Deals of the Week for October 25, 2010

Hello, Super-Couponers! Finally, a little “breather” week deal-wise! There are always great deals to be had (and we’ve got a bunch this week!) but after two intense weeks of crazy Catalina sales, I’m welcoming a more normal week of shopping.

A big welcome to everyone from my Loyola and Hoffman Estates classes last week. And, to my new 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%! This week’s Super-Couponing class is taking place in Palatine. Learn more!

This week’s newspaper contained two inserts: SmartSource (SS) and RedPlum. The Parade magazine in the paper also has coupons for dietary supplements on page 23, $2 off CoverGirl/Olay Simply Ageless on the back, and a free KFC Doublcious chicken sandwich with purchase of drink (sticking out of the top of the magazine!) so grab those too if you’d like.

Now… ready for your Deals of the Week? You may enjoy .50 Finish Quantumatic diswasher detergent, .33 Snuggle fabric softener, .49 Marie’s and Ken’s salad dressing, .24 Betty Crocker fruit snacks, FREE 16oz. Pompeian olive oil, .06 Taco Bell seasoning packets, FREE Taco Bell dinner kits, .99 Schick Hydro razors, FREE Colgate toothpaste, $1 Purex laundry detergent, and three different FREE cough and cold medicines… 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. Some coupon books can be found at the grocery store during seasonal promotions — look for them, as I’ll reference them when applicable. And, st 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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Grocery Deals

Starting at Jewel…

15oz. cans of Wolf Chili are on sale for $1.25 each. Use the .50 coupons from 10/24 SS or the coupon dispenser in the aisle and pay .75 a can…

Ore-Ida Easy Fries 4.25-4.75 boxed, frozen french fries are $1 each. If you have the Dominick’s $70 coupon book, there’s a $3-off-2 Ore-Ida coupon inside that will net you TWO free, with possible overage…

Zatarain’s New Orleans rice mixes are on sale for $1 a box. Use this .75-off-2 coupon and pay $1.25 for two, or about .63 a box. There’s a $1-off-4 Zatarain’s coupon in 9/19 RP too if you want more cheap rice mixes…

If you like Maruchan Yakisoba noodles, they’re on sale for $1 each. Use the .50 coupon from 10/10 SS and pay .50!

Here’s a little deal on All Laundry Detergent and Clorox Bleach. 28-32-load, 32oz. bottles of All are on sale for $3.99. In the weekly Jewel ad, there’s a coupon for “Buy 32oz. All, get 82-96oz. Clorox Bleach FREE.” Clip that, and also cut the coupon for $1 off All from 9/26 RP. You’ll pay $2.99 for a bottle of All AND a bottle of Clorox – not a bad price if you need both.

If you didn’t use the $3 Nivea for Men body wash coupon from 10/17 RP last week at Walgreens, it’s pretty cheap at Jewel this week too… they’ve got it on sale for $3.99, and you’ll pay .99 after coupon.

Reader Icoupon2 spotted a good price on Kibbles & Bits dog food. She reports finding 17.6 lb. bags of Kibbles & Bits on sale for $13.15. There’s currently a Catalina deal running on K&B – buy one and receive a $1.50 Catalina. Use the $2.00 from 9/26 RP, pay $11.15 and get $1.50 back — paying $9.65 for the BIG bag. Nice deal!

“No Coupon Needed” Deals:

64oz. bottles of Jewel Apple Juice are $1.49 each…

64oz. cartons of Jewel Orange Juice are $2.50 each…

If you somehow missed ALL the paper towel deals we’ve seen over the past few weeks (!) Homelife Holiday (Halloween) paper towels are .89 a roll. (And… look for them even cheaper about this time next week :)

“Buy 10, Save $2” ConAgra Instant-Savings sale Wow… I questioned whether or not I should even blog this sale this week, as I’m pretty sure (that is, I HOPE!) you loaded up on ConAgra two weeks ago when the amazing $25/10 Catalina sale was running and these things were much cheaper..! At any rate, every one of these items will be .80 each when purchased in quantities of 10. There aren’t a lot of coupons out at the moment to drop these either, but if you truly haven’t had your fill of ConAgra yet, here you go: Act II Popcorn Andy Capp’s Fries Banquet Dinners and Pot Pies Blue Bonnet Margarine Chef Boyardee canned and microwavable pasta – $1.25 off Big or Whole Grain Chef Boyardee with purchase of 4 cans of Chef Boyardee Pasta – 10/17 SS Crunch n’ Munch Gulden’s Mustard Healthy Choice soup – $1-off-2 – 10/24 SS (Where was this coupon two weeks ago? Ha!) Hunt’s Ketchup Hunt’s Snack Pack Pudding Hunt’s Spaghetti Sauce Manwich Sloppy Joe cans RoTel Canned Tomatoes

Deals continuing from previous weeks:

Several readers have written to say they’ve spotted Cesar dog treats are on clearance for $1.99 at their stores. Use the $2 coupons from 10/3 RP to take them home… free! Here’s a $1 printable if your dog wants more cheap treats.

Here’s a little Catalina deal on McCormick Spices and Extracts. Buy two and get a $1.50 Catalina, or buy three and get a $3 Catalina (through 10/31.) Reader Letsshop notes that there are $1-off-3 McCormick tearpads in the aisle too. Most spices and extracts range from $1.50-$4.99. The 10/3 RP has a $1 off vanilla extract coupon too. If you bought three $1.50 spices and used a $1 tearpad coupon, you’d pay $3.50 and get a $3 Catalina back… .50 for three spices! Not bad :)

Jewel-Osco has launched a Facebook page. If you have questions directly for corporate, you can ask them there (and they answer promptly!) They’ve also got the free cookware promo under way, so save your stickers from qualifying receipts to earn free pots and pans.

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.

Jewel meat deals:

• Fresh chicken drumsticks or thighs are $1.29/lb.
• Perdue fresh whole roasting chickens are $1.49/lb.
• Perdue turkey necks, drumsticks or thighs are $1.49/lb.
• Look for coupon booklets in the meat department called “Go Hog Wild – Celebrate National Pork Month” with $1 off fresh pork coupons inside (exp. 11/15/10) to save even more on pork…

Jewel seafood deals:

• Fresh farm-raised whole catfish are $3.49/lb.

Jewel produce deals:

• 5lb. bags of Value Wise russet potatoes are $1.28 – CHEAP! That’s .26/lb.
• Broccoli crowns or cauliflower are .99/lb.
• Red or white onions are $1/lb.
• 1lb. bags of radishes or baby-cut carrots are $1
• 3lb. bags of Red Delicious, Granny Smith or Gala apples are $2.99 each – that’s about $1/lb.
• 2lb. bags of Wild Harvest organic carrots are $1.99 – that’s about $1/lb.
• Fuji, Braeburn or Jonathan apples are $1.49/lb.
• Anjou or Bosc pears are $1.49/lb.
• Honeycrisp apples are $1.99/lb.

(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.

If you’ve been waiting for a dishwasher detergent deal, it doesn’t get too much cheaper than this! Dominick’s is running a Catalina sale on Finish Dishwasher Detergent products (through 10/31.) Spend $7-$9.99 on Finish products and get a $2 Catalina. Spend $10 or more on Finish products and get a $3 Catalina. (You can print the Catalina alert at www.couponnetwork.com.)

My longtime readers know how I feel about the Finish Quantumatic Dishwasher Detergent Dispenser — truly, one of the stupidest products released this year (more info here if you’d like to know why I feel this way…) But this week, I’m going to recommend you buy it anyway.

Here’s why. The 12-wash Quantumatic Dispenser is on sale for $5. Buying two will cost $10 and qualify you for the $3 Catalina. In the aisle, you may find $3 tearpad coupons for the Finish Quantumatic Dispenser. If you don’t, there’s one in the 7/18 SS (exp) or print some here and here.

Doing the math yet? With two $3 coupons, you’ll pay $4 for two 12-wash Quantumatic dispensers and get a $3 Catalina back — ultimately paying .50 per package. And, while there are only 12 washes per package, that works out to less than .05 per load.

If you have the expired $5 coupons for this from the 4/11 SS (some editions of the Tribune carried these) — with two, this is a moneymaker. And, if you’re buying multiples, split your orders up into two Quantumatics per transaction — buying $20 worth of Finish does NOT generate two $3 Catalinas.

Also note that this is one of those products, like razors, that is always going to be cheaper to buy the entire unit with a coupon/deal than it ever will be to buy refills for. It goes back to that business model where companies will sell you a dispenser for something pretty cheaply, hoping you’ll get hooked on it and buy the refills all the time. The refills for this thing are ridiculously expensive when you look at the per-load cost.

Here’s another way to utilize that Finish $10/$3 Catalina sale.. The 25-32ct. Finish Quantum Tablets and Gelpacks (NOT the dispensers or the refills) are also on sale for $5. Buy two and you’ve qualified for the $3 Catalina. Use a coupon on each:

$2.50 off – 6/27 SS (exp)
$1.50 off – 10/24 SS
$1 off – printable
.75 off – 9/19 SS (exp)

With a $1.50 coupon and a $2.50 coupon, pay $6 and get $3 back – knocking each box to $1.50 each, which is also .05/load.
With two $2.50 coupons, pay $5 and get $3 back – paying $1 per box, or about .03/load.

We only see a few super-cheap dishwasher detergent deals each year, so especially if you’ve got back inserts, it’s probably time to stock up. Again, you will only get ONE Catalina per transaction, so split your orders into two boxes per transaction.

Always pads (14-50ct) are on sale for $2.99. Use the $2 coupon from 9/26 PG and pay .99 a package!

32oz. bottles of Snuggle fabric softener or 70ct. sheets are on sale for $3.33. Use the $3 coupon from 3/28 RP (exp) and pay .33 for either one! That’s a deal.

Rice-A-Roni and Pasta Roni mixes are .88 a box. Buy three and use the $1-off-3 coupon from 1/3 RP1 (exp) and pay $1.64 for three, or .55 each…

Dominick’s is running their “Buy 2 12-packs Coca-Cola, get 2 Free” sale again, but this time, when you buy two, you’ll also get two boxes of Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins, Triscuits) FREE. These sales always look good until you note that the Coke 12-packs are priced at a whopping $5.99 each! (That’s a high price for a 24-pack… but a 12-pack?!)

However, if you’re a member of Coke Rewards, you may have accumulated enough points for a coupon for a free 12-pack of Coke. This would be a good sale to use that with, as with one of those coupons, you’ll pay $5.99 for four 12-packs and two boxes of crackers. And if you have TWO rewards coupons for two free 12-packs, use them with this sale and EVERYTHING will be free.

If you have any “Buy One, Get One Free” Sobe coupons left from the online printable game earlier this year (no longer available) this would be a good week to use them up at Dominick’s! Sobe and Sobe Lifewater are on sale for $1 each. When you buy 10, you’ll get a $5 Catalina back (through 11/4!)

Even without coupons, you could buy ten for $10 and get $5 back, knocking these to .50 each. Any B1G1F coupons you’ve got will work nicely here. With 5 coupons, pay $5 and get $5 back… all FREE.

Many people have written about the “Buy 3, Save $3” Glade candle and spray sale currently running at Dominick’s. In the flyer, the ad text states that the Glade candles and sprays are $1.99 each, and with the $3-off-3 “in-store coupon,” you’ll pay .99 each. Assuming this was a Dominick’s store coupon, this one looked like a good deal until we learned that the coupon in the store is a MANUFACTURER coupon. As you cannot use two manufacturer coupons/discounts on the same item, this is not much of a deal at all. (Hint: Glade products will be FREE over the next month or two at Target…)

“No Coupon Needed” Deals:

Dairy Glen Milk is $1.99 a gallon, limit 2…

Minute Maid 89oz. bottles of orange juice are $2.99…

Dominick’s “Buy 5, Save $5 Treats and Eats” instant-savings sale – through 11/3 Buying 5 of these products at a time will give you $5 in instant savings. Here are your products and matchups. Prices shown are AFTER the “Save $5” instant-savings discount is applied. Again, you must buy 5 to receive these prices. Ball Park Beef Franks – $2.49 – .75 off – 6/27 RP (exp) Ball Park Meat Franks – $1.99 – .75 off 2 – 10/24 RP, 8/1 RP (exp,) 6/27 RP (exp,) printable Hillshire Farm Sliced Lunchmeat 8-9oz. – $2.49 – $1 off – printable – .55 off – printable Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage – $2.49 Sara Lee Soft & Smooth Bread – .89 – (BEST BET if you simply want to buy 5..!) – .55 off – 2/21 RP (exp) Sara Lee Soft & Smooth Buns – $1.49 – .55 off – 2/21 RP (exp) Ruffles – no price shown in ad Tostitos – no price shown in ad – .55 off chips and Tostitos dip – 4/25 SS (exp) Tostitos Salsa – no price shown in ad

Dominick’s “Buy 3, Save $3” instant-savings sale – through 11/3 Yes, this is a DIFFERENT instant-savings sale than the above one… Buying 3 of these products at a time will give you $3 in instant savings. Here are your products and matchups. Prices shown are AFTER the “Save $3” instant-savings discount is applied. Again, you must buy 3 to receive these prices. Eating Right Cut Vegetables 12oz. – $1.49 Eating Right Salad Blends – $1.49 Fresh Express Salad Blends – $1.49 – If you have any “Buy 2 Fresh Express, get 2lbs. bananas free” older tearpads, can use them here – $1 off – older Jewel Heart Health book (February, with strawberry on cover) Marie’s Salad Dressings 12oz. – $1.49 – BEST BET if you have 3 coupons – $1 off – 1/31 SS (exp,) printable Monterey Mushrooms 10oz. – $1.49 Ocean Spray Craisins – $1.49 Sunkist Almond Accents – $1.49 – .50 off – 5/2 SS (exp)

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. NEW! You can also now load these Super Coupons to your Fresh Values card via Dominicks.com and not have to clip them! Best bets?

• Ken’s Salad Dressing is $1.49 a bottle, limit 3, with Super Coupon. Stack this with the $1 Ken’s manufacturer coupons from 5/9 SS (exp) or 3/7 SS (exp) and pay .49!
   
• Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks (9oz. SHAPES ONLY) are .99, limit 4, with Super Coupon. This overlaps with the national Catalina on BC Fruit Snacks: Buy 4 and get a $2 Catalina. Use two .50-off-2 coupons (10/3 GM, 9/12 GM, 8/8 GM (exp,) 3/7 SS (exp,) printable,) pay $2.96 and get $2 back! Four for .96 is .24 a box. If you did the Totino’s deal last week at Jewel and have $1-off-2 fruit snacks from the boxes, use two of those, pay $1.96 and get $2 back… all FREE!
   
• Tyson breaded chicken nuggets and strips are $3.99 per 25.5-30oz. bag, limit 5, with Super Coupon. Use the $1 coupons from 10/10 SS, 8/8 SS or the “Make a Muscle” coupon book (available in-store earlier this summer) and pay $2.99 a bag – good price.
   

Deals continuing from previous weeks:

Mott’s Apple Juice is $1.99 a bottle (through 10/31.) If you have any of the Dominick’s “Make a Muscle” coupon books from earlier this summer, there’s a $2-off-2 inside — use it for .99 Mott’s apple juice! The Jewel “Fall Into Savings” coupon book has a $1.50-off-2 for $1.24 juice — also cheap!

Purina Cheweez dog treats currently sell at Dominick’s for $1.25 a package. Buy 4, use the $4-off-4 coupon from 9/12 RP and pay $1 for FOUR bags! Your dog likes good deals too!

If you haven’t yet signed up for the new “Just For U” electronic discounts that you can load to your Dominick’s Fresh Values card, you may want to. 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.

$70 Frozen foods and Dairy Savings – here’s what’s inside.

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.

October Coupon Booklet – small yellow square book released monthly.

Dominick’s meat deals:

• Fresh chicken thighs, drumsticks or leg quarters are $1.29/lb.
• Fresh split chicken breasts are $1.49/lb.
• Pork loin chops are $1.49/lb.
• Rancher’s Reserve boneless beef flat bottom round is $1.79/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 seafood deals:

• Farm raised tilapia fillets are $3.99/lb.

Dominick’s produce deals:

• 10lb. bags of russet potatoes are $1.99 – SUPER CHEAP – that’s about .20/lb! Log into www.dominicks.com and load the ecoupon for .50 off the 10lb. bag of russet potatoes to drop this even more… to .15/lb!
• Bananas are .39/lb. – good price
• Zucchini or yellow neck squash are .99/lb.
• Large navel oranges are $1.49/lb.
• Broccoli crowns or cauliflower are $1.49/lb.
• 2lb. clamshell packs of green seedless grapes are $2.99 – that’s about $1.50/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 for Meijer stores in in Algonquin, Aurora, Bloomingdale, Bolingbrook, Elgin, McHenry, Oswego, Plainfield, Rolling Meadows, St. Charles, and the Indianapolis area:

 

Meijer is really ROCKING this week!

Let’s kick things off with this lightning-hot deal on Pompeian Olive Oil! 16 oz. bottles of Robust, Mediterranean or Light Pompeian Extra Virgin Olive Oil are on sale for half off, which puts them at $2.84-$2.99, depending on your store. Meijer Mealbox has a printable store coupon for $2 off each bottle. (Oh YES!) People will already be snapping this up like mad at under a buck a bottle… but stack that fabulous Mealbox coupon with this $1 manufacturer coupon and you’ll pay… NOTHING! Yes, it’s FREE!

If you picked up any “Enjoy Life with Heart Healthy Olive Oil” Pompeian booklets in stores over the past few months, there’s a $1 manufacturer coupon inside these too that will net you more free oil.

This is going to fly, fly, fly off the shelves. Get a raincheck if you find yours empty — the Mealbox coupon’s good through 11/15.

Kraft Mayo or Miracle Whip are good buys this week too. They’re both on sale for $2 a jar. Buy two, print the Meijer Mealbox store coupon for $1-off-2 and stack it with a $1-off-2 manufacturer coupon from 9/26 SS. You’ll pay $2 for two, or $1 each!

Taco Bell products (dinner kits, taco seasoning, and so on) are all 50% off this week as well. There are some good deals to be had here with the $1-off-3 Meijer Mealbox store coupon…

Taco Bell seasoning packets are regularly .79 – .39 with the half-off sale. Buy 3 ($1.17) – after $1-off-3 coupon, pay .17 for 3, or about .06 each!

Or, why not be a “big spender” and go for the Taco Bell dinner kits (with shells, sauce AND seasoning!) They’re regularly $2.49 – $1.25 each with the half-off sale. Buy 3 ($3.75) – after $1-off-3 coupon, pay $2.75 for three kits, or .92 each! Reader Parsh5 notes that there is a $1 off the Taco Bell dinner kits in September All You that will make this FREE!

Kool-Aid is ridiculously cheap this week at Meijer too. (And if you’re thinking, “I don’t drink Kool-Aid,” remember that they make lemonade mix too!) Kool-Aid packets are on sale for .10 each. Buy 14 and use the “Buy 10 Packets, get 4 Free” coupon from 9/26 SS. You’ll pay $1 for 14 packets, which is about .07 per packet… that is CHEAP.

Many readers are reporting finding Al Fresco Natural Chicken Sausage on sale for $3. If your store’s got it on sale too, print these $2 coupons here and
here and pay just $1 for the 4-pack!

If you didn’t yet use (or print) this great $5-off-5 Kraft coupon, this would be a good week to use it at Meijer. Kraft bagged shredded cheeses, cubes, crumbles or cheese bites are on sale for $1.88 each. Buy 5, and with coupon, you’ll knock the price to just .88 a bag!

“No Coupon Needed” Deals:

Meijer gallons of milk are $1.98 each…

Meijer apple juice is $1.34 for a 64oz. bottle – a good price

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:

• Butterball frozen tom turkeys are .85/lb.
• Split chicken breasts are.99/lb.
• Certified Angus ground beef from chuck is $1.79/lb.
• 40oz. frozen bags of Tyson boneless skinless chicken breasts are $4.99 – that’s about $2/lb.

Meijer seafood deals:

• 16oz. packages of frozen cod fillets are $3.99.

Meijer produce deals:

• Ten different varieties of Michigan apples are .59/lb.
• Vine ripe Roma tomatoes are .88/lb.
• Fresh green or white asparagus is $1.99/lb.
• 1lb. containers of strawberries are $2 each

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…

If you need Halloween candy (and, let’s face it… we’re down to the wire now this week!) Hilander & Kroger have Fun Size bags of Reese’s, Kit Kat and other candies on sale for $2.29. Use the $1-off-2 Reeses or Kit Kat Fun Size coupon from 10/17 SS, buy two, and pay $1.79 per bag.

Here’s a $1-off-3 printable for the same if you need even more candy…

Here’s the best kind of deal (FREE!) on Athenos Hummus. It’s on sale for $1. Use the $1 coupon from 10/10 SS and it’s FREE!

But why stop there? Don’t you want some more cheap dipables? Wholly Guacamole‘s a great buy too! It’s on sale for $2.50, Buy One, Get One Free. While some supermarkets’ Buy One, Get One Free sales require you to buy BOTH items, others don’t, instead charging half price for each item. Kroger does this. And so, you can buy just one package at $1.25, if you’d like. And if you like Guac, buy one and use the $1 coupon from the 10/10 SS. You’ll pay just .25 for it!

If you have more coupons, certainly, you can buy as many as you’d like… but if you only get one paper a week, this is a nice way to work those sales.

If you do want more, here’s a $1-off-2 printable too…

48oz. bottles of Sunny Delight juice drink are on sale for $1. Use the .25 coupon from 8/8 SS, which doubles to .50, and pay just .50!

Now, let’s get some FREE toothpaste! Crest toothpaste is on sale for $1 a tube. Use the $1 coupon from 9/26 PG and it’s FREE! And, there’s a .50 Crest coupon in the same insert. Clip it, because it will double to $1 and give you a second tube free… that’s TWO free tubes of Crest!

Kids’ Crest is also $1 a tube, and the 10/10 PG has a .75 coupon for it. If you’ve got kids, they might like some .25 toothpaste! :)

And, in staying on the “bathroom stuff” theme, Dial bar soap or liquid pump soaps are on sale for $1. Use the .35 coupon from 10/10 RP, which will double to .70, and take it home for just .30!

Dawn dish detergent is also on sale for $1 a bottle. Use the .50 Dawn coupon from the Home Made Simple booklet (home mailer), which doubles to $1, and it’s FREE!

“No Coupon Needed” Deals:

Kroger 100% apple juice 64oz. bottles are $1.29 each – great price

Hilander “Buy 10, Save $5 Instantly: instant-savings sale Buying 10 of these products at a time will give you $5 in instant savings. Here are your products and matchups. Prices shown are AFTER the “Save $5” instant-savings discount is applied. Again, you must buy 10 to receive these prices. Amy’s Natural entrees – $2.49 Banquet entrees – $1.99 Bird’s Eye Vegetables – $1.49 Eggo Waffles – $1.49 Freschetta Pizza – $4.49 – .75 off – 10/10 SS, 9/12 SS2 Freshlike Vegetables – $1.49 Gorton’s Fish Fillets or Sticks – $3.49 Healthy Choice Entree – $1.78 – $1 off 2 – 10/17 SS Healthy Choice Naturals or Steamfresh – $1.39 Hungry-Man Entrees – $1.99 Jose Ole appetizers – $2.49 – $1 off – 10/10 SS, printable Kashi frozen pizza – $3.99 Marie Callender Entree – $1.78 – $1.50 off 4 – 9/26 SS Pepperidge Farm dessert cakes – $1.99 Pepperidge Farm frozen garlic bread – $1.99 – .50 off – 10/17 SS Quom Natural entrees – $2.99 Red Baron Pan Pizza or Pasta – $4.49 – $1 off – 10/24 SS, 8/29 SS TGI Fridays appetizers – $2.49 – $1.50 off 2 Quesadillas – 9/26 SS Tombstone Pizzas – $1.99

Deals continuing from previous weeks:

Del Monte Ready-to-Blend Smoothie cups are on sale for $1 each. Use the $1 coupon from 8/15 RP and it’s FREE!

Hilander meat deals:

• Cook’s bone-in shank ham is $1.39/lb.
• Boneless pork loin is $1.77/lb.
• Tyson boneless, skinless chicken breasts, tenderloins or thighs are $1.87/lb.

Hilander produce deals:

• 16oz. containers of strawberries are $2
• Gala apples are $3.99 for a 5lb. bag – that’s about .80/lb.

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…

7:00pm MONDAY UPDATE: Please read this supplemental post about the way coupons are scanning at Target, particularly with regard to the gift card deals noted below. There is a serious glitch in the way Target’s registers currently scan coupons for multiple items and coupons involved in gift-card transactions.

If you need Halloween candy (and, let’s face it… we’re down to the wire now this week!) Target has Fun Size bags of Reese’s, Kit Kat and other candies on sale for $2.49. Use the $1-off-2 Reeses or Kit Kat Fun Size coupon from 10/17 SS, buy two, and pay $1.99 per bag.

Here’s a $1-off-3 printable for the same if you need even more. (And don’t forget… cheap fruit snacks make great Halloween treats too! You still have a chance to pick them up for .24 a box or less at Dominick’s this week :)

If you’ve found bare shelves around town at the drugstores trying to get your free Schick Hydro razors, this next deal will have you taking them home not free, but pretty cheap. They’re on sale for $7.49 each at Target this week. When you buy TWO, you’ll get a $5 Target gift card. Buy two ($14.98,) use your two $4 Schick coupons from the 10/3 SS and pay $6.98. You’ll get a $5 gift card back, knocking your end price to $1.98 for two, or under a dollar each!

A couple of readers wrote to say that they spotted Coffee-Mate coffee creamer on sale for $1.50. If your store’s got it on sale too, use this $1.50 printable to take it home FREE (and remember to print two!)

In this week’s 10/24 SS, there’s a coupon for a free $5 Target gift card when you buy a 12-roll package or two 8-roll packages of Viva paper towels. October All You has a .75 manufacturer coupon to work in here. I wasn’t able to get to Target this week prior to posting the Deals, but this may be one to watch.

“No Coupon Needed” Deals:

Market Pantry 64oz. orange juice is $1.99 a carton…

Deals continuing from previous weeks:

One of my favorite annual Target deals is back! My longtime readers will remember the crazy deal that seems to come around each fall on Glade holiday air freshener sprays, candles, Plug-Ins, and scented oils!

The deal is this… Buy any 5 Glade Holiday items and get a free $5 Target gift card! We’ll be watching this one for the next two months (!) as it runs through December 26th, and many Glade items will go on and off sale prices during that time. The jar candles are currently $2.50 each — we will likely see better prices over the weeks ahead, so this is more of a big heads-up to the sale kind of post. I see some potential with the B1G1F and B2G1F coupons too if anything happens sale-wise within the next two weeks.

At any rate, here are the coupons you’ll want to clip and carry, likely for the duration of the sale.

Glade Air Freshener sprays
– Buy One, Get One Free – 9/26 SS (exp. 11/6/10)
– $1 off – “Right At Home” $30 coupon book (available in stores earlier this year) (exp. 12/31/10)
– $1 off – printable

Glade Jar Candles
– Buy One, Get One Free – 9/26 SS (exp. 11/6/10)
– $2 off 2 – Glade “Wonderful New Ways” $14 coupon book (home mailer) (exp. 3/31/11)
– $1.50 off 2 – September All You (exp. 12/31/10)
– $1.50 off 2 – printable
– $1 off 2 – “Right At Home” $30 coupon book (exp. 12/31/10)

Glade Plug-Ins
– Buy one twin refill, get one free – 9/26 SS (exp. 11/6/10)
– $2 off 2 twin refills – Glade “Wonderful New Ways” $14 coupon book (exp. 3/31/11)
– $1 off 2 Plug-Ins or refills – “Right At Home” $30 coupon book (exp. 12/31/10)
– $1 off any Scented Oil refill or two single refills printable
– $1 off 2 Scented Gel Plugins – 9/26 SS (exp. 11/6/10)
– $1 off 2 Scented Gel Plugins – printable

Glade Scented Oil Candles
– Buy Two Refills, Get One Free – 10/3 SS (exp. 10/31/10)
– $2 off 2 candles or refills – Glade “Wonderful New Ways” $14 coupon book (exp. 3/31/11)
– $1.50 off 2 candles or refills – printable
– $1 off 2 candles or refills – “Right At Home” $30 coupon book (exp. 12/31/10)
– $3 off Lasting Impressions scented oil holder – 9/26 SS (exp. 11/6/10)
– $3 off Lasting Impressions scented oil holder – printable
– $1 off glass scented oil holder – 10/3 SS (exp. 11/6/10)

Complete details of this sale are in the 10/17 SS insert. There’s A NICE long window of time to get in on this deal, as in previous years the shelves have gone bare off and on due to the sheer volume of coupons available for the deal (and the number of couponers taking advantage of it!) AND, we saw Glade become big moneymakers during certain weeks with good sale prices. It’s got the potential to be fun again.

Target Notes:

NEW: WATCH CAREFULLY as your coupons are scanned at the register. Target’s registers are repeatedly ringing coupons at LOWER dollar values than are shown on the coupon. This is a known issue and Targets around the country appear to be affected — and there’s not much we can do, other than again, to watch as they’re scanned and ask the cashier to correct the amounts if they ring incorrectly.

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.

Target meat deals:

• 80% lean all-natural ground beef is $1.99/lb.

Target produce deals:

• Bulk potatoes – Russet, red, sweet potatoes, yams or fingerlings – are .79/lb.
• Red Delicious or Granny Smith apples are .99/lb.

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Drugstore Deals

Heading to Walgreens…

On the back page of this week’s flyer, there are a bunch of FREE-after-Register-Rewards or rebate deals going on. Pay and get your money right back in the form of a Catalina for your next shopping trip:

Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste is on sale for $3.49 with $3.49 back in RRs! FREE! Now, use a coupon on it and make it a moneymaker. 10/10 SS has a $1 off – pay $2.49 and get $3.49 back! October All You has a .75 coupon too – pay $2.74 and get $3.49 back.

Contac Cold & Flu 28ct. tablets are on sale for $6 with $6 back in RRs! FREE too! But use the $2 coupon from 10/10 RP or a $2 printable, pay $4 and get $6 for a nice moneymaker too!

Chestal Adult Cough Syrup is on sale for $6 with a $6 mail-in rebate – FREE after rebate. Use the $1.50 coupon from 1/24 RP, pay $4.50 and get $6 back for a moneymaker!

Children’s Mucinex Syrup (4oz.) is on sale for $6.99 with $6.99 back in the form of a rebate. FREE too!

Pill Glide Swallowing Spray is on sale for $5.99 with $5.99 back in the form of a rebate. ANOTHER freebie!

As an aside, I will now confess that even though I am 30-something years old, I have never been able to swallow pills. Like a small child, I still take them with a spoonful of applesauce. This spray both fascinates me (there are enough other people like me to warrant a product like this?) and also frightens me. Spraying a pill with strawberry or grape slippery stuff does NOT sound like it would make it more appetizing in the least..! I could be wrong, but… is it worth me paying tax & the price of a stamp to find out? Time will tell.

Here’s a deal on Purex 3-in-1 laundry detergent and softener sheets! They’re on sale for $4.50 per 20-load package. When you buy two, you’ll receive $1 back in Register Rewards. If you have two $3 Purex coupons from 10/10 RP, pay $3 for both and get $1 back in RRs! That works out to $1 per package!

If you only have one $3 insert coupon from that date, and you like this product enough to pay more for it (hey, isn’t that every couponer’s dilemma?) print this $1 coupon for your second pack. Pay $5 and get $1 back, which works out to $2 per package. (Honestly, I think that’s a bit high — we do see these go FREE periodically, but the $3 coupon also expires on 11/6. Your call.)

Need more free and cheap gum? Mentos Gum is .99 with the store coupon in the weekly Walgreens flyer, limit 3. Stack it with the $1 manufacturer coupon from 10/3 SS and it’s free!

And, Trident Layers is also .99 a pack with the store coupon in Wags’ flyer, limit 3. Buy two and stack that with the $1-off-2 coupon from 10/24 SS, and you’ll pay .98 for two packs, or .49 each. There’s also a $1-off-3 Trident in the 9/12 SS1 – with this coupon, buy 3 and pay $1.97 for three, or .66 a pack.

These are free often too, but if you need them, this is pretty cheap… Halls cough drops are on sale for $1 a package. Use the $1-off-2 from 10/10 SS, buy two and pay .50 a bag.

Quaker One-Minute Oats are on sale for $1.50. Use the $1 coupon from the 9/12 RP and pay .50!

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, where it’s kind of a slow week…

Again with the late-to-the-party Halloween candy deal.. Fun Size bags of Reese’s, Kit Kat and other candies on sale for $2, limit 4 through TUESDAY only. Use the $1-off-2 Reeses or Kit Kat Fun Size coupon from 10/17 SS, buy two, and pay $1.50 per bag!

Dean’s Milk is in an ECB deal again too. Buy a gallon for $2.79 and get $1 back in Extra Care Bucks, limit 2…

“No Coupon Needed” Deals…

Gold Emblem spices are .88 a bottle, excluding pure vanilla extract…

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

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FREE STUFF:

FREE coupons that are still current:

9/26/10 – $1 off ANY size Tide – Dominick’s and Target sell single-load travel-size Tides for under $1 (exp. 10/31/10)

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)

10/10 PG – $1 off any Gain Dish Detergent – Wal-Mart sells Gain for .97 every day

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

FREE Nursery Water reusable shopping bag – 100 per day.

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

FREE COUPON BOOKS:

Free $25 ConAgra Winter coupon book PLUS $5 Wal-Mart gift card – must send in $25 worth (pre-coupon) of receipts for participating ConAgra products purchased by 1/2/11 and sent by 1/17/11.

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.)

 

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