The Shopper's Apprentice

Here are the Dominick’s top deals for the week of 5/23/2013, sent over by Rachel from Mashup Mom:

Top deals

• Kellogg’s 8-ct pop-tarts, $1.49 with in-ad coupon limit 4. Print $.70/1 here for $.79 pop-tarts! Also $1.00/3 in the 5/19 RP.
• Friday-Monday only: S’mores package deal: All three together are $5.00. Honey Maid Grahams, Kraft Jet-Puffed marshmallows. 6 pack Hershey’s milk chocolate bars. Use $1.00 off all three in the 5/12 SS and make S’Mores for $4.00.
• Fresh Safeway chicken leg quarters extreme value pack, $.99/lb.
• Corn, 5/$1.00.
• Lucerne cream cheese brick, $.99 with in-ad coupon limit 4.
• Lucerne large eggs dozen, $.99 with in-ad coupon limit 2.

You can still add the 5/$5.00 Hormel Chili Just for U eCoupon. Use your loyalty card over at Dominick’s and the $1/2 Hormel coupon from the 5/19 SS to get 0.50 Hormel chili! There is also a 0.55/2 Hormel Chili products Printable coupon available if you really want to stock up!

Here’s a deal on Magnum bars over at Dominick’s, sent over by Rachel from Mashup Mom:

Here’s one sent over by feelgood — thanks!

Just got back from Dominick’s. Magnum Gold 3-pks were shelf priced at $2.99 each. Page three of this week’s ad shows $2 off instantly when you buy 2 Magnums, brings it down to $1.99 each. Used $1.00/1 Magnum Gold coupons (tearpads found at Jewel), now $0.99 each. Paid $1.98 for two and got a $2.00 Catalina…which rolled on subsequent Magnum Gold purchases.

Also bought Magnum Classic 3-pks ($1.99 each after instant) and Magnum Double Caramel ($2.49 after instant), got a $2.00 Catalina each time.

Catalina offer ends tomorrow, 5/19.

If you have been holding onto the tearpad qs, looks like tomorrow at Dominick’s is the time to use them! Even without the coupon, the classic and Gold are $.99 each after Catalina and instant.

Here’s a Dominick’s deal, sent over by Rachel from Mashup Mom:

Several of you have pointed out that this coupon may have reset yesterday, so check it out: Change your zip to 84121 over on this page and then come back and click in through this link. Sort by “Foods” and scroll down to find a Buy one 32 oz package Johnsonville Grillers, get a free 19 oz pkg Johnsonville brats. (If you don’t see it, put in ZIP 99218 then reload the page.)

Johnsonville Grillers are $5.00 on Dominick’s $5 Friday sale today — or, extend through Sunday on JFU! So, get both the grillers AND a pack of brats for just $5.00. That’s over 3 lbs total.

Note from Christy: These are also going to be sale-priced at $5.99 over at Meijer next week (5/19 or 5/23), so if you don’t shop Dominick’s, use at Meijer!

Print Free Johnsonville Brats wyb Johnsonville Grillers here.

Here are your Dominick’s Deal Match and Just for U updates, compiled and sent over by Rachel from Mashup Mom.

• Load all your Deal Match prices here.
• Load all your Just for U e-coupons and prices here.

Check your Personalized Deals

… Cause maybe you have something better than I do? They only  added four things to mine this week, one being the $1.49 eggs again, one being $.30 a gallon in gas rewards if I spend $40 (but I can still only redeem $.20 a time at Mobil, reading the fine  print), and one being Betty Crocker fruit flavored snacks at $1.89 (so not happening!).

I do have Fresh Express salad blends at $1.79 and they are BOGO this week, so that’s something. What do you have?

Check your Coupon Center

• El Monterey 32 oz burritos and chimichangas showed up as a $2.49 price, limit 3. Use $1.00/1 in the 3/3 RP or 1/27 SS to get them for just $1.49.
• Van de Kamp’s showed up as a $2.99 price, limit 4. Print $1.00/1 here. $2.99 fish!
• Here’s another one — save $10 when you purchase $100 in American Express gift cards. You’ll want to do the $100 card instead of smaller denominations because of the activation fee (I think it’s $5.95 like MasterCard, but not sure). So it’s only a very small money maker here.
• We got $.89 Clif, Luna, or Mojo bars limit 4. There’s $.50/1 Mojo bar in the 4/7 SS to make them $.39.

Check your Deal Match

They’re matching some of the decent deals at Jewel, including 2 liter Pepsi for $.89 and 2-liter 7-Up for $.89 when you buy four, as well as Pantry Essentials milk for $1.99, bananas at $.38/lb and red grapes for $.99/lb, select Special K for $1.99 when you buy four, and Hormel bacon for $2.99 each when you buy two.

Here are the top deals over at Dominick’s, sent over by Rachel from Mashup Mom:

Top deals

• On the $5 Friday sale (extend through Sunday on JFU; available to load Friday): Hormel or Wolf chili with beans, 5/$5.00. Load a one time one item $1.00/1 manufacturer coupon for Wolf chili on JFU to get one FREE. Print $.55/2 Hormel chili here. And print another $.55/2 Hormel chili here.
• Vlasic or Farmer’s Garden pickles, BOGO. Print $2.00/1 Farmer’s Garden on Facebook. And print $1.00/1 Vlasic or Farmer’s Garden here. I don’t know how much Farmer’s Garden runs, but it seems like it should be a good deal here!
• Johnsonville smoked sausage, $2.49 with in-ad coupon limit 5. Use $1.00/1 in the 4/28 RP or $1.00/2 in the 4/7 SS or $.75/1 in the March or April AY. Just $1.49 after the $1.00 coupon + in-ad coupon.
• 48 oz Crisco oil, $2.99 with in-ad coupon limit 4. Print $.75/1 here (which by the way I can still only see in Chrome and not Firefox?!). Load $.75/1 (manufacturer coupon) on JFU. Get your oil for $2.24.
• 32 oz El Monterey burritos or chimichangas, $3.59 minus $1.10 e-coupon = $2.49 limit 3. $1.00/1 in the 3/3 RP or 1/27 SS. If this is a store coupon, this will make it $1.49 after both.
• Tilapia or swai fillets, $2.99/lb.

Note from Christy: The link to the Crisco should take you right to the coupon, and I had no trouble seeing or printing it from Internet Explorer.

Change your zip over to 77477 over on SmartSource.com and scroll through the pages until you find the printable coupon good for $2/1 6pk Zevia, Zero Calorie Soda, any flavor. Zevia 6pk cans is $2.99 over at Dominick’s when you add the price on your Just for U account (and use your loyalty card at checkout). This is a one-time use, limit 4.

That makes it just 0.99 for a 6pk of soda!

Print $2/1 Zevia 6pk Zero Calorie Soda here. Coupon expires 6/12/2013.

Headed out to Dominick’s and Meijer today while my youngest was in preschool. Here’s what I bought, starting at Dominick’s:

Transaction #1:
6 Fresh Express Salad Kids, $2.50 ea, $15.00. Used six $2/1 Fresh Express Salad Kits Printable coupons
4 Hersez Salsa, 0.39 ea with Just for U, $1.56. Used four 0.55/1 Herdez Dips Printable coupons (zip 10001 over on this page)
2 Udi’s Gluten Free Bread, $2.99 ea with Just for U. Used two $2/1 Udi’s coupons from the Meijer Catalina machine (no beeps!)
3 Hallmark Cards, $1.99 ea, $5.97. Used $2/3 Hallmark Cards Printable coupon
Doritos Locos, $4.29. Used FREE coupon that came in the mail

Total after coupons and Just for U was $9.16 and I got back $5 OYNO for the Hallmark cards, so net cost $4.16 with a savings of $42.04!

Transaction #2:
3 Hallmark Cards, $1.99 ea, $5.97. Used $2/3 Hallmark Cards Printable coupon

Total after coupon was $4.53 and I got back the $5 store coupon, so net profit 0.47. Then I headed over to Meijer. My 4yo is turning 5 tomorrow and he wanted to pass out Mario Fruit snacks to his preschool class. So…

Transaction #1:
Joy Ice Cream Sugar Cones, $1.19. Used 0.55/1 Joy Ice Cream Cones Printable coupon
Joy Gluten Free Ice Cream Cones, $2.49. Used 0.55/1 Joy Ice Cream Cones Printable coupon
Kool-Aid Jammers, $1.67. Will submit for 0.50 back from Ibotta
2 Mario Fruit Snacks, $3.33
4 Meijer Naturals Tomato Sauce, 0.40 ea, $1.60
Meijer Rice Milk, on Price Drop for 0.99

Total after coupons was $10.22 and I paid with a $10 OYNO for buying Schick last week and the rest in change. Got back a $3 OYNO Meijer Naturals and Organics, so…

Transaction #2:
3 Meijer Rice Milk, 0.99 ea, $2.97
Meijer Tomato Sauce, 0.40

Total was $3.38 and I paid with the $3 OYNO from transaction #1.

Net cost at Meijer: $10.60 with a savings of $20.67. The Mario Fruit snacks don’t go on the food bill, since that’s part of my guy’s birthday celebration.

Net cost for everything in the photo: $13.85 with a savings of $68.22

There is a new $2/3 Hallmark Cards Printable coupon available over on the Hallmark Facebook page. This is a RevTrax coupon and I was able to print two per computer. Dominick’s is a great place to use this coupon, where there’s a Catalina going on through Tuesday, 5/14. Here’s the deal:

• Buy three Expressions by Hallmark cards at Dominick’s 4/21-5/14, $1.49 – $1.99
• Use the $2/3 Hallmark Cards Printable coupon (minimum $2 purchase required)
• $2.47 – $3.97
• Get $5.00 OYNO
• Net profit: $2.53 – $1.03!

Here’s an update on the MasterCard deal over at Dominick’s, sent over by Rachel from Mashup Mom:

Heads up! People are reporting that the $15 off $100 MasterCard that’s available to load on JFU is not coming off at the register today. You might want to have your printout with you just in case so you can argue your case with customer service if yours does not either.