WEEKLY SALES, ONLINE COUPONS AND CASH BACK

Ok...so I wasn't too impressed with the coupons in this Sunday's paper or the flyers that came out Tuesday.
The few sales I can suggest start today at Vons. Normally these sales are only on Friday but this week they extended it! $5 Friday thru Monday sale...

Foster Farms Breaded chicken selections or Captain Jacks fish and chips in the frozen section
Digiorno and California Pizza Kitchen pizza. Sunday's paper had a coupon for $1 off CPK!
8 piece Signature Cafe fried or all natural chicken in the deli section
6 pk Shock Top beer
Safeway Select Artisan chocolate chewie bistro cake 1/8 sheet in the bakery section

RALPH'S seems to be having the best sales this week thru Tuesday
$.59 whole chicken
$.88 red seedless grapes
$4.99 24 pk of Pepsi/diet Pepsi or you can Starbucks products as well! Must buy two but can mix and match.
They still have buy ten get $.30 off per item deal which includes great prices on Ego's, Gatorade, Hot Pockets, Pillsbury Grands, Capri Sun and Banquet sausages.
Another good buy with them is the free gallon of milk with the purchase of four Kellogg's cereal, fruit snacks or "granola bars" such as  Fiber Plus...buy four for $10 and you get a free gallon of milk. Now the key with that is to bring coupons as Ralph's doubles up to $1.

STATER BROTHER'S
$4.99 for 24 pk Pepsi products must buy two
$1.50 lb Strawberries
They are also offering the same sale as Ralph's on the Kellogg's products and free gallon milk

This next sale is Sunday - Tuesday and you must buy four products
$.99 Betty Crocker fruit snacks
$1.49 Nature Valley or Fiber One granola bars
$.75 2 ltr Pepsi products

Here is where I go for online printable coupons. They will only let you print out two coupons on each product so make sure your printer is ready!

http://www.coupons.com/couponweb/Offers.aspx?pid=13306&zid=iq37&nid=10&bid=alk02250602553233b1c8212410   I think there is a Grands coupon here and maybe some fruit snacks as well

http://www.pgeverydaysolutions.com/email/201103/BB-Creative.html

http://www.valpak.com/coupons/searchCategory/Grocery/92865  there is a coupon for Fiber One Bars here


For me, when something is on sale at Ralph's for the same price at another store I tend to buy it at Ralph's. They give me points with their rewards program that will get me coupons and cash back. So I will be buying my Pepsi's there. Another way to get cash back is use a credit card that gives you double points for grocery store purchases...BUT you must pay it off EVERY month or it's not worth it.


SADLY that's it for the deals this week.

Stay tuned as I review the prices for cell phones at Costco vs. service providers!!!

Have a great money saving day!

NEXT THREE DAYS!!!!

Don't forget about Skinny Cow ice cream on sale at Stater Brother's!
I am up early to go get some...I have been to their three day sales before and by Monday they are all gone.

Did AMAZING at Vons yesterday! Hope you did too! I saved over 53% off my total bill and the shrimp we had last night was delicious. Loved the chicken too. I had no idea they were individually wrapped so that I can just pull one out for myself for lunch or a simple dish that needs a smaller amount of chicken. Very convenient. Both shrimp and chicken were normally priced over $12 each. Love the Friday $5 sale!

Stay tuned for the Sunday paper coupon tips coming tomorrow.

Have a great money saving day!

IT'S FRIDAY AND I'M GOING TO VONS!

Good morning! Here is why I visit Vons on Friday...$5 Friday specials!
ALL OF THESE NEXT ITEMS ARE $5 EACH!!!

6 pack of Dos Equis beer
Primo Taglio pan roasted turkey, black forest ham, provolone or havarti cheese...in their deli section
(last time I was there the nice lady at the deli counter told me about other amazing specials they had too!)
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breasts 2.5lbs FROZEN (so don't look in the meat section)...I will be getting this!
Seapak butterfly shrimp 20 oz. pkg. frozen section again
Artisan Cherry Boston Cream cake...in their bakery section...YUM!

The key with Vons is they have great coupons in their flyers like Powerade for $.60 and 16 oz butter for $2.49 but you have to buy $10 worth of groceries and their stuff is way overpriced a lot of the time. They charge $8.19 for a 12 oz. Tabasco sauce while Stater's charges $6.99. However, I just bought a bunch at Costco for $4.67!!! It pays to walk the aisles at stores sometimes, especially Costco, because they are always getting new items.

Now they also have a four day sale starting today thru Monday.
$2.99 8" apple pie
$4.99 5lb. box California Clementine tangerines
$1.88 Lay's or Lay's Kettle potato chips
$12.88 20 pack Coors, Bud, Miller or Tecate Beer

Deals thru next Tuesday
Buy 1 get 1 free Eating Right salad blends
Buy 2 get 2 free on Coke products PLUS get 2 free boxes of Nabisco crackers (like Wheat Thins or Triscuits)
Buy 1 get 1 free Nabisco Chips Ahoy or Newtons cookies
$.88 red seedless grapes

Here is the link to their flyer so you can see their coupons as well and decide if you will be purchasing anything that adds up to $10! Just click on the pages to turn.
http://weeklyspecials.vons.com/customer_Frame.jsp?drpStoreID=2335

Have a great money saving day!!!!

TOP GROCERY STORE BARGAINS OF THE WEEK

RALPH'S
Buy one get one free Beef Roast sale...and ALL tubs of lunch meat. Freeze and save!
$1.50 for a lb. of strawberries
$.69 Gatorade's *
$.99 Chunky soups *
$.58 Brown Serve sausage *
$1.99 General Mills cereals *
*check out the brochure as you must buy ten products on some items but plenty to chose from


STATER BROTHER'S
$1.97 Randall farms boneless skinless chicken breasts...a personal favorite.
$.69 Powerade
$.99 Green Seedless grapes
$2.99 Cuties Mandarins
$1.49 Kellogg's Eggo's or Pancakes
$.75 7-Up products and other select 2 liter sodas
$.20 Maruchan Instant Lunch
**Sat, Sun, Mon ONLY**
$1.49 Hi-C and Minute Maid Coolers lunch drinks
$2.99 Skinny Cow Ice Cream cones, sandwiches and bars!!!!


ALBERTSONS
$.99 1 dozen Large Grade A eggs
3 for $5 Hot Pockets


VONS
*** I will do a separate blog just for Vons explaining why I only shop there on Friday and explaining how to use their special coupons.

Feel free to leave a suggestion or  comment on anything I may have missed or any questions you may have as to why I picked these as the TOP BARGAINS of the "shopping week". Have a great money saving day!

Some great Kids Eat Free websites

Please check your location to make sure they are still offering these deals. The first link seemed to be the most accurate.

http://www.frugalliving.tv/free-stuff/kids-eat-free.html

http://mykidseatfree.com/Select_A_City.asp

http://www.kidsmealdeals.com/

Great sale at Toys R Us on Fisher Price infant toys...ends Saturday!

This really is a great buy! Please read the small print on the fact that it is only infant toys and you must buy one toy over $25 and the free one must be under $24.99.
http://www.toysrus.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=2255956

There is not a huge price difference whether you buy at Target, Amazon or Toys R Us. Just a dollar or so difference for smaller toys like this, so you really want to take advantage of a Two for One sale. The price difference does often happen on bigger ticket Fisher Price items like one of the greatest toys ever made. How do I know? My nephews played with this for YEARS!!!!!

Example...
http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-C6327-Fisher-Price-Learning/dp/B000284X6W/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1297774263&sr=8-3

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2265260&ab=Tru_homepage_aspot%3A1%3ABuy-1-Get-1-FREE-Buy-1-Fishe

And Toys R Us often has EXCLUSIVE Fisher Price toys that get marked up by independent toy stores online for Amazon and are not available at Target.

Always be sure to sign up the kids for Geoffrey's Birthday Club
http://www.birthdaysrus.com/
And for baby's first birthday...
http://www.birthdaysrus.com/first_birthday/
and sign yourself up for the Rewards R Us club.
http://rewardsrus.toysrus.com/

Stay tuned...IT'S TUESDAY! Sunday's coupons were a little skimpy (but always hold onto them so you can cut out what you might need for another week) so it's all about the grocery store flyers coming today!

Stater Brothers is the place to be!

Ok...sodas are off sale now but we still have plenty of bargains! Today thru Tuesday; Rice a Roni or Pasta Roni $.79, Minute Maid or Florida's Natural orange juice $1.99, Filet Mignon steak $7.99 lb. If you have their flyer you may have noticed I didn't suggest the lobster tails because you should not spend more than $1.25 per ounce of lobster. But I will say...at $1.60 an ounce and since they are known for their freshness and selection of meats, poultry and seafood...you can splurge for Valentine's Day. And if you don't know how to cook it...or anything for that matter...go to allrecipes.com.

OH! OH! OH! I totally forgot...it is not advertised...BUT... Budget Gourmets are $.69 at Stater Brothers too! Go Crazy!

Don't buy soda for more than 4 12 packs for $10...You must plan! Buy extra

Most grocery stores are doing this Thursday, Friday, Saturday sale or Sunday, Monday, Tuesday deal. Yes...it is worth the extra time to go to those days if you are in need of their product. Super bowl is over and that means so are the super snack type savings. I will keep you posted. This is the latest decent sale. ;-)

It's rough...let's save money

Hello and Welcome,
I am so excited to have you reading my blog about coupons and how to budget and...ok, um, not really, you are totally taking away from my cutting coupon and researching time and that in general tends to piss me off because I love nothing more than to find bargains. What qualifies me as an expert...I wait for the Tuesday 's mail...it's like Christmas. I circle the sales and get my coupons out. Here's your first tip on my second fav grocery store. Sign up and save!
http://www.ralphs.com/in_store/Pages/coupon_landing.aspx