Shoprite Trip

It was a madhouse at Shoprite this afternoon as everyone scrambled to buy Easter items!

4 SR spring water jugs .79 each = 3.16
Langer juice 2.00
SR OJ 1.99
4 Adirondack Seltzer .40 each=1.60
Sunkist 1.50 - 1.25 super coupon = .25
2 Treasure Cave feta cheese 2.50 each - 2 .40 doubled=3.40
organic milk 5.99
SR toasted oats 1.99
Mrs. Fields ice cream cookie sandwiches 1.99
Nature's Bounty Evening Primrose Oil 4.84
3 Cottonelle wipes 1.99 each - 3 1/1 - 2.97
frozen turkey 20.68-20.68 (free holiday item)
SR slider bags 1.49-1.00 SR coupon-.49
Kraft EZ mac 1.19 - 1.19 SR ecoupon =free
French's dijon mustard 1.99 - .90 doubled=.19
SR olives .77
bananas 1.27
Knorr veggie dip mix .53-.28=.25
organic apples 2.20
organic apple juice 3.99
2 SR diapers 5.99=11.98
total: $51.32
-.25 bag refund
-1.20 bottle refund
total $49.87, received $3 cottonelle catalina
will submit for $6 from Endorse (50% off diapers) and .50 from Ibotta for the mustard

Not an amazing trip by any means, but I purchased a bunch of produce and organic items.  All that definitely adds up!

Free Kraft EZ Mac Cup at Shoprite

Shoprite shoppers...  Go to this link and enter your price plus card number for a free Kraft EZ Mac Cup.  Last week I got a free Reeces candy and the previous week I got a free Coke.  It's their Munch Mania promotion.

Free Toilet Paper and Toothpaste But a Lot of Anxiety!

I volunteered to do my non-frugal grandmother's shopping today since I was going to Shoprite.  But her giant and very specific list + my coupons + chatty child in cart = anxiety attack.  Not a fun trip.  The cart was overflowing, I kept dropping coupons,... ugh.  And it took soooo long.  Trying to shop for someone else (especially someone who's very specific) is like a scavenger hunt.

• 3 SR spring water .79 each
• 6 Marcal (6 freebie coupons)
• 2 Hefty trash bags 1.24 each (used 2 .55/1)=.14 each
• 12 alpo dog food - 6 for 3.99 (used 1/6)
• 3 hamburger helper - 3 for 4.00 (used .75/3 doubled and .75/1 cellfire coupon) = 1.75/3
• 1 chex mix and 1 bugles 1.50 each (used .50/1 cellfire and 2 .50/1 doubled)
• perdue chicken 5.38
• sr ground turkey 2.61
• reduced salad 1.50  (used .75/1)
• organic grapes 6.07 - crazy!!!  I didn't notice the price but I think I have a produce NBPR rebate
• bananas .99
• yo crunch fruit parfait 2.50 (used freebie catalina)
• 2 international delites 1.99 each (used 2 .55/1 doubled)=.89 each
• totinos pizza rolls .88 (had a .55/1 coupon but I forgot it - oops)
• fisherboy fish sticks .99
• 12 kaiser rolls 1.99 (1/1 sr bakery coupon)
• 6 colgate toothpaste .77 (used 6 .75/1)

total: 31.60 - I was so frazzled by the time I left that I just shoved the catalinas in my purse and haven't checked them yet, but I should have received 1.50 catalina for hamburger helper and .50 for alpo.

How I Got Free Cheese at Shoprite!

I wasn't too thrilled with my recent unorganized trip to Shoprite so I thought I'd redeem myself...  Before I breakdown my purchases, I wanted to share that the Borden cheese slices sale ( .99 each) includes the Single Sensations (which are really good, by the way), and there's a $1.00 PDF available here.  Just click on Get Special Savings.

• 3 Quaker Mini Rice Cakes .99 each (used 3 .75/1 doubled found in boxes of Quaker oatmeal)=.51 overage on each
• 2 marcal toilet paper .99 each (used 2 freebie coupons)=free
• 1 can SR corn .75
• Uncle Ben's Spanish Rice 1.99
• santitas tortilla chips 2.00
• SR white bread .88
• Fast Fixin buffalo tenders 6.49 (used 1.25/1 from recent All You, sorry can't remember if it was July or August)
• 2 Del Monte fruit smoothies 1.00 each (used 2 1.00/1 from coupons.com) (these are located in the produce aisle)
• garlic .52
• 4 Mission burritos 1.64 each (used 4 .75/1 doubled)=.14 each
• 6 Borden Single Sensations .99 each (used 6 1.00/1)=.01 overage on each
• used $1 catalina
• received .20 canvas bag refund
• total: $6.50 on cc, will submit for $6.49 TMF refund on Fast Fixin (TMF sticker on the bag)

Looking at my receipt, I see that there are 2 mistakes.  It seems like the cashier accidentally scanned the Fast Fixin 1.25 coupon twice, and there's also an extra .75/1 doubled coupon.  This explains why my total is a little lower than it should be.


I'm totally planning to go back on Saturday and snag more free cheese and cheap tortillas!  Does anyone know if tortillas freeze well?

Nothing to Brag About at Shoprite, But Bragworthy Meatballs at Home!

My Shoprite trip is really not blog-worthy due to lack of planning and organization.  I didn't go food shopping at all over the weekend, and we were really in need of some of the basics...  But here it is...

3 SR spring water .79 each

2 Marcal toilet paper .99 each (used 2 freebie coupons)

Gerber baby food .99

6 Alpo dog food 6 for 3.99

SR tortillas 1.50

pampers jumbo pack 8.99 (used freebie coupon I received for complaining about Dry Max) (wanted to use this at Rite Aid this week for +up bucks but the freebie coupon for wipes when you buy diapers expires today and I just couldn't get over to rite aid...)

5 Earth's Best baby food .55 each (used 1/5 from a magazine)

Kraft mac and cheese cup 1.00

4 Campbell's Shrek soup 1.00 each (used 1/4 manu. IP) (*Shrek soup is on clearance still!)

5 cans of Apple Juicy Juice reduced to 1.09 each (*apple juicy juice is the only one I saw marked down)

bimbo wheat bread 1.69

2 SR ground turkey 3.00 each

reduced oranges 1.62

organic apples 2.03

Hillshire farm turkey 3.50 (used 1/1 peelie)

egglands best 1.99

milk 3.21

2 eggos .99 each (used 1/2)

blue bunny ice cream 1.99 (used 1/1)

1 pk rolls 1.74

pampers wipes 2.99 (used freebie coupon when you buy diapers 8/1 P&G)

organic baby carrots raincheck price of .99

total: 45.06, received 1 catalina for Campbell's soup, will submit for $5 Hillshire Farm rebate

I really don't enjoy cooking.  It's one area of my life where I feel really insecure, and my fussy children don't help to boost my confidence in the kitchen.  I'll try out a new recipe, work really hard on it, and it's met with "yuck - can I have spaghettio's instead???"  So I was initially a little hesitant to try a recipe that was stuck on the top of a jar of Ragu that I got during an Extra Bucks deal at CVS a few weeks ago.    

But "Mama's Best Spaghetti and Meatballs" sounded really easy.  My family likes spaghetti, but I'll admit I've never made meatballs before.  I don't use ground beef, hence the ground turkey I got at Shoprite today.  All I needed was 1 lb. of ground turkey, 1/2 cup of Italian seasoned bread crumbs, 1 jar of Ragu, and 1 egg.  And spaghetti, of course.  I used Ronzoni Garden Delight from my stockpile.

First, I cooked the spaghetti.  Easy.

Then I mixed one egg, 1/2 cup of Italian seasoned bread crumbs, and the 1 lb. of ground turkey together.  Shaped it into about 12 meatballs.

Then in a separate pot, I boiled the Ragu sauce.  Dropped in the meatballs, covered, and reduced to simmer for 20 minutes.

Poured it over the spaghetti and Done!  I was hoping for a meatball sandwich for lunch tomorrow, but there are NO leftovers - a sure sign that this recipe is a winner, even in my house o' picky eaters!  And nobody asked for spaghettio's tonight!

Free Cheerios, Soup, and Post-its

Target
Campbells Select Harvest 1.50 (used .50/1 Target coupon and 1/1 manu.)=free
2 Red Baron pizzas 2.50 each (used 2 2/1 manu.)= .50 each
5 Post-it Notes 1.00 each (used 5 1/1 pdf)=free
subtotal: 1.00
w/tax: 1.40

*May have to head back to Target after seeing some other great deals on this blog.

Shoprite
4 Multigrain Cheerios (even my fussy eater LOVES these!) 1.49 each (used 4 .75/1, 3 doubled, 1 did not)
12 pk rolls reduced 1.25
organic plums .63
3 SR spring water .79 each
6 earth's best baby food (used 1/7 IP - one must have not been scanned because I did buy 7 but the coupon didn't beep)
bread crums 1.00
4 Muir Glen organic tomato sauce .99 each (used 4 .75/1 - didn't double)
used 2.70 bottle refund
used 3.00 catalina
total: 3.56  


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38 cents for Diapers, Wipes, Dog food, and Cat food!

Rite Aid
*Before I even post my deal, Rite Aid's coupon policy states that they do not give overage.  But sometimes the registers do anyway.  So YMMV.

6 pouches of Friskies .89 each
6 cans Pedigree .79 each
1 c. Booth butter cream bath soap 5.39 (used 6/1 in-ad)
Tugaboos trial pack .89 (used 1/1 from previously purchased trial pack)
Everlast energy supplements 5.39 (used 10/1)
pampers wipes 3.14 (used free wipes when you buy diapers coupon from 8/1 P&G)
pampers jumbo pack 10.79 (used freebie coupon I got from pampers for complaining about the new Dry Max diapers)
used 5/25
total: .38 on gift card, will submit for $2 c. Booth SCR, $2 pampers SCR, and $1 tugaboos SCR

CVS
2 Ritz crackers 1.00 each (used 2 1/1 coupons I found at Shoprite)
2 Pez on clearance for .37 each (stocking stuffers)
Blink tears gel 7.99 (used 1.50/1)
4 SOBE 1.69 BOGO (used 2 BOGO from sobe.com)
used 5/15 from red machine
total: 2.44 on gift card, received 7.99 ECB for Blink

Shoprite
4 Hefty bags 1.24 each (used 4 .55/1 doubled)
4 Chock Full o' Nuts 1.99 each (used 4 .55/1 doubled)
bread 1.79
3 Right Guard 1.99 each (used BOGO and 3/2)
1 reusable bag .99 (used freebie coupon that I got from previous deal)
used .40 in bottle refunds
.05 bag refund
total: 7.27 in cash, received $3 catalina for Right Guard

Free Peanut Butter, Pasta, and Cheerios Next Week at Shoprite!

Not a ton of deals next week (8/22-8/28) at Shoprite, but I saw a few freebies on Slickdeals:

Peter Pan Peanut Butter .99 (4 day price break - Wed. through Sat.)
use .60/1* from 8/1 SS doubled = free (*some got $1/2 instead)

Ronzoni Garden Delights 12 oz. pasta - 3 for $4
use .75/1 coupon here doubled = free

General Mills Cereal 1.49
9 oz Multigrain Cheerios free w/ coupon here doubled

Clearance Campbell's Soup at Shoprite

Shoprite
Chock Full O'Nuts 1.99
SR Decaf Coffee 3.49 (why does decaf have to be so expensive?!)
4 Campbell's Shrek Soup clearanced to $1 (used 2 .50/2 doubled)
Olivia's Organics Salad reduced to 1.64 (used 1/1)
SR ricotta 2.49
Digiorno 5.99 (used freebie coupon)
Blue Bunny caramel champ cones 1.25 (used 1/1)
used $1 catalina
total: 10.86 on cc, received $1 catalina for campbell's soup

CVS
Blink Tears 7.99 (used 1.50/1)
4 SOBEs BOGO (used 2 BOGO)
used .50 ECB, 1.00 ECB, 3.00 ECB, and 1.00 ECB
subtotal: .99
w/ tax: 1.25 on gift card, received 7.99 for Blink

14 cent Hefty Bags and 25 cent Blue Bunny at Shoprite!

4 Hefty Bags 1.24 each (4 day price break) (used 4 .55/1 doubled from 8/1 RP)
4 Aunt Jemima waffles .99 each (4 day price break)
4 Blue Bunny champ cones 1.25 each (used 4 1/1)
total: 4.74 on cc

Blue Bunny Peelie Hunt at Shoprite for Free Ice Cream

I LOVE the Blue Bunny caramel Champ cones.  I am drooling just thinking about them.  So there's an opportunity to get free Blue Bunny Champ cones this week at Shoprite IF you can find the peelies.  Some of the boxes have $1.25/1 peelies on them, and they are on sale for 4 for $5 which means they would be free!  Good luck!

My Shoprite Trip Today

Short and sweet Shoprite trip today.  I was thinking about also running into CVS but the deals have been kind of lackluster lately, so I decided to skip it.  I was unable to find the elusive Pops Mix-it at my store, so I couldn't do the money making deal I had hoped for. 

Transaction 1:
4 Breakstone sour cream 2.29 each (used 4 .75/1 doubled)
1 Kraft singles 1.88
6 Rite Guard deodorant (used 3 2/2)
St. Ives bodywash 2.00 (used .50/1 doubled)
.25 bag refund
total: 5.61 on cc, received $1 catalina from St. Ives and $5 catalina for buying 5 Kraft items (Breakstone is a Kraft item).  Also received a freebie coupon for YoCrunch Fruit Parfaits.

Transaction 2:
4 SR spring water .79 each
2 Earth's Best baby food .55 each
2 Jack Rabbit beans .88 each
Bimbo soft wheat bread (Wait... is it really called BIMBO?  I'm not near the kitchen to go check but that's what it says on my receipt.  Too funny!) 1.69
organic nectarines 1.83
Hillshire Farm turkey 4.39 (used 1/1 peelie)
Wise popcorn .58 with SR coupon
used $5 and $1 catalinas from first transaction
total: 7.76 on cc, will submit for $5 Hillshire Farm rebate

Possible Money Maker at Shoprite!

There's a new .75/1 printable coupon for Pops Mix-it.  (I think it's flavoring to mix with Corn Pops but I'm not positive).  It costs around $1.79 at Shoprite - IF you can find it.  It's not in all stores yet.  Plus, the buy 10 Kelloggs, get $10 catalina is still going on.  If your SR doesn't limit to 4 like coupons, you can easily have a money maker with this if you can print from a few computers. I think I can print 8, so here's what I'll try:

8 Pop Mix-it 1.79 each (use 8 .75/1 doubled) = .19 each
2 Eggos 2.25 each (use 1/2 7/25 RP) = 3.50
Pay $3.88, get $10 catalina


It you can only use 4 Mix-it coupons, you can still make this a small money maker:
4 Pop Mix-it 1.79 each (use 8 .75/1 doubled) = .19 each
6 Pop Tarts 1.67 each (use 3 1/2 from 7/11 RP)
Pay $8.18, get $10 catalina



Thanks to Living Rich With Coupons for the idea!

My Shoprite Shopping List

Here's my plan of attack for shoprite this week...  Nothing too amazing.  I'm going to try to stick to a few freebies, a few essentials that we need each week (water jugs, bread, and fresh fruit/veggies), and eat out of the stockpile.

Gum toothbrush .99 (use .75/1 8/8 RP) = free
Blue bunny bars 1.49 (use .75/1 doubled June All You) = free
Right Guard Deodorant .88 each (use 2/2 printable) = free
Hillshire Farms lunchmeat 3.99 ($5 in coupons or rebate) (thanks to frugalsuz for posting about this)
Organic baby carrots .99 with in-ad coupon
St. Ives Body Wash 2.00 (use 1/1 from 7/18 SS) = 1.00, get 1.00 catalina
Butterball turkey franks 1.64 (use .75/1 from 8/8 doubled) = .14

See anything amazing that I missed?

The Can Can

Horrible quality pic because he camera battery wasn't charged so I used my phone.  Today was not one of those amazing Shoprite trips where I got a cart full of groceries and paid with some change out of the bottom of my purse.  But for someone who's still working on accumulating a decent stockpile sometimes I end up spending a little more to make sure my family's well fed...  OK, no more excuses... here's how I did:

Shoprite
4 Tuttorosso pasta sauce .88 each
2 turkey hill ice cream 1.99 each (used 2 .50/1 doubled)
1 lime .25
cilantro .99
bananas .90
tomato on vine .49
sr baby carrots 1.99
sr mushrooms reduced produce 1.39
shredded lettuce reduced produce 1.74 (used 1/1)
sr wheat bread 1.69
sr mini pretzels 1.49
3 sr spring water .79 each
4 scrubbing bubbles wipes 1.99 each (used 2 2/2)
3 rotel tomatoes .88 each (used 1/3 and online coupon loaded onto price plus card another 1/3)
4 sr canned veggies .75 each (oops - I guess not all the sr canned veggies are included in the can can sale... have to check on this)
8 sr canned veggies .60 each
2 chock full of nuts 1.99 each (used 1 .55/1 doubled)
12 alpo cans 7.98 total (used .75/10)
used .70, .90, .15, and .25 bottle refunds
$4 SR family taken off total
.35 canvas bad refund
total: 35.30 on cc, received 2 $2 catalina from scrubbing bubbles and I will use this receipt for a produce No Beer Purchase Required rebate

Rite Aid
milk 2.24
johnson and johson gauze pads 3.14 (used 2/1 and 2/1 in-ad)
total: 1.38 on cc, received 1 +up for gauze

Saturday's Round-up

Rite Aid
Oral B toothbrush - 5.99 (used 3/1)
toms of maine toothpaste 4.49 (used 1/1)
wet ones 2.96 (used .50/1)
everlast energy 5.39 (used 10/1)
crest 2.49 (used 1/1)
renu sensitive 7.29 (used 2/1 and 2/1 vv)
4 stayfree 3.99 BOGO (used 2 BOGO)
used 1 +up
used 5/25
subtotal: 3.11
w/ tax: 5.02 on gift card, got 7.49 renu scr, 4.00 oral b scr, 1.00 wet ones scr, and 2 +up crest

cvs
3 muskateers .50 (used .50 crt)
biotrue 2.99
12 sobes .77 each (used 6 BOGO, cashier took off 1.69 for each coupon=small overage for each)
papermate pens .99
used 1 ECB and 1 ECB
subtotal: 1.08
w/tax: 1.94 on gift card, received 2.99 ECB biotrue.  I thought I would get .99 ECB for papermate but with the special 3 day ECB deals, they don't print early like the usual sales at my store.  Live and learn.

shoprite
6 alpo dog food cans - 3 for $4 (used 1/3)
2 cans libby's veggies 1.00 each (used 2 freebie coupons)
3 SR spring water .79 each
organic apples 1.55
danimals yogurt 2.00 (used 1.50/1)
SR large eggs .77
2 SR frozen peas 1.00
SR peas w/ onions .88
8 celeste pizzas for one .88 each
used .50 catalina
total: 17.11 on cc, got .50 Alpo catalina

Humidity, anyone?

pic coming later...

CVS
Mars bar - .50 (used .50/1 candy CRT)
2 cvs pantiliners .50 each
Biotrue contact solution 2.99
1 Got2B hair mousse 4.71 (used freebie coupon)
6 SOBEs - BOGO 1.69 (used 3 BOGO coupons)
Blade razor 6.99 (used raincheck)
suave shampoo 2.69 (used freebie coupon, cashier took off 3.00, not sure why)
used 10 ECB
subtotal: .67
total w/ tax: 2.35 on gift card, received 2.99 ECB Biotrue, 1 ECB pantiliners, 1 ECB current Blade deal, and 6.99 ECB rainchecked Blade deal

Shoprite

Wanted to pick up more free Feline Pine cat litter but the shelves were empty.  Got a raincheck but hopefully they'll restock by Saturday.

4 Farm Flavor apple juice .99 each
6 Alpo dog food 6 for $4 (used .75 coupon)
4 Chew-eez stix dog treats .95 each (used 1 4/4 coupon)
strawberry margarita mix 1.49
margarita mix 1.99
3 goldfish 3 for $5 (used 2 .50/1 doubled and 1 .75/1 doubled)
organic nectarines 1.79
NY texas toast garlic bread 2.50 (used .50/1 doubled)
used 10.00 and .50 catalina
total: 5.75 on credit card, received .50 catalina for Alpo, will submit, along with other recent SR receipt, for NBPR produce rebate

Walgreens

Celsius Green Tea 4.99 (used 3/1)
Oral B Advantage toothbrush 2.99 (used 2/1)
milk 3.19
used 4.50 RR
subtotal: 1.67
total w/ tax: 2.31, .89 on gift card and the rest in cash, received 3 RR for Celsius and 1 RR for Oral B

Now I gotta go prep for Rite Aid tomorrow!

Free Cat Litter!

Shoprite

4 Feline Pine Litter - listed as 1.99 but rang up .99 each! (used 4 1.50/1 coupons *there were also peelies on a lot of bags, I think .55/1)
2 Libby canned veggies - 1.00 each (used 2 freebie coupons)
6 Alpo dog food cans - 6 for $4
1 bag of goldfish - 1.84 (used .50/1 doubled)
organic grapes - 4.71 (horrible price but I like to give my kids organic fruit when they eat the skins, and I'll use for a produce No Beer Purchase Required rebate)
used 2.00, 3.00, and 3.00 catalinas
total: .14 cash, received .50 catalina for Alpo, also received $3 at customer service for recent trip when I was overcharged for water


Target

4 Eggos 1.75 each (used 2 1/2 coupons and 1 1/2 target coupon)
Purina cat chow 3.59 (used 2.00 coupon)
2 rayovac batteries .50 each (used 2 1/1 reduced down)
can opener 5.99
bottle 7.99
nipple 4.99
subtotal: 24.56
total w/ tax: 26.44, used target gift cards and 14.80 in cash

More Money in My Purse Than When I Left!

Slim pickings at Walgreens today...  Wanted to get some items that are part of the 4 day sale, but nothing was marked, and I didn't see anything about it in my ad.  Was it regional?  I didn't feel like having an item scanned to check so I just skipped it.  When I went to check out, the male cashier I've never seen before looked at my Reach coupons and said, "you printed these from the internet???" with an astonished tone to his voice.

4 Reach Crystal Clean toothbrushes 1.79 each (used 2 2/2 and in-ad took off 3.20)
5 Friskies pouches 5 for 4.00
used 2 RR
subtotal: 1.96
total w/tax: 2.60 on gift card, received 4 RR from Reach

Rite Aid...

6 Friskies pouches .89 each
Huggies 8.99 (used freebie coupon, cashier took off 11.99 regular price)
Tena pads 11.69 (used 3/1 peelie and 3/1 in-ad)
used 5/25
used 1 +up
subtotal: 2.03
total w/ tax: 2.42 on gift card, will submit for Tena TMF rebate and Buy 5 get 1 Huggies SCR

This was my favorite Shoprite trip to date!

3 SR spring water .89 each
2 International Delite creamers .88 each (used 2 .55/1)
1 lunchables 2.59
1 Butterball turkey franks 1.64 (used .75/1 doubled)
4 SR veggies 1.00 each
2 Breyers smooth and dreamy ice cream bars 3.50 each (used 2 1/1)
3 Dove deodorant 2.49 each (used 2 2/1 and 1 .75/1 doubled)
3 Dove shampoo 3.49 each (used 3 1/1)
used $25 credit from Kraft deal
got .20 canvas bag refund
total: .89 in cash, received $10 catalina for buying 8 Unilever items (Dove and Breyers) and 2 $3 catalinas for buying Dove.  Then I realized the International Delite coupons didn't double, so I went to customer service and was refunded $1.10.  Did you see me today?  I was the one leaving Shoprite with a big smile on my face!

Kids Love Capri Sun Drink Pouches, Don't They?

No shopping today, but yesterday, on June 30th, I finally finished buying the last 3 capri suns needed for the Kraft Back to School Rebate that I've been working on for months.  Nothing like procrastinating until the last day...

Shoprite
3 Capri Suns 2.19 each
NY texas toast 2.50 (used .50/1 doubled)
6 pedigree dog food cans 3 for 2.00
total: 12.92 on cc, will submit for $20.00 Kraft rebate