Finally a Great Sale at Kroger

For the past few months sales at Kroger have just been really blah, maybe a good price on milk or chicken, but nothing super exciting. However, this is the second week of a great mega sale! The mega sale is buy 10 participating items and get $5 off instantly, this also coincides with some great coupons and catalinas (buy a certain number of products and get a coupon for an amount off of your next purchase). I had to do this shopping trip in 3 transactions to get the most out of the catalina offers, but it was worth it. We got all of this for about $40 total. The pup-peroni is for my mom and was a really good deal. They are part of the mega sale for $1.99 and I had a couple of coupons for $1.50 off one and $1.25 off one. Right now if you buy 3 or more you get a catalina for $2 off. This is why I had to break up my items, if I would have bought all 7 in one transaction I still would have only gotten $2, but since I put them in two transactions I got another $2 off coupon. I didn't know it but there is also a catalina when you buy Kraft products and that includes the lunch meat and hot dogs, I was surprised when it printed a $2 off coupon. I was already planning on sending husband back later in the week to get some more stuff, but I was really excited when we got home and found that there is a $1 off of lunch meat coupon available to pair with the sale and catalina, I am already formulating a plan:) Those glade misters were also a good deal, they are $3.45 as part of the mega sale and I had $3 off coupons, plus for every one I bought I got $1 back (also part of why I had to do three transactions, I was only about to get $3 back, but that still makes them free). The Dole smoothie shakers were supposed to print a catalina for 75 cents, but it isn't always a guarantee and I was not going to fight for 75 cents.

And of course, everyday at Publix is a great day! That Mott's applesauce to go stuff is great for husband, he works with the mail, so it is nice to have a snack that you don't have to eat with your hands. They are on sale for $2 each right now and I had $1 off coupons. When we got home we found that they have now also put up a bogo coupon, so we will be getting some more:) There are 4 in a pack, so 25 cents is pretty good for a snack. The grits were also a great buy, quaker products are 50% off this weekend and I had a coupons that made each box about $1 each. I thought I had a coupon for the waffles also, but apparently I dreamed that, but I decided to get them anyway, they were only $1.25 per box. The green giant veggies were a good deal, they are bogo right now and with coupons I got each one for 30 cents each. I am not sure what the Jingos are, I am guessing a new product, they look like snack crackers, with coupon they were only 50 cents for the box, so we will give them a try!

Thanks Publix- We Love the Dr. Pepper Sale!

A few months back husband found a great sale on Dr. Pepper. I thought at the time it was a fluke and wouldn't happen again, but happily I appear to be wrong! In our area Dr. Pepper is bottled by Coke and right now Coke products are on sale buy two get one free. In the new yellow flyer there is a coupon for buy two get one free. Apparently you can combine both of these, basically meaning you buy one and get two free! They are $5.29, which means that each pack is $1.75!

We also picked up a few other things while at the Publix. The cereal was about $1.20 each after sale and coupons. The soup wasn't a great deal, but was on sale for $1.50 a can. Those bags are cat treats, no I do not have a cat, but I made $1 buy buying them and my mom has a cat back home.

We also made a stop at Kroger today. They finally had a decent sale and we got all of this for less that $50. They have a mega sale where when you buy 10 participating items you get $5 off, basically meaning each item is 50 cents off. The laundry detergent was $2.49 and I had a 75 cents/2 coupon. The dishwashing gelpacs were $2 each after coupon. The lunch meat was a good deal- $2.77 each. The chex mix was also a good deal, 50 cents each after coupons. The mashed potatoes were also about 50 cents a box and there are two pouches in each box. I have some more coupons for chex mix and potatoes, but wanted to hold on to see what else is included in the sale. Sadly Kroger won't just tell you all of the included products, but fortunately there are couponing blogs out there that will go to the store and find all of the participating items.

More Deals at Publix

I can't believe I dragged myself to the store today! We moved in residents this morning, so I have been up since a little after 5am. But, I had some coupons that were expiring today and I have to work all this coming week anyway, so why not:) This was $40 at Publix, and yes that is more cereal! Husband wanted some of this kind last week, but I didn't have good enough coupons. These boxes were 2/$5 and they are huge, plus I found a coupon that made each $1.50, I usually try to stick to about $1/box, but these boxes were so big that it was a really good deal. We all know that I love my bob evans mashed potatoes, these were $3 each and I had a coupon for $1.50/2, which made these a decent deal. I was able to get some good vegetable oil coupons that made each of those $2 each. The applesauce (its actually pear sauce, that's why its green!) is a good deal and I may try and get some more before they go off sale. They were $1.67 each and I had a coupon for $1.10 off two, plus a Publix coupon for free grab and go applesauce, which basically looks like applesauce is a pouch, when you buy two applesauces, so I got all three things for $2.25. I got some more of the crisco cooking sprays that we got last week with the b1g1 coupon. The peanut butter was pretty much the most expensive item we bought, even though it was a bogo item it was still $4, but it is huge, like 2 and a half pounds of peanut butter! I think $40 for 30 items is pretty good, especially considering that we got some fairly expensive items.

Breakfast Deals

Well, late July/early August is always a crazy time of the year for us. I have been in the midst of staff training and gearing up for resident move-ins, which doesn't leave a ton of time for couponing. However, last week we found some really great deals, here is a look at what we got:

This was a great week at Publix, everything here for $33! As we were getting ready to head to the store husband mentioned that we should be on the lookout for some cereal deals, between Publix and CVS I got him 12 boxes:) All of the cereal here was bogo $3.99, with coupons I got 4 boxes for $1 each and 2 boxes for $2.50 each. The ziploc bags were also a great deal, these boxes were $1.50 each and I had a manufacturer's $1/2 coupon and a Publix $1/2 coupon, making each box 50 cents each. That is a great deal on something we use a lot, I think I am going to get some more this week. The crisco spray had a Publix coupon for b1g1, making it $1.45 each.

CVS also had some great breakfast deals this week! Husband loves pop-tarts and I was going to get him some at Publix, but found a better deal at CVS. They had a deal for Kellogg's products, which were $2 each, that when you buy $15 worth of product you got $5 ECB. I also had coupons for $1/3 pop-tarts and $1/2 Raisin Bran cereals. After ECBs I spent about $17 plus tax for 15 items, that is a good deal! The dawn soap was also on sale for 99 cents each. I had some coupons for between 25 and 50 cents off each and I was going to buy three, but when I got to CVS the awesome coupon machine gave me a coupon for $1 off 5 dawn soaps. So four of these were 50 cents each and one was 75 cents.

Ok, I have no idea why this picture is sideways, I have been trying to fix it and cannot. Anyway, this is from Winn Dixie. While they are super expensive on most things, they have some of the best meat deals. These pork chops were b1g1, this was $19, making each about $4.