My Favorite Grocery Deals 4/23-4/29

(added a few more freebies and a money maker!)
(Chex and Nut Crunch Bars coupons are also in the free La Voz papers this week~ hurry out and get them!)

Fry's

FREE ChocolateChex, Strawberry Chex or Nature Valley Roasted Nut Crunch Bars

They are on sale 4 for $8 with an automatic $4 off when you buy 4--so....4 for $4.

USE: Chocolate Chex, Honey Nut Chex, or Strawberry Chex, any .75/1 (5/31/08) 04/20-SS
Chocolate Chex, Honey Nut Chex, or Strawberry Chex, any .75/1 (4/26/08) 03/16-SS1
Nature Valley Roasted Nut Crunch Bars, any .50/1 (5/31/08) 04/20-SS
Strawberry Chex, any .75/1 http://www.pillsbury.com/ (print twice)

Final price (when you buy 4 and use 4 coupons) = FREE

(Sign up at shortcuts.com for more savings when you buy Strawberry Chex and Multigrain Cheerios.)

Other items in the promotion (these are all 4 for $4 when you buy 4):
Honey Nut Cheerios
Fruity Cheerios
Multi-Grain Cheerios

Trix
Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks
Nature Valley Granola Bars
Fiber One Bars
Milk 'N Cereal Bars

USE: General Mills Cereals, any $1/2 coupons from 3/16, 4/6, and 4/13
Betty Crocker Fruit By the Foot, Fruit Gushers, or Fruit Roll-ups, any .50/2 (5-3-08) SS-3/9
Nature Valley Granola Bars, any .75/2 (5-3-08) SS-3/9
Nature Valley Granola Bars, any .80/2 http://www.boodle.com/, http://www.bettycrocker.com/ (print twice)

Final Price: .50 ea (when you buy 4 and use 2 coupons)

USE: Fiber One Chewy Bars, any .60/1 http://www.eatbetteramerica.com/ (print 10 times!)
Final Price: FREE (if coupon doubles) - .40 each

There is a limit of one $4 reward per transaction so if you want to buy more than 4 items, you will have to do more transactions.

Other freebies at Fry's:

Rice A Roni or Pasta Roni Nature's Way on sale $1 each.
.50/1 printable at http://coupons.smartsource.com//index.aspx?Link=5S2ZUA6PWPEPO (print twice)
Final Price: FREE

Smallest Rubbermaid EasyFind Lids container on sale for $1.
USE: Rubbermaid Easy Find Lids Container $1/1 (6-30-08) SS-4/20

$1 printable on http://coupons.smartsource.com//index.aspx?Link=5S2ZUA6PWPEPO (print twice)
Final Price: FREE

Muir Glen Organic Tomato Paste on sale for .75 ea. (in the organic foods section)
print 10 $1 coupons here: http://www.eatbetteramerica.com/
Final Price: FREE plus .25 overage! (Use towards your other groceries) Thanks Bargain Moms!

By the way, the Fry's on Stapley and McKellips is taking the Fresh and Easy coupons from their ad ($5 off a $20 purchase). I'm not sure if other Fry's are as well. Albertson's should also take them because they accept competitors coupons but I have not tried it to know for sure.

(The tuna was 1.00 ea which to me was a good enough deal since I prefer the solid white tuna and I just used my last two cans last week!)

Safeway

Crab Classics imitation crab meat on sale for $1.
USE $1 printable at http://lgn1.coolsavings.com/LGN/PartnerListPage.aspx?lpn=1&SessionID=dffe2cdf-c16a-41bb-bc1f-9eb338aa1a5d-723 and http://coupons.smartsource.com//index.aspx?Link=5S2ZUA6PWPEPO and http://www.safeway.com/
Final Price: FREE

FREE Body Wash at CVS (4/20-4/26)

This is a monthly Extra Care Bucks deal (so it is good until the end of the month). Sorry this is late, but I haven't been doing CVS for awhile.

Buy Softsoap Spa Body Wash 12oz $4.99
Get $4.99 in Extra Care Bucks (money to use on your next purchase)
= FREE (There is a limit of 5 so you can roll over your ECB's into your next purchase and have zero out of pocket.)

If you have coupons, USE: Softsoap Body Wash, any excluding 2 oz. size $1/1 (4-26-08) SS-3/30 to get $1.00 overage.

(If you are ever paying for your items with extra bucks and you also have coupons for all the items, throw in something cheap like a candy bar and everything should go through fine.)

Supposedly, the 18 oz Softsoap Spa (5.49) is generating 5.49 in extra bucks with a limit of 5. So you can get 10 bottles of body wash for free! (I haven't tried this yet, so I'm not positive.) ~ This is only good THIS week.

FREE or cheap after rebate at Walgreens! (4/20-4/26)

Good time to stock up on dish soap, toothpaste or deodorant. Pick up an Easy Saver booklet at the front of the store to do the rebate. In Arizona we can now do Walgreens rebates online so it is super easy! Just enter your receipts online at Walgreens.com (there should be more info in the Easy Saver booklet). 7-day coupons are in the Walgreens ad. (Disclaimer: 7-day coupons usually have stated limits on them but usually Walgreens does not enforce them. The register does not limit them either.)

Rebate #13: buy $20 of Colgate/Palmolive products listed, get $10 rebate. You can submit multiple receipts for this rebate so if you can't find all the products at one store, no worries!

Palmolive Dish Liquid buy 1 @ $1.89, get 1 free (7-day coupon)
USE: Palmolive Dish Liquid, any .25/1 (4-26-08) SS-3/30
Final Price: 2/$1.39

Speed Stick 24/7 or Lady Speed Stick 24/7 2/$5
USE: Speed Stick 24/7 or Lady Speed Stick 24/7 Antiperspirant/Deodorant, any excluding 0.5 oz. product $1/1 (4-26-08) SS-3/30
Final Price: 2/$3

Colgate Total or Colgate Regular toothpaste $1.99 (7-day coupon)
(excludes Advanced Clean)
Regular includes FREE toothbrush
USE: Colgate Toothpaste Regular or Children’s, any 4 oz. or larger .75/1 (4-26-08) SS-3/30
Final Price: $1.24

Here are some scenarios for the best deals:

Palmolive dish soap
buy 11 @ $1.89 = $20.70
use 11 .25/1 coupons = $2.75
use 7 day coupon = $10.39 (it should take off 50% so you can buy an uneven number)
rebate = $10
Final Price: $2.35 overage

If you don't have the Palmolive coupons, it comes out to 11 for .40 with no coupons.

Colgate toothpaste
Website lists $2.59 - $2.99 as the regular price. Make sure to check your shelf price.
Buy 7 @ $2.99 = $20.93
use 7 .75/1 coupons = $5.25
7 day coupon = $7
rebate = $10
Final Price: $1.32 overage

Speed Stick
Buy 8 @ $2.50 = $20
use 8 $1/1 coupons = $8
rebate = $10
Final Price: 8 for $2 (.25 each)

Of course, you can mix & match these products any way you want depending on what you use and the coupons you have. For example:

Buy:
3 Speed Stick = $7.50
2 Colgate @ $2.99 = $5.98
4 Palmolive @ $1.89 = $7.56
Total = $21.04

Use:
3 $1/1 Speed Stick coupons = $3
2 .75/1 Colgate = $1.50
4 .25/1 Palmolive = $1
Colgate 7-day coupon = $2
Palmolive 7-day coupon = $3.78
Total Coupons = $11.28

Out of pocket = $9.76
Rebate = $10
Final Price: .24 overage

Other FREE after rebate items (good all month)--You get the full purchase price back in the rebate. Any coupons you use become overage for you!

• Aquafresh Extreme Clean Polishing Action OR Advanced 2x Whitening Toothpaste USE: Aquafresh Premium Toothbrush, any $1/1 (5-3-08) SS-4/6
• Colgate 360 Clean OR Deep Clean manual toothbrush USE: Colgate Adult or Kid’s Manual Toothbrush, any .75/1 (4-26-08) SS-3/30
• Soy Joy bar
• Just For Men Touch of Gray haircolor
• Tums QuikPak 24 dose
• jane Be Pure Mineral Blush OR Kabuki Brush
• Wal-Zyr 24 Hour Allergy Relief 5 tablets
• Wal-itin Tablets 30pk

Amazing PYP Contest!!

Pinching Your Pennies is having a contest and whoever has the messiest pantry (or food storage area) wins food rotation systems from Shelf Reliance!!

You must be a member of PYP (so join NOW) with at least 5 posts (so start posting) to win and you must email a picture of your pantry to PYP. All the details are here: http://www.pinchingyourpennies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89963

Please follow all the rules--this is a great site trying to do a great thing. Too bad I just cleaned out my pantry! But maybe someone I know can win!!

Here's a link to see the different items you can win: http://shelfreliance.com/shop/listing/1

Good luck!! (And let me know if you are a finalist so I can vote for you!)

My Favorite Grocery Deals 4/16-4/22

Hmmm.....seems like a pretty slow week. But after the last 2 weeks at Fry's, I'm ready for a break! Here are a few freebies:

Basha's

Butler Crayola or butler dental products 1.00
USE: Gum Floss, Dental Accessory or Oral Pain Relief Product, any .55/1 (4-30-08) SS-2/17
Gum Toothbrush, any excluding Dome Trim Toothbrush .75/1 (4-30-08) SS-2/17
Final Price: FREE
(I'm not sure if all these products are included in the sale--I've been sick so I haven't been to Bashas to try it out.)

Jolly time popcorn 1.25
USE: $1.50/1 Printable Better Butter Variety (right variety?)
$1/1 Any Jolly Time Printable HERE
Final Price: FREE - .25

Milk, gallon 1.99 ea

Cheap(er) Gas--ha ha, like gas is cheap anymore!

The Fry's Marketplace on Stapley and McKellips just opened their new gas station. Normally, for every $100 you spend on your VIP card, you get .10 off per gallon of gas. But, this week and next week, you get .10 off with your VIP card, NO PURCHASE REQUIRED. The unleaded gas was 3.25 when I was there today, so I got it for 3.15/gal.

My Favorite Grocery Deals 4/9-4/15

Fry's

Remember, Fry's 10 item mega event is still going this week. So far I have bought 10 Windex, 6 French's mustard, 20 Goldfish, 10 Grand's biscuits, 8 Hormel Chili, 2 BC cookie mixes, 3 BC muffin mix, 6 Mamma Bella garlic toast, 8 Scott paper towels, 5 Shout, 6 Cheetos, 3 Keebler cookies, and 3 Welch's juice. I still need to get the Hot Pockets Calzones and some more keebler cookies. This has been fun!

More freebies at Fry's this week (NOT part of 10 item mega event):
Suave Deodorant 1.00 ea (use: Suave Antiperspirant/Deodorant Product, any .75/1 (5-4-08) V-2/10 )
Brut Deodorant or Antiperspirant 1.00 ea (use: Brut Product, any $1/1 (6-30-08) SS-4/6)

Bashas

Chex Mix 1.00 ea
USE: Chex Mix or 100 Calorie Chex Mix, any 4.5 oz+ .50/1 (5-3-08) lv-3/9
Chex Mix or 100 Calorie Chex Mix, any 4.5 oz+ .50/1 (5-3-08) SS-3/9
final price: FREE

Suave Shampoo or Conditioner 1.00 ea
USE: Suave Hair Care Products, any .50/2 (5-4-08) V-2/10
Final Price: .50

Milk, 1/2 gal. 1.00 ea