It’s time for another Kroger Mega sale!


Hopefully you’ve recovered from the super doubles last week and you’re ready to take on the mega sale!

Mega Sale Items: Buy 10 participating items, save $5 instantly ~ (the prices listed below are BEFORE the $5 discount) – from previous experiences, there are usually many more participating items in the store in addition to what is listed in the ad

**There are some great catalina deals to match up with these offers. I have included them below as they apply to different items!

*Aquafina water – $3.99/each

*Betty Crocker cookie or brownie mixes – $1.99/each
.75/2 printable on bettycrocker.com
.40/1 cookie mix printable on bettycrocker.com
.75/2 printable on coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the right sidebar!)
.75/2 brownie mix loadable on cellfire.com
.40/1 cookie mix loadable on cellfire.com
.40/1 cookie mix loadable on shortcuts.com

*Betty Crocker fruit snacks – $1.99/each
.50/2 printable on bettycrocker.com
.40/1 Fruit Shapes printable on bettycrocker.com
.40/1 Fruit Shapes printable on coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the right sidebar)
.50/2 fruit snacks printable on coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the right sidebar)
.50/2 loadable on cellfire.com
.40/1 fruit shapes loadable on cellfire.com
.40/1 loadable on shortcuts.com
.50/2 coupons in the 8-9 SS2 insert

CATALINA DEAL ~ Buy Betty Crocker/GM Fruit Shapes/Fruit by the Foot/Fruit Gushers/Fruit Roll Ups/Fruit Roll Ups Stickerz and save up to $3.50 OYNO. This is valid between 8/14 and 9/6/09

Buy 3, get $1.50 OYNO
Buy 4, get $2.50 OYNO
Buy 5 or more, get $3.50 OYNO

*Betty Crocker potatoes – $1.49/each
.40/2 loadable on shortcuts.com

*Cascadian Farms Organic cereals – $2.99/each – look for peelie coupons on the boxes

*Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew or Pepsi Cola 2 liters – $1.25/each

*Fresh Naked juice – $2.49/each

*Frito Lay multi snack packs – $5.99/each – look for $1 peelie coupons!

*Frito Lay Natural chips – $2.99/each

*Gatorade sports drink (64 oz) – $1.75/each

*Gatorade sports drink (8 pk, 20 oz bottles) – $5.48/each

*General Mills cereals (Cinnamon Toast Crunch or Cocoa Puffs) or Quaker Cap’n Crunch or Life cereals – $2.99

*Green Giant Valley Fresh steamers – $1.59/each

*Green Giant canned vegetables – $1.25/each

*Hamburger Helper – $1.39/each
.75/3 printable on bettycrocker.com
.75/3 Cellfire loadable
.75/3 Shortcuts loadable
$1/3 from 8-9 SS2 insert
.75/3 printable on smartsource.com

*Lipton iced team (or Starbucks Frappucino) – $4.99/each

*Macaroni Grill dinners – $3.49/each
$1 Shortcuts loadable
$1/1 from 8-9 SS2 insert and 7-12 SS insert

*Nature Valley granola bars – $2.49/each
.40/1 printable on bettycrocker.com
.40/1 printable on coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the ride sidebar!)
.40/1 Cellfire loadable
.40/1 Shortcuts loadable

**CATALINA DEAL: Buy Nature Valley granola bars, save up to $3.50 OYNO. Valid between 8/14 and 9/6/09:

Buy 3, get $1.50 OYNO
Buy 4, get $2.50 OYNO
Buy 5 or more, get $3.50 OYNO

*Old El Paso taco shells – $1.49/each
.60/2 printable on bettycrocker.com
.60/2 Shortcuts loadable

*Pillsbury cinnamon rolls – $2.49/each

*Pillsbury Grands! biscuits, crescents or cinnamon rolls – $1.49/each
$1/2 Pillsbury Grands printable (you can print it from the blue box on the right sidebar!)
.40/2 Pillsbury Sweet Rolls or Grands Sweet Rolls printable from coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the right sidebar)
.50/2 loadable on Shortcuts.com
.40/2 Grands biscuits from 8/9 SS2
.40/2 Grands Sweet Rolls from 8/9 SS2
.35/1 Grands biscuits from 7/12 SS
.40/2 Grands sweet rolls printable on smartsource.com
$1/2 Grands printable on smartsource.com

*Pillsbury Toaster Strudels – $2.99/each – look for blinkie coupons in the store
.55/2 loadable on shortcuts.com
.35/1 from 8/9 SS2

*Progresso soup – $1.69/each

*Propel Fitness Water – $.99

*Quaker granola bars – $1.99/each

*Quaker instant oatmeal – $2.49/each

*Quaker Quakes rice snacks – $.99

*Tostitos tortilla chips/salsa/queso dips – $2.49/each

*Totino’s pizza rolls – $2.99/each
.55/2 printable on coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the right sidebar!)
.55/2 loadable on shortcuts.com

*Tropicana juice – $2.99/each
$1/1 Trop 50 printable here

*Yoplait yogurt or Dole Blends juice (64 oz) – $2.49/each
.40/1 Yoplait printable on bettycrocker.com
.80/2 Yoplait printable on bettycrocker.com
.40/1 Yoplait printable from coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the right sidebar)
.80/2 Yoplait printable from coupons.com (print it from the blue box on the right sidebar)
.80/2 Yoplait loadable on cellfire.com
.80/2 Yoplait loadable on shortcuts.com

Not shown in ad, but likely included based on ads or reportedly working in other areas: (I don’t know if the prices listed are before or after the $5 instant rebate)

*Arm & Hammer detergent – $5.99 – $1/1 printable on armandhammer.com

*DiGiorno pizzas – $4.99
$1.25/1 Flatbread printable (no longer available)
$1/1 DiGiorno Crispy Flatbread frozen pizza – 8/2 SS
$1/1 DiGiorno Ultimate Toppings pizza – 8/16 SS

*Tyson chicken (22-32 oz bags)
$1/1 Tyson frozen chicken or beep sticks product, any – 5-31 SS
$1/1 Tyson frozen breaded chicken item (1 bag or 2 boxes) – June 2009 All You
$1/1 Tyson frozen breaded chicken (any bag) – August 2009 All You
$1/1 Tyson Frozen Breaded chicken (any bag) – 8-2 SS

*Wanchai Ferry dinner kit – $3.99
$1/1 from 8-9 SS2 insert
$1/1 printable on coupons.com and smartsource.com

Other deals:
*Hot dog buns – 10/$10

*Kroger drinking water 24 pk bottles – $2.99

*London broil – $1.99/lb

*Springdale milk – $1.99/galloon

*Tender asparagus – $1.77/lb

*Tony’s pizza – $1.99/each
$1/2 printable on smartsource.com

*Weight Watchers Smart One – 5/$10
$4/10 printable here
$1/5 printable here

****Don’t forget to load coupons from these sites:
Cellfire
Shortcuts

Kroger Super Doubles

My Kroger store had a “Super Doubles” day on Saturday where they were doubling coupons up to $1. It was a crazy event and some people started at midnight. At midnight, I had just finished putting all of my coupons together and so I opted to go to the store by my house that opens at 6 am.

My husband was kind enough to come with me (he really hates using coupons) and so we each had a list (they would only double one “like” coupon per transaction). When we got there at 5:45, there were about 25 cars in the parking lot, which is definitely not the “norm” for that time of day on a Saturday especially! We were able to get most of the things that we were looking for. The only downfall was that they only had the self check-out lanes open and you have to keep all of your bags on there and things kept falling out of my bags or the entire bags kept falling off. Then, there was one cashier to man all four registers and she had to enter all of the coupons manually from her station. I was one of the first people to check out, but she looked pretty frazzled and overwhelmed. Unfortunately, I couldn’t “see” the coupons as she entered them and based on my totals I know that some of the coupons were missed, but I have no idea which ones. I asked the cashier if they had scheduled extra cashiers to work that day and she said she didn’t think they realized how big the promotion was going to be…..never underestimate the insanity of couponers!

I paid just under $60 for all of this (I bought a lot of “household” items like cups, batteries, toilet paper, and cleaners that don’t count toward my grocery budget). The picture is not the greatest. I guess that’s what happens when you have two kiddos vying for your attention when you walk through the door with bags and bags of groceries!

You can check out my post here to see what my plans were. I think it ended up being pretty much the same except that I added an extra multi-pack of chips because there were peelie coupons on them and I couldn’t find my Rice Krispie coupons that morning (that’s what happens when you stay up late trying to plan scenarios!)

Kroger Super Doubles

I know I haven’t posted much this week. Between going back to work, having family in town, and getting my daughter ready to start kindergarten, things have been hectic. I have also been gearing up for the Super Doubles at Kroger tomorrow. If you live in Texas or Louisiana, tomorrow Kroger stores will be doubling coupons with a face value up to $1. This is awesome news!

A few restrictions do apply:

*Manufacturer’s coupons between .40 and $1 will be doubled (manufacturer’s coupons up to .39 will continue to be tripled)

*Only one “like” coupon per transaction will be doubled

*Only on Saturday, August 15th

*No cash back

*You cannot use manufacturer’s coupons that were issued in the store (ex: catalinas)

Check out this post on ZM blog for a link to her awesome spreadsheet with match-ups and prices. It helped me out A LOT when I was planning my transactions!

Here are the transactions I’m planning on. The “after coupon” price is what is listed.

Transaction #1:
1 Duracell batteries 4 pk – $1.89 (use .75/1 coupon from 8-2 PG insert)
1 Energizer batteries 4 pk – FREE (after $1/1 8-2 SS insert and .75/1 Shortcuts coupon)
1 CapriSun – $.49 (after $1/1 coupon in Kraft summer magazine)
1 Sunny D Smoothie – .15 (after .55/1 printable)
1 Bumblebee Premium tuna – FREE (after coupon in 6-14 SS)
2 Dole 20 oz canned pineapple – $1.28 (after coupon in 6-28 SS)
2 Quaker granola bars – $1.88 (after coupon in 6-21 RP)
1 Fantastik cleaner – $.99 (after coupon in 8-2 SS)
1 Lysol toilet bowl cleaner – $.99 (after coupon in 7-12 SS)
1 Palmolive Pure & Clear – $.19 (after coupon from Bzz campaign)
2 Hunt’s ketchup – $1.48 (using $1/2 from All You Magazine)
1 Ken’s dressings – Free (using coupon from 8-2 SS)
2 Mt. Olive pickles – .50 (after coupon from 7-19 SS)
1 Danimals yogurt – free (after coupon from 7-26 SS)
1 Velveeta cheese – $1.59 (after coupon from 8-9 RP)
1 Welch’s refrigerated juice – .50 (after IP from coupons.com)
1 Hebrew National franks – .50 (after $1 IP here)
1 Uncle Ben’s rice – free after wine tag
2 Velveeta Shells & cheese – $1.58 (after coupon in 8-2 inserts)
1 Wacky Mac – $.09 (after coupon in 5-10 SS inserts)
1 California Pizza Kitchen pizza – $4.59 (after $1 IP on coupons.com)
1 DiGiorno pizza – $4.59 (after coupon in 6-14 SS)
1 Fast Fixins – $5.49 (after All You coupon)
1 Snickers ice cream multi-pack – $1 (6-7 RP)
2 Tony’s pizzas – $1.98 (after 6-7 SS inserts)
1 Tyson Frozen boxed chicken – $.99 (after 5-31 SS insert)
1 Skintimate shave gel – free (after 8-2 SS)
1 Softsoap – free after IP (no longer available)
1 Welch’s jam – $.49 (after IP)
1 Charmin – .45 (after $1 home mailer coupon)
1 Cottonelle 4 double rolls – $.89 after $1 home mailer coupon
1 Solo squared cups – $1.39 (after .75 IP – no longer available)
2 Ziploc sandwich bags – $1.98 (8-9 SS insert)
4 Knorr sides – $1 (after 8-2 RP and loadable Unilever coupon)
2 Ronzoni Healthy Harvest – $1.18 (after IP)
2 Ronzoni Smart Taste – $1.18 (after IP)
2 DelMonte Fruit Naturals – $1 (after 7-13 RP insert)
2 Campbell’s soups – $.56 (after IP)
1 Gillette deodorant – $.99 (after $1 PG Year of Savings coupon and loadable)
2 Kellogg’s cereals (1 Rice Krispies/1 other), 2 Rice Krispie Treats = free after $1 Vocal Point coupon, $1 peelie and $1/2 from 8-2 inserts
1 family size snack bags of Frito Lay chips – $4.49 (after $1 peelie coupon)
2 Pillsbury Grands – FREE (after $1/2 IP and $1/2 loadable from Shortcuts)

Total OOP = 43.85
(total grocery = $34.09)

Transaction #2:
1 Sunny D Smoothie – .15 (after .55/1 printable)
1 Fantastik cleaner – $.99 (after coupon in 8-2 SS)
1 Ken’s dressings – Free (using coupon from 8-2 SS)
1 Welch’s refrigerated juice – .50 (after IP from coupons.com)
1 Hebrew National franks – .50 (after $1 IP here)
1 Uncle Ben’s rice – free after wine tag
2 Velveeta Shells & cheese – $1.58 (after coupon in 8-2 inserts)
1 Skintimate shave gel (8-2 SS)
1 Welch’s jam – .49 (after IP)
1 Cottonelle 4 double rolls – $.89 after $1 home mailer coupon
1 Solo squared cups – $1.39 (6-21 SS)
2 Ziploc bags – $1.98 (7-26 SS)
2 Ronzoni Healthy Harvest – $1.18 (after IP)
2 Ronzoni Smart Taste – $1.18 (after IP)
2 Campbell’s soups – $.56 (after IP)
2 Kellogg’s cereals (1 Rice Krispies, 1 other), 2 Fudge Shoppe cookies – free after $1 Vocal Point coupon, $1/2 Fudge Shoppe coupon and $1 peelie

Total OOP = $11.39 ($6.14 grocery)

Transaction #3:
2 Kellogg’s cereals (Rice Krispies), 2 Eggos – free after $1 Vocal point coupon, free Vocal Point coupon and $1/2 Eggos coupon

Total OOP = $0

Total grocery OOP = $40.23 (I’m technically going over budget by .23, but I think it’s worth it and I have $14 left in my grocery budget from last week anyway)

HAPPY SHOPPING!

Kroger deals for the week of 7/29


After all the trips I made over the past two weeks during the Mega sale, I’m a bit relieved that this with there are not a lot of “hot” deals.

There is a P&G promotion that starts this week. Here are the details ~

Buy 4 participating P&G (Procter & Gamble) products, get an instant $4 off: this promotion is valid through 8/8/09. The terms are a bit confusing to me because it says “$4 savings is on the non P&G products in your purchase” yet the ad lists items with prices after the $4 off…a bit misleading for sure! I haven’t tried this yet, so I don’t know how it’s going to play out.

There are lots of new loadable coupons on the P&G eSaver site (at this point, you can use the eSaver and paper manufacturer’s coupons together). Click here to load them to your card.

There should be a new P&G insert in this Sunday’s newspaper.

Here are the participating items including in the ad: (I listed items at the pre-discount price)

*Always or Tampax – $2.99/each
.50/1 Always eSaver coupon
.50/1 Tampax eSaver coupon
.50/1 Always Pad, Clean Or Feminine Cleansing Cloths, Any – 07-05-09 PG (expires 7/31/09)
.50/1 Tampax, Any 18 Ct. + – 06-07-09 PG (expires 7/31/09)

*Cascade dish detergent – $3.99/each
.50/1 Cascade eSaver coupon
$1/1 Cascade Product, Any – 07-05-09 PG (expires 7/31/09)

*Charmin Bath Tissue or Bounty paper towels – $6.99/each
.25/1 Bounty eSaver coupon
.25/1 Charmin eSaver coupon
.25/1 Charmin, any – 07-05-09 PG (expires 7/31/09)

*Downy fabric softener or Bounce sheets – $5.88/each (48-60 loads Downy or 105-120 ct Bounce)
.50/1 Bounce dryer sheets eSaver coupon
.50/1 Downy eSaver coupon
$1/1 Ultra Downy, Any – 06-28-09 RP (expires 7/31/09)

*Head & Shoulders – $6.49/each
BOGO free Head & Shoulders Shampoo or Conditioner – 07-05-09 PG (expires 7/31/09)

*Herbal Essence or Aussie – $2.99/each
$2/1 Aussie eSaver coupon
$1/1 Herbal Essences eSaver coupon
$2/2 Aussie Products, Any Excludes Trial Size – 07-26-09 RP (expires 7/31/09)
$1/1 Herbal Essences Shampoo, Conditioner, Styler, or Color Product, any excludes trial size – 07-05-09 PG (expires 7/31/09)
Herbal Essences Styling Product, Any (1) Free WYB (1) Herbal Essences Shampoo, Conditioner Or Styling Product, Any Excludes Trial Size – 07-26-09 RP (Thanks Marci for the heads up that some of the styelrs ARE included!)

*Iams dog food – $16.99
$1/1 Iams dry dog food eSaver coupon
$2/1 P&G Year of Savings booklet
$2.50/1 Iams – Kroger home mailer

*Pantene shampoo or conditioner – $5.99/each
$1/1 Pantene eSaver coupon
Pantene Shampoo and Conditioner (buy any 1) and get any one Pantene Styler or Treatment FREE – 06-28-09 SS – (again, I don’t know if the stylers will be included) – expires 7/31/09
$1/1 Pantene Pro-V Expressions Or Restoratives Product, Any Excludes Trial Size – 07-26-09 RP

*Puffs Facial Tissue – $1.99/each
.25/3 Puffs tissues eSaver coupon

*Secret Flawless – $3.99/each
$1/1 Secret, any one anti-perspirant or deodorant, excludes trial size, limit one coupon per purchase. – 07-05-09 PG (expires 7/31/09)

*Swiffer dusters or refills – $6.99
.50/1 Swiffer duster eSaver coupon

*Tide laundry detergent – $5.88 (20-32 loads)
.35/1 Tide eSaver coupon
$1/1 Tide Detergent, Any – 07-05-09 PG

Here’s my scenario:
Buy 1 Iams dog food – $16.99
Buy 1 Aussie shampoo – $2.99
Buy 1 Herbal Essence shampoo – $2.99
Buy 1 Herbal Essence styler – $2.99
Buy 1 DiGiorno Flatbread melts – $3.19
Buy 1 lb peaches – $.87
Buy 4 Kraft shells & cheese – $1.79/each

Use $1 Iams eSaver coupon
Use $2.50/1 Iams coupon (from Kroger mailer)
Use $2 Aussie eSaver coupon
Use $1 Herbal Essence eSaver coupon
Use $1/1 Herbal Essence coupon
Use free Herbal Essence styler when you buy shampoo/conditioner coupon
Use Free DiGiorno coupon
Use 2 $1.50/2 Kraft Shells & cheese printables
Use $3 Kraft OYNO catalina
Use $1 Kleenex OYNO catalina
Instant $4 off (P&G promotion)

Total before coupons = $37.18

Total after coupons = $12.50 – that’s less than I would normally pay for 1 bag of dog food! (My dog will only eat Iams, but I only buy it when there are sales/promotions so I get it for a good price….it retails for $19.99-$21.99!) – I will also get back a $3 OYNO catalina for the Kraft

OTHER DEALS: These are not ALL of the deals for the week – just some of the highlights that I saw – click here for the full ad

*DelMonte vegetables – 4/$3

*Edge or Skintimate shave gel – $1.99
$1.50/2 Skintimate Shave Gel Or Cream, Any – 07-12-09 SS

*Nature’s Own/Sara Lee/Mrs. Baird’s bread – 2/$4

*Peaches – $.87/lb

*Plums – $.87/lb

*Right Guard deodorant – 10/$10 = possible free (if they have the Fast Break on sale)
$1/1 printable here
$1/2 Right Guard, Dry Idea or Soft & Dri Products, Any – 05-17-09 SS

*Springdale milk – $1.99

*Tropicana orange juice – $2.99

Current catalina deals:

*Buy 4 packages of Kleenex tissue, get a $1 OYNO catalina (I’m not sure about the end date on this one)

*Between 7/17 and 8/9 buy Velveeta Shells and Cheese or Kraft Deluxe Mac N Cheese:

Buy 2 get $1
Buy 3 get $2
Buy 4 get $3

These are priced at $1.79/each. There is a $1.50/2 printable coupon here (you can print 2 per computer).

Buy 4 @ $1.79/each

Use 2 $1.50/2 printables

Spend $4.16, get a $3 OYNO catalina!

Bargain High! My shopping trips so far this week…

I’m on a total bargain high right now!

Here are a few of my trips so far this week:

Trip #1: Kroger Mega Sale and CVS School Supply deals

I know I haven’t posted the specifics, but the Kroger Mega sale is GREAT! You get an instant $5 off when you purchase 10 participating items and it continues through next week!

Kroger: 3 bags Kraft shredded cheese (use 3 .50/1 tear pad coupons that doubled), Daisy sour cream (used .50/1 coupon that doubled), 4 Kraft salad dressings (used 4 $1/1 insert coupons), 2 Quaker granola bars (used $1/2 coupon from a Kroger mailer), watermelon (used free produce when you buy 2 Kraft salad dressings coupon), cantaloupe (used free produce when you buy 2 Kraft salad dressings coupon), Nestle chocolate chips (used free coupon from a Kroger mailer), total OOP – $5.52 (total savings = $23.99/81%)

CVS: 2 1″ vinyl binders, 2 packages PaperMate pens, 2 packages filler paper, 2 memo pads, total OOP = $0 (paid for all items using ECBs, all items were free after ECBs)

Trip #2: Kroger Mega Sale (not pictured)

The Amp energy drinks are a part of the mega sale promotion. In my area, they are $.99 after the instant $5 comes off. There is a catalina promotion where you get a $10 Kroger gift card when you buy 10 Amp energy drinks. So, I bought ten and got a $10 gift card back!

Trip #3: Target

Target has these sippy cups that are ringing up at $1.62-$1.87. The “boy” cups have sports balls or cars and the “girl” cups I have found have tea cups and houses. These are NOT marked and are on the shelves with tags that say that they are $6.99. They have straws and say “Twist ‘n Click” on them. Only the printed cups/double packs work. The solid colors do not work. Check the price at a scanner before buying them. The UPC# is 0 78300 05857 1. This is an awesome deal if you can find them! (at my store they have restocked them!)

Trip #4: Kroger Mega Sale

I bought the following: Tostito’s chips, Smart Balance spread (used $1 catalina coupon), Go-Gurt (used .35/1 insert coupon), Yoplait kids yogurt (used .40/1 printable coupon plus .80/2 Cellfire loadable), 3 bags Kraft cheese (used 3 .50/1 Kraft tear pad coupons), 6 boxes Kleenex tissue (used 2 .50/3 printables from coupons.com), 2 Sunny Delight (used 2 .25/1 coupon from All You and Family Circle magazines), 3 Kraft salad dressing (used 3 $1 insert coupons), 3 Daisy sour cream (used 3 .50/1 insert coupons), 2 Dixie plates (used 2 .50/1 insert coupons), 2 Keebler cookies (used 2 $1 printables), 2 Cheez-Its, 2 Stayfree pads (used BOGO free insert coupon and $1/1 coupon from Redplum.com), 1 gallon milk, 1 Philadelphia cream cheese, 4 Softsoap hand soaps (used 3 $1/1 printables and 1 .40/1 printable), 2 Quaker granola bars (used .75/2 insert coupon), 1 Chex mix (used .50/1 printable and .50/1 Cellfire), 1 Sargento cheese (used $1/1 coupon from Kroger mailer), Sara Lee Honey Wheat bread, DiGiorno Flatbread pizza (used free coupon from mailer), 1 Dreyer’s ice cream (used $2/1 catalina coupon), 2 cans cream of chicken soup, 2 cans cream of mushroom soup, 2 cans Mighty Dog dog food (used 2 free insert coupons), bananas (used free produce when you buy 2 Kraft dressings coupons), and Betty Crocker frosting (used .50/1 printable and .50/1 Shortcuts loadable).

In addition to the coupons I used, $20 was taken off for the Mega Sale (there is no limit on transactions!) My total OOP = 28.84 (Total savings = $89.82/75%). $5.91 of this was for household/toiletries (Kleenex, Stayfree, Dixie plates, etc.) which I do not count toward my grocery budget. I also received a $1 OYNO catalina for buying the Kleenex (reportedly, you receive 1 for every 4 Kleenex you buy).

Total spent on groceries for the week = $39.26 (I still have my $10 gift card and $1 OYNO catalina if I decide I want to buy more this week).