Wondering why you are seeing this post on a couponing site? View my posts here and here to find out why I believe these issues are important.
Stockpiling-- Here are the weekly “best buys” I found for adding to your stockpile (therefore the list is mostly of shelf stable items or toiletries). Some of the stores are regional. If you do not have a store listed in your area, or if you do not eat the items mentioned, then consider taking $1-$5 from your weekly grocery budget to use for building your stockpile.
If you find some deals I missed, please post in the comments section. The scenarios are from the websites I’ve linked for the sales and match-ups.
- Band-Aids--$1.99 after in-ad coupon
Use $2/1 coupon from the Walgreens Children's activity book
Free after coupons - Campbell's Cream of Chicken or Mushroom Soup--on sale BOGO (2 for $1.59) after in-ad coupon
Buy 2 and use $1/2 printable coupon--IE link or FF Link)
$0.30 each after coupons - Buy $10 worth of Quaker Instant Oatmeal or Granola Bars at $2.50 each, Earn a $5 RR back
Use $1.25/2 Quaker Oatmeal coupon from the 8/30 RedPlum insert or $1/2 Quaker Granola Bar coupon here or from the 8/30 RedPlum insert - Buy 8 or more in selected Unilever products, Get $8 Register Rewards back
Products: Ragu Pasta Sauce, Skippy PB, Hellmann's Mayo, Bertolli Meals
Use $0.75/1 Skippy coupon from the 10/4 insert (regional value, some areas only got $0.40/1)
Use $0.75/1 or $0.60/2 Ragu Pasta Sauce coupon from the 9/13 RedPlum insert
Use $1/1 Hellmanns Mayo printable coupon
CVS--
- Kashi Go Lean Cereal--$3.00
Use $3/1 from the Vocalpoint home mailer (if you received these)
Free after coupon
Kroger--
- Bumble Bee Tuna Pouches .99 ea
-$1 off Bumble Bee Tuna printable (makes it FREE) - Tabasco $1.39 reg. price
-.50/1 Tabasco Sauce Shortcuts eCoupon
-$1 off Tabasco Sauce SS 9/27
-.50/1 Tabasco Sauce printable
(use eCoupon with paper coupon makes it FREE) - Kroger Peanut Butter 18oz $1 ea
Ingles--
- Minute Rice 14 oz $2 ea
-.50/1 Minute Rice SS 10/04 printable (makes it $1) - Laura Lynn 1 lb rice 2/$1
Target—(Note—the Ronzoni is the only deal below that is in the sales flyer. Targets vary their prices on the other items. If in doubt, you can always call ahead to do a price check before making the trip to the store. I also find that as the week goes on a few more Target deals will be uncovered. Therefore, I usually plan my Target trips for later in the week).
- Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Pasta - $1/ea
Use $1/2 here
Final Price = $0.50/ea when you buy 2 - Hormel Compleats - $1.89/ea
Use $2/1 in October All You magazine
Final Price = FREE - Chex Mix (3.75 oz - near registers) - $0.99/ea
Use $1/1 Target coupon here
Final Price = FREE - Skippy Peanut Butter (15 oz) - $1.74-1.79/ea
Use $0.40/1 or $0.75/1 in 10/4 Red Plum insert (note: not all regions rec'd this coupon - including Knoxville)
PLUS
Use $1/1 Target Coupon here
Final Price = FREE - 0.39/ea or $0.74/ea - Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls - $2.02-2.29/ea
Use $0.75/1, $1/1 or $1/2 in 8/30 Red Plum insert
PLUS
Use $1/1 Target Coupon here
Final Price = $0.02-0.79/ea - Edwards Pie Singles - possibly on clearance for $1.14
Use $1/1 here (IE) or here (FF) or in 8/30 Smart Source insert
Final Price = $0.14/ea
Quaker Oatmeal Cups - $1/ea
Use $1.25/2 in 8/30 Red Plum insert
Final Price = $0.38/ea when you buy 2
Emergency Preparedness—This week I encourage you to ask your workplace, house of worship, school, gym, or any large facility you visit often if they have an AED machine. Being trained in CPR, first aid, and knowing how to use an AED machine are equally important in emergency preparedness. More and more facilities are purchasing these life saving tools, but very few people know what they look like or how important these can be in saving a life. Contact your local Red Cross or American Heart Association to see if they have a training AED machine that you can look at. While the use of these devices is not very difficult (the machine often has instructions that it will say once you turn it on), it is a good idea to become familiar with them ahead of time. If you attend a larger house of worship, gym, or other organization that might have the funds to purchase such a machine, I encourage you to advocate for buying one. When I was young, a boy at our rural high school died on the football field from an undiagnosed heart condition before paramedics could arrive. I can’t help but wonder if things would have been different if portable AED machines would have been around then.
Food Security—Do you glean? Gleaning can help you add locally grown, in season, FREE foods to your stockpile. This time of the year when the weather is nice and gardens and crops are nearing an end is a perfect time to go on a gleaning walk. Many people with nut trees in their yards do not harvest them. Depending on your climate zone, this is the time of the year to harvest black walnuts, hazelnuts, and the last of the pecans. If you are lucky you can also find pear trees that still have fruit ready for picking. Many people are happy to share the rest of their crop because they have spent the last month or so preserving the food (i.e. they are sick of dealing with them and are happy to pawn them off on someone else). You might offer a local farmer or gardener your work and time in exchange for what foods are left on the plants. And, perhaps my favorite of foods to glean, the persimmon is ready to harvest. Here is the trick with the small variety of persimmons, if you eat them off of the tree, no matter how orangey yellow they look, they will coat your tongue with one of the most disgusting of tastes. When harvesting persimmons, wait until they fall to the ground and then collect them. They will be yummy and sweet. You’ll want to go out to the tree regularly as raccoons, squirrels and other animals also enjoy the fruit.
Note—I’m not suggesting that you go out under a veil of darkness to glean the foods from your neighbors yard. Part of being involved in a community is working cooperatively. Ask them if you can help them in some way in exchange for foods. Don’t trespass. Say please and thank you. Get to know your neighbors.
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