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$30 Kroger gift card giveaway!

August 20, 2009 by


I posted here about the Mega Sale that started at Kroger stores in my area. This same sale is taking place across the country at stores in the “Kroger family” (which includes Ralphs, King Soopers, Frys, Smith’s, Gerbes, City Market, and Dillons).

Participating products include: AMP Energy, Aquafina, Betty Crocker Baking Mixes, Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, Cascadian Farms Cereals and Bars, Cap’n Crunch, Cheerios, Cheetos, Chex Mix, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Dole Juices and Juice Drinks, Fiber One, Fritos, Gatorade, Golden Grahams, Green Giant, Hamburger Helper, Life , Lipton Tea, Nature Valley, Old El Paso, Pepsi family of 2 Liters, Pillsbury, Progresso, Propel, Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Quaker Chewy Bars, Starbucks, Sobe Life Water, Totino’s, Trix, Tropicana, Yoplait and MORE!

If you’re preparing to send your kids off to school like I am, many of these products will come in handy!

General Mills, PepsiCo and MyBlogSpark were kind enough to send me a $30 gift card so that I could see (and share) how much I was able to save during the sale. I plan to do my shopping on Saturday and share my savings on Sunday!

They are also going to give a $30 Kroger gift card away to one of my readers! The giveaway starts today and will end at 11:59 pm CT on Sunday, August 23rd. I will announce the winner on Monday, August 24th. The winner will be chosen randomly using random.org.

You will have 24 hours to provide me with your contact information (when you post to enter, you must leave your e-mail address or some other way for me to contact you!). Here’s how you can enter to win:

1. Tell me about what you plan to buy with your gift card and how much you think you can save.

2. Subscribe to my blog (if you already subscribe, please post a comment to let me know that you have subscribed…if you are a new subscriber, you also need to “verify” your subscription).

3. Create a post on your blog letting others know about the giveaway and link back to my blog or tweet about the giveaway on Twitter. Be sure to comment here with a link to your post!

Please create a separate post for each of your entries. If you win, you need to provide me with some way to contact you. (Remember, if you post a comment as “anonymous” you need to include some sort of identifying information or your entry will not be valid)

GOOD LUCK!

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It’s time for another Kroger Mega sale!

August 19, 2009 by


Hopefully you’ve recovered from the super doubles last week and you’re ready to take on the mega sale!

Mega Sale Items: Buy 10 participating items, save $5 instantly ~ (the prices listed below are BEFORE the $5 discount) – from previous experiences, there are usually many more participating items in the store in addition to what is listed in the ad

**There are some great catalina deals to match up with these offers. I have included them below as they apply to different items!

*Aquafina water – $3.99/each

*Betty Crocker cookie or brownie mixes – $1.99/each
.75/2 printable on bettycrocker.com
.40/1 cookie mix printable on bettycrocker.com
.75/2 printable on coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the right sidebar!)
.75/2 brownie mix loadable on cellfire.com
.40/1 cookie mix loadable on cellfire.com
.40/1 cookie mix loadable on shortcuts.com

*Betty Crocker fruit snacks – $1.99/each
.50/2 printable on bettycrocker.com
.40/1 Fruit Shapes printable on bettycrocker.com
.40/1 Fruit Shapes printable on coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the right sidebar)
.50/2 fruit snacks printable on coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the right sidebar)
.50/2 loadable on cellfire.com
.40/1 fruit shapes loadable on cellfire.com
.40/1 loadable on shortcuts.com
.50/2 coupons in the 8-9 SS2 insert

CATALINA DEAL ~ Buy Betty Crocker/GM Fruit Shapes/Fruit by the Foot/Fruit Gushers/Fruit Roll Ups/Fruit Roll Ups Stickerz and save up to $3.50 OYNO. This is valid between 8/14 and 9/6/09

Buy 3, get $1.50 OYNO
Buy 4, get $2.50 OYNO
Buy 5 or more, get $3.50 OYNO

*Betty Crocker potatoes – $1.49/each
.40/2 loadable on shortcuts.com

*Cascadian Farms Organic cereals – $2.99/each – look for peelie coupons on the boxes

*Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew or Pepsi Cola 2 liters – $1.25/each

*Fresh Naked juice – $2.49/each

*Frito Lay multi snack packs – $5.99/each – look for $1 peelie coupons!

*Frito Lay Natural chips – $2.99/each

*Gatorade sports drink (64 oz) – $1.75/each

*Gatorade sports drink (8 pk, 20 oz bottles) – $5.48/each

*General Mills cereals (Cinnamon Toast Crunch or Cocoa Puffs) or Quaker Cap’n Crunch or Life cereals – $2.99

*Green Giant Valley Fresh steamers – $1.59/each

*Green Giant canned vegetables – $1.25/each

*Hamburger Helper – $1.39/each
.75/3 printable on bettycrocker.com
.75/3 Cellfire loadable
.75/3 Shortcuts loadable
$1/3 from 8-9 SS2 insert
.75/3 printable on smartsource.com

*Lipton iced team (or Starbucks Frappucino) – $4.99/each

*Macaroni Grill dinners – $3.49/each
$1 Shortcuts loadable
$1/1 from 8-9 SS2 insert and 7-12 SS insert

*Nature Valley granola bars – $2.49/each
.40/1 printable on bettycrocker.com
.40/1 printable on coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the ride sidebar!)
.40/1 Cellfire loadable
.40/1 Shortcuts loadable

**CATALINA DEAL: Buy Nature Valley granola bars, save up to $3.50 OYNO. Valid between 8/14 and 9/6/09:

Buy 3, get $1.50 OYNO
Buy 4, get $2.50 OYNO
Buy 5 or more, get $3.50 OYNO

*Old El Paso taco shells – $1.49/each
.60/2 printable on bettycrocker.com
.60/2 Shortcuts loadable

*Pillsbury cinnamon rolls – $2.49/each

*Pillsbury Grands! biscuits, crescents or cinnamon rolls – $1.49/each
$1/2 Pillsbury Grands printable (you can print it from the blue box on the right sidebar!)
.40/2 Pillsbury Sweet Rolls or Grands Sweet Rolls printable from coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the right sidebar)
.50/2 loadable on Shortcuts.com
.40/2 Grands biscuits from 8/9 SS2
.40/2 Grands Sweet Rolls from 8/9 SS2
.35/1 Grands biscuits from 7/12 SS
.40/2 Grands sweet rolls printable on smartsource.com
$1/2 Grands printable on smartsource.com

*Pillsbury Toaster Strudels – $2.99/each – look for blinkie coupons in the store
.55/2 loadable on shortcuts.com
.35/1 from 8/9 SS2

*Progresso soup – $1.69/each

*Propel Fitness Water – $.99

*Quaker granola bars – $1.99/each

*Quaker instant oatmeal – $2.49/each

*Quaker Quakes rice snacks – $.99

*Tostitos tortilla chips/salsa/queso dips – $2.49/each

*Totino’s pizza rolls – $2.99/each
.55/2 printable on coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the right sidebar!)
.55/2 loadable on shortcuts.com

*Tropicana juice – $2.99/each
$1/1 Trop 50 printable here

*Yoplait yogurt or Dole Blends juice (64 oz) – $2.49/each
.40/1 Yoplait printable on bettycrocker.com
.80/2 Yoplait printable on bettycrocker.com
.40/1 Yoplait printable from coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the right sidebar)
.80/2 Yoplait printable from coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the right sidebar)
.80/2 Yoplait loadable on cellfire.com
.80/2 Yoplait loadable on shortcuts.com

Not shown in ad, but likely included based on ads or reportedly working in other areas: (I don’t know if the prices listed are before or after the $5 instant rebate)

*Arm & Hammer detergent – $5.99 – $1/1 printable on armandhammer.com

*DiGiorno pizzas – $4.99
$1.25/1 Flatbread printable (no longer available)
$1/1 DiGiorno Crispy Flatbread frozen pizza – 8/2 SS
$1/1 DiGiorno Ultimate Toppings pizza – 8/16 SS

*Tyson chicken (22-32 oz bags)
$1/1 Tyson frozen chicken or beep sticks product, any – 5-31 SS
$1/1 Tyson frozen breaded chicken item (1 bag or 2 boxes) – June 2009 All You
$1/1 Tyson frozen breaded chicken (any bag) – August 2009 All You
$1/1 Tyson Frozen Breaded chicken (any bag) – 8-2 SS

*Wanchai Ferry dinner kit – $3.99
$1/1 from 8-9 SS2 insert
$1/1 printable on coupons.com and smartsource.com

Other deals:
*Hot dog buns – 10/$10

*Kroger drinking water 24 pk bottles – $2.99

*London broil – $1.99/lb

*Springdale milk – $1.99/galloon

*Tender asparagus – $1.77/lb

*Tony’s pizza – $1.99/each
$1/2 printable on smartsource.com

*Weight Watchers Smart One – 5/$10
$4/10 printable here
$1/5 printable here

****Don’t forget to load coupons from these sites:
Cellfire
Shortcuts

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Coupon inserts preview for 8-23

August 18, 2009 by

I love finding out what coupons are going to be in upcoming inserts ahead of time so that I can plan and buy extra coupons early before they all get snatched up! The coupon previews for the 8-23 inserts are up and you can access them by clicking on the link below!

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The Best Deals on Hannah Montana: The Movie

August 18, 2009 by


My daughter loves Hannah Montana. We watched her latest movie together as a family a few days ago and I loved watching her dance and sing along. We definitely want to invest in this movie!

The best prices I have seen are at Best Buy and Target. Both places will have it for $15.99.

Here is a coupon for $5 off the movie on DVD.

Here is a coupon for $10 off the movie on Blu Ray.

There is also a $4 mail in rebate if you buy select SunMaid raisins (24 oz canister, 6 pack of 1.5 oz cartons, or 7 oz 14 mini boxes bag). You can download the form here.

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Kroger Super Doubles

August 18, 2009 by

My Kroger store had a “Super Doubles” day on Saturday where they were doubling coupons up to $1. It was a crazy event and some people started at midnight. At midnight, I had just finished putting all of my coupons together and so I opted to go to the store by my house that opens at 6 am.

My husband was kind enough to come with me (he really hates using coupons) and so we each had a list (they would only double one “like” coupon per transaction). When we got there at 5:45, there were about 25 cars in the parking lot, which is definitely not the “norm” for that time of day on a Saturday especially! We were able to get most of the things that we were looking for. The only downfall was that they only had the self check-out lanes open and you have to keep all of your bags on there and things kept falling out of my bags or the entire bags kept falling off. Then, there was one cashier to man all four registers and she had to enter all of the coupons manually from her station. I was one of the first people to check out, but she looked pretty frazzled and overwhelmed. Unfortunately, I couldn’t “see” the coupons as she entered them and based on my totals I know that some of the coupons were missed, but I have no idea which ones. I asked the cashier if they had scheduled extra cashiers to work that day and she said she didn’t think they realized how big the promotion was going to be…..never underestimate the insanity of couponers!

I paid just under $60 for all of this (I bought a lot of “household” items like cups, batteries, toilet paper, and cleaners that don’t count toward my grocery budget). The picture is not the greatest. I guess that’s what happens when you have two kiddos vying for your attention when you walk through the door with bags and bags of groceries!

You can check out my post here to see what my plans were. I think it ended up being pretty much the same except that I added an extra multi-pack of chips because there were peelie coupons on them and I couldn’t find my Rice Krispie coupons that morning (that’s what happens when you stay up late trying to plan scenarios!)

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