Deals of the Week for January 24, 2011

Super-Couponers, it’s time for Deals of the Week once again! I’ve got all the best supermarket and drugstore deals of the week written just for you… all in one place, on one page! Our beloved Chicago Bears may not be going to the Super Bowl this year… but you can drown your sorrows in some serious coupon clipping this week, with bunches of bargains and freebies heading your way!

This week’s newspaper contained 2 inserts – one SmartSource (SS) and one RedPlum (RP.)

New blog readers: If you’re interested in learning to save on almost everything you buy at the grocery store, why not attend a Super-Couponing workshop? Many are FREE, and in one hour you’ll learn how to cut your grocery bill 50-70%! Upcoming Super-Couponing classes are taking place in Lake Villa and Elgin, Illinois, or you can learn with my Super-Couponing DVD workshop from anywhere in the country! Learn more!

Now… ready for your Deals of the Week? You may enjoy .25 Ronzoni pasta, $1.44 Butterball turkey bacon, a $2.99 All and Clorox dual laundry deal, Quaker instant oatmeal from .39-.79/box, .99 Silk soy and almond milk, .99 Kraft Singles, .49 Ragu pasta sauce with FREE pasta, .99 Pop-Tarts, a $1.99 Van de Kamps and TWO bags of Steamfresh vegetables deal, 18oz. of blueberries for $3.99, .25 Tilex bathroom cleaner, .67 Old Orchard juice, .40-.70 Carmex lip balm, FREE Sundown vitamins, jumbo packs of Pampers for $5.82, jumbo packs of Huggies for $4.99, .34 Jet Dry dishwasher rinse, FREE Rimmel cosmetics, $1 Stonyfield Farms organic yogurt 4-packs, $1 Nature Made fish oil, FREE Omega Smart fish oil, .08-.32 Jell-O, FREE Crest Pro-Health mouthwash, .49 Xtra laundry detergent, FREE Kashi cereal… 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 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. Some coupon books can be found at the grocery store during seasonal promotions — look for them, as I’ll reference them when applicable. And, 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 too.

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Coupons worth printing:

• Buy one box of Special K, get one free
• Buy one pack of Orbit gum, get one free
• Free Natural-Cut french fries at Wendy’s
• 10% off at Lowe’s – valid on a purchase up to $5,000.

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Grocery Deals

Starting at Jewel (View weekly ad)

Note that if you have been collecting pots and pans stickers for Jewel-Osco, this is the LAST week to redeem them (through January 26th.) Many readers in our Forum are trading stickers for coupons, so if you are only in need of a few to finish your stamp card (or have a few extra you’d like to trade for coupons you need) you may want to check that out!

Wonderful Pistachios are on sale for $2.99 (8oz. bag.) Use the $1 coupon from 11/21 SS or a printable and pay $1.99!

If you didn’t use your $1 off Ronzoni pasta coupon from the 10/3/10 SS insert, it’s on sale for $1.25 a box at this week. After coupon, pay .25!

Some areas received a $1-off-2 coupon in this insert. If this is what you got, you’re looking at .75 a box, with either that coupon or these $1-off-2 printables.

Butterball Turkey Bacon (12oz.) is on sale for $2.19. Use the .75 coupon from 10/31/10 SS and pay $1.44! There’s also a .55 coupon in the 1/16 SS that will net you more $1.64 turkey bacon — good prices.

Red Gold canned tomatoes (14-15oz.) are on sale for .89 a can. Use the $1-off-4 coupon from 10/24 SS, buy 4 and pay $2.56 for four, or .64 each!

In the Thursday Jewel ad, there’s a coupon for All laundry detergent and Clorox bleach. The coupon’s for “FREE Clorox Bleach when you buy All liquid laundry detergent.” All’s currently on sale for $3.99 a bottle. Use the $1 All coupon from 1/16 SS and pay $2.99 for a bottle of All AND a bottle of Clorox – about $1.50 each!

Jewel is running an instant-savings deal on Quaker, Aunt Jemima and Tropicana products. Buy 5 and save $3 instantly! There are unfortunately not a lot of coupons currently in play for these items, but if you want to dive into this deal, these are your best bets. (Prices shown are AFTER “Buy 5” instant-savings.)

Aunt Jemima syrup or pancake mix – $1.89
– $1 off 2 – printable ($1.39 each after coupon)

Tropicana Trop50 juice – $2.39
– $1 off 2 – 1/2 RP1 ($1.39 each after coupon)

Quaker Instant Oatmeal – $2.39
– $1 off – 1/2 RP2, February All You ($1.39 each after coupon)
– Double-dips with national Quaker Oatmeal Catalina: Buy 3, get $1 Catalina; buy 4, get $2 Catalina; buy 5 or more, get $3 Catalina.
(With five $1 coupons, buy 5 boxes. Pay $6.95 and get $3 back, for a total of $3.95 for 5, or .79 per box.)

If you’re really in need of a cereal deal, Malt O Meal 20oz. cereals are on sale for $2. Buy two and use the $2-off-2 coupon from 1/2 SS, which makes these $1 each. Malt O Meal has “knockoffs” of every major cereal brand out there, so in the absence of any other deals, dollar cereal isn’t terrible, especially for such large packages.

“No Coupon Needed” Deals

140ct. canisters of Baby Basics Baby Wipes

1lb. boxes of Jewel Margarine sticks are .89.

20oz. loaves of Jewel White or Sweet Wheat Bread are .89 each.

23-25oz. jars of Jewel Apple Sauce are $1.69.

Remember to use the $2-off-$10 Jewel Brand coupon in the new $55 coupon book in the store if you’re stocking up!

Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers are $1 a bag. In the absence of any other coupon deal, this isn’t a bad price.

Deals continuing from previous weeks:

Still holding those nice $2.25 Electrasol/Finish coupons from the 1/2 SS2 insert? Electrasol/Finish dishwasher detergent continues to be on sale at Jewel for $2.99. With coupon, pay .74!

Jewel-Osco information:

Jewel-Osco has 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 over the past few months, 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 books currently found at Jewel:

Savings for a Better You – $55 worth of coupons, including a “$2 off $10 Jewel-brand food purchase.” Great for meat and produce!

Morningstar $10 Worth of Savings – (Morningstar and Hidden Valley Ranch coupons)

Jewel meat deals:

• Jennie-O Hen or Tom turkeys are .99/lb.
• Jewel spiral sliced half hams are $1.79/lb.
• Jennie-O frozen turkey breasts are $1.99/lb.
• Jewel is running their “Fav 4” meat deal again. Buy any 4 packages of meat tagged with “Fav 4” stickers and pay $19.99 for all four. As with any meat deal, watch per-pound prices here — I like to stay around $1.99 or less per pound. And, if you have the new $55 coupon book from Jewel, there is a $2-off-$10 coupon for any Jewel brand products inside. If you’re buying Jewel-brand meats during this sale, use the coupon and pay $17.99…

Jewel produce deals:

• 5lb. bags of Texas Ruby Red grapefruit are $2.99 – that’s about .60/lb.
• 5lb. bags of Wild Harvest organic russet potatoes are $3.49 each – that’s about $1.43/lb.
• Romaine, green or red leaf lettuce are .99/lb.
• 3lb. bags of organic yellow onions are $2.99 – that’s about $1/lb.
• 2lb. bags of Cara Cara navel oranges are $2.99 each – that’s about $1/lb.
• Vine ripened tomatoes are $1.99/lb.
• Jewel is running their “Fav 4” produce deal again. Buy any 4 packages of produce tagged with “Fav 4” stickers and pay $10 for all four. Really watch per-pound prices here — not all of these are going to be good buys. And, if you have the new $55 coupon book from Jewel, there is a $2-off-$10 coupon for any Jewel brand products inside. If you’re buying Jewel-brand packaged produce during this sale, use the coupon and pay $8…

(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 (View weekly ad)…

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. Also, in Chicago, previously-available ecoupons are being rolled into the “Just For U” section of electronic coupons available at Dominicks.com.

Dominick’s Super Coupons:
These are store coupons found in the weekly Dominick’s flyer, which (in the case of the name-brand products) means they can be stacked with manufacturer coupons for even bigger savings. You can also now load these Super Coupons to your Fresh Values card via Dominicks.com and not have to clip them. Best bets this week?

In the Jan. 20-26 flyer – “Playoff Savings” on cover:

• Chinet plates and cups are $1.99 a package, limit 2, with Super Coupon. Use this $1 printable and pay .99 for your plates!
   
• Silk soy and almond milk is $1.99 a half-gallon, limit 3, with Super Coupon. Use the $1 coupon from 1/16 SS or the Dominick’s $70 Frozen, Dairy and Refrigerated coupon book (available in-stores in 2010, exp) or a printable or the $2-off-2 from 10/17/10 SS (exp) or 9/19/10 SS (exp) and pay .99 a carton! There’s also a $1.25 almond variety coupon in the 4/11/10 SS, (exp,) a .75 off soy coupon in 4/11/10 SS (exp) and .55 off in the 11/7/10 SS (exp) for more cheap milk…
   
• Kraft cheese singles are on sale for $1.99, limit 3, with Super Coupon. Print this $1 off coupon and pay .99!
   

In the Jan. 23-26 flyer – “The Joy Of Football” on cover:

• Ragu pasta sauce is .99 a jar, limit 4, with Super Coupon. There are a lot of coupons available to bring this down even more… the $60 Dominick’s Thanksgiving coupon book, 9/12/10 RP (exp,) 8/1 RP1 (exp,) 5/23/10 RP (exp,) 1/31/10 RP (exp) all have a $1-off-2 coupon inside. With a $1-off-2 coupon, pay .98 for two, or .49 a jar! The 11/14/10 RP2 also has this great coupon… “Buy 2 Ragu, get FREE pasta!” Work that in to make an already-great deal even better. There’s also a .75-off-2 Ragu coupon in 4/25/10 RP (exp) if you’re really stocking up.
   
• Kellogg’s Pop Tarts and Rice Krispie Treats are both $1.49 a box, limit 4, with Super Coupon. For a Pop-Tart deal, use the $1-off-2 coupons from 7/11/10 RP (exp) or 6/13/10 RP (exp), buy two and pay .99 a box! The highest-value coupons are always best to use, but there’s also a $1.25-off-3 coupon in the 3/28/10 RP (exp) and a $1-off-3 coupon as a printable as well as in the 8/29 SS (exp) and 2/17/10 RP (exp) inserts for more cheap tarts. Prefer Rice Krispie Treats? Use the $1-off-2 from the Kellogg’s Ultimate Holiday Guide coupon book (available in stores in 2010) or the 8/15 RP (exp) for .99 Treats. And, if you go for the treats AND have the Kellogg’s “Fuel for School” in-store coupon books from Fall 2010, there’s a coupon inside for free store-brand bread when you buy two Rice Krispie Treats.
   
• Here’s a nice little deal on Fresh Step and Scoop Away Cat Litter. 20-25lb. boxes are $6.99 each, limit 3, with Super Coupon. Head over to Dominicks.com and load $3.50 ecoupons for BOTH the Fresh Step AND the Scoop Away. (Pay close attention to make sure you’re loading the $3.50 coupons, as the Super Coupons are ALSO loadable in the Coupon Center, so this can be a little confusing.) With both $3.50 ecoupons loaded, buy one Fresh Step and One Scoop Away. You’ll get $3.50 off each box, and you’ll pay $3.49 per box! That’s TWO for the “Super Coupon” price of ONE!
   
• 2-liter bottles of 7-Up and A&W are .77 each, limit 4, with Super Coupon. If you have any of the “Score More Savings” coupon books (in Jewel stores in 2010,) there’s a $1-off-3 coupon inside. Buy 3, and with coupon, pay $1.31 – that’s about .44 per bottle!
   
• 20oz. loaves of Wonder Classic Bread are .99 each with Super Coupon. Reader Davestamm points out that the Jewel “Fall Into Savings/Good Things” in-store coupon book (in stores in 2010) has a $1-off-2 coupon. Use it and get TWO loaves for .98, or .49 each!
   
• 89oz. bottles of Tropicana Pure Premium orange juice are $2.99 each, limit 2, with Super Coupon.
   
• 16oz. packages of Hormel bacon are $2.99 each, limit 4, with Super Coupon.
   
• Safeway Select Artisan Garlic Breads are .79 each with Super Coupon.
   
• 10lb. bags of Safeway Russet Potatoes are $1.99 each, limit 1, with Super Coupon.
   

Dominick’s has some ecoupons available on Just For U – Tombstone Pizzas are $1.99 each, and 12-packs of Refreshe soda are $1.69 each, limit 2.

Also, if you didn’t use these offers from last week, they’re still available: Nancy Martin white or wheat bread (16oz loaf) for .79, and Honey Nut Cheerios (12.25 oz.) for $1.47 a box, limit 2. For the Cheerios, use a $1-off-2 coupon (printable, 10/31/10 SS (exp,) 5/30 GM (exp,) Que Rica Vida (GM Spanish coupon mailer) – Primavera 2011 issue.) You’ll pay $1.94 for 2 boxes, or .97 each!

Here’s a little deal on Van De Kamps seafood and Birds Eye Steamfresh frozen vegetables! This week, Van de Kamps 14-24oz. fish selections are priced at $3.99, and Birds Eye Steamfresh are priced at $1.99. Buy both together and receive an additional $2 in instant savings.

It gets more fun with coupons, of course! In both the Dominick’s $70 Frozen, Dairy and Refrigerated coupon book, and the “Make a Muscle” coupon book, both from 2010, there are coupons for $2-off-2 Van de Kamp and Steamfresh, or use a printable!

So, buy one of each ($3.99 + $1.99)
Receive $2 instant savings (now at $3.98)
Use your $2-off-2 coupon and pay $1.98 for BOTH!
Print this Buy Van De Kamps, get Birds Eye Steamfresh FREE coupon and add a second bag of veggies, and STILL pay $1.98 for both!

And, if you have the “Buy Steamfresh, get Steamfresh Lightly Sauced FREE” coupon from 10/24 SS (exp), add another bag of Steamfresh Lightly Sauced to the mix, and STILL pay under $2 for all of it!

(The February 2010 issue of All You also has a $1.50 off Van de Kamp coupon in it if you don’t have the aforementioned Dominick’s books and want to do the deal.)

For this offer, the ad also states “Limit One Per Customer.”

UPDATE: Rachel (MashupMom) tried it over multiple transactions, and it appears not to be limited by the register. She also stated that a friend did it multiple times in the same transaction and received a $2 instant discount for each pair of fish/veggies. There you go.

12oz. packages of Open Nature sausages are $3.99. Use the $1 coupon from the Dominick’s $70 Playbook coupon book or the ecoupon loadable on Dominicks.com and pay $2.99! For those of you who like natural meats, this is a pretty good price.

According to the PR I read, Open Nature is a new house brand with 100 percent natural ingredients, nothing artificial added and with as little processing as possible. Open Nature meats are raised without antibiotics and added hormones and are all vegetarian fed.

“No Coupon Needed” Deals:

Minute Maid and Florida’s Natural orange juice are on sale for $2.50 a 64-oz. carton. (If you printed the B1G1F Minute Maid coupons from Facebook last week, use them here for TWO cartons for $2.50!)

Safeway hot dog and hamburger buns are on sale for .99 a package.

Deals continuing from previous weeks:

Dominick’s is running an instant-savings deal on General Mills cereals. Buy 4 and the price drops to $1.49 a box. You must buy in quantities of 4 to receive instant savings. EVERYTHING in this deal will be .99 a box or LESS with coupons! Here are your products and matchups: Cheerios – .55 off – printable, printable – .94 a box after coupon – .50 off – 6/27/10 SS (exp) – $1 off 2 – printable, 10/31/10 SS (exp,) 8/22/10 SS (exp,) 7/18/10 SS (exp,) 5/30/10 GM (exp,) Que Rica Vida, Primavera 2011 (GM Spanish coupon mailer) – $1 off 3 – 9/12/10 GM (exp,) 6/13/10 SS (exp) Chex – $1 off 2 – 8/22/10 SS (exp,) 7/18/10 SS (exp,) Que Rica Vida Primavera 2011 – $1 off 3 – 9/12/10 GM (exp,) 6/13/10 SS (exp) Cinnamon Toast Crunch – $1 off – “Better at Home” coupon book – ONLY .49 a box after coupon! – .55 off – ecoupon at Dominicks.com (in “Coupon Center”) – $1 off 2 – 8/22/10 SS (exp,) 7/18/10 SS (exp,) Que Rica Vida Primavera 2011 – $1 off 3 – 9/12/10 GM (exp,) 6/13/10 SS (exp) Cocoa Puffs – $1 off 2 – 8/22/10 SS (exp,) 7/18/10 SS (exp,) Que Rica Vida Primavera 2011 – $1 off 3 – 9/12/10 GM (exp,) 6/13/10 SS (exp) Golden Grahams – $1 off 2 – 8/22/10 SS (exp,) 7/18/10 SS (exp,) Que Rica Vida Primavera 2011 – $1 off 3 – 9/12/10 GM (exp,) 6/13/10 SS (exp) Trix – $1 off 2 – 8/22/10 SS (exp,) 7/18/10 SS (exp,) Que Rica Vida Primavera 2011 – $1 off 3 – 9/12/10 GM (exp,) 6/13/10 SS (exp)

If you haven’t yet signed up for the “Just For U” electronic discounts that you can load to your Dominick’s Fresh Values card, you’re likely missing out on some good deals. For registering your card, you’ll receive an ecoupon for a FREE 12-ct. Lucerne large eggs! You’ll also activate a set of electronic discounts that are tied to your card for the next 90 days. Each person’s discounts are different, and they’re based on past purchases made with your Fresh Values card at Dominick’s. Learn more here.

Coupon booklets currently found at Dominick’s
Note that this is a listing of what you MAY find. Coupon books tend to move very quickly once they become available! Look on displays throughout the store to find them. Some Dominick’s are now keeping these coupon books behind the Customer Service counter, so you may want to ask at your store.

The Big Party Playbook – $70 worth of coupons

Good To Be Back – $5 worth of Kraft/Ritz coupons, plus a $1-off-produce coupon for Dominick’s

Game Day Playbook with Guy Fieri – $5 worth of coupons for Oscar Mayer/Kraft/Nabisco products

Winter Savings Coupon Booklet – small yellow square book released quarterly.

Dominick’s meat deals:

• Fresh Safeway whole chickens are .79/lb.
• Safeway whole or half shank hams are .99/lb.
• Fresh chicken drumsticks, thighs or leg quarters are .99/lb.
• Boneless pork top loin chops are $1.99/lb.
• Fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts and thighs are $1.99/lb.
• Rancher’s Reserve top round London Broil are $1.99/lb.
• Rancher’s Reserve sirloin tip roast is $1.99/lb. If you buy this or the London Broil this week, use the $2 off Rancher’s Reserve Beef Purchase coupon in the new $70 Big Party Playbook coupon book. The coupon has NO minimum dollar-amount purchase for the beef.
• Pork shoulder blade steak is $1.99/lb.
• Safeway fresh chicken wings are $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:

• 10lb. bags of Safeway Russet potatoes are $1.99 each, limit 1, with Super Coupon – that’s about .20/lb.
• Large navel oranges are .50/lb.
• Yellow onions are .79/lb.
• Large Red Delicious apples are .99/lb.
• Kiwis are .33 each
• 6oz. containers of blueberries are on sale for $3.99, Buy 1 get 2 free – that’s 18oz. for $3.99, which is a STEAL.
• Fresh Express salads are .99 each. If you have any old tearpad coupons for “Buy 2 Fresh Express, get 2lbs. bananas free,” this is the best sale to use those with.
• The in-store coupon book “Good to be Back” has a $1-off-$5 produce coupon inside (expires 1/31/11.)

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Heading over to Meijer, here are your best deals for Meijer stores in in Algonquin, Aurora, Bloomingdale, Bolingbrook, Elgin, McHenry, Oswego, Plainfield, Rolling Meadows, St. Charles, and the Indianapolis area: (View weekly ad)…

 

Here’s a super deal on Tilex bathroom cleaner! It’s on sale for $2.50 a bottle. Buy $10 worth of cleaning products featured in the ad and receive $3 in instant savings. This one gets even better with coupons… Meijer Mealbox has printable store coupons for $1-off-2 Tilex. Following along? Buy 4, and after two Mealbox coupons and $3 instant savings, you’re down to $5 for all 4.

Now, let’s stack some manufacturer coupons too! Here’s a $1 printable manufacturer coupon for Tilex! (Print two times from this link.) With two manufacturer coupons, you’re now down to $3 for 4 bottles, or $1.33 each.

With access to multiple computers for printing, this one really shines… with 4 manufacturer coupons, you’ll pay $1 for FOUR bottles of Tilex, or .25 each!

Old Orchard Healthy Balance and 100% Juices are on sale for $1.67 a bottle. If you printed the B1G1F coupons for Old Orchard I had on the blog earlier this month (they have since hit their print limit,) pick TWO up for this price. And, if you have any of the $1 Old Orchard coupons left from Kellogg’s Your Ultimate Holiday Guide (available in stores in December), pay just .67 per bottle after coupon!

The new Jewel $55 coupon book also has coupons for $1-off-2 Old Orchard. With this, buy two and pay $2.34, or $1.17 each.

In the absence of “super-cheap” cereal deals at the moment, I’m trying to blog the “not too bad” cereal deals too. This week, Meijer’s got a deal going on Post cereals. They’re on sale for $2.50 a box. Buy any 2 boxes of Honey Bunches of Oats (excluding Raisin Medley variety,) Shredded Wheat or Grape Nuts and get a free box of Honey Bunches of Oats Raisin Medley.

Use the $1-off-2 Post cereals coupons from 1/9 SS1 and pay $4 for three boxes, or about $1.33 a box…

“No Coupon Needed” Deals:

Tyson bacon (16oz.) is $2.89.

The Works toilet bowl cleaner is $1.50 a bottle.

Are you a Meijer Mperks member yet? Mperks is a different set of electronic Meijer coupons. They’re attached to your cellphone number, but aside from one text message to activate your account, you do not need to use text messaging to continually use them. Once you register with Meijer Mperks, you log into the Mperks website and click the electronic coupons you’d like to load to your account. Then, when you’re at the checkout, type your cellphone number into the keypad at the register, and your coupons come off automatically.

Meijer meat deals:

• Cook’s or Hormel spiral sliced half ham is $1.49/lb.
• Honeysuckle bone-in frozen turkey breast is $1.49/lb.

Meijer produce deals:

• 5lb. bags of Red, Klondike Rose or Yellow Flesh potatoes are $2.99 – that’s about .60/lb.
• Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Gala, Braeburn, or Jonagold apples are .99/lb.
• 5lb. boxes of Clementines are $5.49 – that’s about $1.10/lb.
• Bartlett, Anjoy, Red or Bosc pears are $1.28/lb. (Organic is the same per-pound price!)
• Fresh green or white asparagus is $1.99/lb.
• Large sweet cherries are $1.99/lb. – GREAT price

Note that Meijers in other states are on different schedules. The Illinois Meijers are about a week behind on the sales vs. most of 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 oter 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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Here are your Hilander and Kroger deals (View weekly Hilander ad | View weekly Kroger ad)…

Quaker Instant Oatmeal is on sale for $1.99 a box, and it’s also involved in a national Quaker Oatmeal Catalina: Buy 3, get $1 Catalina; buy 4, get $2 Catalina; buy 5 or more, get $3 Catalina. There are $1 coupons in the 1/2 RP2 and February All You

As many people bought extra newspapers during the first weekend of the year, it’s likely you’ll have 5 $1 coupons to do this deal to its fullest. If so, buy 5 boxes at $1.99 each. Use 5 $1 coupons, pay $4.95 and get $3 back, for a total of $1.95 for 5, or .39 per box!

Kraft Singles are on sale for $1.99. Use this $1 off coupon and pay .99!

Birds Eye frozen vegetables are on sale for $1. Use the .50-off-2 coupon from 12/12/10 SS, which doubles to $1, and pay $1 for TWO, or .50 each!

Here’s a little deal on my favorite lip balm addiction, Carmex. Carmex is on sale for $1. Use the .30 coupon from 11/7/10 SS, which doubles to .60, and pay just .40 for fantastically cheap lip balm indulgence.

Sundown vitamin supplements are on sale for $3.79, Buy One Get One Free. Over on Hilander’s site, load the $3.50 ecoupon and buy a bottle. At Hilander (Kroger too) their B1G1F sales function as half-price sales, so purchase a bottle. At $1.90 (half price,) your ecoupon will make it FREE!

Again, this week, Hilander is also running a “Buy 10, Save $5” instant-savings deal this week. Honestly, nothing at all is jumping out at me deal-wise with this one (disappointing, since the last P&G instant deal was great!)

“No Coupon Needed” Deals:

Star-Kist Chunk Light Tuna is .50 a can.

Kroger or Private Selection Bacon (12-16oz.) is $3.49.

Deals continuing from previous weeks:

Maruchan Yakisoba noodle bowls are on sale for $1. Use the .50 coupon from 1/2 SS, which doubles to $1, making this FREE!

Hilander meat deals:

• Cooks or Sugardale Shank Portion Hams are .98/lb.
• Tyson split chicken breasts, drumsticks or thighs are .99/lb.
• Ground chuck is $1.99/lb.

Hilander produce deals:

• 5lb. bags of Kroger Idaho potatoes are $1.99 – that’s about .40/lb.
• 8lb. bags of navel oranges are $3.99 – that’s about .50/lb.
• Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Red or Golden Delicious apples are .97/lb.
• 5lb. boxes of Clementines are $5.88 – that’s about $1.17/lb.
• Red seedless grapes are $1.68/lb.
• Organic Fuji apples are $1.99/lb.

Remember 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
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Here’s a Diaper Deal! Pampers and Huggies diapers and training pants are both on sale for $8.99 per jumbo pack. Buy any 3 jumbo packs and get a $5 Target gift card. Choose from these coupons to sweeten the deal further:

Huggies
– $2 off Pull-Ups – 1/23 SS
– $2 off Little Movers or Little Snugglers diapers – 1/23 SS
– $1.50 off diapers – 1/23 SS, printable

Pampers
– $1.50 off diapers – 12/26 PG
– $1.50 off Cruisers, Swaddlers, Sensitive or Extra Protection diapers – 12/26 PG

So, buy three packs ($26.97.) With three $1.50 coupons, pay $22.47 and get a $5 gift card, ultimately paying $17.47 for three packages, or about $5.82 per pack. Not too shabby.

Here’s a little deal on Jet Dry dishwasher rinse agent to go with all the free/cheap dishwasher detergent we’ve been taking home lately..! Jet Dry is on price cut at Target for $2.59 a bottle. Print this $1.50 Target store coupon and stack it with this .75 manufacturer coupon. You’ll pay .34 a bottle!

There’s also a .40 manufacturer coupon in the 1/9 SS1 insert that will net you more bottles for .69 each after the stack.

Like FREE makeup? Here’s a deal on Rimmel products! Many Rimmel makeup products (eye shadow, mascara, lip gloss, nail polish) are on sale for $2.29-$3.99. Print this $2 Target store coupon and stack it with this $2 Facebook manufacturer coupon. You’ve now got $4 in coupon value to play with on any $3.99-or-less Rimmel item, making it FREE!

Here’s another Rimmel coupon too – $1 off any Rimmel product. Stacked with the $2 Target coupon, that’s another $3 worth of coupon value for more free/cheap Rimmel!

Reader Richmomlivingcheap pointed out that the February All You has a B1G1F coupon for Rimmel Lasting Finish PRO Nail or Moisture Renew Lip Gloss. You can use your coupon stack to buy your first nail polish or lip gloss, then use this coupon to buy the second, getting TWO free! Nice deal!

4-packs of Stonyfield Farms organic YoBaby and YoToddler organic yogurt are on sale for $2. Print this $1 coupon and take your 4-pack home for $1!

We’ve seen this deal before, and it’s back again… Up & Up Pantiliners are .89 a box. Use the .50 printable from Target’s site and pay .39!

“No Coupon Needed” Deals:

1-gallon jugs of Market Pantry Milk are $1.99 each.

Deals continuing from previous weeks:

Hartz Crunch N’ Clean cat treats are on price-cut sale for $1.49. Use the $1.50 coupon from 1/9 SS2 and they’re FREE!

In the same insert, there’s a $2 coupon for Hartz DOG treats – these are $2.49, so .49 a box after coupon! Pets like coupon deals too! Here’s a $1 printable for more cheaper dog treats.

Nature Made Fish Oil capsules are on temporary price cut for $5. The February issue of All You has a $4 coupon, making these $1!

Quaker Easy Express oatmeal cups are .97 each at most Target stores. Use the $1 coupon from February All You and it’s FREE!

In the “Dollar Spot” at the front of the store, Target currently has plastic coupon wallets and letter-size accordion files for $1! I like to buy a few coupon wallets, as they’re cheap, and when they wear out… you’ve got another one on hand, ready to move into :)

If you recently received a Vocalpoint mailer with a coupon for $3 off Kashi cereal, Kashi is reportedly on sale through the end of the month for $2.99. Use your $3 coupon and take home a FREE box!

The 12/26 PG has a coupon for $2 off any Olay body wash, bar or lotion. Many Targets sell single bars of Olay soap in the travel section for .97. With this coupon, get one FREE!

Target Notes:

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. If you pay with the Target credit card, you receive another 5% off.

SuperTarget meat deals:

• Market Pantry frozen turkey breasts are .89/lb.

SuperTarget produce deals:

• Green seedless grapes are $1.49/lb.

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Drugstore Deals

Heading to Walgreens (View weekly ad)…

Omega Smart fish oil is free after a rebate, and a moneymaker after a coupon! The 30ct. bottle is on sale for $10. Use this $2 printable and pay $8. At the register, a rebate form will print for you to mail in and receive a $10 rebate. Even with the cost of the stamp, this one’s free and a small moneymaker!

I’ve been waiting for a great sale to use the “Buy One, Get One Free” Stayfree coupon from the 1/9 SS2 insert with, and this week’s deal is the best I’ve seen! Stayfree Maxi Pads 14-24ct. are on sale for $1.99 a package. Use the B1G1F coupon from the 1/9 SS2 on one package, and a $1 coupon on the OTHER package (you’ll find it in the 11/7/10 RP, or use a printable.) After all coupons, you’ll pay .99 for TWO packages, or about .50 each!

Need a Diaper Deal? Huggies diapers and training pants are on sale for $8.99 per jumbo pack. Buy one and receive $2 back in Register Rewards. Use a coupon to drop this even more…

Huggies
– $2 off Pull-Ups – 1/23 SS
– $2 off Little Movers or Little Snugglers diapers – 1/23 SS
– $1.50 off diapers – 1/23 SS, printable

With a $1.50 coupon, pay $7.49 and get $2 back in RRs, making these $5.49 a pack. With a $2 coupon, pay $6.99 and get $2 back, making these $4.99 per pack, the best price we’ve seen in awhile…

Gold Bond medicated body wash is on sale for $4.99. Buy it and get $3 back in Register Rewards! Use this $1 coupon, pay $3.99 and get $3 back. It’s yours for .99!

Nivea For Men Arctic Freeze Shave Gel or After Shave is on sale for $3.99. Buy one and get $3 back in Register Rewards, making this 99!

Crest Pro-Health Rinse mouthwash is on sale for $4.99 a bottle. Use the $2 Walgreens coupon in the January coupon book and stack it with the $2 manufacturer coupon from the 12/26/10 PG. You’ll pay .99!

Here’s a little deal on Jell-O. It’s on sale for .50 a box with the store coupon in this week’s Walgreens ad. Stack that with this .55 off 3 printable, buy 3 and pay .95 for 3 boxes, or about .32 a box!

If you have the “Deliciously Simple Holiday Recipes” coupon books, available at Jewel and Dominick’s around the holidays, there’s a $1.25-off-3 Jell-O coupon inside. With this, you will pay .25 for THREE, or about .08 a box! Wow!

Carmex lip balm is on sale for $1. Use the .30 coupon from 11/7/10 SS and pay .70!

“No Coupon Needed” Deals:

72ct. Walgreens paper plates are .99.

Deals continuing from previous weeks:

Pantene shampoo, conditioner or stylers are on sale for $3.50 a bottle. Buy two and get $2 back in RRs! Use the $3-off-2 coupon from 12/26/10 PG, pay $4 and get $2 back, making these $1 each!

Coupon booklets currently found at Walgreens

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 (View weekly ad)…

Crest Pro-Health Rinse mouthwash is on sale for $3.99 a bottle. Buy it and get $3.99 back in Extra Care Bucks, making it FREE! (Note that the $2 manufacturer coupon in the PG insert is NOT for this size bottle, so don’t use it here. The mouthwash is already FREE. :)

Xtra Laundry Detergent (28 loads) is on sale for $1.49. Use this $1 printable and pay .49! That’s less than .02 per load! The 12/12 SS has a .50 coupon too for more cheap detergent.

Full Fast Appetite Control Spray is on sale for $14.99. Buy it and get $14.99 back in Extra Care Bucks, making it FREE!

For the past two weeks, CVS has been running deals on Pepsi 12-packs. Finally, some sustenance for Coke fans comes along! This week, CVS has 12-packs of Coca-Cola and Diet Coke involved in an ECB deal. 12-packs are on sale 5-for-$15. Spend $15 and get $5 back in ECBs! 5 12-packs for $10 works out to $2 each.

If you recently received a Vocalpoint mailer with a coupon for $3 off Kashi cereal, Kashi is on sale this week at CVS for $2.99. Use your $3 coupon and take home a FREE box!

“No Coupon Needed” Deals:

Gold Emblem Clover Honey (12oz.) is $1.99.

CVS Tip: Remember to always scan your CVS card at the Coupon Center scanner in the store — it prints bonus coupons for you! And, CVS is now advertising a Thursday preview of the coming Sunday’s ad at www.cvs.com/weeklyad, so check in on Thursday…

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FREE STUFF:

FREE coupons that are still current:

1/2 RP1 – FREE Marcal Small Steps Paper Towel, Bath Tissue or Facial Tissues (single roll/box, exp. 2/5/11) [Where to purchase Marcal]

12/26 PG – $1 off ANY size Tide – Target, Dominick’s, Meijer, and Wal-Mart sell single-load travel-size Tides for under $1 (exp. 1/31/11)

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

P&G $110 Everyday Savings coupon mailer – 3 coupons for $1 off ANY size Tide. Target, Dominick’s, Meijer, and Wal-Mart sell single-load travel-size Tides for under $1 (exp. 2/28/11, 4/30/11, 6/30/11)

P&G $110 Everyday Savings coupon mailer – 3 coupons for $1 off Gain Dish Detergent. Wal-Mart sells Gain for .97 (exp. 2/28/11, 4/30/11, 6/30/11)

FREE GROCERIES:

FREE Country Bob’s All-Purpose Sauce

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 cup of Yoplait yogurt

FREE box of Kleenex tissues. The catch? You have to send it to someone else!

FREE Nursery Water reusable shopping bag – 100 per day.

FREE COUPON BOOKS:

$30 Home Made Simple “Organize In Style” 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

Frito-Lay Snacks

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.)

 

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