Amazon Magazine Steal of the Week - Oprah

Amazon has a one year subscription to Oprah magazine for $5.00 until Saturday, 12/19. Here is the link.

Harris Teeter

You may or may not have noticed that I haven't been posting about Harris Teeter. I haven't really been finding anything worth posting about in the last few weeks. So, in the interest of saving my time and yours, I will only be posting HT matchups when there are triple coupon events or when something is just SCREAMING at me because the deal is that good. If you want to look at HT matchups yourself, there are several resources on the web - this is a good one, except please keep in mind that sale prices vary tremendously from region to region, and what you see posted on another coupon matchup site may not be the same for you. Remember my milk incident. A costly mistake!

Giant 12/11 - 12/17

Kind of a quiet week at Giant.

Philadelphia Cream Cheese 1.79 BOGO
Buy 4, Use 1.00/3 from 12/06 SS
Final Price 2.58 or .64 each

Birds Eye Steamfresh Vegetables BOGO, price not listed (will update after I shop)
Use 1.00/2 from 12/06 SS

General Mills Cocoa Puffs 2.00
Use .75/1 IP (use zip 90210 if you don't see the coupon)
Final Price .50

Food Lion 12/16 - 12/29 - Two Weeks

Note that these prices are for two weeks; there will not be a new sale next week.

White Potatoes 5-lb bag 3.49 BOGO
Buy 1, Final Price 1.74 OR
Buy 4 (20 pounds total)
Use 2.00 off any purchase of 6.00 in Produce Department FLIP
Final Price 4.98 or 1.24 each

Fresh Chicken Leg Quarters (10-lb bag) .39/lb

Stouffer's Party Size Lasagna (90 oz) 7.99, limit 2

Betty Crocker Frosting 1.00
Use .50/1 IP
Final Price .50

Frozen Turkey 10 lbs and up .69/lb (if you didn't get cheap turkeys around Thanksgiving!)

Hillshire Farm Cocktail Smokies 3.99 BOGO
Buy 1, Final Price 1.99 OR
Buy 2, use 1.00/2 from 11/15 RP or 12/06 RP
Final Price 2.99 or 1.49 each

Oscar Mayer Stack Pack Meat Bologna (16 oz) 3.59 BOGO
Buy 2, Use 1.00/2 from 12/13 SS
Final Price 2.59 or 1.29 each

All Laundry Detergent 32 loads 2.99
Use 2.00/1 from 12/06 RP
Final Price .99 (Yay - I was getting seriously low on laundry detergent!)

Excedrin 20-24 count BOGO, price not listed - will update after I have shopped
Use 1.00/1 Excedrin Migraine IP OR
Use 1.00/1 Excedrin Back and Body IP OR
Use 1.00/1 Excedrin PM IP OR
Use 1.00/1 Excedrin Extra Strength IP

Safeway 12/09 - 12/15

A sad, sad week at Safeway. If you find anything else, please let me know and I'll add it to the list.

Celestial Seasonings Tea 18-20 ct 2.00
Use 1.00/1 from 09/27
Final Price 1.00

Advil 40-50 ct 4.99
Use 2.00/1 from 11/15 RP
Final Price 2.99

Pears, assorted 1.47/lb

Food Lion 12/09 - 12/15

I have seen the future the local Food Lion ad and it is good. Toaster Strudel for $1.50 both in Delaware and at my home store.

Here are the matchups I see for this week.

3-Day Sale Friday 12/11 through Sunday 12/13

Food Lion Bacon .99, limit 4

Pillsbury Toaster Strudel 1.50, limit 4
Use 1.00/1 IE coupon
Final Price .50

Folger's Coffee 34.5-39 oz 4.97, limit 6
Use 1.00/2 from 12/06 RP
Final Price $8.94 or $4.47 each

Jimmy Dean Breakfast Sandwiches 2.99, limit 4
Use 1.00/2 from 11/01 RP
Final Price $4.98 or $2.49 each

Food Lion Orange Juice 64 oz $1.50, limit 4

All Week

Navel Oranges 4 lb bag 4.99 BOGO
Buy One, Final Price $2.49

General Mills Cereals, Cheerios 14 oz or Cookie Crisp 11.5 oz, BOGO, price not listed, limit 4 free
Use 1.00/2 or
Use 1.00/2 from 11/01 SS

Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Dinner .60 each

Bush's Baked Beans .75
Use 1.00/3 (Manufacturer coupon with Target logo on it)
Final Price .42

Hefty Storage or Freezer Bags 1.50
Use 1.00/1 from 09/27 RP (if Fresh Extend bags are included in sale)
Final Price .50

Smart Option Laundry Detergent 78 oz $1.99

Food Lion Apple Juice 64 oz $1.50

Fresh Deli Virginia or Honey Ham $5.49/lb BOGO
Use 1.00 off any deli item over $2.99 (FLIP), so theoretically you could buy slightly over 1 pound to get to the 2.99 mark.
Final price will vary.
(You need to be signed up for Food Lion's Shoppers' Companion email newsletter which contains the FLIPS each week; usually I can post a link to let you print these directly, but it appears that this particular coupon is not available to print that way anymore. I encourage you to sign up for the Shoppers' Companion through Food Lion's web site so that you can have access to FLIPS yourself in case this happens again - I will post again if it becomes available)

Buy Shedd's Spread Country Crock 30-45 oz for $3.49, get Food Lion English Muffins Free
Use .50/1 for Country Crock
Final Price $2.49 plus free English Muffins

M5 Magnum Razor 2.50
Use 3.00/1
Final Price FREE

Fresh Chicken Leg Quarters .69/lb (10 lb bag)

Tennessee Pride Roll Sausage $2.00
Use .55/1
Final Price $1.45

More $5.00 Magazine Subscriptions

Amazon is at it again - from 12/06 through 12/12 selected magazines are $5.00 for a subscription or you can renew your current subscription. Click here to see what's available this time around.

Pillsbury Toaster Strudel Coupon

I have seen a Food Lion preview ad for next week and it is showing a 3-day sale on Pillsbury Toaster Strudel for 1.50 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (12/11, 12/12 and 12/13). Click here to get a 1.00 coupon, making these .50 each. Coupons for Toaster Strudel don't come around very often, and certainly not for 1.00 off. They may go quickly, so I wouldn't wait to print them. Now before you get too excited, please remember that this is an ad I saw for a different area (remember my milk fiasco) and YMMV for your area.

Hallmark $5.00 coupon

There is a Hallmark coupon for $5.00 off your total order; the coupon does not state a minimum, so you should be able to use this to get something free or nearly free. Click here for the coupon. Also you should be able to print this twice by using your browser's back button (you may want to remove the paper after the first printing and insert it back into your printer the opposite way for the second printing to save paper).

Live and Learn

I learned a valuable lesson today. Always check what sale paper you are looking at online before you make your coupon-matching list. Always. Yesterday as I was putting together the coupon-match list for Giant I included milk for 2.50. So, doing my couponing today, I bought four gallons. It wasn't until I got out into the parking lot that it occurred to me that my total was higher than it should have been. I looked at my receipt and discovered that the milk discount had not come off my club card scan. As I was on my way in to go to customer service, I decided I'd better grab an ad there at the store and peruse it first, just to be sure, in case I needed to show it to customer service. Alas, there was no milk on sale! Turns out, it's only on sale in the Rehoboth Beach, Millville and Long Neck, Delaware stores; not in my home store in which I shopped today. *Sigh* I now have four gallons of very expensive milk. At least I didn't embarrass myself by going to customer service!

Giant 12/04 - 12/10

Giant Milk 1-gallon 2.50

General Mills, Kellogg's or Quaker Cereal (selected varieties) 1.88
If you didn't use and still have the .75/1 Rice Crispies from the HT list last week, you can use this here for a final price of .38 per box. Unfortunately, the coupon is no longer available to print.

Oscar Mayer Lunchables 1.00
Use 1.00/1 IP
Final price FREE
(When I tried to print this coupon it said that I had already reached my print limit, which I had not, so I hope you have better luck with this one!)

Bagel Bites 2.00
Use 1.00/1 IP
Final price 1.00

Minute Rice 2.00
Use .50/1 from 10/4 SS
Final price 1.00

Reach Dental Floss .99
Use 1.00/1 from 10/18 RP
Final price FREE

Tyson Any'tizers 10-12 ounce 3.00
Use 1.50/1 from 10/11 SS
Final price 1.50

Free Eggs!

The Good Egg Project is giving a BOGO coupon for a dozen eggs to the first 10,000 people to take the Good Egg Pledge. Don't miss out on your free eggs! Go here and look to the lower right hand corner to sign up for the pledge and get your coupon. Hurry, though - this seems to be a pretty popular coupon and the first 10,000 will probably go quickly.

Safeway 12/02 - 12/08

12/05 and 12/06 ONLY:
Tyson Breaded Chicken 3.99
Use 1.00/1 from 10/18 SS
Final price 2.99

Sales for the rest of the week:

8-lb Bag Navel Oranges 4.99

Florida's Natural Orange Juice 2.99 (must buy 2)
Use (2) 1.00/1 from 11/22 SS
Final price 3.98 or 1.99 each

Idahoan Mashed Potatoes 1.25
Use IP .40/1
Final price .45

Lucerne 18-count Large Eggs .99
with in-ad coupon and minimum $20.00 purchase (note that 20.00 purchase qualifies you for ALL coupons in this week's ad).

Betty Crocker Cookie Mix 1.25
Use .40/1 from 10/25 SS
Final price .45

Glade 4-oz Candles 1.49
with in-ad coupon and $20.00 purchase, limit 4
Use 1.50/2 from 11/1 SS
Final price .74 each

Welch's 64-oz Juice Cocktail 3.00
Use .75/1 from 09/13 SS
Final price 1.50

Food Lion 12/02 - 12/08

Boston Butt Pork Roast .97/lb

Campbell's Chicken Noodle or Tomato Soup .59
Buy 2 Tomato, use .50/2 IP
Final price .68 or .34 each

Folgers Coffee 5.99
Use 1.00/1 from 11/08 RP
Final price 4.99

Tennessee Pride Sausage Gravy 1.00
Use .55/1 from 11/15 RP
Final price .45

Slow Week

I didn't write about any matchups or deals yet this week because, well, there really weren't any worth writing about! Food Lion's sale last week extended to 12/02, so there was nothing new there. Giant, Superfresh and Harris Teeter didn't have anything to write home about. Safeway only had an itty bitty ad with basically nothing noteworthy except ground beef for $1.47/lb which is definitely a good buy. That price is good through Tuesday, 12/01. On Wednesday 12/02 the new sale ads for Food Lion, Safeway and Harris Teeter will be out; on Friday 12/04 Giant and Superfresh ads will be available. I hope to have all the matchups for this week posted by Saturday, 12/5.

$5.00 Magazine Subscriptions

Amazon is having a great sale on magazine subscriptions until 12/01. There are 10 listed for $5.00 each here, plus there are more with $3.00, $5.00 and $10.00 off listed here. The discount will be taken off when you go to checkout, so don't be worried if you don't see it when you click on the item. I used Swagbucks to get myself a subscription to Country Living for $5.00. Merry Early Christmas to me!

Harris Teeter 11/18 - 11/26

I didn't get to Harris Teeter this week. I had reached my budgeted weekly amount at the other stores and since HT tends to be less coupon friendly, I make this my last stop if there's anything left in my allotted weekly shopping budget. Since they don't list BOGO prices in their ad and since I didn't get there this week, I am unable to list BOGO prices for you, but here are the deals I found perusing the ad. Remember, if you are shopping BOGO sales here and your coupon is x.xx/1, you can buy one item and it will ring up half price but if your coupon is x.xx/2 you will need to buy 3 items (to cover the "free" item).

Ziploc Containers BOGO

Use 1.50/2 from 11/15 SS

Ziploc Freezer Bags BOGO

Use 1.50/2 from 10/04 SS

HT Trash Bags 1.00

Birds Eye Steamfresh BOGO

Use .50/1 from 10/18 SS

Breakstone Sour Cream BOGO

Use 1.00/2 from 11/15 RP

Chinet Napkins BOGO

Use 1.00/1 IP

College Inn Broth BOGO

Use 1.00/2 from 11/15 RP

Comtrex BOGO

Use 2.00/1 from 11/1 SS

Duncan Hines Cake Mix BOGO

Use 1.00/3 from 10/11 SS

Emerald Nuts BOGO

Use 1.50/2 from 11/08 SS

Green Giant Canned Corn BOGO

Use .40/2 from 11/15 GM

Hefty Plates BOGO

Use 1.50/2 from 11/15 RP

Crispix Cereal BOGO

Use .75/1 IP

Rice Crispies Cereal BOGO

Use .75/1 IP

McCormick Spices and Extracts 1/2 price (prices not listed)

Use 1.00/2 from 11/1 RP

Pop Secret BOGO

Use 1.00/2 from 11/08 SS

Smart Balance Margarine BOGO

Use 1.00/2 from 10/18 RP

and get Free Sour Cream with Purchase coupon from 11/08 RP

Keebler Town House Crackers BOGO

Use 1.00/2 from 11/1 RP

Super Fresh 11/20 - 11/26

I had a great time at Superfresh - lots of deals!

Campbell's Gravy .50 each

Use .50/4 from 10/11 SS

Final price 1.00/4 or .25 each

Birds Eye Boxed Vegetables B1G2

Use 1.00/2 from 11/15 SS

Final price as low as .33 each (depending on variety)

Mentos Gum .99

Use .55/1 from 10/11 SS or 9/13 SS

Final price FREE

Birds Eye Steamfresh Varieties 1/2 price

Use .50/1 from 10/18 SS

Final price .19 to .29 (depending on variety)

Keebler Pie Crust 1.33 each

Use .55/1 from 11/08 RP

Final price .23 each

Giant 11/20 - 11/26

I didn't get too much at Giant this week.

Hamburger Helper Double Pack 2.00 each (this is a pretty good price since the other stores I checked had just the single packs for 2.00)

Buy 3, use .75/3 IP

Final price 4.50 for 3 or 1.50 each (remember, this is for a double pack)

P.S. - You don't have to use it as the box says - here are some interesting recipes using Hamburger Helper.

Philadelphia Cream Cheese BOGO 2.50

Buy 4, use 1.00/3 from 11/15 RP
Final price 4.00 or 1.00 each (not great, but will make awesome cheesecake in the Keebler crusts I got at Superfresh for .23 each!)

Food Lion 11/18 - 12/01

These are the deals I got at Food Lion this week:

Del Monte Canned Vegetables

.50 each (I could only find creamed corn and french-style green beans with this sale tag - not sure if there would be more available at other stores)

1.00/8 from 11/15 RP

Final price 3.00 for 8 or .37 each

Duncan Hines Cake Mix BOGO 1.69

Buy 3, use 1.00/3 from 10/11 SS

Final price 1.53 or .51 each

Breyer's Ice Cream BOGO 4.99

Buy 2, use 1.00/2 from 10/18 RP

Final Price 3.99 or 1.99 each

Campbell's Soup BOGO 1.19

Buy 4, use 1.00/4 IP

Final price 1.38 for 4 or .34 each

Mrs. Smith's Fruit Pie BOGO 5.99

Buy 1, use 1.00/1 from 11/15 SS and 1.00 FLIP

Final price .99

Kraft Singles 2/4.00 (not great, but I needed cheese!)

Buy 2, use 1.00/2 from 11/15 RP

Final price 2/3.00 or 1.50 each

Safeway 11/18 - 11/26

These are the deals I went for this week:

Transaction #1 (T1):

Quaker chewy granola bars .99 with in-ad coupon (good through 11/21), limit 5

1.00/2 coupon 10/11 RP

Final price .49

Select 7-Up products 2-liter 3/1.00 (good through 11/21), limit purchase of 3

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter 1.99

Use 1.00/1 IP

Final cost .99

Buy 2 and get catalina for 2.00 at checkout, essentially making this FREE

(I purchased 4 and got 2 catalinas for 2.00 each; not sure how many this would work with!)

Transaction #2 (T2):

8 6-packs of Diet Pepsi at 3.33 each which gave me the 25.00 minimum I needed to buy
2 turkeys at .49/pound and since Pepsi is a qualifying product, also gave me a Home for the Holidays 5.00 catalina at checkout. I used the abovementioned (2) 2.00 catalinas to go toward the purchase price of the Pepsi and turkeys, and will be using the 5.00 catalina on my next visit to buy the hickory chips that I will use to smoke the turkey on the grill on Thanksgiving.

Harris Teeter Heads-Up

Just a short note to my fellow Harris Teeterers; if you shop at the Millsboro, Delaware Harris Teeter, you'll need to watch your couponing habits. Although they do stick to their own coupon policy, it has been my experience that some cashiers will override some things, and some will not. For instance, on one visit I was told I could not use two coupons on a Buy One Get One deal. The very next time I went back I was allowed to do this. Then today when I went I figured I would just not even try to test the waters and just do two separate transactions as everything I was buying was BOGO.

I divided my order up and told the cashier that it would be two separate transactions. She looked at me funny so I explained that I was using coupons on each transaction (which was probably a mistake). She said she wasn't sure she could do that and called the manager over. The manager has to be a drill sergeant in her off hours. She sternly told me that they were NOT supposed to do this, that they would do this ONLY ONCE, and that I was ONLY doing it to get around their coupon policy (well, duh) and NOT to do it again. Yes, sergeant manager, sir.

So, I guess the moral here is, play by the rules at this particular HT, and if you're doing BOGO transactions, for goodness' sake, PLEASE go on two separate days (or at least far enough apart in one day for there to be a shift change!)

Giant 11/13 - 11/19

General Mills Cereal 4 for 6.00 (must buy 4)
Use 2 .55/1 regular Cheerios coupon
and 2 .75/1 Multi Grain Cheerios coupon
Final price .80/4 or .20 each

Halls Cough Drops 1.00
Use .50/1 in 11/08 SS
Final price FREE

Tic Tac Chill 1.00
Use 1.00/1 in 09/20 RP
Final price FREE

Kleenex Facial Tissue 1.00
Use .75/1 coupon
Final price FREE

Super Fresh 11/13 - 11/19

Mrs. Smith's Pies 1.99 (limit 2)
Use .75/1 in 09/27 SS
Final price .49

Green Giant Boxed Vegetables 10 for 8.00 (must buy 10)
Use (3) .60/3 in 10/04 GM
Final price 4.40/10 or .44 each

Wishbone Dressing 1.50
Use .75/1 coupon
Final price FREE

McCormick Gravy Mix .50
Use 1.00/4 in 11/01 RP
Final price 1.00/4 or .25 each

Dannon Yogurt (assorted) 2.00
Use 1.00/1 in 11/01 SS
Final price 1.00
Spend 12.00 in Dannon products and get 3.00 catalina

Healthy Choice Meals 2.50
Use 2.00/1 coupon
Final price .50

Harris Teeter 11/11 - 11/17

Scotties Tissues BOGO 1.50
Buy 1, use .50/1 coupon
Final price FREE

Hartz Crunch & Clean 2.00
Use 2.00/1 coupon
Final price FREE

Progresso Soup BOGO 2.69
Buy 1, use 1.10/1 coupon
Final price .24

Gold Medal Flour 1.79
Use .50/1 coupon
Final price .79

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter BOGO 2.49
Buy 1, use .75/1 coupon
Final price FREE

Food Lion 11/11 - 11/17

Smart Option Canned Vegetables 3/1.00, limit 12

Final price .33 each

Purex Laundry Detergent BOGO 4.79

Use (2) .50 coupons
Final price 3.79/2 or 1.89 each

Duncan Hines Cake Mix BOGO 1.69

Use 1.00/3 from 10/11 SS

Final price 1.53/3 or .51 each

Campbell's Cream Soup BOGO 1.19
Buy 4, use (1) 1.00/4 coupon
Final price 1.38/4 or .34 each.

Welcome!

Welcome to my Frugal Finds page. Here I will list deals that I think are worth sharing. I'm probably not going to be posting exhaustive lists of coupon matches, but I will try to list anything that really jumps out at me, that I just can't pass up! Check back soon, as I intend to list some matches for this week.