Showing posts with label Kroger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kroger. Show all posts

Sunday, January 31, 2010

I Ended January with a Bang for my Buck!

I had such a fun weekend! Saturday night, my son and I went on a date. The main reason for the trip was to get him some new pants that can actually be worn below his ankles. I think we must be growing, because it took us three tries one morning this week to find a pair of pants that fit. We had a lot of fun, and he even let me go Krogering! It’s amazing what a boy will do if he has a video game system to play (and a couple of treats in the cart).


Kroger has a Mega Event going on now, where if you purchase 10 participating items, 5.00 will be deducted instantly at checkout, dropping the price by 0.50 per item. I love Mega Events, and was really excited to get to actually take my time shopping!

I am not into listing all of the items on sale, but Southern Savers has a great list of the participating items compiled if you so desire to check them out. I went to the Kroger on Airport Highway in Swanton, but Defiance also has the same event going on, but with some different items. Be sure to check the online ad first if you are heading to Defiance.

My best deals included stockpile items such as Rotel Diced Tomatoes, Quaker Rice Cakes, Hunts Tomatoes, Hormel Chili, and Electrasol Dishwasher Detergent.

Here’s an example of a transaction that I did.

8 Electrasol 3.49 each 27.92
2 Rotel 0.92 each 1.84

Subtotal: 29.76

Coupons used:
(8) 2.50 Electrasol 20.00
(2) 0.30 Rotel doubled 1.20

Subtotal after coupons: 7.96

Mega Event: 5.00

Total OOP: 2.96

The Electrasol coupons were great ones, and I am set on detergent for at least a year!

Here’s another one.

3 Quaker rice cakes 1.39 each 4.17
4 Hunt’s Diced Tomatoes .99 ea 3.96
2 Hormel Chili 1.34 each 2.68
1 Rotel .92

Subtotal: 11.73

Coupons used:
(3) Quaker .75 each 2.25
(1) Hunt’s 1.00/4 cans 1.00
(1) Hormel .55/2 .55
(1) Rotel .30 doubled .60

Subtotal after coupons: 7.33

Mega Event: 5.00

Total OOP: 2.33

What, do you ask, will one do with all of these canned tomatoes? One will put them in her pantry and will use them before 2012 when they expire. Or one will donate them to a local pantry or Boy Scout Drive. One may make a crapload of chili, too. One of the main ideas in the moneysaving business is stockpiling, and this is a great example.

So at the end of the shopping trip, I had a full cart, including fruits, veggies, a packet of gravy mix, 40 individual cartons of yogurt, Little Debbie’s (a main food group in case you didn’t know), Electrasol, and more! With 3 Mega Event transactions (15.00 total), 43.00 in coupons, and 41.69 in savings with my Kroger card, my subtotal went from 118.00 to 31.84. 73% savings, and I still had a content little boy!

If I were a good girl, I would have went home to put my groceries away, and then gotten out my needlepoint work. Instead, I took B to dinner uptown, and I enjoyed a fabulous (and expensive) Cosmopolitan without feeling one bit guilty!

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Kroger and Walgreens Trip

I try not to make too many “special” couponing trips unless I am able to go to multiple stores. Sunday night I had my sister convince me it was acceptable to take our 13 mpg Tundra to Defiance to go shopping. Figuring I spent about 6.00 on gas to get there and back, I think my trip justifies the gas expenditure.  If you don't agree, please don't tell me.  Let me live in my own little world of justification.  Thanks.

I had multiple free item coupons that I had gotten in the mail, and they were all expiring on the 17th (which is why I chose Sunday evening to go!). I don’t know how or why I received these coupons, as I just have the typical shopper’s card.

My free items included:

• 7 up two liter
• 16 oz Hidden Valley Ranch dressing
• Loaf of Private Selection bread (multigrain fancy kind)
• Nabisco Wheat Thins
• Dole Bagged Salad
• One dozen eggs
• One pound mini carrots
• Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa

I also wanted to get some asparagus, which was on sale for 1.88/lb. Of course this was gone, but I did get a rain check. I picked up a few other stockpiling items and ended up spending 6.16. My savings rate after coupons and the free item coupons was 84%!

Walgreens came next. Even though I love to coupon, I will NOT give up Diet Pepsi. I try to buy it when it is on sale, but if I need it, I will pay full price. One of my vices…not too concerned. Walgreens has a special this week, through Saturday, on select Pepsi purchases. WYB 20.00, you receive a 10.00 RR, which right off the bat gives you 50% off. Register Rewards (RR) are like cash, but can only be used at Walgreens.

I love it when people say “But I will never go back to use my RR”. Boo hoo. Don’t believe it. As you are shopping for your Pepsi items, fill your cart with 10.00 worth of other items that you could use for your stockpile, bathroom or pantry. Ideally, these would be items on sale, at great prices. Check out the flyer.  Check out with your Pepsi items, pay 20.00 or so, receive the RR, and then check out again and use your 10.00 RR to pay for the other items. If you know you won’t go back to use them, use them right away!

Remember, you cannot use your 10 Pepsi RR to buy more Pepsi products. It will not roll to give you the second set.

Here is how I did my Pepsi transaction.

5 Diet Pepsi 12 packs at 3/15.00 (not an awful price by itself)
Tostitos Scoops 2.50
Tostitos Queso Dip 2.50
Total: 20.00

Used:
1.00 Tostitos coupon
7 RR (already had these)
Paid 12.98 OOP
Got 10 RR back!

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Hello??? Is Anyone Still There?

I am very sheepishly and ashamedly returning to this blog after about a six week absence! Life has been so crazy busy, and I have not had much time to do anything! Especially blog! I apologize profusely, and hope to return to blogging a couple times per week. I hope that you have found other great blogs to read while I have been on the QT. Here are a few of my favorites.

www.moneysavingmom.com
www.dealseekingmom.com
www.thethriftymama.com
www.southernsavers.com

I have been couponing and finding some good deals once in a while this last month. I had not shopped at Rite Aid at all in July until yesterday! And yesterday was the last day in the July rebate period! How sad! I have been shopping more at CVS, and Kroger while I am at the lake! CVS has a great monthly special for July. When you buy a Bayer Glucose Meter for 19.99 you will receive 5 ECB. If you don't know what ECB's are, follow one of the above links for a CVS tutorial. I have multiple coupons for these meters that will take off up to 30.00, so the meter itself ended up being free! I then received the 5 ECB's, for a total of 20.00 in ECB's without spending a dime! (The limit on the meter special was 4.) I have been rolling those ECB's on school supplies, which have been free after ECB's every Sunday through Tuesday. It is my goal to not spend any money on school supplies this year!

One deal that I did yesterday at the Kroger in Angola, IN was for Kleenex. Kleenex are on sale for 0.99 WYB 10 mega event items. I purchased 2 boxes of Anti-viral Kleenex and used a 0.50/2 coupon which tripled. So I paid 0.25 per box. I used this coupon several times and ended up buying about 12 boxes of tissues. Imagine my surprise when I received a catalina for 1.00 off my next shopping order courtesy of Kleenex. Not one, but 3 of them. Had I only bought the Anti-viral tissues they would have all been free after coupons and catalinas! I had bought regular Kleenex as well, for school, as the kids usually need to take several boxes!

I did great yesterday at Rite Aid too, getting tons of stuff for about 2.18 out of pocket. The value of the items that I purchased was 56.00, with most of them being on sale and having a partial rebate attached to them. I paid 35.93 OOP and will receive 33.75 in SCR. I rolled my May and June rebate checks to pay for today's purchases!

On a non couponing note, my kids have had a busy baseball and softball seasons, and we spent a week at the lake with really yucky weather! We had a great 4th of July, welcoming our new nephew/cousin Grayson Michael. Our niece/cousin Emersyn is due to arrive any day now! I have been trying to help my sisters out with their existing children while they grow and deliver these new children! It has been such a blessing, and I can't wait to watch these kids grow up together!

So there's a little highlight of what I've been doing. I am going to try hard to blog as much as I can, although when my classes resume in August I fear they will occupy most of my free time. I hope I am wrong though! Hope everyone else has had a great summer too!

Friday, June 5, 2009

Gettin' Around

This week I've been gettin' around! I've hit sales at Kroger, Rite Aid, and Walgreen's! Here's a recap of some of my shopping.

Rite Aid
4 Coppertone Sunscreen at 7.50 each
5/25 coupon
4 3.00 Coppertone coupons
Total OOP: 14.95
Will get back 2 5.00 SCR for the Coppertone. With tax, that's 1.23 each!

Aveeno Sunscreen B1G1 50% off
10.99, 5.49 and 9.99, 4.49
4 1.50 Aveeno Sunscreen coupons
5/25 coupon
Total OOP 22.50
Will get back 10.00 J&J SCR, 5.00 Aveeno Rebate, plus I will get a tote with samples and coupons worth 40.00! That's 1.87 per bottle of Aveeno!

Walgreen's
Walgreen's had some serious money makers this week. I went in and walked out 18.00 richer! I hope to get back to Walgreen's tomorrow to shop some more! FYI the Register Rewards can be used like cash at Walgreen's. A lot of times they can be tricky to roll, so Walgreen's is NOT my favorite store.

Ecotrin Aspirin 2.00
2.00 Ecotrin coupon
Total OOP: 0.14 (tax)
Received 2 Register Rewards (did this four times!)

Bayer Breeze Glucose Meter 10.00
Bayer coupon up to 30.00 off
Total OOP: tax only
Received 10 Register Rewards

Kroger
RASPBERRIES! 10/10! I LOVE raspberries and so do the kids, so I bought a ton!

2 Country Time Lemonade 1.99 each
1.50/2 coupon
Received 1.00 Catalina
Net Cost: 0.74 each

Oscar Mayer Beef Hot Dogs 4.49
Used FREE Oscar Mayer coupon

Capri Sunrise 1.77
1.00 Capri Sunrise coupon
Final Cost: 0.77

Ball Park Angus Beef Franks 4.89 BOGO
Used 1.00/2 coupon
Final Cost: 1.94 each

Sunday, April 26, 2009

I'm Still Here!

I wanted to let you all know that I am still here, just very busy! I am finishing up my last paper for the semester today, so watch out! Next week I will have plenty of posts for you. Rite Aid looks good this week, so I will see what money making scenarios I can come up with!

April 30th is coming up this week, and tons of my coupons are expiring. I have been trying to pay attention to the good coupons that are expiring, so I don't miss out. I just stopped at Kroger, and used 5 2.00 Marcal Toilet Paper coupons on 5 6 roll packs of toilet paper that were on sale for 2.50 each. That's 30 rolls of toilet paper for 2.50 (the cost of six rolls)! I can handle that!

I also used my 1.50 off Kraft Salad Dressing coupons at Walmart. These are expiring 4-29-09. I know I said I don't shop there much, but somethings you just can't get at CVS. Like basketball nets and laundry baskets! Anyway, the price of the salad dressings are on roll back for 1.58. I used 5 coupons and got each dressing for 0.08!

So, stay tuned, I promise I will come up with more info for you soon!

Friday, April 10, 2009

Kroger Triple Coupons This Weekend!

The Toledo area Kroger stores are tripling coupons this weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. There is no limit to the number of coupons you can triple. Any coupon up to and including 0.50 will be tripled. Kroger stores are open on Easter Sunday as well.

Another promotion Kroger is running right now allows you to "Design Your Own Reusable Shopping Bag" and they will ship it to you free. Check out the link here for more information.

If anyone gets to Kroger, please let me know how you did!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Quite the motherload, if I do say so myself...

I have not REALLY gotten groceries in...quite a while. My last big grocery bill was 75.00 on -- get this, January 12th!!! I of course have been places to get some groceries, but nothing major. Needless to say, I needed to get food.

Meijer has a great 10/10 sale this week with tons of coupon matchups. If you want more details on this check out www.bargainbriana.com. I will try my best to give you an accurate picture of how I did on my next post, without typing everything out.

First, I went to Kroger while monkey boy was at a football clinic. I only went for the sale items, and I had planned most of this out ahead of time. They have a mega event going, so when you buy 10 participating items 5.00 will be taken off at checkout. Basically, you end up paying 0.50 less than the sale price for each item.

What I bought:
2 Quaker Rice Cakes 0.99 each
8 Land o Lakes Buttery Taste Spread 0.99 each
Q-Tips 2.00
Dannon Light and Fit 6 pack 2.50
2 Kroger 1/2 gallon milks 0.88 each
2 Ritz Crackers 2/5.00
Yo Plus Yogurt 4pk 2.49

Coupons used:
5.00 Mega Event (came off at checkout)
2 1.00 Quaker
8 0.50 Land o Lakes (doubled)
0.30 Q-Tip (doubled)
1.00 Light and Fit
2.00/2 Ritz
1.00 Yo Plus E Coupon

Total OOP 8.16

My receipt said coupon savings was 15.30, bonus coupon savings 4.30, and Plus Card savings 13.17. That's an 80% savings!

I'm not sure how one family can use all of this margarine without inducing a massive coronary, but I will give it my best shot! So, using the coupons along with the sale worked out great today! The 8 tubs of margarine were all free, as were the rice cakes. The yogurt was a good price, and I was completely out. Not to mention the price of the milk!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

99% savings, WHAT???

Tonight I had the pleasure of going last minute Christmas shopping with my dad. On the way to the big city, I made him stop at Kroger so I could "run" in. A couple weeks ago I was overcharged 6.00 on Pepsi, so I wanted to go get my money back. They did give me a refund, very pleasantly, of 6.39. The only coupons I took in were my Cottonelle, and I had six.

7 4pks of Cottonelle 6.93
Sweet and Sour Sauce (needed for supper LAST night) 2.59
King Size candy bar (we needed chocolate in a bad way) 0.79

Coupons used
2 0.50 e-coupons from www.cellfire.com and www.shortcuts.com
6 0.50 Cottonelle coupons
1.50 in Catalinas from the overcharge shopping trip

Total OOP 0.23
Plus, I received another 1.00 Catalina from this trip! That's a 0.77 profit on my TP!

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Kroger Deals Continue

So, Kroger Mix and Match event is awesome, even without coupons. I was excited to see it has carried over to Defiance this week. The deals are very similar, but not quite the same. And today, I get the paper and see that it's continuing at every other Kroger as well! Defiance Kroger will run their specials through Wednesday November 12th, and every other Kroger will start Monday November 10th and run through Sunday the 16th. If you didn't catch the earlier Kroger post, check it out here. Please note that some of the items are different this time around, so make sure you check your flier. There are also other items included in this sale that aren't posted in the fliers!

I stopped by Kroger Saturday on my way to Toledo to get a couple of things that were out of stock earlier in the week.

2 boxes Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks 3.00
4 bags Quaker Rice Cakes 2.00
2 Evaporated Milk 1.00
2 pouches Betty Crocker Cookies 2.00

Coupons Used:
0.50 off two Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks
0.50 off two Carnation Evap. Milk
2-0.40 off Betty Crocker Cookie pouch

Total was 4.40 after coupons!

Monday, November 3, 2008

Kroger 11/3/08

I haven't posted much on Kroger sales, simply because I don't get over there too often. This week, I WILL make it over! Kroger is having a mix and match sale. If you buy ten items that are listed in the flier, you will receive an automatic 5.00 off when you check out. This can be done three times per transaction. This list is not all inclusive, but these are the deals that catch my eye.

0.50 Each after instant 5.00 savings. Remember, you must buy ten of any price to get the 5.00!

Swiss Miss Cocoa Mix 8-10 ct
PowerAde 32 oz
Carnation Evaporated Milk
Use 0.50 off two, which will double, making these FREE
Ice mountain Water 3 Liter Bottle
Quaker Rice Cakes 3-3.52 oz
Glaceau Vitamin Water 20 oz
Coast Bar Soap 2 pk
ScotchBrite Scrubber or Lint Roller
Use 1.00 coupon for a 0.50 PROFIT

Items 1.00 after instant savings

Kroger Peanuts 12 oz
Quaker Oats 18 oz
Edwards or Mrs. Smith's Pie Slices 4-6.25 oz
Duncan Hines Frosting 16 oz
Kroger Syrup 24 oz
Colgate Toothpaste or Wave or Total Toothbrush
Betty Crocker Cookie Mix 17.5 oz
Use 0.40 coupon which will double, making these 0.20 each!
Right Guard 2-3 oz
Dial Liquid Hand Soap 7.5-11.25 oz

Items 1.50 after instant savings

GM Cereal, select varieties
Use 1.00 off three for cereal just over 1.00 per box
Stouffers Red Box Entrees 6-21 oz
Fritos 9.25-9.75 oz
Cheetos 8.5-11 oz
Daisy Sour Cream 16 oz
Eagle Brand Condensed Mild 14 oz
Kroger Pie filling 20-21 oz
Viva Paper Towels 1 roll
Use 0.50 off any one Viva, doubles for a 0.50 roll of paper towels
Quaker Chewy Granola Bars 4.2-8.7 oz
Orville Redenbachers Popcorn 2-4 ct
Kroger Vanilla Wafers 12-14 oz
Pillsbury Toaster Strudel 11.5 oz
Use 0.35 off, doubles to 0.70 for end price of 0.80
Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks
Use 0.50 off two, doubles to 1.00, 1.00 per box

2.00 Items after discount (I'm not listing all of them)

Nestle Morsels
Use various IP coupons if they are still available
Land O Lakes Butter 1 lb
Peter Pan 14-18 oz

2.50 Items after discount (Not listing all of them)

Breyers Ice Cream 48-64 oz
Use 0.50 off any Breyer product, doubles for 1.50 ice cream!
Totino's Pizza Rolls 40 ct
Use 0.40 coupon, doubles for 2.10 bags of Pizza Rolls
Lysol Disinfecting Spray
Use 1.00 off for 1.50 Lysol!