Safeway Savings This Weekend

Right now (January 18 - 24, 2012) Safeway supermarket is having some amazing deals.  If you live an area with a Safeway grocery store, I highly recommend visiting them.  First and foremost, you need to get a Safeway sales paper.  Not only will it tell you all the sales items, there are a number of incredible coupon deals.

If you are like me, you are probably already clipping coupons from the packets that come in the newspaper each weekend.  What you may not know is you can use the manufacturer coupons you find in the Sunday paper along with the store coupons at Safeway.  Also, if the coupon is below 99 cents or less, Safeway will double it.  This equals unbelievable savings right now.  It is a great time to stock up. 

I just came from Safeway and I would like to share some of the bargains I got:

V8 Fusion Strawberry Banana Smoothie

Regular price: $3.99

Safeway Club sale price: $2.49

Store coupon: - .50

Manufacturer's coupon: .75 doubled (total -$1.50)

TOTAL PRICE PAID: 49 cents!

If you know anything about V8 Fusion, you know this is an excellent deal.  Even when it is on sale at stores like Target or Walmart, the price rarely goes below $2.50.

Another example is:

Prego Vegetable Smart Pasta Sauce

Regular price: $2.99

Safeway Club sale price: $1.99

Safeway coupon: - .50

Manufacturer's coupon: - $1.00 (However, 2 jars had to be purchased to get this price, so it was 50 cents off per jar.) 

TOTAL PRICE PAID:  99 cents!

Even if you ordinarily shop at another grocery store, or perhaps you go to a discount store like Walmart for juice, pasta sauce, and that type of thing, you should give Safeway a try this weekend.  It is important to have the Safeway coupons and the manufacturer coupons, too.  If you do that, you will save way beyond what you would save at a discount store this weekend.

Some other sale and coupon items that are a bargain:

• Gatorade
• Nature Valley granola bars
• Hot dog and hamburger buns (Safeway brand)
• Morningstar Farms frozen foods
• Glad containers
• Tide
• Cheerios
• Pantene
• 7 Up
• Colgate
• Pop Secret popcorn
• Duracell

 In the end, I saved a total of 40% on my grocery bill.  I would have probably saved more if I did not buy a couple of items I absolutely needed, but were not on sale.  Happy shopping!

The Baltimore Sun Weekend Flyers Nov. 5 - 6 2011

This weekend, everyone is starting to brace themselves for the Christmas shopping rush.  Considering how bad the economy is right now, many stores are doing whatever it takes to win over shoppers this Christmas.  Obviously, stores are going to have to use some desperate measures to bring in revenue.

One store that is not taking chances is Target.  Not only did Target include a sales paper, it also has a toy catalog or "wish book" included in the newspaper this weekend.  The book has nothing but toys.  Also, it features a number of coupons for many of the toys in the book.  The prices are good until Thanksgiving.  Who knows just how low those prices will go beyond that?

Bed Bath & Beyond went in a different direction and focused on all the Thanksgiving products one might need.  Their flyer includes a 20% off coupon.  There are some basic items for the home featured in the flyer; however, the focus is on cooking utensils, pots, pans, roasters, plates, and other items needed for a nice Thanksgiving dinner.

Still, there were the usual sales papers and coupons.  Nothing too out of the ordinary as far as coupons go.  Were the sales papers a little thicker this time?  You bet.  Are they going to get even thicker and offer more deals soon?  You know it.  Everyone is going to compete for customers this year.  The stores with the best bargains will surely win.

Baltimore Sun Coupons for August 27 - 28, 2011

Ah, what a special weekend with the whole Hurricane Irene experience.   I hope wherever you are reading this, you are safe and well prepared for the storm.  Since you are going to be spending some time at home this weekend, you may want to grab a Baltimore Sun weekend edition.  This weekend is an especially nice weekend for coupons.  The Baltimore Sun I picked up this morning has 3 packets of coupons.

Some of the best coupons included in this weekend's Baltimore Sun are:

• $1 off Tropicana
• Several L'Oreal coupons
• $1.50 off Kibbles 'n Bits for your dog
• Nature Valley and Quaker granola bar coupons
• Zyrtec and Claritin coupons
• Numerous Kellogg's coupons
• Tide and All detergent coupons
• Several cleaning supplies coupons
• $1.00 off Colgate
• $2.00 off Energizer batteries
• Duracell battery coupons (2 types)
• Feminine product coupons
• Dunkin Donuts coupons
• Prilosec, Nyquil, and other medication coupons
• And much, much more!

So if you need something to keep you entertained this weekend due to a lack of electricity, take the time to shuffle through all the coupons.  Also, there are CVS, Target, and Kohl's salespapers, to name a few.

Stay safe during the entire Hurricane Irene experience!