Kroger deals for the week of 10/21

October 21, 2009 by


There isn’t a whole lot to get excited about in this week’s ad, but there are a few deals worth highlighting:

Keebler Chips Deluxe cookies, Town House, Club Crackers, or Pecan Sandies – BOGO free (these run about $3.79 for the cookies at my store, so after the coupon, you pay about $2.29 for 2 packages of cookies)
$1.50/2 Keebler cookies printable here

Post Honey Bunches of Oats, Fruit or Cocoa Pebbles or Nature Valley Granola bars – 4/$6 (must purchase four to get them at this price)…also, I’m not sure about the specifics of this deal because the Nature Valley granola bars are listed in the ad, but Fiber One bars are pictured in the ad – talk about confusing!
.40/1 Nature Valley granola bars printable here and on bettycrocker.com and shortcuts.com
$1/2 Nature Valley granola bars – 10-4 SS2, 9-13 RP
$1/1 Nature Valley granola nut clusters here and on bettycrocker.com and shortcuts.com
**I’m not sure if the granola nut clusters are part of the deal

SCENARIO:
Buy 4 Nature Valley granola bars – $1.50/each

Use 4 .40/1 printables (3 will double in my area)
.40/1 Shortcuts coupon should come off

Spend $2.80 OOP (.70/box!)

or…if you want to buy the cereal 4/$6, this catalina offer would apply:

Buy Post Honey Bunches of Oats cereal and save up to $4.00 OYNO

Purchase dates 10/09/09 – 11/01/09

Buy 2 & Get $2.00 OYNO
Buy 3 & Get $3.00 OYNO
Buy 4 or more & Get $4.00 OYNO

Yoplait Yogurt – 10/$5
.50/6 Yoplait yogurt printable on bettycrocker.com
Buy 6, get 1 free – 10-4 GM insert
.50/6 loadable on shortcuts.com

SCENARIO:
Buy 7 yogurts – .50/each

Use .50/6 printable (will double)
Use B6G1 free insert coupon
Use .50/6 shortcuts.com loadable

Spend $1.50 OOP (.21 per cup of yogurt!)

Blue Bell Ice Cream – 3/$10 ($2.33 after coupon!)
$1/1 Half gallon Blue Bell printable on bluebell.com (must register)

Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom or Cream of Chicken soup – 4/$3 (*this is a great time of year to stock up on cream soups!)
.30/4 Campbell’s “great for cooking” soups – 10-11 SS
.40/3 Campbell’s condensed cream soups – 9-20 SS
$1/2 Campbell’s cooking soups printable here

SCENARIO:
Buy 7 cans cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup

Use .30/4 coupon (will triple)
Use .40/3 coupon (will double)
Use $1/2 coupon

Spend $2.55 OOP (.36/can)

Hormel Chili – 4/$5
$2/3 Hormel Chili – 10-18 SS

SCENARIO:
Buy 3 chili ($1.25/each)

use 2/$3 coupon

Spend $1.75 OOP (.58/can!)

Hormel chunk chicken – 4/$5
*Look for peelie coupons for .25/1 (should triple) and .75/3 on the cans

SCENARIO:
Buy 4 canned chicken – $5

Use .25/1 peelie (triples)
use .75/3 peelie

Spend $3.50 OOP (.87/can!)

Kroger broth (beef, chicken, vegetable) – 2/$1 – this is a good “stock up” price

Pillsbury Grands Jr biscuits – this is not in the ad, but this is still a good deal. These biscuits are priced at $.99. There are $1/3 coupons in the “blinkie” machine right in front of the biscuits at my store. There are also loadable coupons on cellfire.com(.30/2 Pillsbury Grands) and shortcuts.com (.30/2 Pillsbury Grands).

There is a catalina deal that pairs up with this:

Buy any Pillsbury Refrigerated baked goods between 10/5 & 11/1

Buy 4 get $2
Buy 5 get $3
Buy 6 or more get $4 OYNO

All items must be purchased in one shopping order. Limit to product in stock. No cash back. Expires 11/1.

SCENARIO:
Buy 4 Pillsbury Grands Jr. biscuits – $.99/each

Use 1 $1/3 blinkie coupon
Shortcuts .30/2
Cellfire .30/2

Spend $2.36 OOP, get a $2 catalina to use on your next purchase. You can “roll” it into buying more biscuits like this:

Buy 4 Pillsbury Grands Jr. biscuits – $.99/each

Use $1/3 blinkie coupon
Use $2 OYNO catalina from previous transaction

Spend $.96, earn a $2 catalina to use on your next purchase!

Weight Watchers Smart Ones – 5/$10 – $1.40/each after coupon!
$3/10 printable here

Ground chuck: buy more, save more ~
Buy 1 lb Flavorseal pkg, pay $1.69/lb
Buy 3 lb Flavorseal pkg, pay $1.59/lb
Buy 5 lb Flavorseal pkg, pay $1.49/lb

This is awesome to pair with this deal here:

(originally found on SD/thanks Jane!)
Click here to enter their instant win game (you do have to register). Enter code A23568.

You will receive a link to a .50 off ANY ground beef purchase coupon. The coupon is a PDF. If you select a store name, it prints the store name in big print on the right side of the coupon. But, if you select “Other”, regardless of what you type in the box, the coupon will not include the name of any store.

The coupon says “do not double” but it starts with a 5 and from my experience, the register automatically doubles those coupons at Kroger, so you can get one pound of ground chuck for .69!

Produce deals:
Bunch broccoli or white califlower – $.99/lb
Haas ripe avocadoes – 2/$1
Hot house tomatoes – $.99/lb
Organic mini peeled carrots – 2/$3

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Hot new printables!

October 20, 2009 by

Coupons.com has some great new printable coupons that you won’t want to miss! Click here to print these great coupons. Print them now before they’re gone!

$1/1 All Liquid laundry detergent
$1/1 California Pizza Kitchen pizza
$1/1 Dial body wash
$1.50/1 DiGiorno Ultimate Toppings pizza
$1.50/1 Huggies diapers
$3/1 Huggies Pure & Natural diapers
$1.50/2 Keebler cookies
$1/2 Kellogg’s Rice Krispie treats
$1/1 Nature Valley granola clusters
$2/1 Nestle bagged candy (24 oz or larger)
.50/1 Starkist pouch (great if your grocery store doubles and there is a 10/$10 sale!)
.75/1 Weigh Watchers cheese or cream cheese
$3/10 Weight Watchers Smart Ones
$2/1 Wonka bagged candy (24 oz or larger)

Great toy coupons:
$2/1 Mr. or Mrs. Potato Head
$5/20 My Little Pony Purchase
$3/1 Playskool Glow Worm
$10/1 Playskool Musical Sit ‘n Spin

….and many more!

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Get $35 in free coupons from Home Made Simple

October 20, 2009 by

Click here to register for a free Home Made Simple coupon book. The book contains $35 in free coupons for popular products such as Cascade, Dawn, Febreze, Mr. Clean, and Swiffer. (when I tried to register the first time, I said that I couldn’t remember where I heard about the promotion, and it wouldn’t let me register…I tried again and picked a TV station and it went through just fine)

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The best candy deals for the week of 10/18

October 19, 2009 by


I have put off buying my Halloween candy this year because I keep hoping for a great deal like there has been in previous years and it just doesn’t seem to be happening this year.

Here are all of the candy coupons I am aware of:
$0.55/1 Reese’s candy from the 8-23SS
$1/1 Hershey’s Kisses from the 9-13SS
$1/3 Hershey’s Fun Size snacks from the 9-27SS
$1/2 Hershey’s Bliss bags from the 9-20SS
$1/2 Nestle Fun size bags – 10-18 RP
Hershey’s buy 3, get 1 FREE coupon from the 10-18SS
Trident Layers Gum, buy one get one free from the 10-18SS
$1/1 Nestle candy and $1/1 Wonka candy printables here (you can print 2 per account/computer)
$1/2 Mars candy – 10-11 RP

UPDATE: There is a $2/1 Wonka and $2/1 Nestle printable available on coupons.com. These are for the bigger (24 oz) bags, but you should still be able to get some good deals using these coupons!

Here are the best deals I’ve seen on candy thus far this week:

Toys ‘R Us has the best deals in my opinion – they have their Halloween candy (6.34 oz-18.7 oz) for $1.74/bag.

*Nestle/Wonka candy will be $.74/bag with the $1/1 coupon

*Buy 4 bags of Hershey’s candy, use the $1/3 coupon and the B3G1 free coupon and pay $4.22 OOP (that’s $1.05/bag)

*Buy 2 bags of Mars candy, use the $1/2 coupon and pay $2.48 OOP (that’s $1.24/bag)

Walgreens has their fun size candy 2/$4.

*Nestle/Wonka candy will be $1/bag with the $1/1 coupon

*Buy 4 bags of Hershey’s candy, use the $1/3 coupon and the B3G1 free coupon and pay $5 OOP ($1.25/bag)

You can check out the CVS deals here.

I will update with possible grocery deals after the ads come out on Wednesday.

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Menu Planning Monday: My menu for the week of 10/18

October 19, 2009 by

Our breakfasts are “on the go” – things like cereal, Pop Tarts, and waffles mainly with scrambled eggs thrown in there every now and then. I do try to cook “real” breakfasts on the weekends, but I am not always good about planning ahead for that. Our lunches are also “on the go” – sandwiches for my daughter and salads, leftovers, or frozen meals for me (my son eats at daycare and my husband fends for himself!)

If you have blogged a menu plan for the week (or even just a favorite recipe), please feel free to comment and share your link. I’m always looking for new ideas and inspiration and will be happy to share a link to your blog if we try your recipe!

If you need inspiration, check out the weekly meal plans from hundreds of other bloggers here at Organizing Junkie.

SUNDAY: Green enchiladas – this is a modified version of a recipe my dad makes

Ingredients:
1 can green enchilada sauce
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can Rotel
3-4 chicken breasts
corn tortillas
monterrey jack cheese

I place the chicken breasts, enchilada sauce, cream of chicken soup, and Rotel in the crockpot on low all day. When I get home, I shred the chicken and add it back to the mixture. Then, you can either do stacked enchiladas (pour some of the mixture on a corn tortilla/add cheese and repeat for as many layers as you would like) or do rolled enchiladas (place some of the mixture in the corn tortilla, roll, and place in a pan….repeat 9 times…then, pour the remaining sauce mixture over the top and top with cheese and bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes).

MONDAY: Lasagne – I make this recipe in the morning before I leave for work using this recipe from Barilla – their oven ready noodles make live VERY easy!

TUESDAY: Eat out (we are supporting my daughter’s school by visiting a local restaurant that is donating some of the proceeds to the school)

WEDNESDAY: French dip sandwiches (slow cooker)

Ingredients:
beef roast
2 cans beef broth
1 tsp dried rosemary
1 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp garlic powder
4-6 hoagie buns

(we also add some swiss or provolone cheese)

Place roast in a greased slow cooker. Pour broth over the top of the roast. Add spices. Cover and cook on low heat 8-10 hours (or high heat 5-7 hours). Remove roast and save extra juice. With a fork, break the meat apart and serve on hoagies. Use excess juice for dipping sandwiches.

THURSDAY: Creamy bacon chicken (slow cooker)

Ingredients:
3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 3 oz package precooked bacon bits (not artificial)
1 can roasted garlic cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 c. sour cream

Place chicken in slow cooker. Mix all remaining ingredients together and pour over chicken. Cook on low for 6-8 hours. Serve over egg noodles or rice.

FRIDAY: Shepherd’s pie (slow cooker)

This recipe came from the 101 Things to do with a Slow Cooker cookbook.

Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef, browned and drained
1 can (10 ¾ ounces) tomato soup, condensed
1 can (15 oz) whole kernel corn, drained
1 can (15 oz) French cut green beans, drained
2 cups instant mashed potatoes, prepared
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
½ tsp. basil

In a separate bowl, combine beef, tomato soup, corn, beans, and basil. Pour mixture in the bottom of a greased 3 ½ to 5 quart slow cooker. Spread mashed potatoes on top. Cover and cook on low heat 5-6 hours. The last hour of cooking, sprinkle cheese on top of potatoes.

SATURDAY: Tortilla soup (I usually make this in the slow cooker…this batch is coming out of our freezer)

Crock Pot Chicken Tortilla soup
3 cans chicken broth (100% FF)
3 cans cream of chicken soup (98% FF)
3-4 chicken breasts
1 can Rotel
Mrs. Dash original seasoning
salt and pepper to taste

Place chicken breasts in the bottom of the crock pot. Add Mrs. Dash’s seasoning to taste. Add broth and cream of chicken soup, and Rotel. Cook on low 6-8 hours. Shred chicken in crock pot.

To serve: (if frozen)

Defrost in refrigerator. Reheat on stove. Serve and top individual bowls with desired toppings (tomatoes, green onions, avocadoes/guacamole, cheese, tortilla chips, sour cream, etc.).

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