10 for $10.00 sale

[eleny]

This week our King Soopers (Kroger) is having one of these type sales. And it's not just some load of crap we'd never use. There's frozen veggies, canned pumpkin, liquid soap, canned Minute Maid orange juice, oatmeal and peanut butter. Also, one of my new favorites for making Italian sauce - big cans of crushed Contadina tomatoes with either garlic or Italian herbs. That stuff by itself tastes a lot like my Italian mother in laws sauce.

I'm so pleased when they have these sales and include things we'll use. I should pay more attention to couponing. If I did I would really clean up on this week's specials.

[lildreamer316]

1. Food Lion too.

Love these; gonna go stock up. Check your coupons too!!

[benny05]

10. Q for you

I am curious; has Food Lion improved its meat keeping practices?

Thank you in advance for answering this q. I know it's a bit sensitive to many Food Lion shoppers.

[calico1]

2. This must be going on in a lot of places.

Big Y and Stop & Shop are doing it. In addition, Stop & Shop occasionally will have a coupon for $8 off a $50 purchase. I used one a couple of weeks ago. Big Y does buy one get two free. A lot of the stuff I won't use. But I got 3 dozen eggs and 3 packages of bacon last week. And once in a while they will have coupons that double dollar off coupons. All the supermarkets around here normally double coupons for up to 99 cents. And I carfully check mine before I shop. The thing to remember is to not go nuts buying stuff just because its a great deal. I have fallen into that trap and then end up throwing out stuff. I am more careful now. But I do tend to plan my menus around the loss leaders. You can save a bundle that way!

[eleny]

3. Planning menus around lost leaders

Same here. The other week they had eggplant on the dollar sale. So we had eggplant parmesan since I also had the other ingredients on hand.

After shopping today I was really tired from a bad cold. I made a last swing through the meat dept and saw t-bones on sale. There was a markdown in there, so I got that tray of 3 very nice thick t-bone steaks for $14. Hubby and I shared one. The lost leader side dishes were $1.50 to make tonight's special treat dinner for two totaled up at less than $6.20.

My stores haven't had a cash-back deal in a very long time. And when they did, you had to buy quite a bit. $8 off for a $50 purchase is very nice! :thumbsup:

[thinkingwoman]

4. we saved a LOT on that sale

a few weeks ago at our local Kroger! Made some delicious meals too.

Also, one of our local Krogers has a gas station and offers 10 cents off per gallon for each $100 spent and recorded on their card-that-tracks-everything-you-buy-and-informs-Uncle Sam. That has helped us a bunch these last few months.

[xmas74]

5. We had a sale recently at our local Country Mart.

You filled up a paper bag w/ any meat in the store and saved 20% off of all meat products in the bag. The same weekend we had a 10 for 10 at another local store.
If only I could get a couponing group going in my area I'd be in great shape!

[hvn_nbr_2]

6. Albertson's does that a lot out here.

Most of what's "on sale" at 10 for $10 is normally 1 for $1. Always seems like just a gimmick to me, maybe intended to get you to buy more of them than you otherwise would. A few of the things are good buys.

[NMDemDist2]

7. agreed, I have to watch those sales closely

and item whose regular price is $1.09 at a dollar is no great shakes when I can get the store brand every day for 89 cents

and I don't buy 10 of most anything, but my store you don't have to....

[eleny]

8. That isn't even a sale!

I'd bitch about it if they advertised it as a sale. I make it a rule that the items have to be something we purchase regularly and the sale is a really great deal like 1/2 price or more. I've done well that way and never noticed Soopers pulling a fast one. I think I've only gone to Albertson's for such sales a few times and didn't notice the fudging. Must be a new practise.

[intheflow]

9. King Soopers also has double coupons,

which really help a lot when you use them in conjuncture with these types of sales. They also take 2 or 3 cents off for every bag you reuse/bring from home to use instead of their bags. It adds up over time.