Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Ukrop’s Double Coupon Wednesday Shopping Trip 2/24

I dropped Natalie off at preschool and with a stack of coupons Megan and I headed off to Ukrop’s this morning.  I have been paying more attention to my $1 coupons this week because of the $1 coupon doubler.  I noticed throughout the store that there are lots of items on closeout.  At my store the Quaker Oatmeal Squares (only one flavor) was on closeout for $2.24 and was already sold out.  I got a tip in the comments section from Scott (that he had read on youngandfrugalinvirginia.blogspot) and an anonymous poster about combining that with the $1 coupon from the 2/14 RP combined with the $1 doubler for cereal for $0.24.  Check the shelves in your store and you may get lucky.  Unfortunately some of the items I saw on closeout did not have a coupon available such as the Softsoap Ensembles and Kashi Good Friends cereal.  I did however snag a box of Frosted Mini-Wheats Little Bites Honey Nut on closeout for $1.62 (down from $3.25) and combined it with a $1 off coupon I had printed a few weeks ago from coupons.com making it only $0.62.  (Unfortunately I just checked and the coupon is no longer available.)  I also found a great way to get free Cheerios – the cereal cups are only $0.99.  I had a $1 off plain Cheerios coupon (that I got a total of 4 by signing up at this site) it doesn’t put any size limitations on the purchase so I got the cup for free.  (These are great for mornings that we need to eat breakfast in the car!)

So here is the picture of my deals today – I used my last $1 coupon doubler on the Uncle Ben’s rice – I couldn’t say no to free and a great pantry staple.

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Campbell’s Golden Mushroom Condensed Soup (for the roast) - $1.69

Cheerios Cup – FREE

(2) Food Club Great Northern Beans - $0.99 each

Frosted Mini-Wheats Little Bites - $0.62

Kellogg’s Fruit Snacks - $0.66 (I got a $1 coupon from Vocal Point)

Morton Salt - $0.59

Mount Olive Sandwich Stackers - $2.07 each (I had a SPOT coupon for $0.75 off 2 that I combined with a hangtag for $0.55 off)

Snyders Peanut Butter Pretzel Sandwiches - $1.49

Food Club Pretzel Sticks - $0.99

Uncle Ben’s Whole Grain Brown Rice – FREE (details in this post)

Viva Big Roll Paper Towels - $0.89

(4) Johnson’s Easy-grip Sudzing Bars - FREE (details in this post)

International Delight Coffee Creamer (16 oz) - $0.89

Beef Chuck Pot Roast (2.86 lb) - $5.52 (on sale this week and I found it with a 33% off sticker making it an even better deal)

Gala Apples (3 lb bag) - $3.39 (SPOT coupon for $0.60 off)

Mango - $1.09 (SPOT coupon for $0.20 off)

Stacy’s Pita Chips – FREE (coupon from becoming a fan on facebook)

Totals:

Shelf Price (before sales, coupons, or tax) = $59.61

Final Price (after sales, coupons, and before tax) = $23.88

Total Savings = $35.73 (60%)

Totals for both shopping trips this week:

Shelf Price (before sales, coupons, or tax) = $89.99

Final Price (after sales, coupons, and before tax) = $40.41

Total Savings = $49.58 (55%)

Not bad for groceries for a family of 4.33 :)

How did you do with the $1 coupon doubler and/or double coupon Wednesday?  Feel free to share any deals that you found.

1 comment:

Miriam said...

Yet another awesome week of savings for you!! Yay!

(and I like the "family of 4.33" ;) )