Coupons in Today's Paper - 1/31

When you get your newspaper today you'll find 2 inserts - 1 Smart Source & 1 Red Plum.

You can go here to see a list coupons you should find in each one. Remember that the contents of these inserts vary by region. If you didn't get some in your paper that you wanted I would suggest checking out a clipping service such as The Coupon Clippers or Coupons & Things by Dede. Dede sells whole unclipped inserts for those of you who no longer get the Red Plum in your paper and both sites ship super fast!

Last Day for 80% of Code at Restaurants.com

If you stop by restaurant.com today, use coupon code BONUS for 80% of gift certificates to restaurants in your area. With the code, you can get a $25 certificate for only $2.

Thanks, Ashley!

Keurig K-Cup Deal at Amazon Ends Today

I love my Keurig machine, but the regular price on K-Cups at my Shoprite is about $6.99 for a 12 pack. In my opinion that's a little pricey so I was thrilled to find this awesome deal on K-Cups at amazon.com. Today is the last day to get in on this so if you use Keurig too you may want to stock up now! Many of the K-Cups are 25% off right now - I would suggest buying a 50 count pack for the best deal - I bought the Donut Shop flavor from The Coffee People and it's delicious! The deal looks like this:

Buy 50 count K-Cups priced (originally $27.90) @ 25% off = $21.00

- Choose the Subscribe & Save option on the right (cancel this once the order ships) & save 15% = -$3.15

- Use code KCUP9306 at checkout for an extra 10% off = -$2.10

Final Price is $15.75 for a 50 ct box or $0.32 per cup

If you have Amazon Prime this will ship free or you can get a free trial here. Otherwise you can buy 2 at a time to get free Super Saver Shipping.

 

My January Budget Review

 

 One of my resolutions was to start the year off right by keeping careful track of our spending, especially our grocery budget. Each month I will post a review of our grocery spending for the month and track our progress to lowering our grocery expenses.

I gave myself an ambitious goal of $50 per week, which came out to $250 this month (5 weeks). I honestly didn't think I would be able to make this happen right away, but I had my stockpile on my side. I already had months worth of medication, HBA items and household products stockpiled which as been a tremendous help in keeping our numbers down.

Here are the final tallies for January:

Shelf Price of Products Purchased: $861.60

Savings from Store/Loyalty Cards: $340.30

Savings from Coupons: $214.99

Savings from Mail in Rebates: $60.97

Total Saved: $616.30

Total Spent: $245.30

Savings Rate: 71.53%

I came in under budget by $5 - definitely a win!

If you want to track your savings and spending too - visit The Coupon Project and download their FREE budget and expense tracker. It was a lifesaver for me!

 

Shoprite Deals 1/31

There are a few things you need to know about Shop Rite:

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   Most Shop Rites run their sales from Sunday - Saturday
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   Shop Rite doubles coupons up to $0.99. You will see that I took this into account when listing my final prices.
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   When items are B1G1 you should always use 2 coupons, since you are technically buying 2 items.
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   Always combine manufacturer coupons and store coupons when possible for additional savings.
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   There is an abbreviations key in the right sidebar - feel free to check there if you see any that you don't understand!
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   Shop Rite offers $0.02 back for every plastic or paper bag that your bring in and reuse and $0.05 back for every reuseable shopping bag that you use.

- Weekly Deals –

*Meat* 

Top Round Roast or London Broil twin packs - $1.49/lb

Angus Beef Top Round Roast or London Broil twin packs - $1.69/lb

Perdue Poultry (Full line of Fresh & Frozen) 50% off - This makes for some great deals on chicken! Here are some that I've found based on their online prices in Parsippany:

Perdue Short Cuts - $1.74 for 6 oz packages & $2.49 for 9 oz packages

- $0.75 RP 1/10

= $0.24 6 oz & $0.99 9oz after doubled coupon

Perdue Turkey Meatballs 12oz - $1.84

- $0.75 RP 12/6 (this expires Sunday, 1/31!)

= $0.34 after doubled coupon

Perdue Chicken Leg Quarters - $0.49/lb

*Produce*

Red or Green Seedless Grapes $0.99/lb

Kale, Collard, Turnip or Mustard Greens - $0.79/lb

*Dairy*

Philadelphia Cream Cheese - $0.99 ea

International Delight Creamers - $1.25

- $0.55 printable (doubles to $1.10)

= $0.15

Dannon Light 'n Fit Yogurts 6oz cups - 10/$3.99

- $1.00/10 SS 1/3

- $0.60/6 SS 1/3 (doubles to $1.20)

= $0.30 ea wyb 10 or $0.20 ea wyb 6, depending on which coupon you have

Breakstone's Sour Cream $0.99

- $0.55 (doubles to $1.10)
= FREE

*Non-Refrigerated*

Multi Grain Cheerios, Whole Grain Total, Honey Nut Cheerios, Fiber One or Cheerios - $1.99
$1.00 Cheerios printable
$1.00 Honey Nut Cheerios printable
$1.00 Multigrain printable
$1.00/2 Fiber One SS 1/31
= $0.99 wyb 1 or $1.49 ea wyb 2

Old El Paso Products - 25% Off
- $0.50 Heat & Serve Sides SS 1/3
- $0.55 Any Products SS 1/3
- $0.55 Green Chilies printable
= Price varies


Ortega Taco Dinner Kit - $2.00
- $0.75/2 SS 1/24 (doubles to $1.50)
= $1.25 ea wyb 2


Ortega Salsa Prima - $1.64
- $0.75/2 SS 1/24
= $0.89 each wyb 2

Hormel Chili Master - 3/$4

- $0.50 SS 1/24 (doubles to $1.00)

= $0.33 ea

French's Mustard - $1.39
- $0.50 SS 1/24 (doubles to $1.00)
= $0.39

French's Brown Deli Mustard - $0.77

- $0.50 SS 1/24 (doubles to $1.00)
= FREE

Crosse and Blackwell Cocktail Sauce - $0.99
- $1.00 RP 11/8
= FREE

Heinz’s Ketchup - $1.79

- $0.75 SS 1/3 (doubles to $1.50) - this coupon expires Sunday, 1/31!
= $0.29

Frank's Red Hot or Buffalo Wing Sauce - $1.39

- $0.50 SS 1/24 (doubles to $1.00)

= $0.39

Texas Pete Hot Sauce - $1.29
- $0.55 SS 10/18
= $0.19

McCormick Recipe Inspirations - 2/$3.00 (must buy 2)

- $0.75 RP 1/3 (doubles to $1.50)

- $0.25 RP 1/24 (doubles to $0.50)

= FREE - $1.00

Carapelli Olive Oil (EVOO) 44oz - $4.99

Classico Pasta Sauce - 2/$4.00 (must buy 2)

- $0.75 SS 1/10 (doubles to $1.50)

= $0.50 ea

Hunts Diced Tomatoes 14.5 oz can - $1.25
- $0.45/3 SS 1/10
= $0.95 ea wyb 3

Peter Pan Peanut Butter - $1.99

- $1.00/3 SS 1/10

= $1.66 ea wyb 3

Mission Tortillas - $1.49

- $1.00 SS 1/10

= $0.49

Super Bowl Savings

Buy 4 Pepsi 12pks for $9.00

Get 2 Tostitos, Doritos or Rold Gold Pretzels FREE

Use this towards the Tostitos/Pesi rebate!

*Refrigerated*

Healthy One Cold Cuts - $2.50
- $0.55 SS 1/3
= $1.40

Butterball Turkey Bacon - $1.50
- $0.75 SS 1/10
= FREE

Pillsbury Grands Biscuits - $0.99

- Earn $4 Catalina wyb 6

- $0.30/2 GM 11/15

- $0.30/2 SS 11/22

- $0.30/2 SS 12/6

- $0.30/2 SS 12/13
= Buy 6 and use 3 coupons to pay $4.14 and get back $4 oyno - Like paying $0.14 for 6!

Wholly Guacamole - $1.29

- $0.50 SS 1/3 (doubles to $1.00)

= $0.29

Wholly Salsa - $1.49

- $0.50 SS 1/3 (doubles to $1.00)

= $0.49

Heluva Good Dips - $1.29
- $0.75 SS 1/24 (doubles to $1.50)
= FREE

*Frozen*

SuperPretzels - $1.99

- $0.50 SS 12/6 (doubles to $1.00)

- $0.50 RP 10/18 (doubles to $1.00)

= $0.99

= $1.17 each wyb 2

Good Humor Bars - 4/$5

= $1.25 ea

Edy's Grand Ice Cream $1.89

- $1.00 SS 1/31

= $0.89

*Paper Products*

Sparkle Paper Towels 6pk - $3.99

Angel Soft Bath Tissue 12pk - $2.24

- $1.00 printable

= $1.24

Hefty Foam Plates or Bowls - 3/$5.00 (must buy 3)
- $0.75 RP 11/15
= $0.16 ea (with 3 coupons)

*Cleaning Products*

Fab Laundry Detergent - $1.99 ea

- $0.50 SS 8/16 (doubles to $1.00)

- $0.50 SS 10/4 (doubles to $1.00)

= $0.99 ea

*Medicine*

Advil - $4.49

- Earn $1.00 catalina wyb 1

- $2.00 RP 1/31

= $1.49 after catalina and coupon

*Beauty Aids*

Speed Stick Deodorant - $0.99
- $0.50 SS 1/31 (doubles to $1.00)
= FREE

Facebook Freebie: $5 Babies 'R' Us Gift Card - Today Only!

Have you gotten your free $5 gift card today? If not, you’ll want to log into facebook and become a fan of Babies ‘R’ US. Then they’ll send your gift card right to your inbox for you to use on anything in-store or online anytime between now and February 20, 2010.

The fine print reads: Valid 1/28 only while supplies last. Limit one per request. Limited quantity; no rainchecks.

I’m not sure how large their supply is, but I’d go now if I were you!

Shopping Trip - Week of 1/22 - Round Two!

As promised, I uped the grocery budget for this week and went out do shop this week’s ad for Shoprite, CVS and Walgreens. I still have one more transaction I’d like to do at Shoprite either tonight or tomorrow with the coupons I’m getting in the mail today. For the most part, though, I’m done with shopping until next weekend! This means no mad dashes this weekend – unless of course the Pathmark or Acme ad is really spectacular and I want to get a jump on it. I like having the option of not shopping this weekend at all. Anyway.. on to me trip..

First I went to Shoprite where I did 2 transactions so I could use my $10 catalina from the P&G promotion right away.

I did Scenario 1 here for that promotion and I also grabbed some free Quaker treats. They were on sale for $0.77 each so both bags of the True Delights Crisps were only $0.02 each after the $0.75 coupon from the 1/10 RP. The peppers, onions and brown sugar were for my turkey meatloaf that night – and the bananas were for my morning oatmeal.

My total oop was $34.64 for $62.14 worth of groceries. I also received a $10 catalina and qualify for the P&G $10 MIR. After rebates my price will be $14.64 – a savings of 76%.

Then I did another transaction and used my $10 catalina to buy some of the ground beef on sale for $1.69/lb this week. I also picked up a bag of Tostitos to use up a free product coupon I had lying around from a contest. I’ll use that towards my Coors Light/Tostitos/Pepsi rebate submission.

After the Catalina, I paid $2.15 oop for $16.14 worth of groceries (6 lbs of ground beef and a bag of Tostitos). I can’t believe some people pay $4.99 a bag for chips... makes me cringe! Either way, I saved 87% on this transaction.

Then I stopped at Walgreens to get my lotions for the Olay Quench rebate. If you want to participate you have until this Sunday (1/31) to make your purchase! You can find the rebate form here.

This week you can also get a free Olay In-Shower Lotion wyb a 20 oz Quench. The deal looks like this:

Buy:

(2) 20 oz Olay Quench Lotions - $15.98

(2) Olay In-Shower Lotions - $0.00

= $15.98

Use:

(2) $2 off Olay Lotion PG 1/17

(2) $1 off Olay In-Shower Lotion PG 1/17

=$9.98 plus tax OOP and then submit the rebate for $15.98 back

= $6.00 moneymaker

Lastly, I made a quick stop at CVS for Diet Pepsi and some Pepsi Throwback for the boyfriend.

Pepsi 12 pks are 3/$10 this week and are giving back $10 ECB wyb $20 worth. You can submit this for the 'spend $20, get $7.50 back' Coors Light/Tostitos/Pepsi MIR or you can combine it with other receipts and submit for the 'spend $30, get back $10' rebate.

Here I paid with $20 Extra bucks for an oop cost of $1.40 (just tax) and got back $10 in ECB.

If you live locally you can pair this receipt with the free French's Mustard and cheap Hefty paper plates and cups at Shoprite this week for a possible moneymaker. I'm gonna go out tonight for some of the mustard and then submit those 2 receipts with the one for the Tostitos for $10 back.