buying pizzas in multiples of twos (and no Coke) also triggers a $4.50 discount, so you can buy 2 pizzas for $4.50, or $2.25 each — a steal.

“Buy 5, Save $5 and donate 5 meals to Feeding America / Huddle to Fight Hunger” Catalina sale Buying any 5, mix or match, will generate a $5 Catalina. If you’re a UPC list person, you’ll find that here. Here are your products and matchups. Prices shown were gathered from the Huntley Jewel. Capri Sun 10ct. – Original, Roarin’ Waters or Sunrise – $1.99 – $1 off 2 – printables from last week on Coupons.com – as of today, they’ve hit their limit – Look for tearpads near product for “Buy 3 Capri-Sun, get 1 free package Kool-Aid Fun Fizz Drink Drops…” HOWEVER, these coupons have a maximum value of $2. Jewel currently sells the Kool-Aid Fun Fizz for a whopping $3.99 (!) Every store around has these for under $2… Unless the Kool-Aid Fun Fizz magically drops in price soon, I cannot imagine paying $4 for 8 glasses of Kool-Aid! So, despite the in-aisle coupons, the Capri-Sun on its own would probably be the best buy. Cool Whip 5.5-8oz. – $1.67 Crystal Light 4-8ct. – $4.49 Crystal Light On the Go 10ct. – $2.99 Kraft cheese (shredded, cubed, chunk) 5.8-10oz. (shredded $4.29, cubed $3.39, chunk $3.39) – $1 off 2 – printable – $1 off Deli Deluxe – printable – $1 off 100-calorie cheese packs – printable Kraft Mayo 22-32oz. – $5.99 – $1 off 2 – printable – .50 off – printable Kraft Salad Dressing 14-16oz. – $2.49 – $1 off – Current Dominick’s “Serve up a Sandwich” coupon book – $1 off 2 – New Jewel Fall Into Savings coupon book – Look for .35 peelies on bottles Kraft Miracle Whip 24-32oz. – $5.99 – $1 off – Current Dominick’s “Serve up a Sandwich” coupon book – $1 off 2 – New Jewel Fall Into Savings coupon book – $1 off 2 – printable – .50 off – printable Kraft Singles 16ct. – $3.99 – $1 off 2 – printable – Current issue of Kraft Food and Family magazine has coupon for Oscar Mayer lunch meat as well Oscar Mayer hot dogs 6-10ct – $3.49 – $1 off – printable – $1 off Deli Fresh – printable – $1 off 2 Deli Fresh – printable – Current issue of Kraft Food and Family magazine has coupon for Oscar Mayer lunch meat as well Oscar Mayer Lunchables Lunch Combinations 9-12oz. – $1 off 2 – 8/22 SS Planters Snack Nuts 5.75-16oz.

EASIEST deal here? Buy 5 Capri-Suns 10-packs. Pay $9.95 and get $5 back – that knocks your cost for 5 to $4.95, or .99 a box! If you have coupons, it’s even better.

Right Guard deodorants are on sale for $1. Use the $1.50-off-2 from 8/15 RP, buy 2 and pay .50, or .25 each!

Baby Formula Deal – Good Start baby formula is part of a Catalina deal through 9/5: Spend $40-$59.99, get a $5 Catalina. Spend $60-$79.99, get a $7.50 Catalina. Spend $80 or more, get $15. While these are some high thresholds for the deal, formula is expensive. With cans priced at $12.99 at most stores, buying 7 puts you at $90.93 and you’d get $15 back, basically getting one can a little more than free. Of course, if you have any formula checks/coupons, this will be a much better deal too.

Athenos Hummus dips are on sale for $3.99, Buy One, Get One Free. Use this B1G1F coupon, buy two, and get BOTH free! Scheduled to run through September 22!

Mini Super-Couponing lesson: Why does this work? When you use a B1G1F coupon during a B1G1F sale, you will buy none and get two free. Here’s why… and remember, it’s important to think of your coupons AS cash. If you walk into the store and give them $3.99 in cash, how many packages of Athenos will that pay for? Two — because the store is selling you two for $3.99. Now, look at your B1G1F coupon. What is its value? Up to $5.49. Think of coupon as stating “up to $5.49 off two packages of Athenos,” and when the price of two packages of Athenos is $3.99… the coupon’s up-to-$5.49 value pays the entire price. You WILL pay tax on the pre-coupon price, as always… but both items will be free.

It’s important to note too that you do not get coupon overage with a free or B1G1F coupon when the value is “up to $5.49.” Legally, the cashier must enter the price of the first item, which in this case is $3.99. The store’s B1G1F sale makes the second item FREE. If you like learning coupon tips like these, check out my Super-Couponing workshop or DVD!

Jewel-Osco recently launched a Facebook page. If you have questions directly for corporate, you can ask them there (and they answer promptly!)

Are you on the Jewel-Osco email list yet? Jewel has been making coupons available for many different products all summer, and they’re usually store coupons that you can stack manufacturer coupons with too. I’d recommend getting on their list if you shop there.

Coupon booklets currently found at Jewel

Fall Into Savings coupon book – $18 worth of manufacturer coupons – here’s a list of what’s inside.

Tastes of a Winning Season – $5 worth of Kraft coupons

Kellogg’s Fuel For School $20 coupon books – here’s a list of what’s inside.

Jewel meat deals:

• Perdue fresh drumsticks or thighs are $1.49/lb.
• Kosher frozen hen turkey is $1.79/lb.
• Jewel is running its Fav 4 meat deal again. Purchase any 4 packages of meat for $19.99, regardless of the prices they’re marked. As with anything, your best deals here are going to be found on the items that will work out to under $2 per pound.

Jewel produce deals:

• Fresh green beans are .99/lb.
• Roma tomatoes or sweet onions are $1/lb.
• 1lb. bags of Farm Stand baby carrots are $1
• 1lb. bags of frozen Jewel vegetables are $1
• Fiji apples or Bartlett pears are $1.49/lb.
• Eggplant, zucchini or yellow squash is $1.49/lb.
• Organic broccoli is $1.99/lb.
• Red Delicious or Granny Smith apples are $2.99 for a 5lb. bag

(Anytime meat is under $1.99 a pound (no matter what it is — beef, pork, poultry) it’s a buy in my book, because $1.99 is a cycle low and a good benchmark for meat prices — ditto for most produce. Seafood, by its nature, is more expensive per pound, but a good “buy” benchmark is $4 per pound or less for fish or shrimp.)

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Let’s go to Dominick’s…

Note to my Safeway shoppers reading from outside Chicagoland: In Chicago, Dominick’s currently accepts expired coupons up to one year past the expiration date, so my coupon matchups for Dominick’s deals will include expired coupons. If an expired coupon matchup is provided, it will be noted with (exp) after the date. Also, in Chicago, Dominick’s does not double coupons (as other Safeway stores do) – if your store doubles, you’ll do even better with many of these deals.

First off, Del Monte Ready-to-Blend Smoothies are on sale for $1. Use the $1 coupon from 8/15 RP and take these home… FREE! UPDATE: There’s a $1 printable now too!

Country Crock is cheap this week at Doms too. It’s on sale for $1.99 a tub. It’s also part of a national Catalina deal — buy two and get $1.50 in instant savings. Make this even better with coupons! Jewel stores currently have coupon dispensers on the refrigerator case with $1-off-2 coupons inside, or .40 coupons in August All You, 6/6 SS (exp,) 5/23 RP (exp,) or 3/7 RP (exp.) With the $1-off-2 coupon, buy 2, pay $2.98 and get $1.50 more off – two tubs for $1.48, or .74 each! With two .40 coupons, you’ll pay $3.18 for 2 and get $1.50 back, making each tub .84.

Note that Country Crock is even cheaper at Meijer this week too if you shop there for the small tubs, anyway — but the BIG tubs are also $1.99 at Doms, so take your pick and look for the large ones if you do the deal here.

Here’s a little deal on VitaminWater too. They’re on sale for .88, and they’re also on sale Buy 5, get 1 FREE. Use coupons to make this even better. There’s a $1-off-2 in the 4/11 SS (exp) and in August All You. Buy 6. With two $1-off-2 coupons, pay $2.40 for 6, or .40 each. With three coupons buy 6. Pay $1.40 for 6, or .23 each!

Here’s a seafood-and-vegetables deal! Cellfire has an ecoupon out for $2 off Van de Kamp’s fish AND Birds Eye vegetables. Load that to your card, and stack it with the “$2 off Van de Kamps AND Birds Eye coupon from the Dominick’s “Make a Muscle” coupon book AND the Super Coupon in this week’s ad that makes the vegetables $1.25 a bag.

Packages of Van de Kamps frozen seafood are priced $3.99-$6.99. If you go with the $3.99 haddock fillets, you’ll get $2 off with the ecoupon and $2 off with the manufacturer coupon, paying just $1.24 for everything! For the larger fillets, you’re looking at $2.99 for the fish after coupons, plus $1.25 for the veggies = $4.24!

Don’t have the Dominick’s coupon book? Print this coupon for “Buy Van de Kamps, get Birds Eye vegetables FREE. With this, the $3.99 fish drops to $1.99 with the Cellfire ecoupon, and your vegetables are FREE!

If you have any of the “Score More Savings” coupon books left from Jewel’s June promotion, there’s a coupon inside for $1 off 3 7-Up 2-liters. The 2-liters are on sale for .88 each. Buy 3, use this coupon and pay $1.64, or .55 each…

Natural juice box deal: Hansen 4-packs of Jr. Juice 100% juice 4-packs are on sale for .99 – no coupon needed!

Dominick’s is running an EXCELLENT “Buy 3 Juices, get 2 Snacks FREE” promotion this week too.

Here are the juices and prices:

Capri-Sun 10-packs – $2.49
– $1 off Sunrise – 4/25 SS (exp)
– Look for tearpads near product for “Buy 3 Capri-Sun, get 1 free package Kool-Aid Fun Fizz Drink Drops…”
– Find for 5-packs of Kraft Mac & Cheese with “Buy this package of Mac & Cheese, get FREE Capri Sun Roaring Waters” peelies. Mac and Cheese 5-packs are no longer on sale for $2.99 any more though (they’re now $4.99) and are not as good a deal to work into this.)

Izze Sparkling Fruit Drink 4-packs – $2.99

Langer’s Cranberry juices – $2.49

Mott’s Apple Juice – $2
– $2 off 2 – Dominick’s “Make a Muscle” coupon book
– $1.50 off 2 – Jewel “Fall into Savings” coupon book

Mott’s Medley – $2.99
– .50 off – 6/13 SS

V-8 and V-8 Fusion – $2.99
– .75 off Fusion – 3/14 SS (exp)
– .50 off Fusion – 5/23 SS (exp)
– $1 off 2 V8 Vegetable – printable
– .60 off 2 V8 Vegetable – 6/6 SS (exp)

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For every 3 of those you buy, you get two of THESE snacks free:

Kellogg’s Rice Krispie treats 8ct.
– $1 off 2 – 8/15 RP
– $2 off store-brand bread when you buy 2 Rice Krispie Treats – Kellogg’s “Fuel for School” coupon book

Quaker Chewy Granola Bars 8-10ct.
– .55 off – 1/24 RP (exp)
– .75 off 2 – 7/25 RP, 5/2 RP (exp,) 2/14 RP (exp)
– Look for “Buy 4 Quaker Chewy Granola Bars, get 1 gallon Lucerne Milk FREE” tearpads on granola bar freestanding displays

Quaker True Delights granola squares
– .75 off – 2/14 RP (exp)

Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts 8ct.
– $1 off 2 – 7/11 RP, 6/13 RP (exp)
– $1.25 off 3 – 3/28 RP (exp)
– $1 off 3 – 2/7 RP (exp)

(YES, many people are reporting coupon overage here if you use coupons on the free items too, but be aware there are no guarantees with this… you’re already getting these items FREE so your cashier may not allow it. )

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Note that you can get a limit of EIGHT free snacks per transaction, so that would be a maximum of 12 juices and 8 snacks per trip through the lane if you’re stocking up!

Best bet here? The Mott’s apple juices. Here are a couple scenario ideas!

With one “Make a Muscle” coupon book, buy 3 bottles of Mott’s. Use the $2-off-2 coupon. Pay $4 for 3 bottles of Mott’s and two free boxes of snacks! If the two free snacks you choose are Rice Krispie Treats, use a $1-off-2 coupon on them for overage, AND use the “Buy 2 Rice Krispie Treats, get $2 off store-brand bread” coupon from the Kellogg’s Fuel for School book. Pay $3 for 3 bottles of Mott’s, 2 boxes of Rice Krispie Treats, and a loaf of store-brand bread (on sale for $1.69-$1.99, so FREE with coupon!)

If you have three of the “Make a Muscle” coupon books, you can double-stack this deal. Buy 6 Mott’s and use 3 of the $2-off-2 coupons. Pay $6 for 6 bottles of Mott’s AND four boxes of snacks of your choice! And if you go with the Quaker Chewy granola bars here, look for a freestanding Quaker bars display near the milk cooler with tearpads for “Buy 4 Quaker Chewy bars, get FREE gallon Lucerne milk!” If you then use two .75-off-2 coupons for the Quaker bars (for overage here) you’ll ultimately pay $4.50 for 6 Mott’s, 4 Quaker bars and a gallon of milk! LOVE this deal!

Look for other deal-making ideas in last week’s post about this deal (note, again, that the Mac & Cheese is no longer on sale.)

Dominick’s has a “Buy 2, save $6” instant-savings deal running on P&G products. Buy any 2 and save $6 instantly! Here are your products and matchups: Bounty 12-roll paper towels – $9.99 each AFTER instant-savings for buying 2 items – $1 off – P&G Year of Savings book – $3 off – ecoupon at PGEsaver Cascade Dishwasher Detergent 48-60ct. action pacs – $8.99 each AFTER instant-savings for buying 2 items – .50 off – 7/4 PG (exp,) 5/2 PG (exp,) 4/4 PG (exp,) 3/7 PG (exp) – .25 off – 8/29 PG, 6/6 PG (exp,) 5/2 PG (exp) – .50 off – ecoupon at PGEsaver Charmin 24-roll bath tissue – $9.99 each AFTER instant-savings for buying 2 items – $1 off – P&G Year of Savings book – .25 off – 8/29 PG, 8/1 PG, 6/6 PG (exp,) 7/4 PG (exp) – $3 off – ecoupon at PGEsaver Downy Fabric Softener 83-103oz. – $7.99 each AFTER instant-savings for buying 2 items – $1 off – P&G Year of Savings book – $2 off – ecoupon at PGEsaver Duracell AA 24-count batteries – $10.99 each AFTER instant-savings for buying 2 items – .75 off – 8/29 PG Pampers Big Pack diapers – $16.99 each AFTER instant-savings for buying 2 items – $2 off Cruisers – 6/6 PG (exp) – $2 off Cruisers, Swaddlers, Extra Protection or Sensitive – 7/4 PG (exp) – $1.50 off – 8/1 PG, 7/4 PG (exp) – Buy diapers, get wipes free – 8/1 PG Tide 150z. liquid or 211-214oz. powder – $14.99 each AFTER instant-savings for buying 2 items – $1.50 off – 8/22 SS – $1 off – 8/29 PG, 8/1 PG – $2 off LIQUID tide – ecoupon at PGEsaver

Dominick’s is running an instant-savings deal on frozen foods! Buy 5 participating products and save $5 instantly! Here are your products and matchups: Prices shown are when purchased in quantities of FIVE. You must buy in multiples of 5 to receive the discount. Ben & Jerry’s pints – $1.99 AFTER instant savings – $1 off 2 – 8/15 RP, 6/6 RP (exp) Breyer’s 1.5qt. ice cream tubs – $1.99 AFTER instant savings – .75-off-2 – 6/27 SS (exp) Breyer’s Smooth and Dreamy bars – $1.99 AFTER instant savings – $1 off – 5/23 RP (exp) Hot Pockets – $1.99 AFTER instant savings – $1 off SideShots (if included) – printable – .75 off SideShots (if included) – 1/31 RP (exp) – $1 off 2 breakfast sandwiches – September All You Klondike Bars & Sandwiches – $1.99 AFTER instant savings – $1 off 2 – Jewel “Sizzling Savings” coupon book from June (exp) – .75 off – In-store tearpads from July promotions Pepperidge Farm frozen breads – $1.99 AFTER instant savings – .55 off – February All You Popsicle brand ice pops – $1.99 AFTER instant savings – $1 off 2 – Jewel “Sizzling Savings” coupon book from June (exp) – .75 off – Jewel “Score More Sasvings” coupon book from June (exp) – .75 off – In-store tearpads from July promotions Starbucks ice cream pints – $1.49 AFTER instant savings – $1.50 off – 8/8 RP (just .49 a pint after coupon and deal!) – $1 off – 8/8 RP, 5/23 RP (exp,) printable Stouffer’s 6-21oz. – $1.99 AFTER instant savings – $1 off 5 Lean Cuisine – 5/2 SS (exp) Tai Pei Entrees – $1.99 AFTER instant savings Totino’s Pizza Rolls – $1.99 AFTER instant savings – .40 off 2 – 8/8 GM, 5/20 GM (exp,) 4/18 S (exp) – .40 off 2 – ecoupon from Cellfire – .40 off 2 – ecoupon from ShortCuts

As usual, there are Dominick’s Super Coupons* in this week’s ads too. These are store coupons, which (in the case of the name-brand products) means they can be stacked with manufacturer coupons for even bigger savings. Best bets?

• Febreze Air Effects. It’s on sale for $1.99, limit 3, with Super Coupon. Load the $1 ecoupon from PGEsaver and stack it with the $1 manufacturer coupon from the “Home Made Simple” home mailer or 3/7 PG (exp) insert. That’s $2 in coupon value on a $1.99 item, making this FREE! There are also .50 manufacturer coupons in the 8/29 PG or 5/2 PG if you don’t have the others.
   
• Kraft Singles are $1.49 for a 12-oz. package, limit 3, with Super Coupon. Buy two and use the $1-off-2 coupon from the Dominick’s June “Add Dairy to your Summer Adventure” coupon book, or 12/6/09 SS (exp,) 11/15/09 RP (exp,) or 8/9/09 RP (exp) and pay .99 each.
   
• Red Baron Pizzas are $2.99, limit 3, with Super Coupon. Buy 2, use the $1-off-2 coupon from 1/31 SS (exp) and pay $4.98 for 2, or $2.49 each.
   
• Bird’s Eye Steamfresh or C&W 16oz. frozen vegetables are $1.25 each, limit 4, with Super Coupon. Use the .50 coupon from 5/2 SS (exp) and pay .75! There are .35 off coupons in the 3/21 SS (exp) and 2/28 SS (exp,) and a $1-off-3 in the 3/7 RO (exp,) all of which will drop these under a buck a bag.
   

Deals continuing from previous weeks:

Dial hand soap pumps are on sale for .88 each. Use the .35 coupons from 8/15 RP, 6/13 RP (exp,) or 3/7 RP (exp) and pay .53 a bottle!

Dannon Activia is on sale for $2. Use $1 coupons to cut these down to $1 for the multipack:

$1 off Activia: 8/8 SS, 7/18 SS (exp,) 6/6 SS (exp,) 5/2 SS (exp,) 3/28 SS2 (exp,) 2/28 SS (exp,) 2/7 SS (exp,) 1/10 SS (exp.) This sale runs through October 20th!

Coupon booklets currently found at Dominick’s

Make a Muscle, Make a Difference” – $39 worth of coupons inside (full list)

Kellogg’s Fuel For School $20 coupon books – (full list)

Get Out and Grill / Simple Summer Seafood – Lots of great store coupons for grilling, condiments and other products that you can stack with. Full list here. All expire 9/7/10.

O Organics – brochure card with “$1 off any O Organics Item” coupons in the store, expiring 12/31/10. These are GREAT coupons for products like organic milk and produce.

September Coupon Booklet – small yellow square book released monthly.

Dominick’s meat deals:

• Fresh Safeway whole fryer chickens are .99/lb.
• Fresh Safeway chicken drumsticks, thighs or leg quarters are .99/lb.
• Fresh Safeway split chicken breasts and Fresh Perdue whole chickens are $1.29/lb.
• Rib Half Sliced Pork Loin chops are $1.29/lb. – very good price for pork chops
• Fresh 80% lean ground beef is $1.99/lb.

Want FREE marinade? Many Dominick’s will marinate your fresh meat free at the meat counter, so depending on what you’re buying, you may want to take advantage of that.

Dominick’s produce deals:

• Fresh Express bagged salads are on sale for $1. If you held onto any of the Jewel heart-healthy coupon books (red cover) that were available in stores February 2011, there’s a $1 coupon inside for Fresh Express. Use it for FREE salad! If you’ve held onto any of the “Buy 2 Fresh Express Salads, get 2lbs. free bananas” tearpad coupons from past store promos, use them here for two pounds of salad AND two pounds of bananas for $2! There’s also a .55 manufacturer coupon in the 2009 Jewel Preferred Card Update coupon book from last summer too, if you keep your expireds that long…
• Yellow, white, or bi-color corn is .20 an ear
• Large navel oranges are .99/lb.
• Gala apples are $1.69/lb.
• Hothouse tomatoes are $1.99/lb.
• Assorted stone fruit (nectarines, peaches or plums) are $1.99/lb. If you go with the yellow nectarines, Dominick’s site has a coupon for .30 off one pound of yellow nectarines, which drops the price to $1.79/lb.
• Athena cantaloupes are $1.50 each
• O Organics 3lb. clamshell packs of organic red or green grapes are $3.77 – that’s just $1.26/lb! GREAT price for grapes AND for organics! If you have any of the $1 off any O Organics product coupons found in store, pay $2.77 for 3lbs., or .92/lb.

*A note on Dominick’s Super Coupons:

What does “minimum $10 (or $20) purchase required” mean? To use store coupons that include a minimum purchase requirement, you must spend a minimum dollar amount on that shopping trip. You will reach the minimum purchase amount based upon total purchases after your Club Card discount is applied. For example, the regular retail price of a box of Cheerios (after Club Card discounts) will count toward the minimum purchase required in order to use the Cheerios coupon.

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Heading over to Meijer, here are your best deals of the week for Meijer stores in in Algonquin, Aurora, Bloomingdale, Bolingbrook, Elgin, McHenry, Oswego, Plainfield, Rolling Meadows, St. Charles, and the Indianapolis area:

 

Meijer’s offering a new program called MPerks. It delivers weekly store coupons to your cellular phone, and right now they’re offering a $2 off a $5 purchase coupon! Sign up at the link if you’re interested…

Ziploc bags and containers are cheap this week too! They’re on sale for $2 each. Use the $1.50-off-2 manufacturer coupons from 8/8 SS, 7/25 SS or a printable and stack this with the $1.50-off-2 store coupon from Meijer Mealbox. Buy 2 and pay $1 for both, or .50 each!

Country Crock is a good buy this week at Meijer. It’s on sale for $1.24 a tub. You’ll need the $1-off-2 “blinkie” coupon from the dispensers currently at Jewel. Buy 2 tubs, use one of these manufacturer coupons and stack it with the $1-off-2 Country Crock store coupon from Meijer Mealbox. You’ll pay .24 per tub after the coupon stack!

Meijer is running their “Buy 10 for $10, get the 11th free” sale again! Best bets?

Betty Crocker Cake Mix and Frosting – On sale for $1 each, use the .75-off-both coupon from 8/8 GM and pay $1.25 for both

Old Orchard Juice Concentrates – On sale for $1, use this $1-off-4 coupon, buy 4 and pay .75 each

Meijer meat deals:

• Meijer chicken leg quarters are .79/lb. – GREAT price
• Pork shoulder bone-in country style ribs are $1.19/lb.
• Meijer fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts are $1.79/lb.
• Ground bef from chuck is $1.99/lb.
• Fresh pork spareribs are $1.99/lb.

Meijer seafood deals:

• Fresh wide-caught whitefish fillets are $4.79/lb.
• Cooked tail-on shrimp are $4.99/lb

Meijer produce deals:

• Bi-color sweet corn is .15/ear
• Red, green and black seedless grapes or green seeded are .99/lb. (Organic red or green are $1.29/lb.)
• Bartlett pears, peaches, nectarines, pluots and plums are .99/lb.
• 1lb. containers of strawberries are $1.50

Note that Meijers in other states are on different schedules. The Illinois Meijers are about a week behind on the sales vs. Indiana/Michigan. If you’re in Illinois, these Meijer deals run through Wednesday. If you’re reading from another state, they ENDED Saturday at your store… Confusing? Yes.

AND, if you shop at the Illinois NILES or ORLAND Meijer locations, they haven’t been following the same sale flyer as the other Illinois Meijers, under the convoluted reasoning that because the stores are newer, people will shop there -without- as many products being on sale. O-kay.

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For my Rockford-area shoppers (and Kroger shoppers too!) here are your Hilander sales for the current week…

Minute Maid frozen treats are on sale for $1. Use the .50 coupon from 8/15 RP, which doubles to $1, and they’re FREE!

Reach toothbrushes are free after a doubled coupon too! They’re on sale for $1. Use any of many .50 coupons (8/1 SS, 5/16 RP, 4/11 RP, 3/7 RP, 1/3 RP and they’re FREE!

Gum toothbrushes are on sale for $1. Use the .75 coupon from 8/8 RP and pay just a quarter!

Right Guard deodorants are on sale for $1. Use the $1.50-off-2 from 8/15 RP, buy 2 and pay .50, or .25 each!

Dial hand soap pumps are on sale for $1 each. Use the .35 coupons from 8/15 RP, which doubles to .70 and pay .30 a bottle!

“No Coupon Needed” Deals

Half-gallon jugs of Kroger orange juice are $1.29…

Hilander meat deals:

• Boneless pork loin is $1.97/lb.
• Boneless pork sirloin chops are $1.99/lb.

Hilander produce deals:

• Peaches, plums or nectarines are $1.48/lb.
• Red or Bartlett pears are $1.48/lb.
• Tomatoes on the vine are $1.68/lb.
• Seedless grapes are $1.48/lb.
• 1lb. bags of organic mini carrots are $2

Remember too that Hilander doubles coupons up to .55 face value every day! You are only allowed to double two of the SAME coupon per day though — additional coupons will ring at face value. (Split your trips if you’re stocking up!)

Readers outside Illinois will want to check with their local Kroger or Kroger-affiliated stores to determine how they handle coupon doubling.

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Off to Target, where it’s a bit of a slow week deal-wise…

Target often runs “hidden” gift card deals that aren’t in the ad, but if you scan the included items at the price scanner in the store, a message pops up on the scanner telling you what kind of gift card the item is tied to.

This hidden deal is on the 32-count Carefree Ultra Protection liners. They’re on sale for $3.15 at most stores. Scan them at the price scanner to be sure you have the correct kinds. Once you do, buy 2 and get a $5 Target gift card! Let’s use coupons, of course, to make this even better… print two of these $1 coupons. Buy 2 liners and with coupons, pay $4.30… and get a $5 gift card back! Moneymaker!

12-packs of Mountain Dew are on sale for $2.50-$2.75 at most stores. Use the $1 printable on Target’s site and pay $1.50-$1.75 for the 12-pack!

Target has launched mobile Target coupons which you can load to your phone. They are Target store coupons that you can stack manufacturer coupons with. Load coupons here. You can also print these offers by going to www.target.com/save and entering your phone number.

Remember too that you get .05 off your total at Target for each reusable bag you bring and use!

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Drugstore Deals

Heading to Walgreens…

A bunch of things are free after Register Rewards this week (pay, and get the purchase price right back to use on a future trip!)

Irwin Naturals skin, hair and nails supplements are on sale for $10 with $10 back in RRs! Free!

Walgreens Perfection Tampons are $1.99 with $1.99 back in RRs! Free!

Carmex Moisture Plus lip balm is $2 with $2 back in RRs! Free!

Breathe Right nasal strips are $4 with $4 back in RRs! Free too! But use the $1.50 coupon from 4/11 RP and you’re looking at a moneymaker!

Coupon booklets currently found at Walgreens

August 2010 Coupon Book – Over $400 worth of Walgreens store coupons. All expire 8/28/10.

Vitamins and Supplements – $40 in Walgreens store coupons for vitamins and supplements. All expire 4/30/11.

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And finally, over at CVS…

If you’re not on the CVS Email List yet, sign up! You can use a free email account like Yahoo — it doesn’t have to be your main one. But this is a good time to sign up, because when you do, you’ll get a free $4-off-$20 CVS coupon. Nice!

Philips ear bud headphones are $6.99 with $6.99 back in Extra Care Bucks! FREE… but through TUESDAY ONLY!

Dawn Hand Renewal dish detergent is .97 again at CVS. Use the $1 coupon in the “Home Made Simple” coupon book and pay nothing! :)

Deals continuing from previous weeks:

Here’s a little Crest/Glide deal. Crest Pro-Health toothpaste and Glide Pro-Health floss are both on sale for $3.49 each. When you buy one, you’ll get $2.50 back in ECBs. This offeris limit 2 per household/card, so do the deal this way… Use the .75 coupons for the toothpaste AND the floss from the 8/1 PG. Pay $5.48 and get $5 back in ECBs! That knocks the toothpaste and floss to just .24 each after the deal!

CVS Tip: Remember to always scan your CVS card at the price scanner in the store — it prints bonus coupons for you!

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FREE STUFF:

FREE coupons that are still current:

8/1 PG – $1 off ANY size Tide – Dominick’s and Target sell single-load travel-size Tides for under $1 (exp. 8/31/10)

8/29 PG – $1 off ANY size Tide – Dominick’s and Target sell single-load travel-size Tides for under $1 (exp. 9/30/10)

8/22 SS – $1.50 off ANY Liquid Tide – Target and Jewel sell single-load travel-size liquid Tides for under $1.50 (exp. 9/30/10)

8/15 SS – FREE 6oz. Purina One dog or cat food – (exp. 9/15/10)

8/15 SS – $1 off any Post-It Super Sticky Notes – Wal-Mart and other stores sell these often for $1 (exp. 9/30/10)

8/29 PG – $1 off Gain dish soap – Wal-Mart sells for .97

P&G $100 Year of Savings coupon mailer – 2 coupons for $1 off Bounty – Target sells single rolls of Bounty Basic paper towels for $1 or less. (exp. 10/31/10, 1/31/11)

8/22 SS – FREE can of Chef Michael’s dog food – Target store coupon (exp. 10/31/10)

5/2 SS – FREE 16-18 ounce Purina Kitten Chow – (exp. 9/1/10)

FREE GROCERIES:

FREE Palermo Classics Pizza:
Crystal Lake, IL area and Wisconsin shoppers only: Open Pantry food marts are offering a free Palermo Classics pizza when you register for their free Ring Thing keychain. The Crystal Lake, IL Open Pantry mart is inside the Shell at Rt. 14 and Rt. 31.

FREE PRODUCTS:

FREE Nursery Water reusable shopping bag – 100 per day.

Free 2-pack Purex 3-in-1 laundry sheets

FREE COUPON BOOKS:

Free $25 ConAgra Fall coupon book – must send in $10 worth (pre-coupon) of receipts for participating ConAgra products purchased by 10/31/10 and sent by 11/7/10.

P&G $110 Fall coupon book – must send in $50 worth (pre-coupon) of P&G receipts dated between 8/20/10 and 12/31/10, and mailed by 1/14/11. Form is also inside the 8/29 PG insert.

$30 Home Made Simple “Organize Your Home” coupon book – has nice, high-value P&G coupons

Que Rica Vida – Spanish coupon magazine from General Mills – mailed quarterly throughout the year

FREE COUPON NETWORKS:

The following networks regularly send product samples and high-value coupons to your home for you to use and share. Each network may ask you for online feedback on their products via surveys or messageboards too.

Vocalpoint

General Mills’ Pssst

Kraft First Taste

Pop-Tarts Sprinklings

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As always, these deals are guidelines for shopping. I can make no guarantee that these items will be on sale, in stock, or available at your area store. I can also not guarantee your Catalinas will print, your cashier will smile at you while you check out, or that your shopping cart won’t have a broken wheel. But I CAN teach you how to save money :)

And, also, as always, a huge thanks to the many readers who posted and emailed deals that made it into today’s Deals of the Week! We’re all in this together, and I sincerely appreciate everyone who spots and passes along good deals that we can all enjoy :) Thank you… to YOU!

 

* (All You magazine is not a requirement for using the site, but if you like coupons, you will probably really enjoy it. It’s a cheap ($2.49 an issue) magazine that is absolutely filled with coupons each month — typically $50-$100 worth per issue! You can subscribe to All You online and save about $10/year off the cover price. And depending on the values, if you use 2 or 3 coupons alone from each issue, you’ve recouped the cost of the magazine, and you’re on your way to even bigger savings.)

 

Do you like these deals? Want to learn how to get deals like this on almost EVERYTHING that you buy? Attend one of my Super-Couponing® classes and learn all the tricks of the trade — or OWN the 72-minute class on DVD and learn in the comfort of your home, at your pace! You’ll be slashing your bills in no time!