What’s on YOUR grocery list? The hot grocery deals for the week all in one spot!

Here are the “hot” items to stock up on at Kroger this week (this is for the Texas/Louisiana region….check your ad for specific details if you are in other regions):

You can check out the full “weekly match-ups” post here to find out what else is on sale.

*Freschetta Pizza – $3.99 – $2.99 after coupons!
$1/1 printable coupon here (you must register, you can print 2 per computer!)

*Lay’s Baked Snacks or Sun Chips – $2.75 – $2.20 after coupons!
.55/1 Baked Lays – 1-3 SS

*Libby’s Vegetables – 2/$1 – FREE after coupon!
.50/2 printable here (should double!)

*Progresso Light, Low Sodium, or High Fiber Soup – 4/$5
.25/1 Progresso High Fiber Soup – 11-15 GM insert (should triple)
.50/2 Progresso soups, any – 12-6 SS (should double)
.50/2 Progresso soups loadable on cellfire.com
.50/2 Progresso soups loadable on shortcuts.com (one expires 1-27 if you loaded it previously, newest expires 2-27)

SCENARIO:
Buy 4 Progresso soups (at least 2 High Fiber)

Use 2 $.25/2 High Fiber soup coupons – will deduct $1.50 Use .50/2 Progresso soups coupon (any) – will deduct $1 – .50/2 Progresso soups loadable (Cellfire.com) – .50/2 Progresso soups loadable (shortcuts.com)

Total OOP = $1.50 ($.38/can!)

CRAZY MEAL DEAL: Buy any combination of 3 Kellogg’s items (includes Nutri-Grain bars, Special K bars, or Kellogg’s Special K cereals) 3/$7, get free Kroger milk, Kroger white bread, Kroger large eggs, and Tennesse Pride sausage gravy

Use the $5/4 Kellogg’s cereals printable on Target.com (this is a manufacturer’s coupon with a Target logo) and get all of this for $4.33! That’s what you’d spend for just the milk, bread, and eggs anyway!

Here are the “hot” items to stock up on at Randalls this week (this may also apply if you have a store that is part of the Safeway family – check your ad for details):

You can check out the full “weekly match-ups” post here to find out what else is on sale.

**There is a hot new loadables site for Randalls here

**If you are spending at least $20, you can use the Super Coupons for Lucerne milk – $.99/gallon, Lucerne large eggs (18 ct) – $.99, and Smithfield bacon – $1.99

*Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks – $1.80 for 3 (.60/each after coupons)
$1.50/2 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks (any flavor/variety) loadable here
.40/1 Betty Crocker Fruit Shapes loadable on cellfire.com
.50/2 Betty Crocker fruit snacks (Fruit By the Foot, Stickerz, Fruit Roll-Ups, or Gushers) loadable on cellfire.com
.50/2 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks – 1-3 GM insert
.40/1 Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored shapes printable here

In the past, all loadables on your card will come off when you buy items at Randalls. I haven’t tried this deal yet, so I can’t guarantee 100% that it will work.

Here’s the scenario:
Buy 2 Betty Crocker fruit snacks (Fruit by the Foot, Stickerz, Roll-Ups, or Gushers) – $2/each
Buy 1 Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored shapes – $2

Use .50/2 coupon (should double to $1)
Use .40/1 coupon (should double to $.80)
These loadables should all come off: $1.50/2, .40/1, .50/2

Total OOP (out of pocket) = $1.80

There is also a catalina offer attached to this:
Purchase Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored snacks between 12/28- 1/24

Buy 3 get $1.50
Buy4 get $2.50
Buy 5 get $3.50

(Includes Fruit Shapes, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups or Fruit Stickerz)

Catalina offer #0886 5290 0985

So you get a coupon good for $1.50 off your next purchase of ANYTHING!

*General Mills Cheerios or Cinnamon Toast Crunch ~ FREE after coupons!

These are $1.49/each when you buy 3 at Randalls this week. Print off two $1/1 coupons for Cinnamon Toast Crunch here and sign up to get the $1/1 coupons from Cheerios here and you pay $.49/box when you buy 3 boxes! There are also $1/1 Honey Nut Cheerios coupons here if they happen to be included in the deal.

To sweeten this deal, load the .55/1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch coupon on shortcuts.com and the .55/1 Cheerios and .55/1 Trix coupons at Cellfire.com

Here’s a scenario:
Buy 1 Cheerios – $1.49
Buy 1 Trix – $1.49
Buy 1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch – $1.49

Use 3 $1 coupons
-.55/1 Trix, Cheerios, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch loadables

Total = $.18 OVERAGE!

*Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers – 2/$6 – $1 each after coupons!
$2/1 Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers – 1-3 SS2

*Hormel Natural Choice lunchmeat – $1.99/each – $1.24 – this deal is only valid Saturday and Sunday!
.75/1 Hormel Natural Choices lunchmeat printable here

*Pillsbury brownie mix – 10/$10 – $.20/each after coupons!
.40/1 Pillsbury brownie mix – 11-8 RP

*Softsoap liquid hand soap – $.99/each – FREE after coupons!
.35/1 Softsoap liquid hand soap – 1-3 SS2 (will triple)

Here are some of the hot deals at Target this week:

*Juicy Juice ~ This is on price cut at Target through 1/9. There is a $1/1 Target coupon here (click on the groceries tab and then pg. 3) and a $1/2 manufacturer’s coupon here making it .50/bottle!

*Buy 10 Weight Watchers Smart Ones – $1.89/each, get a $5 Target gift card
$5/10 printable here
$4/10 printable
here
$1.50/7 Weight Watchers Smart Ones – January All You Magazine
$1/5 Weight Watchers Smart Ones – January All You Magazine
$1/3 Flatbreads or Pizza minis printable here
$1/5 Smart Ones printable here

SCENARIO:
Buy 10 Weight Watchers Smart Ones – $1.89/each

Use $5/10 printable
Use $5 Target gift card (hopefully you keep one on hand to roll into deals!)

Spend $8.90 OOP, get a $5 Target gift card

Check out other items you can add to your stockpile here.

Family Fun Friday: Lowe’s and Redbox

If you’re looking for some fun family activities that won’t break your budget, both of these are free!


Lowe’s will be offering a “Build and Grow” Clinic on Saturday, January 9 from 10-11 a.m. This week, kids will learn how to make their very own coin bank. If you’ve been wanting to teach your kids about savings, this is a great project to help get them started! Click here to sign up and to get the details.

Redbox has a new free rental code that is valid through 2/28/10. The code is GT9SA and can be used once per card.

Here are a few other codes that may work if you have not used them before:
BREAKROOM
DVDONME
REDBOX

For use at Walgreens only: DVDATWAG

You can use these codes once per card (you do have to swipe a credit or debit card to “rent” the movie).

To learn more about Redbox (or to find a location, see what’s available, or reserve a selection online), check out their blog here and their site here.

If you are new to using Redbox, Dealseeking Mom has a great tutorial here.

Baby Bjorn for $22.49 from Target.com!

If you know someone who is expecting a baby and you’re looking for a great but affordable gift, this is a great option! Right now on Target.com, you can get a Baby Bjorn carrier in Chocolate Brown for $22.49 shipped (plus get an additional 3% cash back if you shop through Ebates). The carrier is designed for babies between 8 and 25 pounds.

Here’s how this deal works:

1. Click here if you want to shop through Ebates to get your 3% cash back. Select “Target” from the store list and a tracking ticket will be opened.

2. Once you get to the Target site, cut and paste the link here.

3. Enter this code at check-out: URTYJLI8

Your total should be $22.49 (other taxes may apply based on your area). Shipping is free and you get 3% back if you shopped through Ebates!

Thanks Dealnews!

Randalls Deals for the week of 1/6-1/12

At my Randalls store (Texas), they double the face value of one ‘like’ coupon up to .50 and triple the face value of one ‘like’ coupon up to .39. Check with your store for details on their policy for doubling and tripling coupons.

Here are the highlights of the Randalls ad this week:

*Campbell’s Select Harvest Soup – Buy one (priced at $2.49), get one free – $1.49 for 2!
.50/2 Campbell’s Select Harvest Healthy Request soup – 1-3 SS (should double)

*Doritos Tortilla Chips – Buy One, Get One Free

*Fresh Express or Eating Right salad mixes – Buy One, Get One Free

*Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers – 2/$6 – $1 each after coupons!
$2/1 Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers – 1-3 SS2

*Lean Cuisine or Eating Right meals – $1.79/each (must buy 5 to get this price)

*Special K cereal or bars – $1.99/each (must buy 3 or more to get discounted price)
$5/4 Kellogg’s cereals printable here (click on “grocery” at the left) = $2.96 (.74/each) when you buy 4!
$1/2 Special K Crackers – 1-3 RP
$1/2 Special K cereal bars, fruit crisps, or Bliss Bars – 1-3 RP

*Softsoap liquid hand soap – $.99/each – FREE after coupons!
.35/1 Softsoap liquid hand soap – 1-3 SS2 (will triple)

*Yoplait Yogurt – 10/$5
.40/6 Yoplait yogurt cups (should double) – 1-3 GM insert

SATURDAY SPECIALS:

*Capri Sun – $1.49/each

*Hormel Natural Choice lunchmeat – $1.99/each – $1.24
.75/1 Hormel Natural Choices lunchmeat printable here

*Hostess Multi-packs or 100 calorie packs – $1.89 – $.99 after coupons!
.45/1 Hostess family packs – 12-6 RP (should double)

*Large cantaloupe melons – 2/$3

*Nabisco tray packs (12-15 ct) – $2.99

*Pillsbury brownie mix – 10/$10 – $.20/each after coupons!
.40/1 Pillsbury brownie mix – 11-8 RP

*Quaker chewy granola bars – $1.99 – $1.44/each after coupons!
.55/1 Quaker Chewy Granola bars – 1-3SS

*Ragu pasta sauce – 2/$3 – $.95 each after coupons (when you buy 2!)
.60/1 Ragu pasta sauce – 11-15 RP
.50/1 coupons.com loadable here

*Rice a Roni or Kraft Macaroni and Cheese – 10/$10 – $.67/each for Rice a Roni (when you buy 3!), $.75/each for macaroni and cheese (when you buy 4!)
$1/3 Rice a Roni – 1-3
Buy 3, Get 1 Free – 12-13 SS

BUY 1, GET 1 FREE MIX & MATCH: Pictured in ad ~ Fantastik, Scrubbing Bubbles, Pledge, Windex, Spot Shot, 2000 Flushes, Glade Sense & Spray, and Scotch Brite

BUY 5, SAVE 5 MIX & MATCH: Pictured in ad (priced reflect the instant discount, so you must buy 5 to get these prices) ~ Oscar Mayer sliced bacon – $2.99, Oscar Mayer Deli Shaved Lunchmeat – $2.79, Oscar Mayer Beef Bologna Lunchmeat – $2.79, Oscar Mayer Two Pack Lunchables – $1.79, Oscar Mayer Beef Franks – $2.99, Oscar Mayer Deli Creations – $1.69
.75/1 Oscar Mayer bacon – 11-15 SS
$1/2 Oscar Mayer cold cuts – 12-13 SS

SUPER COUPONS: (must spend $20 BEFORE coupons to use these)

*Chef Boyardee canned pasta – $.79 (limit 4)

*Dole fruit bowls – $1.49/each (limit 3)

*Frito Lay variety pack – $4.99

*Kellogg’s Pop Tarts – 3/$3 (must buy 3)

*Lucerne Creamery Fresh or Safeway SELECT ice cream cups – $.49/each

*Lucerne string cheese – $1.99 (limit 1)

*Mrs. Baird’s Bread – $1.49/each

*Ozarka water -2 /$4 (must buy 2) – 2/$3 after coupons!
$1/2 printable here

*Safeway Select or O Organics pizza – $2.99 (limit 1)

*Signature Cafe garden salads – $3.99/each

*Skippy peanut butter or Welch’s grape squeeze jelly – $1.49/each (limit 4) – $.69/each after coupons!
.40/1 Skippy peanut butter – 11/15 RP (should double)

*Totino’s pizza rolls – $2.99 (limit 1)

*Van de Kamp’s seafood selections – $3.99/each (limit 1)

Thrifty Thursday: Start a change jar


About a year ago, my husband and I took Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University class and it was life-changing for us. One of Dave’s big recommendations is that you use a “cash only” system for paying for things. At first this was an adjustment for us, but we quickly realized how much money we had LEFT at the end of the month when we started doing this. It was powerful.

Going to a “cash only” system meant that we did a “cash only” vacation last year (we used some of our cash to purchase gift cards beforehand so it was a bit “safer”) and that was the first vacation where we’ve ever come home with money left (it was $150 to be exact if I’m remembering correctly).

We also managed to do a “100% Cash Christmas” this year and I shared in my post here that we plan to do the same thing again this year. Planning for a 100% Cash Christmas means you need to start NOW. Some of you may be thinking “No big deal. We’ll set aside X amount of money each month and that’s how we can save for Christmas.” We tried that. But for us, I found that each month, Christmas seemed pretty far away and we needed that money from our monthly paychecks NOW for other things. Sound familiar? We decided that in saving up our cash for Christmas, we weren’t going to touch our monthly paychecks. We managed to do this last year and it worked and I’m hoping we’ll be able to do it again this year.

One of the things that we decided to do this year was to start a change jar. Using cash only to pay for things, we found out that sometimes we ended up with a lot of change at the end of the day. To be honest, I found myself leaving it in my car so that I could treat myself to a $.99 Sonic drink from time to time in the mornings or using it to buy a “treat” from the vending machine at work from time to time. With my new weight loss plan, I decided I don’t need to be doing those things anymore anyway. So, about a month ago, my husband and I decided to start a change jar.

I counted the change yesterday and I was surprised at how quickly those pennies, nickels, and dimes could add up! We had almost $30 in there already! Our plan is to just let the change accumulate throughout the year and then “cash it out” in early November so we have the money for our Christmas spending. I know several people who have found that they can easily save $200-300 throughout the year by doing this.

If you decide to take on this challenge, let me know how it goes!

Do you have your own Thrifty Thursday tip to share? Feel free to link up below!

For more thrifty ideas, check out The Coupon Teacher and Life as a Mom.