Food Lion Catalina Deal Scenario

Here's a deal I put together for the Food Lion (FL) brand catalina promotion and the Kraft promotion going on this week.

Transaction #1
5 Kraft cheese items 10.00
20 FL yogurt 8.00
10 cans FL tomato sauce 4.40
10 cans FL beans 6.90
Total 29.30

Use (2) 1.00/2 Kraft Singles coupons from 12/06 SS
Total OOP 27.30
Receive (1) 5.00 cat from Kraft and (1) 10.00 cat
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Transaction #2
3 FL shredded cheese 5.00
10 FL macaroni and cheese 4.90
5 FL pot pies 3.45
5 FL potted meat 1.65
Total 15.00

Use 5.00 and 10.00 cats
Total OOP 0.00
Receive (1) 5.00 cat
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Transaction #3
FL milk 3.49
FL sugar 1.99
Total 5.48

Use 5.00 cat
Total OOP .48

Using this scenario there would be a total of 70 items for 27.78 OOP, or .39 per item. I hope to go shopping early tomorrow morning, but we'll see! I have spent the last 14 hours repairing my crashed computer and then working out this deal, so I'm going to bed now. My brain hurts.

Giant Deal Scenario for week of 1/08 - 01/14

Starting tomorrow, 01/08, Giant is having a catalina promotion where if you buy $15.00 in Conagra products you will get a $5.00 cat on checkout. Here's a scenario I worked out to take advantage of this deal. You will want to print the coupons out now, as they probably won't last very long. As always, if you see a mistake in my math (which is ALWAYS a possibility - I'm a math midget, remember?), please let me know. Or if you have another scenario that works better, please share!

Transaction #1
Buy 5 Healthy Choice meals $10.00
Buy 2 Marie Callendar Pasta Al Dente meals $4.00
Buy 1 Hunt's Tomato item $1.00
Total $15.00

Use (1) 5.00/5 Healthy Choice coupon
Use (2) .75/1 Marie Callendar Pasta Al Dente coupons
Total OOP $7.00, receive catalina for $5.00 OYNO

Transaction #2
Buy 5 Healthy Choice meals $10.00
Use (1) 5.00/5 Healthy Choice coupon
Use $5.00 catalina
Total FREE

12 frozen meals and a can of Hunt's tomato product for $7.00 isn't bad - this works out to about .53 for each item.

Harris Teeter 1/6 - 1/12

Well, after looking over Harris Teeter's matchups, I'm afraid I'm going to have to sit this one out. Don't get me wrong - there are a lot of freebies, but an awful lot are non-food items. Which I have coming out of my ears. What I need is FOOD! Also, keep in mind when you shop that a lot of the items on the matchup lists are for BOGO products, which means you can only buy one item at a time, per transaction. That means a lot of trips if you want multiples of items. Harris Teeter is so far away from me that I need to factor in gas and time which would be about $50.00 just for the trip, and I just can't justify that. Oh well. You folks with a Harris Teeter close by, enjoy yourselves and let me know what you found! Again, Kathy from $30 Weekly Grocery Challenge has a great matchup list.

Food Lion 01/06 - 01/12

I don't see a whole lot at Food Lion this week. The sale on Food Lion and Home 360 products is pretty good, and the catalina deal might be okay if you can find the lower priced items. Kathy from $30 Weekly Grocery Challenge has the Food Lion matchups here.

Harris Teeter Super Doubles

Uh oh - rumor has it that Harris Teeter will be having Super Doubles starting 01/06. This means that they will double any coupon up to $1.98 face value - for example a coupon for $1.50 off will be doubled to $3.00 off. Super Fresh had triples this week but I had so few coupons under $1.00 that it wasn't really worth the gas I would spend to get to one. But Super Doubles.........now that's a different story!

Free MP3's at Amazon

Amazon was having a promotion over the holidays where if you purchased certain items you would receive credits towards MP3's or movies online. I ended up receiving $6.00 in credits for MP3's so while I was there today getting my music using my credits, I came across this page and it turns out several songs here are free anyway. I'm not sure how long these will be free, so I'd get them now if you want them. Amazon's free offerings seem to change from day to day.

Free Books to Review

I took a break from couponing over the holidays, but I'm ready to gear up again, so I'll be posting matchups by the end of the week. I wanted to share this site with you, though. It is a publishing company that sends free books to bloggers for review. You can request one book at a time and you cannot request another until you write a review and publish it on your blog and on one other retail site (Amazon, Wal-Mart, Costco, etc. - there's a list on the publisher's site). I applied and was accepted and asked to choose my first book. These are Christian books, so you won't be asked to read something questionable. I'll let you know how it goes, or you can go to the link and sign up yourself and enjoy your free books.