Albertsons 8 Hour Sale--TODAY

Here's your reminder---the Albertsons 8 Hour Sale is today from 1pm - 9pm. As usual shredded cheese is a great deal at $1.50 for a 6-8oz bag. Various Kellogg's products are also $1.50 each and if you use your Kellogg's cereal coupon from the 4/5 Red Plum you can get your Corn Flakes, Pops, or Froot Loops for $0.50 each! I love the deli meat for $2.99 lb and my favorite on this sale: Tostitos for $1.50! Yes, I'll be getting 4 bags (it's limit 4 total) since that's the best price I've seen this week. Be sure to check the Albertsons list on GS website so you don't miss out on any other deals while you are there.

Excited to Shop

Great news! Vons & CVS lists are up on the GS website!! I think the Vons list and sale were just what I needed to get excited and motivated to shop again. I put my list/coupons together this morning, shopped Vons and had an AWESOME trip. I have to give snaps & a big thanks to fellow GS Instructor Sarah who does an excellent job on the Vons list. It seems like it has been such a LONG time since I have been excited about a grocery sale. I did a total of 3 transactions--2 transactions with the spend $30 get $10 for your next purchase promo rolling those $10 into the next the last was the buy 2 Coke 12pk products get 2 Coke 12pk products FREE & a 24 bottle case of Dasani water--FREE! Here's the breakdown for these 24 itmes:

Total value: $138.91

Spent: $40.96

Saved: $97.95
70% SAVINGS!!

If you need tortilla chips this is your week to buy. Tostitos will be under $2 at almost every grocery store. Also be sure to check your junk mail for Red Plum & P&G Brandsaver this week.

New Lists Coming

Have you checked Grocery Smarts today? I know they have been hard at work to get more store lists up and today is the first time I've actually seen them on the drop down menu. There aren't full lists there yet...but they are coming. I'm soooo excited! I can't wait for the CVS & Sunflower Market lists. But for now I'm looking to shop at Smiths this week because they have better deals on what I need. The ConAgra promo at Albertsons is tempting but they had a similar sale not long ago and I'm pretty stocked up on most of those items. I'm still waiting for a "killer" grocery store sale. We are soooo overdue for one.

On Sale This Week

I'm not super excited about the sales this week althought it's a good week to buy produce and meat at Albertsons. Some of the deals are only good 4/17 - 4/19 so be sure to double check the GS lists and your sale ad before you go. I'm also wanting to get the McCormick Spices/Seasonings for FREE! Sounds like Albertsons is trying to get us ready to start using our barbeques. Now we just need our weather to co-operate!

Junk Mail

My sister gets a junk mail "packet" (all the sale ads, restaurant coupons, etc.) in a Red Plum sleeve but doesn't get the Red Plum or P&G inserts with it. She has tried like crazy to get on that list. A couple of weeks ago I was at the post office buying stamps. I saw people getting mail from their post office boxes and each one had a junk mail packet in it. It got me thinking...what if we go directly to the post office ask about the junk mail. The next day I went back to the post office with my friend Suzanne. Each of us went in separately and asked if they had any extra junk mail packets. The lady I spoke to went and checked then brought me one. The man that Suzanne talked to wanted to know her address. He knew which postal worker had that route, told her she was scheduled to receive one and that she should check her mail when she got home. It was a good lesson for us...if you DON'T get Red Plum & P&G inserts I would definitely go directly to the post office and ask if they have an extra one or at least give them your address and say that you would like to get them. Maybe if there is enough requests for them someone will get the hint and make sure we ALL get the inserts in our junk mail. If I had my way, I would prefer to get all the inserts in my Sunday paper. That way I'd have 4 of each!!

Shopping Trips, Easter Clearance

Sorry for not posting last week. It was Spring Break and between sick kiddos and family coming into town I really didn't get much shopping in except for 2 trips to Albertsons. Here's my breakdown:

Trip #1:

Purchased 6 boxes Post cereal, 2 Mentos gums

Spent: $3.42 Saved: $28.40 89% SAVINGS!!

Trip #2:

Purchased 1 Jumbo Pampers, 4 Diet Coke 12 packs

Spent: $14.52 Saved: #27.96 65% SAVINGS!!

I'm looking forward to the junk mail this week. I'm so ready for a super saving grocery sale. Also remember that all Easter items should be on clearance now and it's a great time to stock up on those plastic eggs, decorations, baskets, and of course candy. (as if we haven't had enough already!)

NO Inserts Today

Just a friendly reminder there were NO inserts in your newspapers today due to the Easter holiday.

Under $7 Shopping Trips

Check out how I did on my latest shopping trips to Target & Walgreens. I didn't spend over $7 on either one! I know the items look random but many of the coupons I had made them FREE! (Johnson's Buddies soaps, fruit snacks, Reynold's foil) Others were stacked with store coupons making them less than $1 (Pledge, Johnson's baby wash) Some had store incentives which made them FREE (Skintimate shaving cream, Chapstick).

Target--Total spent for these 10 items: $6.20. Would you believe that big bag of baby wipes only cost me $0.49?
Walgreens--Total spent for these 8 items: $5.67. Those poor Fruit Mentos were somehow opened & eaten on the way home....my kids are still not sure how it happened! Hmmmm....

Albertsons 8 Hour Sale - TODAY

Just a friendly reminder--it's the Albertsons 8 hour Sale today from 1pm-9pm. I usually hate to miss these. I can always find something I need for a great price. Today I'll be getting:

Hormel deli lunch meat $2.99lb
Jenni-O deli lunch meat $2.99lb
shredded cheese 6-8oz 2/$3
Sierra Mist 24pk $4.49

There are boneless skinless chicken breasts $1.79lb (they are $1.69lb at Smiths if you are shopping there this week and only want to make one trip). I'm also checking out the Kellogg's 2/$3 deals. Did you know in this week's Red Plum there's a $1/1 coupon for Kellogg's cereal? You could get your box of cereal today for $0.50! During the last 8 hour sale that had lunch meat on sale the deli where I was shopping had cut and pre-packaged the deli meat in 1lb packages so there wasn't a huge line up at the deli counter. It was fresh- sliced that day. Such a GREAT idea.

Smiths Case Lot Sale

I used to get crazy excited for the Case Lot Sale at Smiths but since I've been smart shopping and using Grocery Smarts I'm excited in a different way. Some of the deals at Smiths are well worth the trip while others are not and we can do much better buying the items separately with our coupons. It's really empowering to be able to shop with more knowledge. What used to seem like a screaming deal to me doesn't even catch my eye now. Here's what cases I'm going to purchase during the sale:

tomato paste, tomato sauce, ramen noodles, gallon water

Some cases I'm still debating on whether or not to buy:

cake mix (if I can get spice cake), Hunt's pasta sauce

Don't forget to check the Grocery Smarts list. They've taken the guess work out for you and rated which cases are a good deal. Also keep in mind you'll have to ask the Smiths store your shopping at whether or not they accept coupons on their Case Lot sale. Good luck!