Dominion Deals!

I picked up a few really good deals this week at Dominion.  

VH Indian Market sauces on sale for 2/$5 (a savings of $3.78).  If you clipped the coupons in the flyer inserts a few weeks back there was a coupon there buy 2 save $2.50.

Sale price + coupon saving = 

2 bottles for $2.50 and a savings of $6.28

Also a really good deal was the soy milk that I found discounted for 50% off in the Natural Value section.  Don`t always walk by the discounted merchandise because the expiry dates on stuff like this might surprise you.  It's not always for something that's about to expire in a day or so.  Often stores will have stock they need to clear out to make room for the new.  I'd say that's what happened here - the expirations were Aug-Oct 2012!

Price of the soy beverage = $1.12  (50% off)

rice for the 3 pack soy beverages = $1.50 (50% off)

PLUS we actually had a few coupons for the soy milks, so ended up paying only

$0.37 for some of the 946mL 

and $0.75 for the 3 pack!

Great Deals this Week for High Cholesterol

This week at Sobeys if you purchase a Becel Proactive margarine that's on sale you'll also get a free loaf of Compliments whole grain bread.

Did you know there is a difference between whole wheat and whole grain bread?  Yup, it's true.  Click here to learn more the difference.

Why is this good for cholesterol?  Plant sterols in the margarine and fibers in whole grains both, both help to lower bad cholesterol levels in the blood.

Becel ProActive margarine $4.99 -$2 online coupon (no longer available)

Free whole grain Compliments loaf value $3.19

Total paid for 3 loaves and 3 margarines:  $8.97

Total value of foods purchased: $27.54

Using Mail in Rebates & Coupons Together

 I found this mail in rebate (MIR) for Tropicana at Dominion. Some MIRs you have to use at a particular store, but this one you can use anywhere. I decided to use it at Sobeys. Basically if you purchase 3 Quaker products you'll get a free Trop50 (Stevia sweetened juice beverage).

The great thing about MIRs is that you can use them with coupons to get even better deals. 

For example with mine I used:

Sobeys coupons included with flyers (2 weeks ago)

free Quaker product coupon (a facebook promotion some time ago)

Preview

Quaker One Minute Oats 2 x $3.59 - 2 x $.50 Sobeys coupons

Quaker Oatmeal $3.49- free with facebook coupon

Trop 50 $4.99 - free with MIR

= $6.18 paid for $15.66 worth of food

a 61% savings!  :)))

Bran is Good!

All Bran bars are on sale at Sobey's this week for $2.00.  You usually see them at a sale price of 2/$5 or $2.50 each, however this week it's an even better deal.  I had a ton of All Bran coupons saved up from cereal boxes and sites online like Websaver. Each coupon totalling anywhere from $1-$2.

All Bran bars:
$2 x 6 boxes
-$1 coupon from cereal box x 4
-$1.50 coupon from Websaver
-$2 coupon from Kellogg's holiday box

Total paid $4.50


Total saved with coupons and sale = $ 13.44


I've found that saving coupons until you get the best deal possible is really the way to go.  Sales and deals will come and go so don't be in a rush to use a coupon. Chances are another sale will on next week and the prices could be even cheaper. 

Cheap, cheap yogurt!

Did anyone grab hold of the Activia coupons the website was mailing out a while back?  I used mine for the first time this weekend.  No Frills had some great deals on their yogurt.  It wasn't advertised in the flyer though (just another reason to make sure you've always got those coupons handy) :)

Each of the yogurts were marked down $2. The prices below were from the receipt, but I'm sure the in store price was marked $4.49 for the 12 pack - I'll need to watch the register a little better next time. (Often times if the cash rings in a item that is higher than the advertised price you'll get that item for free, or $ discounted from your total - it depends on store policy, but that's usually how it goes).

With the Activia online coupons we paid:

2 x 12 pack $5.99 -$2 = $3.99

2 x dessert pack (4's) $2.99 = free when you buy a 12 pack

Total paid = $7.98 for 4 individual packs of yogurt

(or the same as $1.99 each)

SAVED $17.98!

This promotion ended a while back, but you can get a $1 Activia coupon here 

BOGO the deals

I always love when Sobeys has their BOGO sale.  It's a great time to use coupons on those items you are getting 2 for the price of 1.  This week we managed to use A LOT of coupons on sale items to save really big.  Probably one of our biggest savings in a grocery trip since I started couponing, saving 46% on our bill.  


Here's a list of what we picked up:
2 x Sunlight Laundry = $6.99 +BOGO
Lipton Tea Bags 100 count = $6.49 - $4 (free product) coupon
4 x SoyDream (regular $2.99 each) = 2x  $2.99 BOGO + 2x $1 on product coupons I found in store= out of pocket costs $0.99 each.  Fortified soy milk is an excellent alternate to regular cow milk, plus it often goes on sale and you can usually find coupons for it. 
Pam = $4.89 - $1 coupon
12 Lrg Eggs = $3.69 - $2 coupon when you buy Pam
Kraft Mooza Cheesestrings = $5.59 - free product coupon 
2 x Royale bath tissue = $6.99 + BOGO
Compliments Naan bread = $3.19 + BOGO
Crackerbarrel Old Cheddar Singles = $4.29 - free product coupon
4 x Alymer Accents Tomatoes =2 x $2.19 + BOGO -$1 coupon -2 x $.50 coupons = out of pocket costs $0.60 each. 
Kraft Dill Cream Cheese = $3.89 - free product coupon
Triscuit crackers = $2.79 - free product coupon
2 x Catelli Pasta Sauce = $2.99 + BOGO
Compliments 398ml Canned pineapple = $1.11
VH Stir-fry sauce = 2/$5
Baby Tomatoes = $3.97
Baby Bok Choy = $3.08
Oranges = $6.49 + BOGO Apples (value $5.47)
2 x English Cucumber = $2.99 + BOGO
Romaine Lettuce = $4.49


Total paid = $66.83 (we used a $25 gift card from the holidays, so we ended up paying $41.83 out of pocket) 
Total cost of items bought = $123.50
Savings = $56.67 (with gift card $81.67)









Essentially with our savings, it was like getting everything in this picture for free! :) 




If you're taking part in the BOGO sales this week some things to keep an eye out for:
BOGO Alymer tomotoes - some of the cans have $0.50 coupons on the labels
BOGO Soy Dream - some of the 946ml cartons have 41 peelie coupons attached


I noticed as well there were a lot of coupons on tear pads in Sobeys this week as well : Trop50 juice, Biobest drinkable yogurt, Asana yogurt, & Dempsters bagels we some of the few I picked up for future trips.