May 25, 2011

Food Lion Deal: Breyer’s Ice Cream 4/$2.96

Update:  FREE Breyers.  See below!

I stopped by Food Lion today for some milk and was so excited about this deal. 

Save $5 instantly when you spend $20 on participating Unilever products.  The Breyers ice creams are regularly over $6 each but they are on sale for $1.99.  Buy four of them and get an instant $5 off your purchase.  There is a limit of four Breyers ice creams per visit. 

4 Breyers ice cream at $1.99 each = $7.96
-$5 instant savings = $2.96 for four or $.74 each

I was surprised that this deal worked since the ice cream is on sale.  Hopefully it will for you too.  Good luck and let me know how it goes.

Update:  Like Breyers on facebook and you can get printable coupons to save $1.50/2.  Be sure to hit the back button so that you can print two coupons.

November 24, 2010

Wordy Wednesday: A Note for Food Lion

Dear Food Lion,

I miss your old signs. 

Your old sale signs were simple and to the point. On this tag I can clearly see that the price is $.99. If I need a little help figuring out my savings, then it tells me in small print at the bottom.

These new signs you’re displaying are too busy. When walking down the aisles I should be able to read the signs quickly without completely stopping. Even though I am a quick reader, I find myself stopping, scanning all around the shelves, and trying to figure out the best deal amongst all of the other assiduous tags.

I am a loyal shopper and have been for many years, even from your early beginning years as Food Town.  I hope that in the future the changes made to your store will be more user-friendly and convenient for shoppers.

November 22, 2010

Stockpile Opportunity: Sweet Potatoes

It’s time to stockpile sweet potatoes.  I’ve been waiting for a big sale and Walmart has them for only $.28/lb. 

Each year, I make a sweet potato casserole for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  This reminds me . . . I need to share that recipe with you soon.  Today I purchased about 10 lb of sweet potatoes from Walmart.  Food Lion also has them on sale for $.33-.49/lb, depending on your area.

In case you’re wondering, sweet potatoes are usually on sale again for Christmas.

image (c) Karen Weideman

October 3, 2010

Food Lion Deals 10/3/10

Tonight I had to run out to return a Redbox dvd and decided to go into Food Lion for a few minutes. I wanted to see if they had restocked the Kraft cheese since I had another $5 coupon to use before Tuesday.

I ended up with 5 Kraft cheese, 13 boxes Ronzoni pasta, and 2 boxes of Uncle Ben’s rice for only $4.68.  Here’s how I saved $27.84:

5 Kraft cheese, buy 1 get 1 free
-used $5 printable coupon

10 Ronzoni pasta (blue box), buy 1 get 1 free
-used five $1 off 2 (from in-store blinkie machine)

3 Ronzoni garden pasta, sale $1/box
-used three $.50 box peelies

2 Uncle Ben’s rice, sale $1.19/box
-used two $1  (from in-store blinkie machines)

I was pleased with the deals from a random store trip.  We don’t eat much pasta in our house, so I will use some of the spaghetti noodles for the food drive and I will save the rotini noodles for pasta salad.

Have you found any great deals lately?

October 2, 2010

Today’s Food Lion Deals 10/2/10

I wrote to you earlier this week about a fabulous $5 Kraft coupon.  I took my $5 Kraft coupon to Food Lion today.  The shredded cheese was on sale buy 1 get 1 free which made them $1.39 each.  The cream cheese was buy 1 get 1 free which made it $1 each.  I ended up with 4 bags of cheese and 1 cream cheese.  After my $5 off 5 Kraft items coupon, my pre-tax total was $1.56.  I have another $5 Kraft coupon but will save it to use in a few days after they have restocked the shelves.  Sorry for the bad picture, but I was unloading groceries, cooking dinner, and trying to let you know about this deal.  Too much multi-tasking.

I have also heard that Harris Teeter has the Kraft cheese bogo this week.  I chose to purchase my cheese at Food Lion though because Harris Teeter prices are usually higher.

What deals have you found lately?

September 12, 2010

Stockpile Opportunity: Bumble Bee Tuna

Food Lion has Bumble Bee cans of tuna 2/$1.00.  It’s a good time to stockpile tuna for the pantry while it’s almost half price. 

I went to Food Lion tonight and purchased 12 cans.  When I was leaving the store, I found a coupon on the sidewalk.  The coupon was for $1.50 off a purchase of chicken, beef, or tuna.  I went back in the store and got three more cans for free.    I can’t imagine why someone would throw away coupons like that.  Oh well. 

Also, there are three Bumble Bee coupons in today’s Sunday paper.  One of the coupons is good for $1 off two Bumble Bee pouches.  The pouches are only $.65 at Walmart for the 2.5 oz.  After the coupon, the pouches are $.15 each.  That’s a great deal!

May 30, 2010

FREE Kraft Salad Dressing at Food Lion

Last week the Kraft vendor left some $.55 coupons for salad dressing. I picked up a few because I knew this week they were having a Kraft sale.

Buy 5 Kraft dressings and get $5.00 off your purchase PLUS get a $3 Catalina.

*A Catalina is a coupon that can be used on your next in-store purchase. They’re kind of like Extra Care Bucks.

The Kraft dressings are on sale 3/$5 or $1.67 each.
I used five $.55 coupons from the vendor.
$1.67 x 5 = $8.35 – $2.75 in coupons = $5.60
Receive a $5 instant credit on your order.
This makes the purchase amount only $.60 PLUS you get back a $3 Catalina.
Out of Pocket: -$2.40

You can also use the $.55 coupon from 5/2/10 Smart Source.

Even if you don’t have the $2.75 in coupons this deal is still almost free, after the $3 Catalina.

I’m not sure when this sale ends (maybe Tuesday), so hurry!

Thanks to Tina for reminding me about the Kraft sale!