Scolari's Deals (5/12-5/19)

Here are the deals I see for this week at Scolari’s.

Scolari's will double coupons (as long as the coupon doesn't say "do not double") up to and including $1.00! View official coupon policy HERE.

Remember, Wednesdays are “double ad” days where both the current and previous week’s ad are honored.

**UPDATED**

Padrinos Tortilla Chips - $2.50

$1.00 from recent insert

Final price: $0.50

(Thanks, Janet!)

Seedless Watermelon - $2.97

Cheetos, select varieties - $1.99
$1.00 from 5/9 SS (if Mighty Zingers variety included) They are!
Final price: FREE

Tree Top Apple Juice - $1.99
$1.00/2 printable coupon (click on picture)
Final price: $0.99 each WYB 2

Ken’s Salad Dressing, 16 oz. - $2.99
$1.00 from 5/9 SS
Final Price: $0.99

Lawry’s Marinade, 12 oz. - $1.99
$0.50 from 4/18 RP
Final price: $0.99

Sara Lee Bagels, selected varieties - $1.99
$0.55 from 4/25 RP (DND)
Final price: $1.44

Frigo String Cheese, 24 oz. - $5.49
$1.00 printable coupon
Final price - $3.49 (if doubles) It does!

Cucumbers - $0.50

Iceberg Lettuce - $0.89

Let me know if I've missed anything!

4" Tomato Plants - $1.00 each

(photo via Moana Nursery email)

I received an email from Moana Nursery that their 4" tomato plants will be on sale for $1.00 each May 11 - May 25. I paid almost $3.00 for mine! See the flyer HERE for prices and gardening information for our local area.

Garden Time

Typically I wait until Memorial Day weekend to plant my garden. This year I’ve been a bit antsy. The weather has been nice and I jumped the gun and planted my tomato plants.

Was I worried when we woke up to a dusting of snow this morning? Did I fear I’d find shriveled-up, completely-dead plants? Nope! Since I planted early, I used walls 'o water to protect my little babies. The plastic circles are placed around the plants and then filled with water. The water insulates the plant inside and keeps it cozy and warm. Hooray! The frost didn’t kill my future salsa! A man I talked to at Home Depot told me he uses old plant containers to surround his plants and puts plastic over them at night. I've also heard of using old soda bottles.This year I’m trying something else new in my garden. I’m trying the square foot garden method. The two years before that I’ve grown a garden I’ve followed the directions on the seed packets and just planted in rows. It’s worked fine but I don’t have a ton of gardening space and I think I’ll be able to grow a lot more produce this way. The basic idea is to plant in square feet instead of rows. Last year I was able to plant four to five rows in each planter. In just this one planter I have 20 squares! Each square can handle a certain number of seeds depending on the type/size of plant. For example, 16 carrots can be planted in one square. This is the chart from My Square Foot Garden that I’m using to determine my spacing. There are lots of methods and ways to garden and LOTS of resources available at the library as well as online. I love the gardening information found on the Provident Living website. Here we can learn about:

• planning a garden
• container gardening
• a gardening television series
• recipes
• and even links to other gardening sites

Let's get gardening!

The Home Depot Garden Club - B1G1 FREE Rose Coupon

I just received ANOTHER awesome coupon from Home Depot, B1G1 FREE rose plant! Last month it was B1G1 FREE tree. (We'll be planting our two new beauties today!) I've also received coupons for fertilizer and gas propane exchange.

Gardening is a wonderful way to provide food for our family, propane is good to have on hand for the BBQ (an alternate source of cooking), and roses are just plain beautiful!

If you're interested in signing up for the Home Depot Garden Club, you can do it HERE...it's FREE. I can't wait to see what the next coupons will be!

Shopping at Safeway

I felt like I hit a home run at Safeway this morning. (My son is playing baseball this year, so I think in baseball terms.)

1 pineapple - $1.48 (had to enter coupon manually)
8 lbs. of strawberries - $1.00/lb.
4 lbs. frozen chicken - $5.76 (had to enter coupon manually)
2 Lunchables - $0.99 each (got $2.00 back)
1 Cin. Toast Crunch - $0.49
1 Honey Nut Cherrios - $0.06 overage
2 BC cookie mix - $0.25 each
1 BC cake mix - $0.25 each
2 BC frostings - $0.25 each
2 Peanut butters - $0.99 each
9 Welch's grape juice - $1.00 each
1 Capri Sun - $0.49
2 Windex - $2.00 each (more than expected) (got $2 back)
2 Old Spice Body Wash - FREE
1 Pampers diapers - $2.99
(Items found in clearance section and used coupons)
2 S&W cream corn - $0.45 each
4 Gerber baby food - $0.35 each
1 Beech Nut baby snack - $0.35

GRAND TOTAL: $41.53 and got $4 back
Price without coupons and club card: $140.67
Total saved: $99.14!

If you're interested in any of these deals for yourself go HERE.

Sometimes I wonder if all the coupons craziness is worth it. Today my answer would be YES.

Raley's Update

The great cereal deal at Raley's is also producing the Kellogg cereal Catalina coupon.

Buy any Kellogg's cereal (8 oz. or larger)
Buy 3 get $2 coupon off your next order
Buy 4 get $3 coupon off your next order
Buy 5 get $4 coupon off your next order

So after you buy 4 cereals you will get a movie ticket AND a coupon for $3.00 off your next order! My family is going to the movies!!

Thanks, Jill & Jana!

Tropicana OJ at Scolari's

Create a Mother's Day e-card at the Tropicana Orange Juice site and receive a $1.00 coupon for Tropicana Pure Premuim or Trop50, 59 oz. or larger. Expires 5/31/10.

Use this at Scolari's this week to get $0.50 orange juice!

Tropicana 50 Juice, 59 oz. - $2.50

$1.00 printable coupon

Final price: $0.50

Raley's Deals (5/5-5/11)

My favorite deal at Raley's this week is the cereal and movie ticket promo.

4 Kellogg's cereal and movie ticket for $7.00! PLUS get a $3 Catalina back!! Basically, 4 boxes of cereal and a movie ticket for $4.00.

Go HERE for the details and other deals this week.

(Thanks, Abundant Food Savings!)

Safeway Deals (5/5-5/11)

There are lots of great deals at Safeway this week.

Strawberries, 4 lb. - $3.98
($1/lb. is my buy price...I'm making freezer jam!)

Whole Pineapple - $1.98

$0.50 printable coupon or add to card

Final price: $1.48

Safeway Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast, frozen, 4 lb. bag - $6.76
$1.00 printable coupon or add to card

Final price: $5.76 ($1.44/lb.)

Safeway Peanut Butter, 18 oz. - $0.99 (with in-ad coupon)

The highlights of other items on sale include (see HERE for details):

Capri Sun - $0.49

Welch's grape juice - $0.99

Gillette body wash - FREE

Betty Crocker cake mix, cookie mix, frosting - $0.16 each

(Thanks, Abundant Food Savings!)

Scolari's Deals (5/5-5/12)

Here are the deals I see for this week at Scolari’s.

Scolari's will double coupons (as long as the coupon doesn't say "do not double") up to and including $1.00! View official coupon policy HERE.

Remember, Wednesdays are “double ad” days where both the current and previous week’s ad are honored.

***UPDATED***

Tropicana 50 Juice, 59 oz. - $2.50

$1.00 printable coupon

Final price: $0.50

**I just found this deal today from last week’s ad.**
Dreyer’s Dibbs, 4-60 count - $2.50
$1.00 from 5/2 SS
Final price: $0.50 (ends today 5/5)

Land ‘O Frost Lunch Meat, 10-16 oz. - $3.49
$0.55 from 4/25 RP
Final price: $2.39

Glaceau Vitamin Water, 20 oz. - $1.00
$1.00/2 from 4/11 SS
$1.00/2 from 4/25 SS
Final price: 2 FREE (if doubles)

Coffeemate Creamers, 16 oz. - $1.79
$0.50 from 5/2 SS
Final price: $0.79

Green Giant Vegetables, 19-24 oz. - $1.99
$1.00 from home mailer
Final price: FREE

3-Day Proctor & Gamble Sale
Friday, Saturday & Sunday (May 7, 8, & 9)

Bounty Basic Paper Towels - $0.60
$0.25 from 5/2 P&G
Final price: $0.10

Downy Fabric Softener, 34 oz. - $3.99
$1.00 from 5/2 P&G
Final price: $1.99

Dawn Dish Liquid, 14 oz. - $0.89
$0.50 Dawn Plus from 5/2 P&G (if included)
$0.50 Dawn Hand Renewal from 5/2 P&G (if included)
$0.25 ANY Dawn from 5/2 P&G
$0.25 Dawn Ultra from Home Made Simple booklet
Final price: $0.39 (only 14 oz. regular Dawn included in sale)

Gillette Series Shave Gel, 7 oz. - $2.50
$1.00 from 5/2 P&G
Final price: $0.50

*Keep your receipt to send in for a $100 coupon booklet from Proctor and Gamble. Just send in $50 (pre coupon) in receipts for Proctor and Gamble products and they will mail you a book with $100 in coupons. Find all the details HERE.

Let me know if I’ve missed anything!

Dear Scolari's,

Just thought I'd let you know that the La Victoria enchilada sauce at Wal-Mart is $1.88. This is their regular price, no sale needed, no price matching needed, no doubling coupons needed.

Did I mention they were more than happy to take my $4.00/2 manufacturer coupon? Sorry you lost my business on this. Just thought I'd let you know.

Sincerely,
Natalie

Grocery Shopping...$8.91 spent!

Here's a picture from my shopping trip today. (Handsome boy pictured not included in today's purchases. He's priceless.)

Save Mart

Transaction #1

4 boxes of cereal - $0.79 each (plus $3 back)

2 packs of hamburger buns - $0.50 each (on clearance)

-$4.00 Catalina from last week's Frosted Flakes

=$0.16! and I got a $3.00 Catalina coupon

Transaction #2

3 loaves of bread - $0.75 each (on clearance)

5 ears of corn - $0.25 each

2 boxed potatoes - FREE (clearanced for $0.50 each and had a $1.00/2 coupon)

2 packs of bacon - $1.49 each

-$3.00 Catalina coupon from transaction above

=$3.48!

Raley's

1 Watermelon - $2.99

2 packs Mission tortillas - $0.24 each (use both in-ad and manufacture's coupon)

(In-ad coupon for tortillas makes them $0.99 each. As you walk in the door by the produce there is a Mission tortilla chip display with a tearpad of coupons for $1.50/2 Mission products (also found at Save Mart). Makes each pack of tortillas $0.24 each and the whole wheat variety is included. Limit 2.)

=$3.47!

And I just should have stopped there because I had a not-so-pleasant experiance at Scolari's.

Scolari's

1 J&J Baby Shampoo - $0.99
2 Ortega taco shells - $0.29 each
=$1.80!
I should have also gotten 6 FREE enchilada sauces but the clerk and I didn't see eye-to-eye. She claimed that because the product was $1.99 she could not accept a coupon for $2.00 off. Even after I explained that the store would be reimbursed the full $2.00 from the manufacturer, she refused to take the coupon. So I put on a smile and politely said, "I just won't get these then." Entire thing canceled and rerung as the people behind me waited not so patiently and my 3-year-old shrieked at the top of his lungs. I almost joined him but I restrained. Guess I'll be price-matching at Wal-Mart!


GRAND TOTAL: $8.91

Scolari's Deals (4/28-5/5)

Here are the deals I see for this week at Scolari’s.

Scolari's will double coupons (as long as the coupon doesn't say "do not double") up to and including $1.00! View official coupon policy HERE.

Remember, Wednesdays are “double ad” days where both the current and previous week’s ad are honored.

Johnson & Johnson Baby Care Products - $2.99

$1.00 from 4/25 SS

Final price: $0.99

La Victoria Salsa, 16 oz. or Enchilada Sauce, 28 oz. - $1.99

$4.00/2 printable coupon, details HERE

Final price: FREE

Ortega Taco Shells, 5.8 oz. - $1.29

$1.00/2 printable coupon

Final price: $0.29 - $0.65 each, depending on how it doubles

Let me know if I’ve missed anything!

Save Mart Deals (4/28-5/4)

Better late than never...

Here are the deals I see at Save Mart this week.

Sweet White Corn - $0.25 each

Hass Avocado - $0.33 each

Farmer John Bacon - $2.49 with in-ad coupon (limit 4)
$1.00 printable coupon (90210 zip)
Final price $1.49

Kellogg's Cereal - $1.39 each WYB 4
Mix and match any participating cereals:
8.7 oz Apple Jacks
9.2 oz Corn Pops
12 oz Corn Flakes
8.7 oz Fruit Loops

AND Don't forget there is currently (4/24-5/7) a catalina running at Save Mart (as well as Smith's and Safeway...):

Buy any Kellogg's cereal (8 oz. or larger)
Buy 3 get $2 coupon off your next order
Buy 4 get $3 coupon off your next order
Buy 5 get $4 coupon off your next order

Here are scenarios to get you thinking...

Buy any four cereals listed above - $5.56
$1.00/2 printable coupon (use 2)
Pay $3.56 OOP and get a coupon for $3.00 off your next order
Final price: It's like paying $0.14 each!

Or if you can find the Frosted Flakes on "manager's special" for $0.93 a box...

*When I was there today (5/3) they were no longer on manager's special.*

Buy five Frosted Flakes - $4.65
$1.00/2 printable coupon (use 2)
Pay $2.65 OOP and get a coupon for $4.00 off your next order
Final price: It's like getting paid $1.35!

If you have already done a cereal transaction and have a "Catalina" coupon you can "roll" it. For example, here's my plan after having bought 5 Frosted Flakes and now having a $4.00 off coupon.

2 ears of corn - $0.50
2 Corn Pops and 2 Fruit Loops - $5.56
$1.00/2 printable coupon (using 2) (-$2)
$4.00 Catalina from when I bought the Frosted Flakes (-$4)
Final Price: $0.06 and get a coupon back for $3.00 off my next order!