I think I am a naturally suspicious person. Today, I went to Albertson's to do their ConAgra deal (Buy 25$ and get 10$ OYNO). Even after being told that the 25$ was based upon the sale prices, I tried it based upon the shelf prices because that was what I was used to getting at good 'ole Shaw's in Boston. Well, wouldn't you know the Albertson's people knew what they were talking about! So, the deal was good, but not fantastic. At my particular store they were handing out 2$ off one Morningstar product. We love veggie burgers at my house so we got a bunch of those and a ton of cereal (yay for Vocalpoint Qs). It worked out to be around $70 of groceries for about 80% off.On another note, I sent off a rebate today from a deal a couple of weeks ago. I bought 25$ worth of groceries and earned 5$ off OYNO and send in for a 20$ rebate. When all is said and done I will get 25$ of free groceries. It is still amazing to me that manufacturers do these kinds of deals. Do they bank on the fact that most people will forget to mail off the rebate?
I still feel like I am relearning how to do the grocery store thing. Each store really is so different and it takes trying out different deals to really get a handle on their policies. (I still get butterflies! Haha.) I have an Albertson's and a Smith's by my house. Right now I am focusing on Albertson's. In a few months I hope to be proficient and then I'll try out Smith's. Does anyone have any tips or ideas of how to maximize my savings at those two establishments? Any help would be much appreciated. My standby website for coupon help (A Full Cup) doesn't really have very good forums for those two stores, so I feel a bit at a loss. TIA! TTFN!
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I've got two websites for you. My high school BFF, Joy, lives in Provo and she swears the only website you'll ever really need is pinching you pennies. Here's a link to their utah forum:
http://www.pinchingyourpennies.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=62
And here's a link to Joy's dumb deal blog (that's what she calls it) She's got all the inside info on the Utah bargains (plus more links for blogs you might want to check out.
http://joysdumbdeals.blogspot.com/2009/08/weekly-menu-gasp.html
Good luck!
When you shop at Smith's make sure you sign up for a "Fresh Values Card" because that's when all the discounts come off. You can also load coupons from different web sites onto your card and then use them in additions to the paper ones. Also, if you have a baby they have a baby club so once you accumulate 200 baby points you get a $10 off anything coupon.
i have found that with most of these two stores' deals when i go to walmart and try to pricematch, as walmart pricematches pretty much every sales in otehr stores, walmart is still cheaper most of the time. just my two cents.
If you still need help with Albertsons come on over and visit us! We love Albies and have it down for sure. Fabulessly Frugal
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