Sunday Paper and Easter Candy Sales

I hope everybody likes my new format that I figured out how to do. Hopefully it will make reading the sales a little bit easier.

My husband suggested putting in as many Easter candy sales as possible, so we could all start getting a bag or two each week until Easter. (I think he just really wants candy). But, I still thought it was a really good idea.

Don't forget that Western Family (WF) can be price matched for the Wal-Mart Great Value Brand.

Coupon inserts: Redplum and SmartSource

Item	Price
Buy – Low
10 lb. russet potatoes	$1.50
Pork Sirloin End Chops	$0.99
Fuji Apples	3 lbs/$1.00
Cantaloupe	3 lbs/$1.00
WF eggs dozen	$1.00
WF Pasta	$0.88 12 oz. bag
WF frozen veggies	$0.75 16. Oz bag
Celery	2 for $1.00
Loose Carrots	3 lbs/ $1.00
Red seedless grapes	$1.00/lb
Ream's
Red bell peppers	$0.39 each
Leaf lettuce	2 for $1.00
New Red Potatoes	$0.39/lb
Green grapes	$0.99/lb
1 lb. mini carrots	$0.89/bag
Celery	$0.39
Gala, fuji, pink lady Apples	$0.69/lb
Family Pak Boneless pork country style ribs	$1.19/lb
Rite-Aid
Peeps	10-12 ct. $0.88
Marshmallow eggs	$0.88
Brach's Jelly bird eggs	$0.69
Palmer Candy	$0.69 5 oz. bags
VO5 shampoo and conditioner	$0.79
Shopko
Brach's 7.5 oz speckled Malted eggs or Whoppers robin eggs 10 oz	$1.50
Easter M&M's 10.9 oz. Hersey's Kisses 11 0z., or Reese's peanut butter eggs snack size 11.4 oz.	2/$5.00
Target
Cadbury eggs	$1.67 4 pack
Green and red grapes	$0.99/lb
Walgreens
Gillette Razors	$12.99 4 pack
Anna's Ginger Thins (these are the best cookies EVER)	$1.00, 5.25 oz.
K-Mart
Whopper 10-11oz. eggs or 13-18 oz. starburst jelly beans or 13-18 oz. Jolly Rancher beans	$1.50/bag
Reese's peanut butter eggs 6 pack, Snickers eggs 6 packs	$2.50
Harbor Freight and Tools 155 N State St. Orem	Worth the trip, to let your husband get a great deal – these deals are NOT good at Wal-Mart
FREE 6 piece screwdriver set	I keep my own girl tools, so I do not use my husbands, this will be a great addition to my own tools
HarborFreightusa.com /coupons	Check out this website for all of the GREAT deals and coupons; get your husband something great for Easter!!!

 

Freebies

More great freebies from my sis. Enjoy!!!

http://instoresnow.walmart.com/enhancedrendercontent_ektid68792.aspx Free lotion sample

http://dailybread.com/content/contact/request_form.php?type=sample
Free entree from this long-term food storage place

Grocery List

This is my actual grocery list for this week. This in not how I format my list, I just did it this way so everybody could see my thought process and how much money you can save!!! The far right column is where things are price matched from, but I couldn't get it to show up. Sorry :( Don't forget to check for coupons, I just didn't have any this week.

Item	Normal Price	Amount	Normal Price Total	Sale Price	Total Sale Price	Money Saved	Price match from…
Crystal Light	$1.76	4	$7.04	$1.76	$7.04	$0.00
Milk	$1.50	2	$3.00	$1.50	$3.00	$0.00
Iceberg Lettuce	$1.25	3	$3.75	$0.50	$1.50	$3.00	Buy-Low
Bananas	$0.59	5	$2.95	$0.39	$1.95	$1.00	Macey's
Apples	$1.25	5	$6.25	$0.69	$3.45	$2.80	Ream's
Honey	$8.00	1	$8.00	$8.00	$8.00	$0.00
WF cereal	$3.50	2	$7.00	$2.50	$5.00	$2.00	Macey's
Bread	$1.50	4	$6.00	$1.00	$4.00	$2.00	Smith's
Graham Crackers	$3.00	2	$6.00	$2.00	$4.00	$2.00	Macey's
Symphony Bars	$1.25	2	$2.50	$0.88	$1.76	$0.74	Macey's
Eggs	$1.25	1	$1.25	$0.99	$0.99	$0.26	Macey's
WF Cheese	$5.50	1	$5.50	$3.98	$3.98	$1.52	Macey's
Dishwasher Det.	$4.00	1	$4.00	$4.00	$4.00	$0.00
Pineapple	$3.50	2	$7.00	$1.25	$2.50	$4.50	Sunflower
Leaf Lettuce	$1.49	4	$5.96	$0.77	$3.08	$2.88	Sunflower
Strawberries	$3.00	2	$6.00	$1.50	$3.00	$3.00	Macey's
TOTAL			$82.20		$57.25	$25.70
I am saving over $25 this week and I do not even have any coupons!!! I will be able to price match all of this at Wal-Mart.

Sunday Paper

Happy Monday morning to everybody - I hope you had a great weekend!!!

There was one coupon book in the Sunday paper

Ream's
Aparagus - $0.99/lb
2 lb cello wrapped carrots - $0.99/bag
Artichocks - $0.99
Grapefruit - $0.29/lb
Large Johagold, Brauburn, Cameo, Granny Smith, Red delicious, and Golden delicious Apples - $0.69/lb

There were 4 coupons to TANGER OUTLET stores in Park City - they can be used at any of the stores for 20% off

Albertson's

4 - double coupons (up to $1.00)

That's about all worth noting. Check out the links on the right of my blog if you want to see a complete list of sales - pinching your pennies and grocery guru.

Sis. Allred has asked me to do a class in our ward, when she gets that all setup I will let everybody know.

Remember when price matching at Wal-Mart, be on the safe side and BRING YOUR ADS. Also, keep your recipts for a little while. Wal-Mart has a great return policy made easier with a receipt.

If you are buy plants, trees, shrubs, anything like that, if it dies within a year you can bring it in for a FULL refund or replacement with the recipet. Most nursery DO NOT do that. 2 years ago I bought $200 worth of bushes from Lindon nursery - all of them died so I returned them, I was only gived 1/2 credit because they "have no control over the environment or how well you take care of them". So I used the $100 to get more bushes, well those DIED. I promise I am not a bad gardner and I take good care of my plants. So I returned those bushes. Anyway, long story short I have 2 bushes with my $200!!! We have bought 10 roses bushes from Wal-Mart and kept the recipet for 1 year - not one of our plants dies and they were much cheaper.

Southwest.com airfare sale

Southwest.com is having a wonderful airfare sale - they are starting their summer sale VERY early!!!

Wal-Mart called me back

Well, I called Wal-Mart customer service this morning. They said that each Wal-Mart can say which ads they will price match, so the following information is for Lindon Wal-Mart ONLY. A manager from the Lindon Wal-Mart called me back this afternoon. I talked to Alicia, the front end manager; she was so nice and more than willing to answer all of my questions. Here is the information that she gave me.

Stores that they DO price match:
Albertson’s
Smith’s
Ream’s
Sunflower Market
Buy-Low
She isn’t sure why cashiers have been saying that they no longer price match Sunflower Market or Buy-Low, she was very apologetic and said she would make sure to correct that.

Stores that they DO NOT price match:
The local Hispanic markets
She said that she went and looked at those local markets and the quality was not as good as Wal-Mart’s.

You can only price match EXACT items.

You CAN price match meat, but it MUST be the same thing, not similar, but the exact same.

You CAN price match produce, but it MUST be the same thing, not similar, but the exact same.

You can price match brand name (same size, weight, etc.) for the exact same thing at Wal-Mart

You can price match store brand name to store brand name. (i.e. Albertson’s brand Butter for Wal-Mart brand butter)

If an ad says “While supplies last” that doesn’t matter – the price is still good as long as Wal-Mart still has the items (no substituting items)

Make sure the ad has not expired

Some ads have limits – you can still only get that limit. (i.e. 2 liter soda for $1 each, limit 4 – you can still only get 4)

Only manufactures coupons are accepted, NO printed coupons, NO double coupons, NO store only coupons (i.e. sometimes Albertson’s will have coupons in their ads that can only be used at Albertson’s, those CAN NOT be used at Wal-Mart).

NO price matching on gimmick promotions. (i.e. Albertson’s or Smith’s will have a sale if you spend $10 you will get $3 off so the final price of each product is $0.70, the $0.70 price will NOT be price matched)

NO price matching on percentage off (i.e. 50% off regular price), price match has to be a dollar amount

NO price matching on buy one get one

I hope this helps all of you and that you have learned a few new things (I know that I sure did). Please follow the rules that Wal-Mart has for price matching. Alicia said that if anybody has any trouble with the cashiers please talk to her about it (Alicia, front end manager). She also said, please be patient with the two new Wal-Mart stores opening in Saritoga Springs and Cedar Hill most of the experienced cashiers have gone over to those stores so most of the cashiers in Lindon are new. If you have a problem, please get the name of cashier so Alicia can correct the cashier. If anybody has any other questions please ask or ask Alicia at Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart Policies

I called Wal-Mart customr service to get more of a clarification on their policies for price matching and couponing. They said that is done on a store basis. So they took all of my information and complaints that all of you have told me, they said someone from the Lindon store would call me. I have not yet recieved a call yet, but I just talked to customer service about 15 minutes ago - let's see how long it takes Lidon WM to call!! Are there any other questions or concerns about Wal-Mart you want me to ask the person that calls me back??

AHHHHH!!! How did I miss this?!?!?!

Smith's is having a MEGA EVENT SALE. Click on the link to see some of the GREAT deals or click on the pinchingyourpennies link to see more Smith's deals. I'm so sorry that I didn't post this earlier. The sale goes until next Wednesday. Pasta is $0.49 per 16 oz package. Great for food storage!!! http://www.utahcityguide.com/new/guru/shopping_list.asp

Sunday Paper

There is a LOT in today’s Sunday paper!! To start off with I wanted to show you the results of a national survey that was in the paper today. The average family cost per monthly grocery bill that a family of 4 with 2 kids under 5 ranges from $524 to $1,014. And for a family of 4 with 2 kids under 11 is $603 to $1,182. I can hardly believe that!!! I don’t know if I am just so supper cheap or what, but my monthly cost is around $300 and my goal is $200. So how does everybody else do? Is this blog helping anybody save any money??

PG Macey’s (March 16-28)

Keebler Graham crackers, 2 lb box - $2.00 (with in store coupon)
Bananas - $0.39 per pound
Milk 1 gallon - $1.49
Macey’s Farm Bread - $1.25
WF marshmallows - $0.69
Meadow Gold Ice Cream Sandwiches – 6/ $1.00
Kellogg’s Cereal - 2/$6.00 plus FREE 18 count eggs (there were Kellogg’s coupons a few weeks ago)
Swanson Chicken Broth – 2/$1.00

Albertson’s (March 15-17)

Green grapes - $0.99/ lb
Shoppers Value Ice Cream 64 oz. - $1.39 (with coupon)
There are 3 double coupons – The ad with the coupons is on page A6 in the Daily Herald. If anybody wants my double coupons give me a call or e-mail me jen_fugal@hotmail.com
Albertson’s Cereal - $1.49

Ream’s

Grapes (Red and Green) - $0.99 / lb
Celery - $0.69
Asparagus - $0.99/lb
Red and Green Lead Lettuce - $0.69 each
Iceberg Lettuce - $0.79 each
Small Pink lady, Fuji, gala APPLES - $0.69/lb

Walgreen’s

Kleenex Tissue - $0.89 (with coupon)
Peeps - $0.39 (4 or 5 pack, with coupon, limit 6)(I will get all 6, these are my husbands favorites!!)

Rite Aid

Hershey’s, Reese’s, or Nestle Bagged Easter Candy, or Cadbury Crème Eggs 4 count - $1.88 ($1.50 off 3, coupon in most papers)
Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs (6 pack) and Easter m&m’s – Buy one get one free (look for coupons)

Office Max

Sign up and receive FREE 75 photo prints officemax.com/impress
Everyday low price for photo prints - $0.05

Buy Low (Some cashiers at Wal-Mart do not care if you price match from here)

Pink Lady Apples – 3 lbs/$1.00
Betty Crocker muffin mix – 2/$1.00
Spinach – 2 bunches for $1.00

Lindon Wal-Mart is being a real stinker to people. I have had a lot of complaints from people. My friend today told me she priced matched most of her shopping the other day and the cashier was NOT happy. He (in not such a gentle manner) put her canned goods in a bag. When she got home two of them were dented. Another cashier would not price match some of my friends stuff because the ad said “while supplies last”. So my friend (being so awesome and witty) said that she would call the store to find out if they had any of that product left. The cashier finally price matched her stuff. I am also starting to get lip from the cashiers about price matching. I was just going to let the whole thing go, until I saw a commercial this weekend on TV. The commercial was for Wal-Mart – it said that they will price match ANY advertised price. Has anybody else had any trouble price matching at Wal-Mart? I am going to find a number for somebody higher up then Lindon and get an exact definition of “any advertised price”.

I scream you scream....

we all scream for more FREEBIES!!! Okay, so that is not how the saying goes, but these are some really good freebies that my big sis found. Here is the e-mail that she sent me.

https://www.caressskinwearcollection.com/english/register.asp?lang=english&task=sample
Free sample of Caress body wash. I've gotten this one before and it's in a great little travel size, perfect for tossing in your make-up bag for a weekend trip with the Good Husband.

http://downloads.self.com/self/pdfs/AvedaCoupon.pdfFree Aveda spa kit. This looks awesome. I live out in the sticks, so there are no Aveda Spas in my area. However, I looked and there are several in Utah-ville, specifically, 3 in Utah County and one in lovely PG.

The local Salon is: Azalea Day Spa and Salon 597 S. Pleasant Grove Blvd. Suite 10

http://www.tacodelmar.com/tdm001_2009a/taxes_2009_choice.html I love me some Taco Del Mar!

http://instoresnow.walmart.com/enhancedrendercontent_ektid66688.aspx Free sample of Gain laundry detergent. It is a Walmart sample and Walmart Samples ALWAYS arrive.

Food for Fines

At PG city library you can pay off your fines with food - food that you probably already have in your cupboard. There are flyers at the library or you can call them. The max amount that you can take off is $50. $1.00 for each non-pershible food item, $2.00 for toilet paper, shampoo, peanut butter, tuna, cereal, stew, chili. $4.00 for soap, laundry soap, baby formula, hair products, diapers, other personal hygiene products. There are more items on this list, I just listed the more popular items people would have in their house.

Money saving tips

Macey's is having their caselot sale for one more week. Most of the great deals you can get at Macey's you can also get at Wal-Mart for about 5 cents cheaper (because they are marked down or the everyday price is cheaper).

There wasn't anything that really stood out to me in Sunday paper. At Wal-Greens there is Colgate or Aquafresh toothpaste for 99 cents and there have been coupons in the paper the last few weeks. That is about the only great deal.

At Macey's do not forget to go to the back of the store by the milk - that is were they have carts of clearance. I got a WONDERFUL deal on Saturday. I got a package of 8 gelete razors and a 512 MB flash drive for $0.96!!! I could hardly believe it.

I have been writing down any tip that I can think of - here are some that wrote down last week.

#1. - Check the price per ounce or unit, just because it is bigger does not mean you are getting better deal

#2. Cut coupons & ads and keep them ORGANIZED. It is too hard to shuffle threw them while you are checking out at the store. 2 weeks ago I did not have my coupons organized and I could not find the coupons or my ads and I missed out on about $25-$30 savings. I was soooo mad at my self.

#3. Make a menu for the week, two weeks, or month. The more you have planned out, the less you buy.

#4. Go to the store only once!!! I go only once a week - but buy for 2 weeks worth of menus. I like to buy fresh produce once a week. The less you go to the store the less you impulse buy.

#5. Make a list and check it twice (just like Santa)!! As you need (not want) something write it down on a list. Then refere back to #4, only go once a week with your list, coupons, and price matching ads in hand. The cashier may be snippy to you and the people behind you may be annoyed, but guess what??? You saved a LOT of $$$MONEY$$$.

Free cake and Arby's Sandwich

More freebies from my big sis!!!

http://freewarmdelights.bettycrocker.com/WarmDelights/Default.aspx?source=900 who doesn't like FREE CAKE?!!?!?

And I actually found a freebie too :) for an Arby's Roast Burger
http://www.fmrnd.com/arbys_roastburger/

Sunday Paper

March 4th is the start of Macey’s case lot sale. Lindon Wal-Mart will usually lower their prices as well by about $0.03 to $0.05 per item on sale at Macey’s, and a lot of things are all ready cheaper at Wal-Mart. http://preparedldsfamily.blogspot.com/ has a list of what will be at the caselot sale.

Smith’s Case Lot sale starts March 18th

March is Frozen Food month – most stores will be having really good sales on frozen items

There was an ad in the Sunday paper for Buy-Low (2250 N University Pky. Provo)
Broccoli $0.50/lb
Pink Lady Apples $0.33/lb
Chef Boyardee 2/$1.00
Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup 2/$1.00
Brown Eggs 20 ct $1.50 (with coupon and $25 purchase)
French Bread 2 for $1.00 (with coupon and $25 purchase)
Jennie-O Turkey Franks 2 for $1.00 (with coupon and $25 purchase)
Glade Candles $1.00
Each day they have a specific item on sale (i.e. Wednesday produce is on sale and Friday meat is on sale)
If you are down in the area this would be a good store to go check out!!

Albertson’s

There was an ad in the Sunday paper that runs from March 1 to March 7
Kellogg’s Cereal and fruit snacks $1.67

PETCO
$8 off Science Diet Dog food