Kroger Loss Leaders and Highlights Week of November 16

Prices based on the Metro Atlanta sales circular. Our sales week runs from Sunday-Saturday. To find the ad for your store click here. Manufacturer's coupons .50 and under will double. You can purchase one item that is on sale BOGO for half price. Items that are priced 10/$10 can be purchased for $1 each/pound.

I feel like I am repeating myself this week. Many of this week's sale items are also on sale at Publix or have been on sale recently.

The Best of the Loss Leaders:

Tangerines 3 pound bag $1.50 WOW!

Gala, Red Delicious, or Rome Apples 3 pound bag $2.99

Kroger Sliced Bacon BOGO - no price given

The Best of the Loss Leaders With Coupons:

These items would be a good deal even without coupons, but the coupons make the prices even better.

Kroger Frozen Vegetables: $1.00
.65/1 after .35/1 (Kroger Best Customer Savings - Printed at Register) This coupon will not double because it is a store coupon, not a manufacturer's coupon.

Kroger Cheese $1.66
$1.21 after .45/1 (Kroger Best Customer Savings) This coupon is also a store coupon so it will not double OR .45/1 Shortcuts Coupon OR
.76/1 after Best Customer Savings AND Shortcuts Coupon

Ground Chuck 5 lb package $1.99/lb
$9.20/5 lbs after .75/1 Shortcuts Coupon ($1.84/lb)

The Best of the Sales with Coupons:

Duncan Hines Cake Mix $1.00
FREE Carrot Cake after $1/1 (10/9 S) IF Carrot Cake is included in the sale

Green Giant Frozen Boxed Vegetables $1.00
.25/1 after .50/2 doubled (10/5 GM) AND .50/2 Shortcuts coupon
FREE Health Varieties after .25/1 doubled AND .50/1 Shortcuts coupon IF included in sale.

Birds Eye Steamfresh Vegetables $1.00
.30/1 after .35/1 doubled (10/12 S)

McCormick Grinder $1.99 BOGO
.50/1 after .25/1 doubled (11/2 RP)

Campbell's Cream Soups .75/1
.59/1 after .25/3 doubled (10/12 S)

Pillsbury Crescent Rolls $1.66
.56/1 after .35/1 printable coupon AND .50/1 Shortcuts

Pillsbury Frozen Dinner Rolls $1.99
.69/1 after .40/1 doubled (9/7 GM, 10/5 GM)

Edy's Ice Cream $2.50
$1.50/1 after $1/1 (November All You)

Holiday Meats:

Unfortunately, the meat prices did not drop this week. I would advise doing some comparison shopping before you buy. I happened to see that Aldi has the spiral sliced ham advertised for $1.49/lb as compared to $1.99/lb at Kroger.

Private Selection Frozen Turkey 14 lbs+ .79/lb

Honeysuckle Frozen Turkey 14 lbs+ .99/lb

Butterball Frozen Turkey 14 lbs+ $1.09/lb

Private Selection Bone-In Turkey Breasts $1.79

Smithfield Shank Portion Ham $1.49/lb

Smithfield Butt Portion Ham $1.59/lb

Kroger Spiral Sliced Ham $1.99/lb

Shortcuts has a coupon for $3.00 off a Private Selection Turkey Roast; however, this does not appear to be on sale this week.

Catalina Update:

Fleischmann's Yeast strips are on sale for $1.49 per package through the end of the year. This sale means that each package will profit you .41 after the coupon and catalina! You can find the details of the catalina in my original post here.

Be sure to check back early next week for new Kroger ecoupon deals! Have a great day!

KMart Super Doubles

Particpating KMart locations are offering Super Doubles through Saturday. Some locations are participating even if they are not on the official list. Participating stores will double coupons with a face value of $2 or less. Yes, you read that right a $2 coupon will be doubled to $4! Each person is limited to 75 coupons per day with a maximum of 4 of each coupon. Unfortunately, KMart will not accept printable coupons.

If you play the drugstore games regularly you may not benefit from the sale as much, but there are several deals to be found if you decide to go to KMart. For those of you who don't play the games or don't have double coupons at your grocery store this could be a great opportunity for you. I must admit I am not usually a big fan of KMart, but I decided I didn't want to miss this.

Here are some of the items that I found that are FREE or possibly good deals after coupons.

Items That are FREE Before Tax:

Altoids Mints - Sale $1.69 (mine rang up for $1.25)
FREE after $1/1 (peelie found on package)

Colgate Advanced Clean Toothpaste - Sale $3
FREE after $1.50/1 (October All You Magazine)

Dove Shampoo or Conditioner - Sale $3.79
FREE after $2/1 (8/17 RP)

Endust Free - Shelf Price $3.29
FREE after $2/1 (9/7 RP)

Glade Candle - Sale $2
FREE after $1/1 (9/14 S)

Goodlife Cat Food Sale $4
FREE after $2/1 (8/24 RP)

Greased Lightning - Shelf Price $2.89
FREE after $1.50/1 (All You Magazine Multiple Issues)

Healthful Life Cat Food - Shelf Price $1.99
FREE after $1/1 (8/3 RP)

Hershey Extra Dark (NOT Special Dark) - Shelf Price $1.99
FREE after $1/1 (9/28 S)

Ice Breakers Gum - Sale .99
FREE after $1/2 (9/7 S2)

Johnson & Johnson First Aid - Shelf Price Various
FREE for items under $2 after $1/1 (8/10 S1)

Revlon Beauty Tools - Shelf Price various
FREE for items under $2 (emery boards, nail clippers, tweezers) after $1/1 (9/14 S OR 10/12 S)

Sobe Glass Bottles Sale $1
FREE after .50/1 (Tearpad)

Tums Smoothies - Shelf Price $1.89
FREE after $1/1 (9/28 S)

Vaseline Lotion for Men - Shelf Price $2.99
FREE after $1.50/1 (9/7 RP)

More FREE Items IF You Have These Upcoming 10/19 Smart Source Coupons:
Many areas have early editions of the paper that include the Sunday Inserts so be sure to take advantage of these offers if you can. I used the preview at The Coupon Clippers to find these deals.

Life Savers - Sale $1.25
FREE after $1/1

Pert Botanicals Shampoo - Sale $3 (Previously the shelf price was $2.99.)
FREE after $2/1

Revlon Beauty Tool - Shelf Prices Vary
FREE for items less than $2 after $1/1

Items That are Cheap/Possible Deals:

Kraft Easy Mac Single Serve Cups - Shelf Price $1.09
.09/1 after $1/2 (9/14 S)
There have been reports that these have not been doubling automatically. My store has to manually double all of the coupons so this was not an issue for me.

Vaseline Lotion - Shelf Price $3.29
.29/1 after $1.50/1 (9/7 RP)

Hunts Tomato Paste - Shelf Price $1
.33/1 after $1/3 (Publix Yellow Advantage Buys)

Bic Twin Razors 10 Pack - Sale $4.49
.49/1 after $2/1 (10/12 S)

Tylenol Rapid Release - Shelf Price $4.49
.49/1 after $2/2 (9/14 RP)

Glade Scented Oil Warmers - Sale Price $4.50
.50 after $2/1 (9/14 S)

Hershey Extra Dark Chocolate or Cacao Bags - Sale Price $2.50
.50 after $1/1 (9/28 S)

Kashi Cereal - Sale $2.50
.50/1 after $1/1 (various non-insert sources)

Renuzit Pearl Scents - Sale $2.50/1
.50/1 after $1/1 (9/7 S2)

Resolve Cleaners - Various Shelf Prices $4.49 +
.49/1 after $2/2 (9/7 S1 OR 10/5 S1)

Cascade Complete Shelf Price $4.79 - $1 Instant Savings = $3.79
.79/1 after $1.50/1 Home Mailer

Peter Pan Peanut Butter - Sale $2
$1/1 after .50/1 (October All You Magazine) OR $1/2 Blinkie

Ziploc Bags - Shelf Price $2.19
$1.09/1 after .55/1 (9/14 S) OR
$1.19/1 after $1/2 (8/24 S OR 10/12 S)

American Greetings Cards Prices Vary
$1/2 excludes .99 cards (Tearpad found in store)

Viva Big Roll 2 pack - Sale $4
$2/1 after $1/1 (Tearpad in store)

Rubbermaid Totes 18 gallon - Sale $4.79
$2.79 after $1/1 insert - date not listed in database

Remember these are just the deals that I happened to find. Check this thread on HCW for even more deals!

Try Me Free Rebates:

If you have any Try Me Free Mail in Rebates that have coupons to go along with them be sure to take advantage of the opportunity to double the coupon value in order to minimize your out of pocket expenses AND maximize the amount you receive back. If you are doing several different rebate offers be sure to get each rebate on a separate receipt.

SC Johnson Catalina Offer:

Buy $10 of Participating Products get $2
Buy $15 of Participating Products get $3
Buy $20 of Participating Products get $5

I tried to do this deal with the Glade products; however, my catalina didn't print. On the sign in the store Ziploc products were also included in the offer. In conjunction with the Super Doubles you could get some really great deals. Hopefully, this will work for others.

Thanks for stopping by! Please visit again for more deals in the Metro Atlanta area including the best of the weekly sales for Kroger, Publix, and Ingles. Have a great day!

Kroger Catalina Promotions

I have two great Catalina offers to share with you. The first is from Sundown Vitamins and the second is from Fleishman's Yeast.

Get Paid To Take Your Vitamins!

In reality it is get paid to take vitamins off of the shelf. These are great items to donate if you don't use them. I know that my regular readers remember the Powerade Deal. This time the promotion comes from Sundown Vitamins.

Buy 2 bottles of Sundown Vitamins that are on sale BOGO this week.
Prices vary depending on the type of vitamin, but the Folic Acid and Vitamin D 400 are less than $3 for two bottles. You can mix and match the types to meet your needs and since Kroger BOGO items ring up 1/2 price there is no need to worry about items being of equal value.
Use one coupon for each bottle and use the appropriate coupon value depending on the price of the bottle.
$1/1 (7/27 S or 10/5 RP) OR $3/1 (9/28 RP)
As you are checking out you will receive a $2.00 coupon off anything during a future shopping order (expires 2 weeks after purchase).
When I did this the Catalina machine also printed a coupon for $2/2 Sundown Vitamins that can be used to repeat the deal.

Example:
Buy:
Folic Acid $1.34/1
Folic Acid $1.34/1
Pay Out of Pocket:
.68/2 after 2 $1/1 coupons or 1 $2/2 coupon
Receive:
$2 coupon for future visit AND
$2/2 coupon to repeat deal
Unrealized Profit (You shouldn't claim the profit until you actually use the Catalina coupon.):
$1.32 - tax (.19 for me)
$1.13

There were no promotional dates listed for this Catalina offer. At HCW it was reported to have ended on October 4, but as of October 9 it was still working. I expect that it will continue working at least through the weekend, but I can't guarantee it.

Fleischmann's Yeast

Just this past weekend I was saying it was cheaper to buy yeast in bulk, but apparently that may not always be the case.

Strip of 3 packets shelf price $1.99
Pay $1.09 after .45/1 doubled (10/5 S1) - This is not a good deal, but you also receive a
.50 Catalina good on any item (not just yeast) in a future visit. Which .60/strip is still not a deal; however, the Catalina is a manufacturer's coupon and since Kroger doubles manufacturer's coupons with a face value of .50 or less the Catalina should double. So after you use the Catalina it is like paying .10/1 strip which is a good deal especially if you do not use yeast on a regular basis.

If you are looking for an even better deal wait until the yeast goes on sale. Since the Catalina offer is not scheduled to expire until December 31, the yeast is likely to go on sale before this offer ends. Even with just a 10 cent discount in the price, the yeast would be FREE after the coupon and Catalina so be sure to periodically check for an unadvertised price reduction.

Like I have said previously, various types of traditional promotions including Catalina offers are where the real deals are often found. Please visit my blog again for information about future promotions as I hope to make this a regular feature. You can find more current Metro Atlanta (Southeast Region) Kroger deals that I have posted here.

The Best Free Powerade Coupon Ever

If it wasn't enough to get 6 Powerade Zeros for free what would you do if you could get an seemingly unlimited number for free?

When I went to Kroger today to finish getting the Cottonelle that my store had been out of stock of I decided to use my Free Powerade coupon from MyCokeRewards to get the 6 Powerade Zeros for free. However, not only did I get the expected $4.00 OYNO Catalina I also got $1/3 coupon good for my next purchase of Powerade Zero making it a repeatable deal without having to have coupons from any other sources.

Each time I bought 6 I paid $3.89 OOP and I got the $4.00 Catalina and the $1/3 coupon. Also, I can now verify that the $4.00 Catalina rolls for this offer.

When I left, I passed the last $1/3 coupon that had printed along to someone else who was interested in the deal and explained what to do. How long will the chain last?

Even if you don't have any Powerade coupons, this is one hot deal for the price of your initial investment of .74 + tax!

Kroger Scenario Matchups for $3/15 Sale

With so many different coupons from so many different sources this is a very complex deal, but there are some great deals to be had including a few profitable items. Instead of writing a specific scenario I have focused on some of the best deals with the coupon matchups. With the exeption of the Pop Secret I have done all of the deals I have listed and can verify that they work.

You can pick any combination of 15 participating items including several that I don't have listed. You can do up to 3 deals (45 items) in one transaction. If you need more items divide your order into multiple transactions. To maximize your savings be sure that you have your Cellfire and Shortcuts coupons loaded to your Kroger card. Remember that each Kroger card can only use each e-coupon once, but you can use one tradional coupon for each product that you have.

You can only do one catalina offer for each product per transaction. Example one Nature Valley and one Fruit Rollups offer works, but two Nature Valley catalina offers (10 boxes) will not produce two catalina coupons and must be done in two transactions. For more information about the current Kroger Catalina Offers visit the Fourm at Hot Coupon World.

In the event you end up with several catalinas you should be able to use the catalina coupons at any store that accepts manufaturer coupons; however, I know some people have had difficulties with the cashiers accepting them. They are manufacturer's coupons and say this at the top of the coupon. In any event, Publix should take as a competitor's coupon, but encourage them to scan as a manufacturer's coupon.

Chart Notes:
Please note tha that there is only one Old El Paso Product Cellfire Coupon, but I was showing the option of two different products.
F/D = Face Value or Double Face Value.


Click on chart for easier viewing.

Kroger Loss Leaders Week of September 14

There are so many deals this week at Kroger!

The Best of the Loss Leaders Without Coupons:

Tomatoes .99/lb.

Onions .99/lb.

Cucumbers .50/each

Pork Loin $1.99/lb. - Glad to see this price back! I was scared we had permanently moved to higher prices. You may want to stock up and freeze some if you have space.

Milk $3.38 - A few years ago I never would have dreamed that this would be the lowest price in town and still be cheaper than a gallon of gas!

O.J. $2.48

Sara Lee Bread BOGO (You only have to buy one to get 1/2 price)

Winter Squash .69/lb. Glad to see the fall harvest is starting to come in! Remember buying fresh produce in season will help lower your grocery bill.

Regular Sales with Coupons:

Aquafresh Toothpaste $1
FREE if correct products are included after .50/1 (9/7 S2)

Suave .88
FREE after .50/1 (7/13 RP) or .33/1 with $2/3 (7/13 RP)

Powerade Zero Catalina Offer - Good deal even if you do not have a coupon!
Powerade .79
IF Powerade Zero is included in sale ($1/bottle if not included)
Buy 6 Powerade (must buy exactly 6 for this scenario to work correctly)
Use only 1 of either $1/1 (7/13 S) OR .75/1 (6/8 S) OR Free Bottle (MyCokeRewards) OR BOGO (Tearpad)
Receive a coupon at checkout for $4.00 off your next shopping order (any items)
Receive all 6 32 oz bottles of Powerade Zero for FREE after coupon and $4.00 catalina offer.
No coupon? Buy 6 for .74 after Catalina.
More coupons? Repeat deal using 1 per transaction or use multiple coupons in one transaction to earn catalinas.

Note: Catalinas sometimes do not print as they should. Before you start checking out make sure that the catalina machine is working (the green light is on in steady state). Sometimes I even ask the cashier to verify. Usually if the catalina does not print customer service will reimburse you in cash for the value that you should have received. If this is a problem, return items and repurchase at a different register to try to force the catalina to print.

Look for a second post later with deal scenarios based on the $3/15 promotion combined with catalina offers, printable coupons, insert coupons, Cellfire, and Shortcuts match ups.

Powerade Catalina Offer at Kroger

A Catalina is a coupon that prints at the register.

See Offer Details at HCW.

Not sure of the current price, as it had been on sale for $1/1 but this still should be a money maker when you use coupons (7/13 S and 6/8 S)! This is one of those times where it pays off not to use your coupons immediately.

Remember, save the bottle caps to earn prizes including free Coke at MyCokeRewards. If you hurry you could even possibly roll this deal. 24 points (8 caps) would earn you a coupon for a free Powerade at MyCokeRewards. Request the coupons and do the deal again.

If you are a personal friend of mine or just happen to really like me and haven't joined MyCokeRewards yet I would appreciate letting me refer you (I get 10 bonus points, but need to send in the e-mail address you plan to use as they do not have a referral link).