Finding Great Deals

I thought I would put a little tutorial together on the best way to watch for the sales.  

Every Wednesday, the new ads come out for the grocery stores.  Go to www.grocerysmarts.com and put in my code g89cjm.  When you get the NV page, follow the red arrow to the store selection and choose "All In One".  This will pull EVERY list for NV, and will make it very easy to compare prices for different stores.  (Note: The Alphabetical Coupon Index is a great place to look and see if there are coupons for any of the ingredients you need, just click on that and start typing in your ingredient - pretty cool).

When you get to the All In One list, click the START button in the top right, then click on each store heading.  Then go back and look for the meat or other product you want to compare.  In this example, I was looking for prices on pork chops.  So, I selected each store's deal for pork chops.  Then clicked on the SHRINK button back at the top.  Now, I can clearly view all my options and see that Vons has the best deal this week so that's where I will get the meat (unless Costco or Sam's Club is somehow cheaper). 

Hopefully that helps you a little, so get your list together for the next few recipes you are preparing and watch the ads for great prices!  Happy Cooking!!

Canned Goods Sale

Hey ladies - Need canned veggies for one of your meals?  Alberstons has a promo on Del Monte canned vegetables that is running from 2/7 - 2/20.  You can earn a $1 Catalina when you buy 3-4 cans, $1.50 for buying 5, and when you buy 6 cans you get a $2 Catalina to use on your next purchase.  

The best way to take advantage of this would be to do a few transactions of 6 cans, and roll the Catalinas to pay for the next set of 6 cans.  Make sense?  AND don't forget to keep an eye out for coupons to add to this deal.  Right now, you can get a $1 off 4 coupon at this link.  You have to register for this one, but don't forget to print it a few times.  

Your transaction should look like this:  

6 Cans Del Monte Veggies = $6 (and some change depending on the price)

-$1/4 coupon

-$2 Catalina (from previous transaction)

TOTAL: $3 (+) for 6 cans!  Should be about 1/2 off... 

You can do this scenerio as many times as you have coupons.  Good Luck!