Quaker Sales This Week

There are BIG Quaker sales at Smiths and Albertsons this week and big differences between the two.

Albertsons: $1.60 each

• Cap'N Crunch or Life cereals
• Quaker Breakfast Cookies
• Aunt Jemima or Quaker Oatmeal Pancake Mix
• Chewy Granola Bars of Dipps
  

Use $3/5 coupon in the Albertsons ad = $1 each

Smiths $1 each

(5 for $10, save $5 instantly wyb 5)

• Cap'N Crunch Original, Crunchberry or Peanut Butter
• Life Original or Cinnamon
• Quaker instant oatmeal, select varieties

If you use the $3/5 Quaker coupon from the Albertsons ad = $.40 each!!!

Don't throw out your Sunday papers yet!! On page 3 of the Times News, on the bottom of the Swensens ad is another $3/5 Quaker manufacter coupon. These are all manufacturer coupons and can be used at Smiths and Albertsons.

You can also use this new B1G1 FREE Quaker Instant Oatmeal coupon to pair with these sales!

B1G1 FREE (FF)

B1G1 FREE (IE)

or this $1/1 Quaker True Delights Instant Oatmeal coupon (if this variety is included)

$.25 Powerade at Smiths

Just a reminder, the $.25 Powerade continues this week at Smiths. Haven't bought any yet? Well, now's the time to stock up!!! All 32oz Powerade bottles are $.25 each, NO COUPON NECESSARY, you just have to buy them in lots of 8. There is a limit of 120 bottles (8 cases) per transaction. Remember, soccer and baseball seasons are starting soon and this is a great drink for your player or for the team if you have to bring snacks!!

My Smiths Trip 2/15/10

30 cans of Campbells Chunky soup $30.00
1 gallon milk $2.00

I Used:
9 $1.50/3 Chunky soup coupons
3 $1/3 Chunky soup coupons
3 Albertsons double coupons ($3)
$3 Kraft catalina from last week

Total OOP: $14.24
Total Saved: $79.39 or 86%

Update on Smith's Coupon Policy

I learned tonight that Smiths has changed their coupon policy yet again. I don't want to have to get on my soap box again but let it just be said that if people continue to abuse the store's acceptance of competitor coupons, then pretty soon they aren't going to even accept them at all.

The Idaho Smiths stores are the only stores that accept competitor coupons and they have slowly changed their policy because people are taking advantage. I'm sure it's none of my readers tho!! ;)

Their new policy: They will only accept competitor coupons from other GROCERY stores.

I was told that they will no longer accept Walgreens, Shopko, Kmart, and other store's catalina coupons. They will continue to accept Albertsons and Fred Meyer coupons. Target was not mentioned and I didn't think about it until I left so I am not certain if they are accepting Target coupons still or not. I will let you know when I find out.

Please, use your coupon etiquette when shopping. Be kind, don't take all of the coupon books, ads, or items. Leave some for others and don't do what you know is wrong. There are a few who do this and ruin it for the rest of us.

My Mega Event Trips

OK, so I've really been talking up this Mega Event sale at Smiths the last two weeks and for good reason...it was a good one!! There were so many coupons to pair with the great sale prices! I wish that I would have had my card reader so I could have dazzled you all with pictures of my purchases ;) however, my kids ran away with it again and so I am picture-less. I did a tally and thought I would at least share the numbers with you.

Over the last two weeks I made six trips to Smiths. I left each time with a cart full of groceries!! Not just a few items, but TONS of stuff. I was able to re-stock on lots of items that I needed and I got enough to last my family months. I spent more than I usually do in two weeks time but like I said, I got so much for my money!

Total Spent: $241.15

Total Saved: $807.12 or 77%

Last Day of Mega Event Sale at Smiths

Today is the last day of the Mega Event Sale at Smiths. This has been an awesome sale!! Part of me is happy that it is ending because I have spent a lot of time at Smiths over the last 2 weeks, I need a break.

Those of you looking for Gold Fish crackers at the Twin Falls store, there are more, they are just in a bin up front by the rotisserie chicken.

Check out my Smiths posts HERE, HERE and HERE for match-ups for this sale.

Use your Albertsons coupons at Smiths!!

This is not a very exciting week at Albertsons, but you can use the Kraft manufacturer coupons on the back of the Albertsons ad to sweeten the already great sale at Smiths this week!!

Smiths: (price when you buy 10 items)

Kraft mayo $1.99
use $1/2 coupon from Albies ad
final price: $1.49 each wyb 2

Goldfish crackers $.88
use $2/3 coupon from Albies ad
final price: $.64 for 3!!
or use the $.75/1 printable
final price $.13!!

Arrowhead 24 pks water $2.99
use $1/2 coupon from Albies ad
final price $2.49 each wyb 2
then, use the FREE 6 pk of water wyb 2 24 pks from coupons.com
and get all 3 packs for only $5!

Kraft shredded cheese $1.49
use $1/2 coupon from Albies ad
final price: $.99 ea wyb 2

Herdez salsa $1.49
use $1/2 coupon from Albies ad
final price $.99 ea wyb 2

Other ideas:

Keebler cookies $.99 ea
use $1/3 coupon from Target.com
final price $1.97 for 3 pkgs or $.66 each

Pepsi 2 liters $.75 each
use $.50/2 Target store coupon
final price $.50 each wyb 2

Softsoap Liquid hand soap $.88 ea
use $.35/1 SS 1/31
final price: $.53 each

Dixie or Solo products $1.49
use $.55/1 Dixie plates or bowls RP 1/24
final price: $.94

Kleenex $.99
use $1/4 SS 1/3
final price: $2.96 for 4 or $.74 each

Sobe Lifewater $.49
use $.50/1 Target store coupon
final price: FREE

check out my other posts on Smiths deals for this week HERE and HERE!

$.13 Gold Fish at Smiths

Go to the Pepperidge Farm website and print this $.75/1 coupon for Gold Fish. Use at Smiths this week and get them for only $.13!!!

thanks stretchingabuck!!

Some of My Favorite Smiths Deals 1/27-2/2

(sorry for the lack of pictures, I can't find my card reader again)

I have been loving this Mega Event sale at Smiths this week. I believe it's going on for 2 weeks although I'm not sure if the same items are on sale both weeks. There are additional items on the Mega Event sale that aren't listed in the ad. Some pleasant surprises!!

Here are some of my favorite deals I've gotten this week at Smiths: (prices shown are the price when you buy 10 items)

• Velveeta $3.79 (use $1/1 printable) final price $2.79!!
• Sobe Life Water $.49 (use BOGO printable) final price $.25 ea wyb 2
• Rotel $.49 each (use $.30/1 SS 1/24) final price $.19 each!!
• Hunts tomatoes $.49 each (use $1/4 from Jan All You magazine) final price $.25 ea wyb 4
• Quaker Quakes $.49 each (use $.75 SS) final price profit $.26!!
• Gold Fish crackers $.88 ea. Great price, even without a coupon
• Capri Sun 10 pk. $1.49 (use $1/2 printable) final price $.99 each
• Steam Fresh Meals $1.49 (use $1.50/1 SS 1/17) final price FREE!!
• Philadelphia cream cheese $.99 each (use $1/3 from Glad tearpad or $1/4 printable from Kraft site) final price as low as $.66 ea wyb 3
• Nabisco Crackers $1.99 (use $1/1 Wheat Thin printable from facebook or print$2/2 Nabisco printable) final price $1 each.
• Velveeta Shells and Cheese or Kraft Deluxe mac n cheese $1.19 (use $1/2 printable) final price $.69 each.
• Frank Red Hot sauce $1.19 each (use $1/2 printable from Target site awhile ago) final price $.69 each
• French's Mustard and Honey Mustard $1.19 each (use $.50/1 SS 1/24) final price $.69 ea
• Daisy Sour Cream $1.49 (use $.50/1 SS 1/31) final price $.99
• La Victoria Salsa $1.49 (use $4/2 printable) final price profit $.51!!!!

Smiths 1/27-2/2 *Mega Event is Back!*

The Mega Event is back at Smiths!! This is a great sale. You save $5 instantly when you buy any 10 participating Mega Event products.

Some of the Mega Event products (price each/price WYB 10)

• Lays Potato chips $2.28/$1.78
• Quaker Quakes $.99/$.49 (use $.75/1 SS 1/10)
• Nabisco or Sunshine crackers $2.49/$1.99
• Philadelphia Cream Cheese $1.49/$.99
• Kleenex $1.49/$.99 (use $.50/3 from 12/6 or 1/3 SS)
• Toaster Studels $1.99/$1.49 (use $1/1 here )
• Kraft Mayo or Miracle Whip $2.49/$1.99
• Gold Fish $1.38/$.88
• Quaker Granola bars or Kelloggs Fruit Snacks $1.99/$1.49 (use $1/2 from redplum.com)
• Kraft or Sargento Cheese $1.99/$1.49 (use $1/2 coupons.com)
• Post cereal $2.49/$1.99 (use $2/1 from postnatural.com)
• Velveeta 2 lb $4.29/$3.79
• Electrasol Detergent $3.49/$2.99 (use $2.50/1 SS 1/3)
• Tide $5.99/$5.49 (use $1/1 from 12/27 SS)

Other Deals:

Extra Lean Ground Beef $1.89/lb

Gallon milk, chocolate milk or orange juice $2

Select vitamins 50% off

Cover Girl cosmetics 25% off (use $1/1 from 1/17 P&G)

Revlon or Almay cosmetics BOGO FREE

Mother's Bag Cookies $1.67

Cheetos $1.67

Tony's Pizza $1.78

Pistachios or Clementines $4.44 (use $1/1 from 11/15 SS)

My Smiths Deals 1/19/10

Good news and bad news.......

Good news! Smiths in Twin Falls accepts Albertsons doubler (twice the value) coupons!!!!!

Bad news! They limit it to 3 doublers per person per day. Here's where I get on my soap box. I learned last week that Smiths was accepting Albertsons doublers because the store manager told my sister that someone came in with 100 $1 shampoo coupons and 100 doublers. WOW! Then, this week 2 people came in with 80 doublers. Now here's the deal, people.....DON'T ABUSE THE SYSTEM!!! Come on now. Who the heck would think that using 80-100 double coupons in one transaction wouldn't send a red flag to the store. Smiths is doing a GREAT thing in my book by accepting competitor coupons! They are the only store I know of around here that does it. And I was really happy to learn they accepted doublers!! But then I heard about these transactions and I said "they are gunna ruin it for everyone." I hate it when I'm right. The fact that they still accept doublers at all is good, don't get me wrong. I am very grateful for that!! I just get irritated when people abuse it. Smiths has been AWESOME to work with when it comes to coupons and I hope that they don't change their policy any more than they have. Lets just be realistic when we shop, shall we? The competitor coupons come right off the bottom line for the store, they don't get reimbursed for them at all. The fact that they accept them is a service to us, the customer. So lets be courteous, and not greedy, OK?

Alright, I'm stepping off the soap box now....

More good news.... I got everything in the picture for $14.58, and I saved $50.98 (80%)

• 12 boxes of Lean Pockets (my kids love them) used Albies coupon for $1.39 and 3 $1/4 manufacturer coupons. ($3.59 for 4 boxes)
• 11 bags of Steam Fresh veggies (these are so handy!!) on sale for $1 each, used 11 $1.50 off Steam Fresh meals coupons (profit $.50 per bag!)
• 3 8-packs of DanActive drinkable yogurt. Clearance priced for $1.50 each, used 3 $1.00 manf coupons ($.50/8pack)
• 2 gallons of milk $2 each
• 1/2 gallon chocolate milk $1.99 used FREE coupon
  

Great Food Storage Item

Smiths has these 16 oz jars of Emerald Dry Roasted Peanuts on sale for $1.50 each (they've been this price for a couple weeks now) and they have a $1 coupon on the lid, making them only $.50 each!! These don't expire until the middle of 2011!!! Great food storage item and an excellent stock up price!!!

Smiths 1/6-1/12

It looks like a pretty good week at Smiths. The case lot sale is back!! And if that isn't enough, they are also having a "mega meat sale" this week. These are some of my favorite deals...

Mega Meat Sale:

• Petite Sirloin steaks $1.99/lb
• Pork loin or rib chops $1.59/lb
• Boneless beef chuck roast $1.89/lb
• Pork loin chops (bone in) $1.29/lb
• Boneless beef chuck cross rib roast $1.89/lb

Case Lot Sale:

• Kroger Peanut butter 12 ct $12 ($1 ea)
• Quaker Instant Oatmeal 12 ct $19.20 ($1.60 ea)
• Hormel chili w beans 12 ct $10.56 ($.88 ea)
• Maruchan Ramen instant noodles (cups) 12 ct $3.00 ($.25 ea)
• Kroger Mandarin Oranges 24 ct $7.99 ($.33 ea)
• Hunts Pasta Sauce 12 ct $9.39 ($.79 ea)
• Dole 4pk fruit cups 6 ct case $11.94 ($1.99 ea)
• Kroger tomato soup 24 ct $10.68 (2/$.89)
• Kroger can mushrooms 24 ct $11.99 ($.50 ea)
• Hershey's candy bars 36 ct box $15.12 ($.42 ea)
• Kroger tomato sauce 24 ct $5.99 ($.25 ea)
• Kroger cream of mushroom, celery, broccoli or chick soup 24 ct $11.99 ($.50ea)
• Kroger stewed or diced tomatoes 24 ct $11.99 ($.50 ea)
• Maruchan Ramen Noodles 24 ct $3.00 (8/$1)
• Kroger vegetables 24 ct case $11.99 ($.50 ea)
• Kroger Mac & cheese 48 ct $15.99 (3/$1 ea)
• Bumble Bee Chunk light tuna 48 ct $24.00 ($.50 ea)

Other items of interest:

• 24 pk Kroger bottled water $2.50
• 5 lb bag shredded Tillamook cheese $9.99 (use $1/2lb printable)
• Gallon milk or OJ $2
• Select P&G items, spend $25, get $5 off instantly
• Hot Pockets or Lean Cuisines $1.78 ea (use $1/3 printable at Target.com)
• Yoplait yogurt $.50 ea (use $.50/8 1/3 SS)
• Juicy Juice 64 oz $1.99 (use $1 off Target printable at Twin Falls store)
• Colgate toothpaste or toothbrushes $1 each (use Colgate coupons from 1/3 SS)
• Activa or Danimals 4-6pks $1.88 (use $1/1 Activia 10/4 SS)
• Country Oven bread $1.67 ea
• Tony's Pizza $1.78 (use $1/2 printable)
• Cheetos $1.67 ea

Produce:

• Red bell peppers $.99 ea
• Roma tomatoes $.99/lb
• Red onions $.99/lb
• Green onions $.50/ea
• 10 lb Russet potatoes $2.49
• Bartlett or Anjou pears $.99/lb
• Navel oranges $.79/lb
• Grapefruit $.59/lb
• Tangelos $.99/lb
• Gala, Granny Smith, Red or Gold apples $.99/lb

Some of My Favorite Deals This Week

OK, yesterday was a much better couponing day for me!!! I did much better than the disappointing day before. I made trips to Walgreens, Smiths and Albertsons and thought I'd share some of my favorite deals with you!

Walgreens:
I thought about the GM cereal 2/$4 deal and decided it wasn't that great of a deal because you had to buy a gallon of milk with the 2 boxes of cereal to get the $2 register reward. Well, a friend told me you didn't have to so I decided to try it...and NO, you don't have to buy the milk to get the rr. So, buy 2 boxes of "select" GM cereals for $2 each and get $2 back in rr.

Use the $1 off Honey Nut Cheerios coupon from HERE if that flavor is available.

Also, at the new Walgreens store in Twin Falls, with the peelie coupons stuck to the Pepsi 12 packs and the in store coupon, Pepsi 12 packs are 4 for $8.92 ($2.23 each).

Albertsons:
Albie's has their Pillsbury refrigerated cookie dough on sale for $1.29 (I didn't see this in the ad so I don't know if this is an unadvertised deal or not). Use the $1 off coupon from HERE and get cookie dough for only $.29!! (I hope this coupon is still available!! it was 2 days ago.)

There is an in-store coupon for Orowheat bread for $1.49 a loaf. Use your $.55 off Orowheat coupon that expires TODAY and get it for only $.94 a loaf.

Kelloggs cereal is on an in-store coupon for $1.47 a box. I managed to find a couple of $1 coupons in my binder that expire today and a peelie stuck to one of the boxes so be on the look-out for those. You can also use the $5 off 4 boxes of Kelloggs cereal coupon from the Target site. The first 3 boxes are at the $1.47 price and the 4th will not be (I think they're only $1.99 on sale anyway) so that would make 4 boxes only $1.40!!

Boneless, skinless chicken breast is $1.88/lb

Jimmy Dean bacon $1.99 for 12 oz package (with in-store coupon)

$2.99 for 2lb Albertsons cheese, shredded or chunk. If you still have any $1/2lb cheese coupons this would make an even sweeter deal!

Spend $25 on participating P&G items, get $10 catalina towards your next purchase. Use your P&G coupons from Sunday's paper. The $25 has to be BEFORE coupons and tax.

Smith's:
Townhouse or Keebler crackers 3 for $5.

milk $1.89 a gallon

Dole salad $2/2

vitamins 50% off

Colgate toothbrushes or toothpaste $1 ea

Avocados 2/$1

Kroger gallon OJ $2.50

Freschetta Pizzas $3.99

Spend $25 on participating P&G items, save $5 instantly.

Tony's pizzas $1.78

Kroger cottage cheese, sour cream, cream cheese or dips $.88

New Cellfire Coupons

Cellfire has released new coupons. Remember, these are ecoupons that you can add to your Kroger loyalty cards like Smiths and Fred Meyer. They are super easy to use. If you need more information on ecoupons you can read my previous post here.

$1/2 Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls
$0.40/1 Betty Crocker Cookie Mix, 17.5 oz or larger
$0.50/1 Betty Crocker frosting tub
$0.40/1 Betty Crocker potatoes (excludes buds)
$0.50/1 Betty Crocker Warm Delight Bowls or Warm Delight Mini Bowls
$0.60/1 Bisquick 40 oz or larger original or Heart Smart
$0.50/1 Chex Mix or 100 Calorie Snack Mix
$1/2 Chex Cereals
$0.55/1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch
$0.50/2 Green Giant Frozen Boxed Vegetables
$1/2 Pillsbury Refrigerated Cookie Dough
$0.50/2 Pillsbury Rolled Refrigerated Pie Crusts
$0.30/2 Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits
$0.55/1 Pillsbury Savorings
$0.40/2 Pillsbury Sweet Rolls or sweet Grand! rolls
$0.50/1 Progresso Broth
$0.50/2 Progresso Soups
$0.50/6 Yoplait Yogurt Cups
$3/2 Huggies Diapers
$0.25/1 Cottonelle Toilet paper, 4 pk or larger
$0.55/1 Hot Pockets breakfast sandwiches
$4/1 Scotch Fur Fighter Hair Remover Starter kit (Kroger & ShopRite)
$1/1 Purina Dry Cat Food, any size, any variety
$1/1 Purina Dry Dog Food, any size, any vartiety
$1/2 Purina Dog Snacks and/or Cat Treats, any size, any variety
$0.75/1 Nature’s Pride Breader

New Target Printable Coupons

Target just added new printable coupons that don't expire until 12/5/9. Some of these include:

• $1 off Family Size Doritos
• $1 off Up and Up brand diapers or wipes
• $.75 off Pepperidge Farm cookies
• $1 off Nestle Purelife Water 24 pk
• $.50 off Log Cabin Syrup
• $1 off Dove Carmel or Peanut butter promises

Go HERE to print as many as you need. And remember, you can use Target or any other store coupons at Smiths (Twin Falls location)!!!

Smiths -vs- Target

I went to Smiths yesterday and did one transaction. I handed the cashier about 40 coupons, some Target store coupons and some manufacturer coupons. She took them all without any hesitation. In fact, she was very friendly and even asked me some questions about where to find coupons for herself. I left there thinking, "Man, I love shopping at Smiths." It was smooth and pleasant.


I went to Target today and bought a few items. I handed the cashier about 6 coupons. I'm surprised they don't have a microscope installed at the registers there now to make sure they don't miss any information on those coupons!! She looked over them very, very carefully so as to possibly catch me doing something wrong. I left there thinking, "Man, I hate shopping at Target!" While I like their prices, using coupons there has become a huge pain in the....butt.

I think I will just use my Target coupons at Smiths from now on and match their ad items at Walmart and bypass Target as much as possible. I wonder if they are trying to make shopping at their store with their own coupons a miserable experience or if it is just a coincidence.

New Cellfire Coupons Available

There are a lot of new Cellfire coupons available to load on your Kroger card!

A lot of the new ecoupons are the same as the ones that were Sunday's General Mills insert in the paper (for some reason the Times News did not get this insert)

Use your manufacturer coupons to pair with the ecoupons for double the savings!!!

Cheap Pillsbury at Smiths

Smiths has Pillsbury biscuits and crescent rolls on sale this week for $1.67 ea (3 for $5).

Use THESE $1 coupons and get them for $.67 each!!

Pillsbury pizza crusts are $3.49 each and with THIS $1 coupon and THIS $1/2 ecoupon you can get them for only $2 each.

Use your $1 off of 2 lb cheese coupon (use zip code 83301) with it and you have a great deal on homemade pizza!!

Pillsbury Toaster Strudel are on sale for $2 each.

Use THIS $1 coupon and THIS $.55/2 ecoupon and get 2 boxes for $1.45!!

Smiths Trip 9/24

I bought:

• 3 Kroger butter $5.00
• 2 eggs $1.98
• 2 Deli Creations clearance $2.58
• 2 Kroger diapers $11.92
• 2 Diet Cokes $2
• $2 Reeses cups $2
• 4 DiGiorno pizzas $17.88
• 2 Pringles clearance $1.98

Then I used:

• (2) $3 Kroger diaper coupons
• $1.92 DiGiorno Fred Meyer coupon
• $2/2 DiGiorno tearpad in store
• (2) $1 DiGiorno Flat Bread pizzas 8/23 SS
• (2) $1 off candy WYB Coke tearpad in store
• $1/2 Pringles 8/30 P&G
• **should have saved $.50/2 Pringles ecoupon but it didn't come off for some reason :(
• $1/2 Deli Creation

Total OOP $31.65

Total Savings $39.51 or 55%