So I went to our local Brookshire’s to pick up a few extra baking items they had on sale this week. Armed with my $.50 coupons (which triple to $1.50) for Nestle Toll House Morsels, Duncan Hines Cake Mixes, and Carnation Evaporated Milk, I picked up my items and headed to the checkout. The cashier scanned my items, looked at my coupons and informed me that she couldn’t accept my Internet coupons. I asked why not and she said it was because it would make the items free and that they no longer triple Internet coupons. I asked since when considering I was just in that same store a few days ago and I had no problem using them and they all tripled as usual and per their coupon policy. She said they just received an email today about it and they no longer triple Internet coupons when it makes the item free, it will only take the face value. In a case where a coupon states you have to buy 2 items, it will take the face value plus only add enough to make 1 item free. She then scanned one of my coupons and it took $.50 cents off (the value of the coupon) plus .22 cents rather than the normal $1.50 it normally takes off.

I’m not sure what they’re doing or why, but first of all tripling the coupon would not have made my items free. I still would have paid a small amount plus tax if they had tripled them as usual. Secondly, I think they need to get their systems calculating correctly because $.50 + $.22 does not equal $.79 which was the sale price per item.

So there you go. I’m not sure if this has happened in all Brookshires stores across the country or if this is just my unfortunate luck. I have to say that I’m extremely disappointed since the majority of coupons I use are from the Internet to reduce my grocery bill. I don’t think I’ll be shopping at Brookshire’s much anymore because the main reason I shopped there was because they tripled coupons…I mean a girl’s gotta save, right? I pretty much only shop there when there is an item on sale that I have coupons for to maximize my savings. Besides that, I do the majority of my shopping at Kroger because I can stack my manufacturer coupons with my e-coupons loaded onto my loyalty card. It’s a shame though because I really liked my groceries being carted out to my car for me

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Post tags: Brookshires, Internet Coupons, Tripling Coupons

So how cool is this? You can save up to $130 with in-store coupons just by watching videos about the latest products available at Rite Aid. Plus you’ll receive a $5 Rite Aid bonus coupon good toward any purchase of $20 or more when you earn 20 credits on the site. Some videos are worth more credits than others. Now, because these are in-store coupons, that means you can stack manufacturer coupons on top for even more savings. Very, very cool!

Go HERE to select and watch videos then print your coupons and start shopping in your local Rite Aid store.

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Mercedes over at Common Sense With Money has a fantastic list of all the great deals and steals at Target HERE. She’s listed TONS of FREE items including Gerber baby bottles and Johnson’s Buddies Soap Bars, Joint Juice, and more. And then there are the almost FREE items including Aveeno Baby products, Hungry Hippos travel game, Starkist tuna pouches, Kellogg’s Cinnabon Bars, A-1 Steak Sauce, and Dove deoderant.

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Post tags: A-1 Steak Sauce, Aveeno Baby, Dove, Gerber, Hungry Hippos, Johnson's Buddies Soap Bars, Joint Juice, Kellogg's Cinnabon Bars, Starkist

Print $27 worth of Target coupons HERE just for baby and toddlers! Everything from diapers to formula to sippy cups. Remember, these are store coupons which means you can stack manufacturer coupons on top of these for even greater savings. These expire 9/5/09.

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Post tags: Baby, diapers, formula, Printable Coupons, sippy cups, Target, toddler

Here is this week’s local Kroger deals in the Metro Jackson area. I’ve included some printable coupon match-ups, but not any from in the Sunday paper inserts so you may have others you can match. Remember that our local Kroger doubles coupons up to and including $.60. So unless the coupon states otherwise, remember to double those coupons for additional savings!

Also, don’t forget that you can load e-coupons onto your Kroger loyalty card at Cellfire.com and others for added savings – Yes, even on top of manufacturer and store paper coupons. Read my Resource page HERE for links to load coupons onto your loyalty card.

Get $4 off at checkout when you purchase any four participating Kellogg’s, Keebler, or Sunshine products with your plus card. Limit 2 rewards per transaction. These are priced
4/$10, so after you’ll actually pay $6 for 4 items. That’s $1.5 each BEFORE any coupons you may have.

• Eggo Bakeshop, Muffin Tops or Nutri-Grain
• Keebler Townhouse Crackers, Fudge Shoppe or Chips Deluxe Cookies
  Get $1/2 Fudge Shoppe printable coupon HERE
• Kellogg’s Cereals or Fruit Snacks
• Cheez-It Crackers
  Get $.75/1Cheez-It  printable coupon HERE

Other good deals and there are definitely some paper coupons around for these as well:

• Oscar Mayer Lunchables – 10/$10
• Oscar Mayer Deli Creations – 2/$5
• Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Lunchmeat – $2.99 ea
• BIC Crystal Pens – 2/$1
  Get $1/1 printable coupon HERE
• Scott Towels 6 Roll – $5
• Klondike Novelties – $2.27 ea
  Get $1/2 printable coupon HERE
• Breyers Ice Cream – $2.27 ea
  Get $1/2 printable coupon HERE
• Pillsbury Golden Layers or Grands Biscuits – 4/$5 and GET $1 off instantly. Final Price 4/$4
  Get $1/2 Grands printable coupon HERE
• Bertolli Dinner for 2 Skillet Meals – $5.99 ea
  Get $1/1 printable coupon HERE
• Kettle Chips – $2.99 ea
• Fresh Express Garden Salad – $.99 ea
  Get $.75/1 Grands printable coupon HERE

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Post tags: Bertolli, BIC, Breyers, Eggo, Fresh Express, Keebler, Kellogg's, Kettle, Klondike, Kroger, Oscar Mayer, Pillsbury, Scott, Sunshine

Here is this week’s notable items on sale at our local Brookshire’s. Remember that our Brookshire’s stores triple coupons up to and including $.60, so any coupon match-ups listed below are tripled unless the coupon specifically states not to. I’ve only listed any printable coupon, but there are more floating around out there from the coupon inserts, catalinas, and tearpads that you may have.

Get 50 Bonus Box Tops wyb 10 participating General Mills products below:

General Mills Cereals – 2/$5 – Get $1/2 printable coupon HERE

• Cheerios 14 oz
• Lucky Charms 11.5 oz
  Get $1/2 printable coupon HERE
• Reese’s Puffs 13 oz
  Get $.55/1 printable coupon HERE
• Trix 10.7 oz
  Get $.55/1 printable coupon HERE or HERE
• Cocoa Puffs 11.8
  Get $1/2 printable coupon HERE

General Mills Cereal Bars – 2/$4
Get $.60/1 Chex Mix Bars printable coupon HERE or HERE, and $.40/1 printable coupon HERE

Betty Crocker

• Suddenly Pasta Salad & Specialty Potatoes – 4/$5
  Get $.40/1 printable coupon HERE or HERE
• Cookie Mix – 2/$3 Get
  Get $.40/1 printable coupon HERE or HERE
• Warm Delights Desserts – 2/$3
  Get $.50/1 printable coupon HERE or HERE
• Fruit Flavored Snacks – 2/$4
  Get $.50/1 printable coupon HERE or HERE

Totino’s Pizza Rolls – 2/$6
Get $.55/2 printable coupon HERE

Pillsbury Toaster Strudel, Scramblers or Pancakes – $1.89 ea
Get $.55/2 printable coupon HERE

Green Giant Frozen Veggies – 2/$6

Old El Paso Taco Dinner Kit – $2.38 ea
Get $.60/2 printable coupon HERE

Your bonus Box Tops will print at checkout via a coupon.

Other items and coupon match-ups:

• Hamburger Helper – $.99 ea (includes Box Tops for Education)
  Get $.75/3 printable coupon HERE or HERE
• Armour Lunch Makers – $1 ea
• BOGO! Hillshire Farm Deli Select or Hearty Slices Lunchmeats – $3.99 and get one Ball Park Meat Franks FREE
• Bob Evans Brats – $3.99
• Kretschmar Ham (Deli) – $3.99 lb
  Get $.55/1 printable coupon HERE
• Kool-Aid Bursts 6 packs – 5/$5
• Pillsbury Cookies – 2/$5
  Get $1/2 printable coupon HERE
• Arm & Hammer Laundry Detergent – 2/$9
  Get $1/1 printable coupon HERE
• Kleenex Facial Tissue – 2/$3
  Get $.50/3 printable coupon HERE
• FREE Boudreaux’s Butt Paste wyb Huggies Jumbo Diapers or Pull-Ups Training Pants for $8.99
  

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Post tags: Arm & Hammer, Armour, Ball Park, Betty Crocker, Boudreaux's, Box Tops for Education, Brookshires, General Mills, Green Giant, Hamberger Helper, Hillshire Farms, Huggies, Kool-Aid, Kretschmar, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Printable Coupons, Totino's, Weekly Deals

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Post tags: Colgate Wisp, Kroger, Managers Special

Ok locals, Kroger has some GREAT deals and promotions this week. But first let’s talk about this 1 Day Only Sale on August 1^st. From 8 am – 8 pm all Keebler and Kellogg’s products are 50% off! So besides this being a super fabulous deal already, let me remind you that many of these products would qualify for the Kellogg’s Fuel for School rebate promotion that I posted HERE. And to top it off, if you still have your Kellogg’s and Keebler coupons from various sources, then there may very well be some free or close to free items in the works here.

Items listed in the add include Keebler Chips Deluxe, Sandies, Fudge Shoppe, Townhouse, Club, Zesta, Graham Crackers, Vanilla Wafers, and Variety Packs. Kellogg’s items include cereal, fruit snacks, breakfast bars, Eggo, Rice Krispies Treats, and Pop-Tarts. This promotion also includes Sunshine Cheez-It crackers.

So if that wasn’t enough of a great deal, Kroger is also running a P&G product savings at checkout. Every time you mix and match any 4 P&G products using your shopper’s card, you’ll instantly save $4 off your bill at checkout. So essentially that is $1 off each item.

Wow, so not only are there some really great deals here, but coupled with your coupons, there is potential here for some money makers! Here is a list of the participating items and what the cost would be AFTER you receive your $4 instant savings at checkout:

• Tide Detergent Selected Varieties 20-32 Load Liquid Or 31-40 Load Powder -Or- Tide Stain Release Bleach Selected Varieties 26-36 Oz Liquid Or Powder Or 18 Ct Single Dose *$4.88 Each
• Bounty Paper Towels Selected Varieties 8 Rolls Bundle -Or- Charmin Bath Tissue Selected Varieties 6 Mega Roll Or 12 Big Roll Bundle *$5.99 Each
• Puffs Facial Tissue Selected Varieties 216 Ct Pkg *69¢ Each
• Bounce Fabric Softener Sheets Selected Varieties 105-120 Ct Sheets -Or- Downy Liquid Fabric Softener Selected Varieties 48-60 Load Liquid *$4.88 Each
• Cascade Auto Dish Detergent Selected Varieties 75 Oz Liquid Or Powder Or 20 Ct Action Packs *$2.99 Each
• Pantene Bundle Value Pack Shampoo & Conditioner 25.4 Oz Pkg Selected Varieties *$4.99 Each
• Pampers Big Box Diapers Or Training Pants 48-96 Ct Pkg Selected Varieties *$18.99 Each
• Pringles Stix *$1.99 Each
• Swiffer Cleaning Cloths *$5.99 Each

Now get that cost down even further by using your insert and printed manufacturer coupons PLUS your e-coupons from Cellfire, P&GeSaver, Shortcuts, Bringing Hope to the Table, and Upromise.

For instance, I currently have the following e-coupons loaded onto my Kroger card that match these items:

$.50/1 Bounce dryer sheets, $1/1 Bounce dryer bar, $.50/1 Cascade product, $.25/1 Charmin, $1/1 Pampers, $1/1 Pantene, $.50/2 Pringles, $.25/3 Puffs singles, $.50/1 Swiffer dry cloths, $.75/1 Swiffer wet cloths, $.50/1 Tide stain release, and $.35/1 Tide liquid.

And these don’t even include my printed coupons. But let me give you a tip in case you were planning to shop at Kroger this weekend…WAIT till Sunday after you receive your coupons in Sunday’s paper! There will be a P&G insert with over $96 in coupon savings!

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Post tags: Bounce, Bringing Hope to the Table, Cascade, Cellfire, Charmin, Keebler, Kellogg's, Kellogg's Fuel for School, Kroger, P&G, P&GeSaver, Pampers, Pantene, Pringles, Puffs, Shortcuts, Swiffer, Tide, Upromise

Here is my printable coupon roundup thus far this week:

• Spray ‘n Wash: $1.50/1 RESOLVE Carpet Cleaner product, $.75/1 Spray ‘n Wash with RESOLVE  Power laundry stain remover product, and $1.50/1 Spray ‘n Wash Bright & White laundry detergent HERE
• $1/1 Seventh Generation Baby or Cleaning Product with sign-up HERE + once you’re registered, go to the Coupons page on the site for more printable coupons HERE.
• $1/1 Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters HERE
• $1.50/1 Wanchai Ferry Frozen Entrée HERE
• $1/1 Yoplait Yo-Plus HERE
• $1/1 Odom’s Tennessee Pride Breakfast Sandwiches AND $1/2 Tennessee Pride Roll Sausage HERE
• $1/1 Oscar Mayer Beef Franks HERE
• $.55/1 Famous Amos Cookies HERE
• $.50/2 Jell-O HERE
• #1/1 Glad ForceFlex Trash Bags HERE
• $1.50/2 Aunt Jemima Mix or Syrup HERE
• $2/1 Midol Complete HERE (may be location specific, try 39047 if not listed in your area)
• $2/1 L’Oreal Revitalift Deep Set Wrinkle 24HR Eye Repair Duo HERE (may be location specific, try 39047 if not listed in your area)
• $3/1 Similasan Anxiety Relief AND Stress and Tension Relief HERE (may be location specific, try 39047 if not listed in your area)
• $1/1 Hefty OneZip FreshExtend Bags HERE (may be location specific, try 39047 if not listed in your area)
• $5 when you spend $25 at RiteAid HERE (may be location specific, try 39047 if not listed in your area)
• HOT! FREE Gallon of Milk and FREE half gallon of Chocolate Milk with purchase HERE (may be location specific, try 63090 if not listed in your area) (Found at Budget Helpers!)
• $1/1 Rhodes Bake-N-Serv Rolls HERE (may be location specific, try 63090 if not listed in your area)
• $3/1 Similasan Sleeplessness Relief HERE (may be location specific, try 63090 if not listed in your area)

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Post tags: Aunt Jemima, Famous Amos, Glad, Heft, Jell-O, L’Oreal, Midol, Milk, Nature Valley, Oscar Mayer, Printable Coupons, Rhodes, RiteAid, Roundup, Seventh Generation, Similasan, Spray 'n Wash, Tennessee Pride, Wanchai, Yoplait

Money Saving Mom has reports of possible FREE Crest Advanced Whitestrips at Target HERE.

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Post tags: Crest Advanced Whitestrips, Target

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Post tags: Printable Coupon, Walgreens