Deals for November 3
Hello, Super-Couponers! Can you believe November is here already? Hope everyone had a great Halloween!
A big welcome to our new readers from this past week's Barrington, Roselle, Marengo and Antioch classes... and to any readers from Slate.com as well. While my blog focuses primarily on Chicagoland deals, the deals at Target, Walgreens, and CVS work nationwide!
Now... ready to save big?
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Grocery Deals
Starting at Jewel, let's take home some cheap cereal! Kellogg's Froot Loops and Apple Jacks are on sale for $1.88 a box... and the blinkie coupon dispenser in the cereal aisle contains $1 coupons for Kellogg's Froot Loops and Apple Jacks! Yes, sometimes these deals are just this easy... and you can take these home for just .88 a box.
Last week's deal on Wholly Salsa continues... it's $2.99, buy one get one free. We're going to use two coupons on this deal and really bring that price down -- and with two $1 coupons from either 10/25 SS or printables, pay just .99 for two, or under .50 each!
Sunday's Jewel flyer has a LOT of store coupons inside, and these can be stacked with manufacturer coupons for even bigger savings! Best bets here?
Cottonelle 18-ct toilet paper. It's $12.99. With the $5 store coupon from the Jewel flyer, and a $1 manufacturer coupon from the blinkie dispenser near the product, pay just $6.99 for the 18-roll pack. Not bad if you need it...
Arctic Shores large crab legs. The coupon is for $5 off a package. As coupon shoppers, one of our best tips is to use a high-value coupon on a smaller/lower priced item to take it home as inexpensively as possible. Look for smallish bags of crab legs here -- my aunt picked up a package for $7.76... that was just $2.76 after this coupon!
Over at Dominick's, there are again some Dominick's Super Coupons in their Wednesday ads. You can stack manufacturer coupons with any of these that you may have manufacturer coupons for too (use www.coupontom.com or www.hotcouponworld.com [expired database]) for matchups.
Best SUPER COUPONS this week?
Tide: It's $9.99 with the Super Coupon. Load the $1 off powdered Tide ecoupon from www.pgesaver.com, and stack it with the $1 Tide coupon from 11/1 PG (or any expireds.) You'll pay just $7.99 for the 142-oz. Tide...
Crest: It's $1.99 with the Super Coupon. Stack the .75 ecoupon from www.pgesaver.com with the .75 coupon from 10/11 PG, 11/1 PG or any expireds you have. Pay .49...
10lb. bag of potatoes: It's $1.99 with the Super Coupon - a great price even without any other coupons!
Pepperidge Farm Baked Naturals crackers: They're $1.99 with the Super Coupon. Stack this with the $1 coupon from 11/1 SS and pay just .99...
Kellogg's Frosted Flakes - 2 for $3 with Super Coupon. Use the $1.50 off 2 printable and pay $1.50 for two, or .75 each!
Lucerne butter - $1.49 with Super Coupon for a 1 lb. package. Greast deal with no other coupons at all!
A note on Dominick's Super Coupons: All of the Super Coupons require a total purchase of $20 or more to use. But, the "Minimum $20 purchase" applies to the REGULAR, non-sale price of those items. Really! It's even spelled out very well on Safeway's corporate site:
What does "minimum $10 (or $20) purchase required" mean? To use store coupons that include a minimum purchase requirement, you must spend a minimum dollar amount on that shopping trip. You will reach the minimum purchase amount based upon total purchases before your Club Card discount is applied. This total will include the coupon item's regular price, not the discounted price. For example, the regular retail price of a box of Cheerios (before coupon and before Club Card discounts) will count toward the minimum purchase required in order to use the Cheerios coupon.
So, knowing this, getting over that $20 mark isn't as hard as it seems. Mix and match what you like, and remember too that if you work any other items into your trip from this week's deals, they too will count toward your $20.
At Meijer, there's a good coupon on the cover of the flyer for $5 off any fresh meat purchase of $15 or more. With these coupons, I'll typically look for the lowest per-pound item (coupon is good on beef, pork and poultry) and then use this coupon to bring the price down even more.
Grapes are a good price too at Meijer this week - .99/lb for black seedless or red seeded...
Note that Meijers in other states are on different schedules. The Illinois Meijers are about a week behind on the sales vs. Indiana/Michigan. If you're in Illinois, these Meijer deals run through Wednesday. If you're reading from another state, they ENDED Saturday at your store... Confusing? Yes. This is why I don't blog too many Meijer deals...
Here's a new tidbit about Target... if you take reusable bags with for your shopping trip, you'll get a .05 savings on your total for every bag you bring and use! We like free money :)
Every November we see good and crazy deals on Glade products, and this November is already no exception. Target's got a promo running on Holiday Glade products through 12/15. Buy any 5 Holiday Glade products and get a $5 Target gift card.
The coupons to use here? Two Buy One, Get One Free Glade coupons - here and here. With enough coupons, pay $5... and get $5! FREE Glade. The 11/1 SS has MANY more Glade coupons for you to work into this deal too, including B1G1Fs for candles, scented oil warmers, and more... and, many of the candle tins have $1.50 coupons inside too. (DON'T open the tins before you buy them... buy first, then use the other coupons to do another round...)
Continuing yet again this week, bags of Chef Michael's dog food are $4.49 at Target. Use the $3 manufacturer coupon from 10/11 SS and stack it with the $1 Target coupon from 8/30 SS. You'll pay just .49 a bag!
For my Rockford-area readers, Hilander has a great "Buy 10, save $5 instantly" sale going. There are a BUNCH of things in the current sale - check your ad for reference. But some of these things, when purchased in quantities of ten, become free after coupon, as .50 comes off the price of each item.
Here's what you want to work into this week's deal:
Halls cough drops: They're .50 when you purchase them in a group of ten included items. With the .35 coupon from 9/27 SS doubling to .70, you'll get .70 off at the register - but after the $5 instant savings knocking the price down to .50 each, you'll also gain .20 in overage!
Ricola cough drops (yep, you'll take home lots of free cough drops) ... they're $1 each. Use the B1G1F coupon from 10/11 SS to take $1 off your total. Then, with the instant savings, another .50 per bag will come off too... making these FREE!
Rolaids: They're $1.50 each. Use the $1 coupon from 10/4 RP... and .50 will come off in instant savings when purchased in groups of 10, making these FREE too...
Temptations cat treats: They're $1.41. Use the .50 coupon from 10/25 RP, which will double to $1. Another .50 comes off with the instant savings, making these FREE with overage...
Snuggle fabric softener: It's $3.49. Use the $3 coupon in 10/4 RP to make it just. 49... and the extra .50 savings makes it FREE!
Carnation evaporated canned milk: It's $1 a can. Use the $.50 off 2 coupons from 11/1 RP or 9/27 SS. It will double to $1. Then, get .50 savings on each can from the instant savings deal, making these FREE...
Cheez It Crackers: They're $1.49 each. Buy 2 and use the $1.50 off 2 coupon from 10/4 RP. Then, save another .50 a box... knocking your total down to just .24 a box after the deal!
Land O Lakes spreadable butter: It's $1.49. Use the .40 coupon from 10/18 SS, which will double to .80. Then, save another .50 with the instant savings, making this just .19!
Tylenol: On sale for $3. Use the $2 coupons from 8/23 SS and 9/20 RP. Then, save another .50 a box in instant savings, making this just .50 a box!
There are a LOT of items included in the sale, but these are definitely the highlights. Have fun!
Also still free at Hilander... Reach dental floss! It's on sale for a buck, and with the $1 coupons from 6/14 SS and 10/4 SS, it's free. The 3/15 SS has a .50 coupon which will double to $1, making a third floss free for you too :)
Have you seen the electronic coupons for Hilander/Kroger stores? SoftCoin recently added support for Kroger stores (including Hilander) for their new electronic coupons for Unilever products! Click here to check them out... they load to your card the same way that Cellfire/PGE/ShortCuts do, meaning we now have FOUR sets of electronics we can stack with at Kroger stores. WOW!
Drugstore Deals
Heading to Walgreens, the big deals of the week is on Lubriderm products! Buy 3 and get $8 in Register Rewards. Best bet here? The 6-ounce fragrance free "Daily Moisture" variety. These sell for $3.79. Use the $2 coupon from 10/11 RP and two more printables. With 3 $2 coupons, pay $5.37 and get $8 back in RRs! Lubriderm moneymaker!
And finally, over at CVS, Listerine mouthwash is cheap! It's $3.99 with $1 coming back to you in Extra Care Bucks. Use the $2 coupon from either 3/15 SS or 4/26 RP, pay $1.99 and get $1 back... you'll take this home for just 99 cents!
Forum reader Coupon Kid spotted FREE Dawn dish detergent at CVS too this week! If you receive the Home Made Simple coupon book from P&G (direct mail) there's a coupon for $1 off Dawn Hand Renewal dish soap inside. The Dawn is on sale this week for .97... which means... it's FREE!
FREE coupons that are still current:
9/27 SS - FREE Friskies Natural Sensations Cat Treats
(exp. 11/30/09)
10/18 SS - FREE roll of Marcal toilet paper, paper towels, or facial tissue (exp. 11/30/09)
8/2 SS - FREE jar Beech-Nut Stage 3 Fruit baby food (exp. 12/31/09) [regional insert for NON-Tribune newspapers - a rarity]
9/13 SS - FREE Freshpet Select Homestyle refrigerated pet meal (exp. 12/31/09) [regional insert for NON-Tribune newspapers - another rarity]
As always, these deals are guidelines for shopping. I can make no guarantee that these items will be on sale, in stock, or available at your area store. I can also not guarantee your Catalinas will print, your cashier will smile at you while you check out, or that your shopping cart won't have a broken wheel. But I CAN teach you how to save money :)
* (All You magazine is not a requirement for using the site, but if you like coupons, you will probably really enjoy it. It's a cheap ($2.49 an issue) magazine that is absolutely filled with coupons each month -- typically 20-30 of them. Many websites are now tracking the All You coupons and matching them to deals, just as they do with the newspaper coupon inserts. You can subscribe to All You online and save about $10/year off the cover price. And depending on the values, if you use 2 or 3 coupons alone from each issue, you've recouped the cost of the magazine, and you're on your way to even bigger savings.)
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FREE batteries at Kroger + $2 ONYO Cat.
***Starting 11/12 in IL, Current in MI.
Duracell Batteries (AA & AAA 4ct, C & D 2ct, and 9v 1ct) are on sale this week for $1.88.
Use the $1 off any Duracell batteries from this month's P&G insert and get them for free after the coupon doubles. The register will not allow an overage, but that's ok, free is good! :)
I purchased 3 packs in each transaction got a $2 ONYO cat. each time. :-D
Kroger / Hilander weekly ad
Kroger's weekly ad runs from Monday - Sunday here in Michigan... Is it the same in IL?
Did some research...
I did some research and found the answer myself! :)
Kroger / Food for Less
Are the deals for Highlander/Kroger usable at Food for Less stores?
Scott Paper Towels
Well if you live in the bartlett, hanover park area you are out of luck to hit the good deal with Scott paper towels, they told me even the warehouse is out.. I'm new to this, so next time I better get in on these deals the sec. they hit. waiting to Friday is not an option I guess. : )
Breyers and Scotts
I have read and reread this and am not understanding. Please help!
The ad says if you spend $30 you will get $15 in cats. So if I buy 11 Breyers Ice Cream's and spenc $32.89 how would I get $30 in cats? Wouldn't it be $15?
and
The scotts towels If I buy 16 I'm only spending $20.64 so how do I get the $15 cat?
I'm new at this and thought I understood but I dont. :) Please help
research
wolflady...these are complicated so if you are new, you may want to skip this one until you have enough knowledge/experience under your belt to try it.
If you want to get a lot more information on how these deals work, read Jill's information under "Catalina madness" under the bold (red) topic "Shop Smarter" on the right (scroll down a bit to see it). She has already included all the details as well as photos to teach you how the catalina deals work. Jill has already spent a ton of time creating these excellent teaching tools. They have all the information you need to get started.
Welcome and good luck!
Deal Gone Bad
I went tonight and got 6 Lipton Pasta Sides, 3 Skippy Naturals, 1 Lipton Onion Soup Mix, 1 chex mix, and 3 Natural Skippy PB. No Cat.....the lady at the service desk said that Skippy Narurals were probably not part of the deal.
Anyone have luck with the Skippy Natural?
illinigirl
Was everything you bought on that upc list? That's where I messed up on the Scott's tp.
I did
Skippy Naturals-both creamy and crunchy worked fine for me.
Kroger / Hilander "$5 off 10 Participating Items" promotion
Just a quick note-
A Kroger team member mentioned to me last night that the current promotion will continue next week (11/9 - 11/16) with some different items on the list. :)
I guess I'll have to sharpen my scissors again! :)
OOPS!
Apparently this isn't the case.... Sorry for any confusion.... :(
Jewel couponing
I'm new to the wesite and very excited about all the deals, but have a few questions. This week Jewel has 18ct Cottonelle toilet paper on sale for 12.99 and it states there is a 5.00 in the jewel flyer. I have a jewel flyer and it does not have a 5.00 coupon in it. Also, it states that if you buy 16 rolls of the Scott paper towels and use 4 - 1.00 off 4 rolls you'll get back 15.00 and wind up paying on 1.64 for 16 rolls. Sounds great, but do you get back 15.00 on your next purchase or is 15.00 deducted automatically from you grocery bill. Can someone please explain.
Class
I would highly advise taking a free Super-Couponing class to learn all of this. I know the instructor, and she rocks! ;)
The $5 coupon is in the Sunday flyer - it is now expired.
The $15 comes back to you in the form of Catalinas for your next trip.
she totally rocks!!
Thanks again Jill for teaching us thy way!!!
Totally ROCKS
She rocks like KISS!!!!! Totally awesome! She's the best and I really thank her for all she's taught me! :)
Buying 9 Breyers will NOT
Buying 9 Breyers will NOT trigger a $30 cat, over the past weekend but not now. You'll pay around $27 doing it this route but you will only get $15 in cats back!
You actually need to purchase 11, pay $32.89, get $30 in cats back. You might want to update your post, so people don't go out and buy 9 and wonder why they only got $15 in cats back.
:)
Breyers
I have read and reread this and am not understanding. Please help!
The ad says if you spend $30 you will get $15 in cats. So if I buy 11 Breyers Ice Cream's and spenc $32.89 how would I get $30 in cats? Wouldn't it be $15?
and
The scotts towels If I buy 16 I'm only spending $20.64 so how do I get the $15 cat?
I'm new at this and thought I understood but I dont. :) Please help
Catalina madness
Read the "catalina Madness" section thoroughly. You can find it in the red links to the right. This should help.
Depends on the store
... at some stores, it will. The non-sale price varies at ALL stores, which is why I always say to verify, verify, verify for YOUR store.
With the events that have already taken place this week, I'm thinking this may be the end of the quantity breakdowns for these deals. There have just been too many complaints from people who are not taking the time to do these deals correctly for their own stores.
wouldn't blame you
For all the work you do and your generosity, you should be receiving email of praise and gratitude only
Ice Cream UPCs
I just checked all my UPCs against the spreadsheet and they all match up. Confused as to why I didn't get the cats.
Ice Cream UPCs
I just checked all my UPCs against the spreadsheet and they all match up. Confused as to why I didn't get the cats.
Ice Cream and Paper Towels
I also had a problem with getting 9 ice creams and getting the $30 cat at my Jewel. Bought 9 and only got $15 cat, so I went to the service desk and asked for the refund, stating I wanted to purchase them again and add one additional ice cream. At first she told me she was informed by her manager that they were NOT giving any refunds for the Breyers Ice Cream, but she asked again, and the manager approved. I bought 10 ice creams and again only received $15 cat. The girl at the register informed me that the cat only prints for the regular full fat ice creams. So the only thing I can think of is that one of my ice creams was not on the list. Oh well, sad for me. This was the Jewel in Yorkville. On the paper towels, 2 of my stores had none in stock 2 days before the sale even started and still don't have any. Some stores are holding paper towels in shopping carts for people who called early in the morning, but none on the shelves for the people actually in the store shopping.
you still have to CHECK your prices at your store...
9 or 10 (ice creams) is NOT A MAGIC NUMBER to get your cats---not yelling here, emphasizing...
You have to get to $30 BEFORE TAX...if your total is $30.04 and your tax is 65 cents...or whatever...you will NOT get the $15 back OR if it's $61.29 but the tax is 1.50...or whatever...you will NOT get the $30 back even though it looks like you have spent enough.
Ended
I think your referring to the 9 Breyers ice cream deal that ended on saturday where you would get 30.00 in cats.
Glade Scented Oil Candles & refills
I accidentally found an even better deal than Target. Menards has the Glade Scented Candles & refills on sale for $1.99. Open the tins & find a $1.50 off!! Buy 3 and use that SC Johnson $5 rebate off of 3!!!! Get 3 for free & get $3.50 back! You can even do it 3 times!! You get the Sc Johnson rebate forms from Jills link.
open the tins?
There's been alot of talk about opening these tins before you buy them just to get the coupon out and then use it for your purchase. I'm not so sure this is ethical. Jill? What do you think? This site has addressed many issues in the past and in order for us to "play by the rules", we should know what the rules are.
Nope
I would never do that. You'd be taking something that doesn't belong to you before you paid for it - it's shoplifting. Buy your first round, then open them in the car & head back into the store :)
Why not choose the better deal?
Well, if some tins have the coupons and some don't why not open them to see which ones have the coupons? If you were buying an item with a peelie, would you choose the ones without? Also with some of the holders you can see the coupons inside the packaging. I would not choose the ones without a coupon over the ones with them. As long as you buy the tins I don't see why looking to see if they have coupons would be wrong, it's taking them and not buying the tins that is not right.
Ok to look
just dont use them before you buy them.
Target deal also gets you a $5 gift card....
If you do the deal at Target, you also get a $5 gift card, and can still submit for the rebate. Make sure that you are buying the holiday scents, and buy 5 items (using the $1.50 candles and the get the refill free coupons). For $3.28 OOP, you get the $5 gift card and can still submit the rebate.
Breyers Ice Cream Flop
My mom and I went to jewel yesterday to do the 9 ice cream deal. We've done these black belt deals before, but for some reason we only got $15 back. We scanned the ice creams and the total was like 60 something, then scanned our preferred card and it came to $27 and some change. Can anybody tell me why this might not have worked? Is it on certain ice cream varieties only? Thanks!
Breyers
The "magic number" for the ice cream was 9 last weekend when it was buy one @ 6.99 get two free. Now it's ringing 5.99 original 2.99 w/card which 9 now only brings you to 53.91 (pre tax if your in IL). You would have needed 1 more plus a filler item to get 30.00 in cats. Remember always bring a calculator and account for your tax. ESPECIALLY with the non food items :)
OH, and those of you that know me :) Please don't say "Hey I saw your post" if you see me at the store. ;) Thanks!!
Cats not printing
I was at Jewel yesterday and the cats were not printing, some problem with the system. That might have been your problem with the icecream deal as well. I believe it has been fixed as of today though.
A breakdown of your receipt would be helpful
Without giving us a list of what you bought it is a bit hard to determine where the error might be ;o( Did you scan each item before heading to the cashier? Did all the UPC's appear on the list? Were all your ice creams the same flavor? Was there one ice cream on close out with a reduced price that threw your total off. Without all the details there could be a variety of reasons.
The Jewel in Crystal Lake heeded
your warning regarding the paper towels. Thought I would never get 16 again and lo and behold today they had boxes stacked in the aisles with the lids torn so you just had to pick up a box and take it to the checkout. Cashier said don't take them all out just let me know if you have 16 or 32.
Thank you...
I was afraid I wouldn't get any for the rest of the promo. The shelves can barely hold enough with everyone doing back to back deals.
Good to know :)
My Jewel has two pallets of them as well, and I did the same thing - opened the lid and had them scan one 16 times. :)
Glade deal at Target...
Does anyone know if the Target glade deal had to be from the "holiday" line. I've seen posts that just mention buying the tins or refill, but no one has specified the "flavor" to be purchased. I thought the deal was on holiday candles. Anyone?????
glade tins
I couldn't find the Holiday tins at my Target. Are they supposed to be with the regular tins?
My Target had them on an endcap...
with the other Holiday Glade items.
holiday only
Yes it is on the holiday 'flavors'. If you scan the items at the in-store scanners, it will say "$5 Gift Card Offer" for the eligible items.
Walgreens Lubriderm
Has anyone tried this with the 6 oz size? The ad specifies the 16 oz. size at $6.99 each, which, if the larger size is required, does not make this a MM.
Lubriderm
Did the Lubriderm deal 1 time with the small size. Worked like a charm. However the 6 oz. was $4.29 not $3.79...
Can different Wags have different prices???
yep, I got 6 very close to
yep, I got 6 very close to me and they all have some sort of pricing variation. Just like the jewels, some stores have the deals already started and some don't!!!
They most certainly can...
I live within five miles of three Wags...they all have different prices as well as taxes. A couple are nice in labeling the shelves and another one doesn't even both half the time so you have to do your homework ahead of time to ensure the deal goes through.
Diabetes and you WAGS coupon too
There are $1 Wags coupons in the diabetes and you mag/book
What page did you find it?
I looked through this whole magazine twice and didn't see the Lubriderm coupon. Anyone else have this problem?
Lubriderm coupon
Not in the booklet I have either