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Post by rubyslippers on Apr 9, 2014 20:17:01 GMT -5
Emhalf, we have a Community Market nearby that still doubles too. I don't know how long they'll keep it up after Kroger stops doubling coupons.
Today at Kroger I doubled most all my coupons except for the milk and green peppers. I got 5 yogurts, 4 Snickers bites, 4 breakfast burritos, 1 Land O Lake butter, 1/2 gal. milk and 2 green peppers. I paid $3.56 OOP and saved $13.88. There's a rebate to send in for a free spreadable Land O Lakes coupon.
At Hobby Lobby I paid $1.58 for a small pack of mirrors and saved $.99 using 40% off coupon.
At WAGs I paid $2.17 and saved $1.00 on 3 photos I had blown up into 5x7's.
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Post by dancinmama on Apr 9, 2014 21:55:58 GMT -5
It's good to know that at least SOME stores are still doubling. I hope they continue to do so. And speaking of WUC (hopetoberich's post)....I go on that site from time to time to see how much action there is. I usually check out the CVS threads first because during the two years that I was fairly active on the site, CVS got the most traffic. This morning I decided to check it out. The CVS Coupon Discussion thread and the CVS Chit Chat thread (both of which were hoppin' in the past) have not had a single post in 3 and 4 days respectively and today is Monday which means that there were no posts in either of them over the weekend. In addition, this morning there were only 852 people active on the site at the time I logged in. When I was on the site regularly, I rarely saw that number drop below 1000. Nathan, the originator of the site, first appeared on Extreme Couponing in January of 2011 (if I remember correctly). I don't know what the traffic on the site was like before his appearance, but active users peaked a short 4 months later at 5590 in May of 2011. That means that activity has dropped by 85% since the all-time high. People still seem to be plugging along, sharing the deals that they find, but obviously there are not enough deals to attract a huge following to the site anymore. In the last half of 2012, I noticed that Nathan was no longer making FrugalTV videos as he had regularly in the past. These videos were posted to YouTube and links were provided to them on WUC. As it turns out, he stopped because he was forced to get a "real job" to support his family. Since then, 99% of "his posts" have been computer generated to alert users of printable coupons that are available. Quite frankly, I don't think he coupons at all anymore or is even a part of the site. Looks like Nathan shot himself in the foot. I wonder if it was the pay he got for going on EC or the bragging rights that made him do it. I liked to share info but only with certain people. You gotta fly under the radar for this couponing thing to work! Oh well, maybe some day, something will come up that will be comparable to the deals we got then. It was neither. Publicly he has claimed that he was not paid - and I believe him. He will say (like they all will) that he did it to help other people learn how to save money. Okay, I'll buy that MAYBE that accounts for maybe 1% of the reason. I believe that 99% of it was to see an increase in traffic to his site (and whatever money came to him as a result of it).
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Post by dancinmama on Apr 9, 2014 23:50:47 GMT -5
I liked to share info but only with certain people. You gotta fly under the radar for this couponing thing to work! Oh well, maybe some day, something will come up that will be comparable to the deals we got then.Anything is possible. When it comes to couponing, no one is flying under the radar these days and what we were able to do is not something that the manufacturers and/or the retailers are going to forget any time soon. The hope is that competition gets so severe (which is where the drug chain rewards came from) that it drives the deals back to us. In all my previous years of couponing, I remember only 2 times (in the 90s) when I was able to stockpile a non-perishable for free: women's razors and Degree deodorant - that's it. In both cases it was because a "TRY ME FREE" coupon was offered in the inserts to introduce the products. There was NEVER any such thing as free shampoo or free toothpaste; even after sales and doubled coupons, the prices on non-perishables were never "unusually low enough" to warrant stockpiling. The stockpile-worthy deals in those days were on food, not non-perishables. I remember how COMPLETELY and TOTALLY SHOCKED I was when WAGs came out with their RRs and how EXCITED I was when I figured out how to use the combination of RRs, coupons, and ESRs to be able to stockpile non-perishables FOR FREE - stuff that I could store for years!! I always kept in the back of my mind what had happened to me in 2003 (I lost my doubled coupons) and kept reminding myself that nothing lasts forever. I literally saw it as the opportunity of a lifetime and shopped and stockpiled as if the deluge of freebie deals would disappear tomorrow.....until they did.
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Post by dancinmama on Apr 10, 2014 0:52:25 GMT -5
The CVS q's have not been forthcoming for me. I get the one they advertise but that's been about it. Every now and then, they'll send me a $4/$20 in an email but even that is rare. All good-I usually just use the one advertised CRT to get the free or close to free product. Probably why I'm not getting much else. That's the way it's been for me too. I can count on one hand how many I've gotten in the last year. I don't think I'd ever shop at CVS without having a $/$$. That's the approach that I take at Safeway too. This week they gave DH a $5/$30 instead of a $5/$20. I could barely find a good enough deal to use the $5/$20 that DS had so there is no way that I'm going to bite at that $5/$30; it will go unused. The only time I buy almost anything at Safeway these days is when they give me a $5/$20 (and even then, sometimes there is no deal good enough to make me bite). Considering I won't be using DH's $5/$30, it will be interesting to see how long it will be before they give him another $5/$20. I'll just wait very patiently.
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Post by marvholly on Apr 10, 2014 7:03:52 GMT -5
It appears that all the stores around me are saving their ‘best’ sales for next week – Easter. One market is not even running an ad this week and my fav fruit/veg market only has 3 items I would consider but NOTHING I need. I live/shop in an area that is no more than 50% Christian. We have buddists, hindus, muslims, greeks, jews……. Oh well, I can do a stock up run at Aldi and/or buy coffee before it becomes even more $$$.
My holiday starts Monday night. I have to go digging thru the freezer to see what I have on hand & what I still need to buy to make my 8 days of holiday recipes.
Dhunny posted yesterday that her new baby is going to be a boy.
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Post by azucena on Apr 10, 2014 7:09:09 GMT -5
I don't post often but still read now and then. In St Louis, we still have Schnucks which doubles up to 0.40. We used to have Shop N Save doing $10 off of $50 at least once a month for 2 years but it's been 6 months since the last one
Has anyone seen/heard the latest Walmart tactic? You enter your receipt number online and it price compares locally for you and you receive store credit for anything it finds cheaper elsewhere. Says it's being tested in 7 markets so far. guardianlv.com/2014/03/walmart-offers-store-credit-using-online-price-comparison-tool/
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Post by skubikky on Apr 10, 2014 9:34:08 GMT -5
Needed some Vit D so did this CVS micro-deal yesterday:
BOGO 100 ct CVS 400IU Vit D $3.79 - $2 CVS Vitamin CRT - $1 EB Total = $0.79 not bad for 200 Vit Ds?
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Post by dancinmama on Apr 10, 2014 12:01:47 GMT -5
Needed some Vit D so did this CVS micro-deal yesterday: BOGO 100 ct CVS 400IU Vit D $3.79 - $2 CVS Vitamin CRT - $1 EB Total = $0.79 not bad for 200 Vit Ds? I love that term - micro-deal!! I think that's what most people are seeing these days - micro-deals as opposed to the mega-deals that we used to get. It's okay though - a deal is a deal!! Great job!!
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Post by dancinmama on Apr 10, 2014 12:14:07 GMT -5
I don't post often but still read now and then. In St Louis, we still have Schnucks which doubles up to 0.40. We used to have Shop N Save doing $10 off of $50 at least once a month for 2 years but it's been 6 months since the last one
Has anyone seen/heard the latest Walmart tactic? You enter your receipt number online and it price compares locally for you and you receive store credit for anything it finds cheaper elsewhere. Says it's being tested in 7 markets so far. guardianlv.com/2014/03/walmart-offers-store-credit-using-online-price-comparison-tool/
Wow, that's interesting. The last time I asked Walmart to price-match something on ad at Safeway, they gave it to me but said that they would not price match Safeway anymore because you had to have a loyalty card to get the sales prices. The item that I was trying to price match was nothing "special" - just an ordinary sales ad item and I had the ad with me. If my Walmart has held fast in imposing that rule in my area (haven't tried to price-match since) then there are several stores that would be off the price match list (RA, CVS, WAGs, Staples, etc.) since they all require loyalty cards to get the sales prices which makes the price match program (for me) almost worthless.
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Post by rubyslippers on Apr 10, 2014 22:21:55 GMT -5
I price match from any store in our surrounding area at Walmart and not just for groceries. Last year I saved a bunch on mulch and other garden supplies using the ads from all over. Last week I price matched games. I used to run into trouble with a few of the cashiers but have been in there so much the past couple of years, that I rarely encounter trouble. I don't even bring my ads in anymore. Sometimes someone will look in their ads when I quote a price and once I even told them what page the item was on. I mainly price match produce and dairy. It saves me money and time as I don't have to run to each individual store to pick up the best sale.
Dancin, I hadn't been couponing as long as you have, but I got in when the deals were smoking hot. Before that, someone was always posting on Smart Spending lists of things she got at CVS for next to nothing. After I learned the ins and outs of how to do CVS, I couldn't believe that the store wasn't packed every single weekend with shoppers. My sis and I always got the freebies and they always seemed to have a lot of stock. Our trunk would be filled with bags of deals and we couldn't believe our luck in getting quality name brand products. I shopped at WAGs too, but never mastered the ins and outs of their program. There were lots and lots of MM's in those days. My strategy these days has changed but I still manage to find some pretty good deals.
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Post by dancinmama on Apr 11, 2014 0:26:39 GMT -5
Dancin, I hadn't been couponing as long as you have, but I got in when the deals were smoking hot. Before that, someone was always posting on Smart Spending lists of things she got at CVS for next to nothing. After I learned the ins and outs of how to do CVS, I couldn't believe that the store wasn't packed every single weekend with shoppers. My sis and I always got the freebies and they always seemed to have a lot of stock. Our trunk would be filled with bags of deals and we couldn't believe our luck in getting quality name brand products. I shopped at WAGs too, but never mastered the ins and outs of their program. There were lots and lots of MM's in those days. My strategy these days has changed but I still manage to find some pretty good deals. There is no doubt that there are still some deals to be had - just not as many or as consistently, and definitely not as cheap as we had become accustomed to. If I was still stockpiling, I'd register one of my cards under a different email addie and hope that they'd give me at least one $/$$ a month so I could use it to roll before my existing EBs expired.....it could work if CVS was cooperative. Does it seem like it's more work these days because the deals just don't fall into your lap like they used to? It used to be sooooo easy which is one of the things that made it so fun. Somtimes I'd be laughing in the car all the way home.
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Post by rubyslippers on Apr 11, 2014 20:05:35 GMT -5
I had an excellent time at Meijer today doing a couple of deals. I have accounts in both of our names and today I got 4 board games on sale for $14.99, 1 mozzarella cheese $3.48 and a box of lasagna noodles $1.89. I used 15% off general merchandise mperk, 4 $5.00 IPQ's on the games, 4 mperks $5.00 Q's on the games, 2 $5.00 catalinas and 1 $5.00 store rewards. I paid $2.31 OOP and saved $64.27. I also got DH 3 polo shirts on sale for $20.00 each. I used 20% off clothing mperk, $5.00 store reward, and a buy 1 get 2 free mperk. My total after tax was $11.74. For under $15.00 I got Christmas gifts for 2 people and a Father's Day gift for DH. And I should receive a $5.00 reward in each of our accounts.
I've noticed a lot of deals for toys and games lately. I don't remember having sales like this at this time of the year. Maybe they've had too much inventory from the holidays and need to unload them or maybe people are buying more stuff for Easter gifts. We only got candy for Easter and new church clothes.
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Post by dancinmama on Apr 11, 2014 22:47:25 GMT -5
I had an excellent time at Meijer today doing a couple of deals. I have accounts in both of our names and today I got 4 board games on sale for $14.99, 1 mozzarella cheese $3.48 and a box of lasagna noodles $1.89. I used 15% off general merchandise mperk, 4 $5.00 IPQ's on the games, 4 mperks $5.00 Q's on the games, 2 $5.00 catalinas and 1 $5.00 store rewards. I paid $2.31 OOP and saved $64.27. I also got DH 3 polo shirts on sale for $20.00 each. I used 20% off clothing mperk, $5.00 store reward, and a buy 1 get 2 free mperk. My total after tax was $11.74. For under $15.00 I got Christmas gifts for 2 people and a Father's Day gift for DH. And I should receive a $5.00 reward in each of our accounts.
I've noticed a lot of deals for toys and games lately. I don't remember having sales like this at this time of the year. Maybe they've had too much inventory from the holidays and need to unload them or maybe people are buying more stuff for Easter gifts. We only got candy for Easter and new church clothes. Now those are some AWESOME deals!! Unfortunately there is nothing like a Meijer around here. Your post reminds me of the days before I got a CVS when all the gals were posting the killer deals that they'd get there. All I could do was read and dream....until I got a CVS my own darn self!! From what I've read, I missed the best days at CVS (pre-2007) when they'd let you stack $/$$s (a $4/$20 with a $3/$15 and a $2/$10) so that you'd get a $9 discount before you even had to start using MCs. In early 2007 I remember one grocery challenger (maybe it was nasagreen) who had a CVS that still allowed that kind of stacking. Now THAT would have been fun!!
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Post by hopetoberich on Apr 12, 2014 0:09:36 GMT -5
hopetoberich, Are you using both the SBTV and the Entertainow mobile apps to get swagbucks? I just found out about Entertainow and it is slower, but hopefully since I dont have to watch it, I will earn more SB now. Yes, i use both and try and get 80 sb's a day or more I also watch sb TV but its slow though. I never do the surveys, they disqualify me all the time and it wastes my time....and drives me nuts. I'm waiting on my 4th $10 walmart gift card and working towards my 5th. Slow going but i don't get paid for sitting around usually so when i get in from work i make sure to run something. Gotta off set the electric running these things
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Post by marvholly on Apr 12, 2014 7:45:55 GMT -5
My local Meijer is NOT a full service one and does NOT have the same stuff the other 7 stores in metro Chicago do NOR are the sale prices always the same. My store either does NOT have it on sale or the price is higher. This may be because there is an active senior's building (750 apts) across the street so they do have a 'captive' audience.
I was really considering buy a paper this Sun since there are 3 coupon inserts BUT after reviewing the coupons listed by 2 local bloggers I have decided it is, again, NOT worth it to me. I will check again early Sun am after they publish a more complete list.
Checked out the clearance bread rack at one of my local chains Fri. Again all pkg of rolls were 4/0.99 instead of 6/0.99. Again, all the baskets were still full. Guess I am NOT the only one objecting to a 33% price increase, especially when I can buy FRESH rolls elsewhere at 4/0.99.
Had a deal on Campari tomatoes last week (FREE). To me they are no better than the grape tomatoes I usually buy and NOT as tasty as the on the vine ones I catch on sale (rarely).
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Post by FreeSalsa on Apr 12, 2014 11:22:52 GMT -5
I went to CVS today and would've done the Venus razor deal but they were out of stock so I got a raincheck. At Walgreens, I picked up my 10 free photos that was a deal from last week. At Meijer I had IPQ's, 2 store Q's and some digital rewards to use. I bought 2 Scott 12-pks. TP, 1 Viva 6-pk paper towels, and 2 Viva on the go napkins. I spent $3.72 OOP and received a $5.00 catalina. I should also see a $5.00 reward in my account tomorrow.
CVS ?: The red machine used to give out store coupons at least 3 times, but the last few times I've been there, I only get one printout. Is this the case now? I think so. I've seen that "sorry, super scanner..." message way too many times. But it's weird, sometimes it will tell me I don't have any more coupons, but I'll get more on my receipt when I check out. I was able to get the MM venus this week, and the skintimate shave gel with the $2 EB so that I could use a $3/$10 shaving items CRT. I have generally been getting good scanner coupons. Our main grocery store (Giant Eagle) still doubles up to .99, as well as a couple of local chains - Kuhn's and Community Market. GE did stop taking competitor coupons recently, but they had a ridiculously generous policy for that. I stopped in the CVS next to Sprouts to use a $3 ECB (for not really signing up for online personalized deals) and $2/10 Beauty CRT. I used them to buy Pantene 3/$10 and a $3/3 MC. 3/$10-$3-$2-$3= $2 for 3 Pantenes. Can that be right? No wonder I calculated it wrong. Then I got two CVS Airbornes, used a $3/CVS vitamin CRT and $2/10 vitamin CRT. The $3 beeped and the guy said that Airborne isn't a vitamin, but I think it beeped for using 2 vitamin Qs. Remember that whole lawsuit thing? They had to reclassify it as a vitamin instead of a cold remedy. It's all vitamins on the ingredient list. Then he somehow gave me another $2 off but I can't figure out why. So $6.29 x 2 -$2-$3-$2 = $2.79 each. They were out of the Venus razor so he substituted a 3 pack of Gillette razors that were about the same price. Then he gave them to me for the price on my paper list $6.29 instead of the $7.75 that they actually cost in my HCOL store. I still used the MC and got the ECB. They were also out of the $1.49 chewable CVS antacid so he subbed a larger box of 60 for half price, and still gave me the ECB. When you force print $.149 you get $2. This new manager insisted on substituting something similar instead of writing rain checks. He wanted the customer to leave happy and not have to make a return trip. Bad news for getting rain checks but saves me time. And I can still go to one of the 5 other locations for a rain check if I really want one.
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Post by marvholly on Apr 13, 2014 6:34:16 GMT -5
My 2 regular CVS stores will NOT substitute. Sometimes WAG will IF I catch the right mgr on duty.
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Post by dancinmama on Apr 14, 2014 9:10:30 GMT -5
My 2 regular CVS stores will NOT substitute. Sometimes WAG will IF I catch the right mgr on duty. Years ago, CVS had Star Kist tuna packed in water on sale for $.39/can and they were OOS. I asked one of my fav cashiers when they would be getting more in and he offered to substitute albacore!! I remember that with coupons, the cost of the albacore was $.29/can. That was back in the day when CVS was fairly new to the area and a brand new WAGs had opened in the next block over. Both stores were "over the moon" when it came to customer service. They were both new in town and they both were scrambling to establish a loyal customer base.
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Post by FreeSalsa on Apr 14, 2014 23:08:51 GMT -5
It appears that all the stores around me are saving their ‘best’ sales for next week – Easter. One market is not even running an ad this week and my fav fruit/veg market only has 3 items I would consider but NOTHING I need. I live/shop in an area that is no more than 50% Christian. We have buddists, hindus, muslims, greeks, jews……. Oh well, I can do a stock up run at Aldi and/or buy coffee before it becomes even more $$$. My holiday starts Monday night. I have to go digging thru the freezer to see what I have on hand & what I still need to buy to make my 8 days of holiday recipes. Dhunny posted yesterday that her new baby is going to be a boy. Marvholly, I've had a box of matzo ball soup mix in my cabinet for years and finally made it tonight. I stumbled upon it last month and knew that Passover was coming up and was determined to make it soon. Tonight I'm a little under the weather so I figured it was the perfect time to make it. I got it on mark down for 50c. (A bowl of soup at the local delis run $6-$12, I'm not kidding.) Check your markdown shelves in the next few weeks for supplies! Btw, it was delicious, DH said it was the best one he ever had. I remember getting Kedem juice one year. I got 6 bottles and they were 65c each after markdown and rebate. I can't drink soda anymore so it was nice to have some fizzy juice without all the added stuff. Every year I look for a good sale price but I can't get it so cheaply anymore. You would think they would run the Easter sales more than just four days before Easter. Ok, I'm taking my sick matzo ball belly to bed. I hope it does the trick!
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Post by marvholly on Apr 15, 2014 6:36:23 GMT -5
Free Salsa I ALWAYS check the markdown shelves right after passover to fill in any needs for next year (matzo flour) nad general use (matzo meal & matzos). Have to do it in a day or 3 otherwise its either all gone or the mfg takes it back.
I will (finally) finish a box of matzo cake flour. I KNOW it is at least 10 y/o.
One of my large fruit/veg markets often buys these mfg over runs & sells at GREAT prices at the 4-10 week after mark.
I have looked at 4 sites/blogs and I don’t recall seeing such a poor group of tax day freebies/cheapies in all the years I have been looking- about 5. NOTHING I will bother to go out to get especially since it is cold & snowing here. In fact, there isn’t even a deal that I would do IF I was still working and out and about anyway. Ssure saves me $$.
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Post by skubikky on Apr 15, 2014 6:39:51 GMT -5
It appears that all the stores around me are saving their ‘best’ sales for next week – Easter. One market is not even running an ad this week and my fav fruit/veg market only has 3 items I would consider but NOTHING I need. I live/shop in an area that is no more than 50% Christian. We have buddists, hindus, muslims, greeks, jews……. Oh well, I can do a stock up run at Aldi and/or buy coffee before it becomes even more $$$. My holiday starts Monday night. I have to go digging thru the freezer to see what I have on hand & what I still need to buy to make my 8 days of holiday recipes. Dhunny posted yesterday that her new baby is going to be a boy. Marvholly, I've had a box of matzo ball soup mix in my cabinet for years and finally made it tonight. I stumbled upon it last month and knew that Passover was coming up and was determined to make it soon. Tonight I'm a little under the weather so I figured it was the perfect time to make it. I got it on mark down for 50c. (A bowl of soup at the local delis run $6-$12, I'm not kidding.) Check your markdown shelves in the next few weeks for supplies! Btw, it was delicious, DH said it was the best one he ever had. I remember getting Kedem juice one year. I got 6 bottles and they were 65c each after markdown and rebate. I can't drink soda anymore so it was nice to have some fizzy juice without all the added stuff. Every year I look for a good sale price but I can't get it so cheaply anymore. You would think they would run the Easter sales more than just four days before Easter. Ok, I'm taking my sick matzo ball belly to bed. I hope it does the trick! In addition, the matzo ball soup mix makes them a lot lighter than Bubbe's! Hers were like cannon balls.
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Post by dancinmama on Apr 15, 2014 11:11:05 GMT -5
Well, it looks like I'm going to eat my words regarding the use of DH's $5/$30 at Safeway because I forgot that I would need to purchase a holiday ham for the family Easter potluck. I looked in the ad to see if there was any deal I could get to make using the $5/$30 worthwhile. Lays kettle chips are BOGO and I have a J4U price of $2.34 which makes them $1.17/bag, so here's what I did yesterday: $16.69 Ham $14.04 (12) bags Lays $30.73 Subtotal -$5.00 $5/$30 $25.73 My mom called and asked if I had gotten the ham for Easter dinner yet and told me that she wanted to reimburse me for it as her part of the potluck. YEAH!! So with my $5 savings, the Lays cost me $.75/bag. They are the 40% less fat applewood barbecue variety so I can snack semi guilt free. So I did a quick calculation in my head and one appetizer, two side dishes, and a dessert is going to cost me less than $10 thanks to my stockpiles (besides buying beer for the guys ).
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Post by rubyslippers on Apr 15, 2014 18:26:11 GMT -5
We always buy a spiral ham for Easter and the rest of the year I buy what I call the "crap hams" just to pick the meat off the bone for soups and stuff. Anyways, how much are spiral hams selling in your area? The best price I've seen was $1.47 lb. at Meijer. That price beats Aldi which usually has the lowest price of any store around here. I thought I was going to have a fairly low grocery bill this week but the ham I still need to get will bring the price up.
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Post by skubikky on Apr 16, 2014 5:47:39 GMT -5
Ladies....are you sitting down? Logged into e-mail this morning and got a survey offer from CVS. Was about Medicaid Part D. They gave me a $15 ECB! Back in the saddle again...
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Post by marvholly on Apr 16, 2014 7:20:50 GMT -5
my experience w/matzo balls is they come in 4 variations floaters - my mom's & mine sinkers - most people's concrete crackers hockey pucks - my MIL's
I was right about stores ‘saving’ their best deals for this week. My local fruit/veg market’s ad is usually 4 pg. This week it is 8 pg. Discrimination at its best. However, that doesn’t mean I want/need much - just celery. They are not even offering eggs.
The ads are not terribly exciting so I am seriously thinking about waiting until Mon or Tue to do any of my shopping. In fact one of my independent local chains has NOTHING I want on their 1st page and the other independent has NOTHING for me at all. That is a REALLY BAD sign for the entire ad. The stores s/b MUCH quieter early next week although some items may be OOS. This is prob a good thing as I need cat food AND if I go Tue I can try a new Chinese buffet for nearly ½ off by going for linner (1:30-3:30). Also, I can check for after Easter clearance.
Glad I got my egg at WAG already. NO ONE has as good let alone a better sale.
NOTE: Since it is a holiday weekend there are NO coupon inserts this Sun. no paper again in my house.
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Post by dancinmama on Apr 16, 2014 8:10:56 GMT -5
Ladies....are you sitting down? Logged into e-mail this morning and got a survey offer from CVS. Was about Medicaid Part D. They gave me a $15 ECB! Back in the saddle again... AWESOME!!
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Post by dancinmama on Apr 16, 2014 8:30:38 GMT -5
We always buy a spiral ham for Easter and the rest of the year I buy what I call the "crap hams" just to pick the meat off the bone for soups and stuff. Anyways, how much are spiral hams selling in your area? The best price I've seen was $1.47 lb. at Meijer. That price beats Aldi which usually has the lowest price of any store around here. I thought I was going to have a fairly low grocery bill this week but the ham I still need to get will bring the price up. They are on ad for $1.99/lb. at both Safeway and Nob Hill. The cheapest "crap" ham (as you call it) was $1.29/lb. at Safeway; last year they were $.99/lb. so a 30% increase in price for ham in my area.
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Post by FreeSalsa on Apr 16, 2014 12:23:08 GMT -5
I was just going to ask about hams. I,ve never bought one. What,s the difference between a good ham and a crap ham? In the same Ralph's /Kroger ad I ave the following.
88c lb. farmer john full half ham, fully cooked, bone in 3.99lb. Private selection quarter sliced ham, boneless, hickory or honey 2.99 fj or ps spiral ham, fully cooked, bone in
at Von's/safeway Safeway spiral sliced half ham 1.99 lb. fj smoked shank half ham, bone in 99c lb. primo taglio applewood ham $5/lb. Friday only
what,s the difference between these? I was just getting excited about getting some new, cheap meat, when dh said he doesn't really like ham. Great. We'll I can get some for soup.
vons also has leg of lamb $3.99lb., open nature brand, whole, semi boneless, imported. That,s a good price, right? What the heck is semi boneless??
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Post by FreeSalsa on Apr 16, 2014 12:24:24 GMT -5
And where are the cheap eggs? I saw nothing in the grocery ads. Are they 99c at wags this week or next?
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Post by FreeSalsa on Apr 16, 2014 12:26:00 GMT -5
Ladies....are you sitting down? Logged into e-mail this morning and got a survey offer from CVS. Was about Medicaid Part D. They gave me a $15 ECB! Back in the saddle again... Woo hoo!
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