My Kroger and Randall's Lunch Time Trips

I love my lunch break shopping. I work in a part of town where it isn’t very popular to use coupons. This helps when there is a hot deal, because the shelves usually aren’t bare and I can also often find hot coupons in the stores. This week I am 2 for 2 on my lunch break shopping trips.

Yesterday I went to Randall’s only,
Thank you to Stephanie at Katycouponers for the HOT Skippy Peanut Butter deal.

Skippy Peanut Butter is 2/$5 this week, use the coupon in the Sunday inset to make them $1.49 each. There is a limit of 4 and you have to spend $10 to make the coupon work.
Yesterday I got a 2 pack of Ranchers Reserve T-Bone Steaks Regularly $8.75- Manager special 50% off- $2/1 Rancher Reserve (Randall’s Joy of Football).
2- Pillsbury Holiday Shapes Frozen Cookie Dough Regularly $3.99-Managers Special 50%-$.50 eCoupon-$1/2 Mfg CO.
2-Skippy Peanut Butter 2/$5-Flyer-1-$1/1 (Randall’s Joy of Football)-1 $.50/1(doubled) Mfg CO (1/30 RP)
In a separate transaction I got 1 Rancher’s Reserve Skirt Steak $2.33- $2/1 Rancher Reserve (Randall’s Joy of Football).

So I got all of that for $4.87.




Today at Randall’s
I only wanted to get the Skippy Peanut Butter so I did the transaction a lot like Stephanie suggested. I am lucky to have both Skippy Mfg CO’s so I got a $10 Randall’s CG and 2 Peanut Butter’s and paid $10.98. Tomorrow and for the rest of the week I can now take that $10 GC and roll it into more Peanut Butter.

Today I was mostly concerned with making my first run to Kroger for the Mega Sale. If you are not familiar with the mega sale it is a sale at Kroger where you Buy 10 items and get $5 off at check out. This time it is a lot of staple items. So I have been really wanting to stock up.



Today I got
6-Kleenex - $5.0/3 (doubled) (insert)
2-Kraft Deluxe Mac and Cheese ( No cpn)
2-Velveeta Shells and Cheese ( No cpn)
2-Philly Cream Cheese $1/2 (Guys Big Bite Book)
2- 2Liters Big K soda -$1 off 2L of soda when you buy 2 craft products (Tearpad) (all 4 Mac & Cheeses are part of this deal.
9- Asst Cans Del Monte Vegetables (after Mega Sale these are only $.32 each)
12-Cans Rotel -$1/4
9-Cans Hunts Tomatoes - $.45/3
6- Bar S Hot dogs - $1/2 1/30 RP
2- Orvile Redenbacker’s Microwave Popcorn - $.55 Blinkie there is also a $1/2 (Randall’s Joy of Football).
All for $24.xx

I hope to head back to Kroger and Randall’s again tomorrow to stock up some more.

My Kroger Trip Today

So all of the speculation seems to be true. I asked the manager at my Kroger today and they are no longer limiting the number of like coupons per transaction nor are they limiting the number of double/triple like coupons per transaction. I scored big time today, and it makes it so much easier to get in and out since I don't have to do several transactions.

Today I got all of this...

15 - Softsoap Liquid $.99 - $.35/1 mfg co (spanish Smartsource)

9 - Dial Bar Soap $1 - $.35/1 mfg co

3- Everready Flashlights $1.39 - $1 mfg co

2-Old Orchard Apple Juice $1 - $.50/2 mfg co

3- Bounty Basic Paper towels $1.09 - $1 Kroger e coupon - $.25/1 mfg co

4- Dole Fruit Jars $1 - $.50/2 mfg co

10 - Yakisobas $.80 - $.50/1 mfg co

10 - Totinos Pizza Rolls $1 - $.35/1 mfg co

10 - Kids Cuisine Meals $1.89 - $5/10 Frozen Food Promo - $.50/1 mfg co

12- Mc Cormick Grinders $1 (Buy three or more receive $3 catalina)

Thank you ZM for this deal

1 - Athenos Hummus - $1 Mfg co

2- Ceasers Bistro Dog Food - BOGO

12- Sani Hands Wipes $1.04 - $1 mfg co.

I also used a $5/75 coupon that was in the boyscout coupon book last fall.

The total before coupons was $95 something( I don't have my receipt with me to be exact) and my total out of pocket was $.12. Plus I still have $6 in catalinas to use on my next trip.

I did all but the Mc Cormick Grinders in one transaction. Those required separate transactions because the catalina will only print once per transaction.

Kroger Summer of Savings

Don’t forget to play Kroger’s Summer of Savings game. You can play once a day until you win. It appears that you can win once each month during the promo.

Make sure that you have your Kroger Plus card in hand so you can link the number to their system. The prizes are loaded directly to your card and come off automatically when you scan your card at check out.

I can’t play again till July, but I won a FREE Bob Evans Side dish.

Good luck. If you win something post a comment so we can all see how everyone is doing.

Be On The Look Out

Kroger has a great high dollar value pharmacy coupon book out right now. It is located on the pharmacy counter.

This is what you are looking for.

Here is a list of the coupons in the book. All of the coupons expire on 12/31/10. Lots of time to find great deals.

Mfg Coupons...

$2/1 Afrin Pure Sea 4oz. or larger

$2/1 Claritin 10 ct./or 4oz. syrup or larger

$2/1 Miralax (except 7 dose)

$1/1 Coricidin HBP 16 ct or larger or liquid

$2/1 Centrum Cardio 60 ct or larger

$2/1 Centrum Kids 80 ct or larger

$2/1 Caltrate 60 ct or larger

$2/1 Centrum Ultra 100 ct or larger

$2/1 any Advil 120 ct or larger

$2/1 ThermaCare 2 ct or larger

$2/1Advil PM 32 ct or larger

$2.50/1 Natures Bounty Vitamin or Supplement

$1/1 Colgate Total Toothpaste

$1/1 Colgate 360 Toothbrush

$3/1 QuickClot Nose Bleed

$.35/1 Softsoap Liquid Handsoap

$1.50/1 Abreva Tube or Pump

$1.25/1 Breathe Right Nasal Strips

$2.50/1 Tums Dual Action

$1/1 Atkins Shake 4 Pack, Bar 5 Pack, or 2 Advantage Bars

$3/1 Acne Free Skin System, Face Lift, or Wrinkle Free Eyes

$3/1 Soothe XP or Preserve

$.50/1 Mentholatum Ointment

$1/1 Rohto Eye Drops

$2/1 Dulcolax Balance 8.3 oz. or larger

$2/1 Zantac 24 ct or larger

$3/1 Rayovac Hearing Aid Batter 8 pack or larger

FREE Accu-Check Monitor w/ purch of test strips

$1/1 Promise Spread

$1/1 Pure Via

$1/1 bag Tyson Boneless Chicken Breasts or Tenderloins

$1/2 Mrs. Dash Blends or Marinades

Store Coupons...

$1/1 Kroger Adult Protective Wear

$.50/1 Kroger Plastic App Tampons

$1/1 Kroger Omeprazole 14-42 ct

$1/1 Kroger GentleLax 8.3-17.9 oz.

$1/1 Kroger Comforts or Touch of Nature Diapers Size 3-6, 56-96 ct.

$1/1 Kroger Comforts Infant Formula 23.2-25.7 oz. (includes organic)

$1/1 Kroger Comforts Training Pants 19-44 ct. (includes Nite Pants)

$1/1 Kroger Private Selection Alstromeria Bouquet

$1/1 Kroger Fortify Nutritional Drink

$.50/4 6-7 oz. CARBMaster Yogurts

Back in the routine

Since I decided to move my family across town I had to take a break

from my shopping for a few weeks. I was so frustrated with this but I

still read the blogs and read with some regret about all of the great deals

that I was missing. One night I read about the $3/1 Snuggle Coupon.

I was so angry that I had not gotten my papers that week, I knew that I

was down to 2 bottles of fabric softener and on my last box of dryer

sheets.

I searched all the clipping services and they were all sold out,

bummer. Ebay, however had plenty and I ordered 20 coupons. As with

every transaction I have had I Ebay my envelope arrived quickly,

unfortunately it was also the day that I had to drive across town to

sign the papers on the house and get the keys. Grabbed my envelope

from the mail and took off to go handle the move. So now we are all

settled in and I am ready to shop.

I cleaned out my coupon bag, and binders, and folder, and NO Snuggle

coupons. I was so mad at myself. So for two weeks now I have scoured

the new house in search of my coupons. To make the matter more urgent

Kroger is running their Digital Choice promotion and Snuggle Liquid

and sheets are both on the list of Promo items.

Yesterday as I was driving home, I thought about one more place to

look, and lo and behold there are my snuggle coupons, well all but 2

of them. So I load the kids in the car and it is off to Kroger we go.

By the way, I love my new Kroger! They are very coupon friendly, they

even have a coupon swap basket at Customer Service. My kids love to

bring my un-needed coupons to drop off. I was so happy to see the

shelves still full. So we did six transactions that were all

identical.

3- Assorted Snuggle - $3.50 ea – 3 $3/1 Mfg Co

6- Caeser Bistro – $1.09 ea - 2 B2G1F Mfg Co (Peelies and SS)

1- Yakisoba Noodles – 10/$10 - Filler to make 10 Promo Items

3- Sani-Hands 15 ct Wipes - $1- $1/1 Mfg Co.

Each transaction was just under $6, I know I could have done a lot

better but, I am so stoked that I got 18 Various Snuggle for $.50

each.

Don't forget about the Kroger Digital Choice Promotion. If you buy 10 Promotional items you get a catalina coupon with a code on it. That code is good for 15 FREE Song Downloads, 15 FREE Ringtones, or 1 FREE Movie ticket. There are lots of coupons out there to match up with the promo items. I have gotten 9 Codes, so for me I have 4 FREE movie tickets and 75 FREE Songs to add to my iPhone!

I am so glad to be back in the shopping routine.

Kroger March Madness Game

We all know Kroger has great deals for us. But, here is a new instant win game. All you need to do is register your Kroger card and sign up. If you win the prize will be put on your Kroger card and available for your next shopping trip. Good luck, and remember that you can play daily from now till April6. I didn't win anything today, but yesterday I won a 20 oz. Coke Zero.

We Now return to the Adventures of the Super Coupon Mom

When we last saw the our friend Emily she was just getting into her holiday shopping. As we all know that experience can drain even the greatest super heroes.

The holidays have passed and the Emily and her beautiful children are back to their regular schedules. Today we join them for a quick trip to Kroger for Hamburger buns. Watch out, here we come to save some money.

Emily quickly dashes to the closet and dusts off her Super Coupon Mom uniform, insert comedic closet avalanche here. Our heroin decides that she needs to get Captain Obvious and Princess Random back into super sidekick mode so she calls them down to help. You see, it may be a quick trip for hamburger buns, but the Super coupon Mom also knows that it is the first day of a Kroger Mega Sale. Woo Hoo! Grabbing her weekly ad from the daily mail pile the Super Coupon Mom quickly notes some great deals and calls out the product names to Princess Random. Princess Random finds the coupons in the trusty coupon binder, and passes them to captain obvious who stashes them in the special coupon holder on his super helper tool belt.

Armed and ready for battle the trio heads off to the nearest Kroger hoping to find the deals and save The Almighty Dollar! DUN, DUN, DUN.....

Once they arrive at Kroger The Super Coupon Mom and her faithful sidekicks grab their equipment and get to work. Princess Random is on coupon patrol, looking high and low for any new coupons through out the store. Captain Obvious gets straight to work as the shopping cart divider (he was grounded so he had to stay in the cart). He was a pro at the task of keeping the Mega Sale items separate from the non sale items. This is after all a HUGE responsibility, since the Mega Sale items need to be in sets of ten to capitalize on the best deals. This job make sit much easier for The Super Coupon Mom to keep track of her total number of Mega Sale Items.

Left and right, high and low, they scoured the store for the deals, knowing they were out there, no deal escaping their watchful eyes. They got 40 Mega Sale items this trip, for an instant $20 savings.

To the register they went, ready to see how well they did in their attempts to save The Almighty Dollar. When all of the sudden Princess Random stops in her tracks. Oh no, does she sense danger? Did we count wrong? What could possibly be wrong with our little friend?

"Hey, Super coupon Mom, isn't this the Kroger that owes you money from the catalina that didn't print?"

"Oh goodness Princess Random, it sure is. I can't believe you remembered! WOW! We better speak to a manager."

As our fearless heroes approached the near by manager, our Hero knows that it is quite possible that he won't be able to help her. Still she explains the story to him.

"Well, yes mam, I remember the call, I was standing next to the manager you spoke to when you called that day. What was the amount again?" Asked the helpful manager.

"$3, it was $1.50 for the Betty Crocker deal and I did it twice." Replied our shocked hero.

"Okay then, why don't we go right here to this open register and I will take care of you myself." responded this new friend.

Amazed at what had just happened our team headed to the register, The Super Coupon Mom would again receive a shock from this manager when he asked Captain Obvious if he wanted to help him scan. Our favorite four year old was ecstatic, he scanned and scanned to his hearts content.

When all 44 items had been scanned The Super Coupon Mom handed her new friend her coupons and waited to see her results. Coupon after coupon he scanned, as she watched the amount due shrink from $90 to $7. Our hero knew that once again she had been successful at saving The Almighty Dollar.

Join us next time when our heroes tackle the local Walgreen's! Can they conquer rude sales clerks and bare shelves and still manage to save The Almighty Dollar? Tune in next time to find out.

Kroger Lunch Trip 1-13

Update!!!! When I went back to review my receipt I realized that the Softsoap is ringing up as $.50 overage. Good deal if you have the coupons. I believe they are from the 1-3-10 paper. Good luck.

Wow! Today's lunch time trip was a great success. I learned a lesson about paying attention to what my total should be so that if it is off I know right away to look into it.

Grocery stores run their new prices every Wednesday so today was a good day to check things out.

Remember that Kroger doubles 3 like coupons up to $.50 and triples 3 like coupons up to $.35.

Here is what I got...
Transaction 1...
3- All Small and Mighty $3.19- $2/1 mfg C/O
3- Sani-Hands Purse Packs $1-$1/1 mfg C/O
3- Oikos Greek Yogurt $1-$1/1 mfg C/O
3- Softsoap $1-$.35/1 mfg C/O
3- Gatorade G2 32oz $1-$.50/1 mfg C/O
3- Birdseye Steamfresh Vegetables $1-$.35/1 mfg C/O
1- Del Monte Can Green Beans $.89-$.50/1 mfg C/O

Total Oop. $3
Total Before Savings $33.63
Savings $30.63

Transaction 2...
3- All Small and Mighty $3.19- $2/1 mfg C/O
3- Sani-Hands Purse Packs $1-$1/1 mfg C/O
3- Oikos Greek Yogurt $1-$1/1 mfg C/O
3- Softsoap $1-$.35/1 mfg C/O
1- Kroger Brand Stuffing $.89 (no coupon but, I needed it for a recipe.)

Total Oop. $3.70
Total Before Savings $23.86
Savings $20.16
Not pictured 1- Softsoap, 3- Sani-Hands, 2- Oikos (forgot to bring them up to my desk) and 6 All because they are too heavy to be toting around the office.

Another Kroger Run

I love working in different are of Houston than where I live. It may seem inconvenient to some, but I love having two sets of easily accessible stores to shop at.

Today after CVS I went to Kroger to get some more All Detergent.

This store didn't have it marked $3.19 so I took one bottle up to customer service. He checked it and it was on sale, so I went back and got 5 more. Since I brought it back to him he allowed me to do one transaction versus two and accepted all six coupons.

So I got 6 bottles of All Small and Mighty for $1.19 each.

Total Oop - $7.12.

That is 12 bottles down, I hope I can find 18 more before the sale ends.

Kroger Deal Saturday 1-9-10

If you have any of the $2.00/1 All Laundry Detergent Kroger is the place to use it.

I found the Blue bottle of All Small and Mighty on Markdown for $3.19. With the coupon it makes it only $1.19. It is the 26 load size so it makes it less than $.05 per load. My maximum price point for detergent is $.08 per load so I am going to stock up on this deal.

Tonight I was able to get 7 bottles for $right at $9 after tax.

I will definitely be going back for more. This is also a deal that I would check the trading sites for larger quantities of coupons. I have 30 so I hope that I can find enough bottles.

Kroger Double Day Saturday 8/15

Tomorrow is the big day at Kroger. Kroger stores in Texas will be doubling coupons up to and including $1. This can create some amazing deals. Don't forget to get the Sunday paper on saturday, because there are some great deals in this weeks paper too.

They will only double one like coupon so plan your trip well.

I have been following a blogger in my area who has done all of us a huge favor and created a great Excel spreadsheet of great deals.

http://katycouponers.blogspot.com/2009/08/kroger-doubles-in-txla-saturday-8-15.html

Open the google document and go to file - export- .xls. This will allow you to edit the document in Excel, and print it as large as you need it.

Hope that everyone has a great trip.

Kroger Trip Week of August 4-10

This was my most expensive shopping trip this week.

I spent $60 Oop.

Ouch!

But I got a lot for my money.

4-cans biscuits ($.44)

12 - Crest Toothpaste - 10/$10 ($.50 mfg c/o) Remember Kroger doubles up to .$50 so FREE!

3- Family Packs Chicken Breast (Reduced for quick sell)

1- Family Pack Chicken Thighs (Reduced for quick sell)

1- Pack Ground Beef (Reduced for quick sell)

1- Family Pack T-Bone Steaks (Reduced for quick sell)

1- Pack Honey Ham

2- Loafs of bread ($.79)

1- Bag Red Beans

2- Tide Stain Booster ($.75 mfg c/o) P&G $4/4

4- Herbal Essences Shampoo (BOGO mfg c/o) P&G $4/4

2- Herbal Essences Conditioner (BOGO mfg c/o) P&G $4/4

3- Twizzler Cinnamon (Clearance $.79 - $1/3 mfg c/o)

Kroger AMP Deal

Kroger stores in our area are having their Mega Sale. This is a great time to stock up on lots of great items. So far I have focused on the AMP Energy Drink deal. This is how it works, buy 10 AMP 16 oz. cans. Use your Kroger card and pay $10.72. They are going to ring up $2.49, $1 will come off for scanning you Kroger card, and when the cashier hits total an additional $5 will come off because you bought 10 items. Pay for your ten cans how ever you choose. A catalina coupon (CAT, register coupon) will print that is worth $10 on your next order (OYNO). While you are in the store grab a grocery gift card from the gift card center. Go up to the customer service desk and hand the clerk your Kroger card, gift card and catalina. They will scan all three and your gift card will have a $10 balance good for gas or groceries.

I was able to go to five Kroger stores and get 120 cans. I have already drank a few. This can actually be a money maker if you have any AMP coupons. Mine came today after a trade so I will try again for a few more. I still have $25 on my GC so this could add up nicely.