Coupon for Perdue Chicken

Here is another HT double deal: $1 off Perdue Whole Chicken This coupon should double to $2- and the chickens are $1.49 per lb.  So is the average chicken is 4 lbs that is $5.96.  Use the coupon and it makes it 3.96.  Not too bad.

9 Lives Cat food coupon in newspaper today

Remember how I said to look for coupons everywhere?  Well, in today's Winston Salem Journal there are two $1 coupons for 9 Lives Cat food.

$1 off any bag of dry cat food- and another for $1 off any two 4 pks, 8 cans or one 12 can variety pack.  Here are the prices I found for a WS Harris Teeter: (who remember is doubling these to $2)

3.15 lb bag of dry cat food 4.99 (with coupon price will be 2.99)
4 packs- 1.79 each = $3.58 (with coupon makes both packs $1.58)!
12 pack variety= $11.99 (with coupon makes it $9.99)

E-vic items = FREE bacon

Today I got my weekly e-vic email.  One of the items is ButterBall turkey bacon for 99 cents!  It is regular priced at $2.99.

On the butterball website HERE there is a 75 cents off coupon for the bacon.  It doubles making it FREE. 

A few points:

• Your evic email might NOT include this item.  
• PRINT out your email, mine did not automatically take it off.  I had to show the email to get the price.
• If it DOES automatically take it off- your coupon **might** give you overage.  Don't count on it- but be prepared with something to cover that.  HT will NOT give you cash back and will ask you to buy something to use up the overage.  

Super Savings @ Harris Teeter

I went back to Harris Teeter after my class tonight and got all of this:

and guess how much I paid???  A grand total of 92 cents!  Yep, 92 cents!  The total before coupons was $41.42!!!!!!!  I saved 97.7%!  My total due was actually $0.00 but I had to pay tax.  Great deals for the upcoming holidays!  Crackers and ginger ale.

Another Trip to Harris Teeter

I love Harris Teeter but Thursdays are often the worst day to go around here- the truck has not come in and they are wiped out of the good "deals".  But I think I did pretty well.

Tidy Cat 14 lb. Kitty Litter
2 twin packs Renuzit Adjustables
2 LARGE Gain Dish detergents
3 Large Vitamin Waters
2 Pillsbury Sweet Moments (Horribly full of calories but my terribly underweight kids can handle them!)
2 Del Monte Canned corn
1 Chips Ahoy Cookies
2 Simply Orange Juices
1 Gallon milk

Total Before Coupons:  $49.32
After coupons and my student discount: $4.43

How well did you do today?

How to get the most for your moola @ Harris Teeter

Harris Teeter offers AMAZING customer service.  That is why I shop there- oh and because I can walk out of the store paying pennies on the dollar for items my family needs or wants.  In addition, it allows me to stock up on items that I can donate to a food pantry or a needy family.  So here are my tips for saving the most moola at Harris Teeter.  Many of these tips can be used anywhere though!

 Find coupons EVERYWHERE. 

Search online (www.coupons.com, www.redplum.com).  Many times coupons are available on the manufacturers website and facebook pages.  Just google “PRODUCT, printable coupon”.  If you find a pdf file uploaded on some no-name website, it is probably not legit.  I’d skip it.  Also, look around you when shopping.  There might be free recipe books with coupons, the “blinkies” (smart source usually) on the aisles (although many times these start with a “9” and will not double) and tear pads.  Even if you don’t use them today, you might next week!

PLEASE be kind to others.  Don’t take the entire tearpad or all the books.  Take 3 or 4 and leave the rest.

  Research before going to the store. 

I have 3 children and it is impossible for me to stand in an aisle and calculate a final price for a box of macaroni with them.  I have found it is the best to go to www.harristeeter.com and use their online shopping tool to calculate the price of items at home.  Even if your nearest store doesn't offer express shopping, choose another one close by.  The prices should be the same, or just a few pennies different.  I have a spreadsheet that I use to double or triple the coupons for me and gives me a final price.  That way I don’t have to do any math in my head!  PLUS I print it out and it is my shopping list!

 Be flexible. 

You might have to rearrange your lists or take something off or add something on (it’s on clearance + you have a coupon?  Grab it!)  For example, today the store I visited was out of something on my list.  I simply grabbed another item that would be free after my coupon.  Try to maximize your coupon use.  If they allow 20 coupons, try to use all 20.  These deals are only a week long and coupons expire fast!  Stocking up on non-perishables is an easy way to save money to spend on other items; like meat!

 Don’t buy it if you don’t want to!

I checked out today and bought 6 Vitamin Waters.  The $1 coupon off 2 did not double.  I was disappointed (all 6 should have been free).  Instead of simply paying the $3, I asked for the items to be removed from my order.  They returned my coupons to me.  Later I went back and realized that if I bought the 32 oz. water instead (the coupon was good for $1 off 2 small or $1 off 1 large) that it WOULD double and I got the $1.99 water for free!  Don’t ever feel that just because it has already been scanned that you can’t decide you don’t want it.

 Be nice to the cashier and he/she will be nice to you.

Super Doubles and Triples are CRAZY weeks for Harris Teeter cashiers.  In addition, Thursdays are senior days at HT.  Trust me, the cashiers are tired!  On a normal week, they are busy but on a Super double or triple week- it is exhausting!  Be nice to them.  Smile and they will probably smile back.  Say Thank you and Please.  Don’t expect them to be masters of the coupon game.  Don’t expect them to know exactly why your coupon isn’t working.  Simply remove the item and take the coupon back.  You can always go again later or another day.  Make friends with the cashiers and they will be kind to you. They even point out when I have the wrong item or if I can get a better deal doing something else. 

 It might be too good to be true.

Just because something is on sale doesn’t mean it is a good buy.  Know your prices.  A good example is a current deal at Harris Teeter.  Similac ready to use formula is on sale for $4.19.  There is a $3 off Similac formula at www.similac.com.  $1.19 is a good deal.  BUT there is a better deal.  It is about $3.50 at Walmart.  So, for about 50 cents you get a jug of ready to use formula.  I’m not saying you need to run out to every store to price shop- but if you go to Walmart usually anyway it’s a better deal to hold off until you get there.  Now, if you don’t ever go into Walmart, then buy it at Harris Teeter.  $1.19 is still a really good price.

 Know your store’s policies and rules and DON’T try to break them.

Harris Teeter has rules for coupons.  Follow them. Don’t try to get around it.  I’ve heard of shoppers knowingly use a coupon for whitestrips for diapers- simply because the coupon will go through.  That’s just WRONG.  It is stealing from the store and from the manufacturer.  We WANT them both to make their moola.  When they make moola, they give us coupons!  We want coupons.  SO use the coupon for the RIGHT product in the RIGHT way. 

Here is Harris Teeter’s coupon policy: http://www.harristeeter.com/promotions/online_coupons/coupon_policy.aspx

Tips:  B1G1 free: You can only use 1 coupon on both items BUT each one rings up half price.  So just buy 1 item and use the coupon (unless it is a $/2 and then you need to buy both)

 If they are out, get a rain check.

If they are out of an advertised item you can get a rain check.  They NEVER expire.  A good example- several Super Doubles ago they had Mystic Pizzas 3/$9 (or $3 each).  I had a $1.50 off coupon that would double to make the item free.  They were ALWAYS out.  I got a rain check.  The next super doubles, the coupon was still in-date but they were STILL out.  I about gave up.  UNTIL today.  They had them!  I used the rain check and the still in-date coupons and got them for free!  So, hold onto those rain checks.  I keep an envelope of them.

So here is the beginning of some of my favorite couponing tips.  I hope that they help you save lots and lots of moola!

Plan for tommorrow's trip

I worked out my trip for Harris Teeter tomorrow! Here is my plan.  As with all plans, be prepared to be flexible -= they will probably be out of many things!

2 Simply Orange Juices
3 32 oz vitamin waters
Tidy Cat 14 lb
4 boxes mueller pasta
2 Del monte veggies
5 Jolly Time Popcorn
2 Rhoades bread
Alfresco chicken sausage
Nabisco Cookies
Whole Milk
2 Crunch Master crackers
2 Gain dish detergent

Total: $47.27
Pay out of pocket: $7.35 + tax

You will notice as the week goes on that my totals get higher and higher- but I probably won't spend over $50 all week.  This is because i use all the free items I can on the first days before they run out. 

Today's Shopping Trip to Harris Teeter

 What can you get for $1.60 today?  Not even a latte at McDonalds...but here is what you can get at Harris Teeter!!!

Bought:
6 bags of Doritos
2 Mentos gum
2 Reach Floss
2 7th Generation Dish Soap
2 Kikkoman Soy Sauce
1 zone bar
2 Muir Glen Tomato Paste
2 Bush Beans
1 Gain Dish Detergent

Total: $50.47
Used: $48.87 in coupons (including $14.37 vic specials)
Paid $1.60!!!!!!!!!
That is like buying 1 of the Flosses and getting everything else for FREE!

I hadn't used up all of my 20 doubles so I bought:
3 32 oz. Vitamin Waters
4 Muellers Elbow noodles
My total was $0.00 I had to pay the .26 in tax though.  Considering each of the Vitamin Waters were originally priced at $1.99 that is a great deal!!!

What awesome deal did you get?  Leave a comment!  I LOVE to see others saving moola. 

Harris Teeter Super Doubles plan

I finally got 2 of my HT shopping trips planned out.  I was very disappointed in their ad- not much really going on- EXCEPT super doubles.  I guess we can't have it all :) 

Here is my first day plan:

2 Bush grilling beans (1.99 each)
2 Reach floss (1.65 each)
2 Kikkoman soy sauce (1.45 each)
2 muir glen products (1.55 each)
2 Seventh Generation Dish Soap (1.99 each on sale)
6 Vitamin Waters
4 Mueller Pastas (.80 each)
1 zone perfect bar (1.25)
2 Del Monte Specialties (.80 each)
6 bags of Doritos chips (3.99 but B1G1)

Total: $41.86
Total Coupons (after doubling) $39.58
Total Due: $5.97
use $5 off purchase
Total out of pocket : 97 cents plus tax

Day 2 Trip:
3 Mystic Pizzas (I have a 3/$9 rain check)
3 Mentos gum (1.50 each)
4 Mueller Pastas (.80 each)
3 Rhoades Bread (2.25 each)
6 Vitamin waters (5/$5)
2 Seventh Generation cleaners (2.50 each)
5 Jolly Time Popcorns

Total: $41.73
Coupons after doubling 39.00
Total due: $5.13
Use $5 off any purchase coupon from the general mills promo 2 weeks ago
Total out of pocket: 13 cents + tax

Harris Teeter 11/3-11/9 ad

Here are some of the deals in the ad in case you can't wait until tomorrow to see it!  Super Doubles are in effect up to $1.98

I am only listing the ones that there might be coupons for- so there will be other deals (such as store brand) items I will list later.

Green Giant corn, peas or green beans (canned) Buy 2/Get 3
Bryers Ice cream 48 oz B1G1
Meal Deal: 2 12 in Digornio stuffed crust or pizza/breadsticks for $15.98 get 1 Foster Farms Wings, 1 Lindys Italian Ice and 1 Pepsi 2 L
Ocean Spray Craisins Buy 2 /Get 3
Pillsbury Cake mix B1G1
Pillsbury Flour 2/$3
Crisco Oil 48 oz 1.99
Hormel Black Label Bacon 3.99
Steak-umm burgers B1G1
Oscar Mayer Angus Beef 2/$8
Healthy Choice Soup B1G1
Doritos B1G1
Martha White Muffin Mix B1G1
Jolly Time Popcorn B2G3
Charmin 12 Big Rolls 5.99
Swanson Broth B1G1
Ocean spray cranberry juice B1G1
College Inn Broth B1G1
Tidy Cats litter 14 lb B1G1
Tide Detergent 100 ox 10.99
Deer Park Water 24 pk 3.99
Campbells Gravy B1G1
Newmans own dressing 2/$6
Chinet Plates 2/$6
Dawn dish 1.99
Dannon Yogurt 10/$5
Simply Organje 2/$6
PictSweet frozen veggie B1G1
Sara Lee Pie 4.99
Colgate 4 oz Total Advance or 6 oz Total 2/$5
Turkey Hill tea 64 oz 1.19
Yoplait Kids 2/$4
healthy Choice Cafe Steamers 2/$6
Tai Pei CHicken fried rice 2/$4
YoKids 2.99
Daisy Sour cream 24 oz 2/$5
Parkerhouse rolls 2/$5
De Wafelbakkers Pancakes B1G1
Hidden valley Ranch 2.99
Birds Eye Viola Garlic CHicken 22 oz B1G1
Texas Pete B1G1
Classico 2/$4
Blue Bunny Personals 5/$5
Success White Rice 2/$5
Sargento string cheese 3.99
Rothbury Farms croutons 4/$5
Ore Ida 2/$6
Bushs Best 5/$4
IBC root beet 2/$6
Mystic Pizza 4.99
Johnsonsville grillin brats 3.99
Duncan Hines Blueberry muffins 2.99
mission wraps 1.99
gardenbuger 2.99
wet ones 2/$5
quilted nothern 4 double rolls 2/$5
Dixie plates or bowls 2/$5
Glad 6.99


****10 for $10 Mix and Match********
Green gian speciality canned corn 11 oz
Betty Crocker specliaty potatoes
Betty Crocker Traditional brownie mix
Hamburger/CHicken or Tuna Helper
Larabar
Green Giant Frozen boxed veggies
Totinos Pizza Rolls
Totinos Party Pizza
Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls 5 ct
Pillsbury Grands 5 ct
Pillsbury Golden Layers
Pillsbury Crescent dinner rolls


I will work on a deal that gets you the most for the least coming up soon :)

Preparing for Super Doubles

Super Doubles starts at Harris Teeter on Wednesday.  Last night I got started making my 7 lists for the week.  The worst thing about Super Doubles is the need to be flexible.  When you go, be prepared that your list is just a starting point.  They WILL be out of something (or somethings) that you have on your list.  Be prepared and bring coupons for at least 10 additional items (I bring 3 days worth of lists and coupons).  That way you can still maximize your 20 coupons per day. 

My first day of shopping list is done and here is the summary of my first days list:

Purchase: $41.46 worth of items
Use: coupons that total $19.89 (which will double to $39.58) and a $5 off coupon
Total paid: .97 + tax.
Savings: 98%

I'm still working on day 2, but so far it has $31.63 worth of items for 75 cents!  AND I still have 4 coupons to go and a $5 off coupon! 

Amazing Deal @ Walgreens

Just got an amazing deal at Walgreens today! 

Bought: 2 Vicks Sinex products (I bought 1 day and 1 night versions- regular price over $7 on sale for $5 each)
Used: 2- $4 off coupons (10/10 insert)
Paid: $2.98 including tax
Got: $5 RR
Profit: $2.02

Next week I will go back and purchase more items to "roll" my RR over into new items that I can get for free.  This way I only have to pay tax for the items and I can go back week after week.  Just be sure not to let any of the RR expire!

Now I am going to work on my Harris Teeter Super Doubles lists.  I plan on going once a day for all 7 days of the super doubles.  I have 4 $5 off your purchase coupons so LOTS of free stuff coming our way!