The Cheapest 8/25/13

When there are so many different stores, it's hard to keep track of the best deals for the week. Here is a list of where to find the best deals for the week on some of the main staples for your home. Please let me know if there are any items you'd like to see on this list. I'll mostly be able to tell you the best deals between advertised prices at Walmart, Target, Cub Foods, and Cash Wise, but may find better deals at other stores as well.

REMINDER: Walmart and Target price match, so make sure to price match if you don't have a specific store in your town, or you just don't want to store hop.  See my page about price matching!  

***Updates in purple***
***Coupons available in red: coupon value, coupon title, exp date, and where you can find the coupon***

THE CHEAPEST:

• Laundry soap: 
• Menards: Era (96 loads) $7.95 ($0.08/load)
• $0.50/1 Gain or Era Detergent or Gain Fabric Enhancer, exp. 9/30/13 (RP 08/11/13 R)
• $1/1 Gain or Era Detergents or Gain Fabric Enhancer, exp. 9/30/13 (RP 08/11/13 R)
• $2/2 Gain or Era Detergents or Gain Fabric Enhancer, exp. 9/30/13 (RP 08/11/13 R)
• $0.50/1 Era Detergent, exp. 8/31/13 (RP 07/14/13 R)
• $0.50/1 Gain or Era Detergent, exp. 9/30/13 (RP 08/11/13)
• $1/2 Gain or Era Detergent or Gain Fabric Enhancer, exp. 9/30/13 (RP 08/11/13)
• Walgreens: Purex Buy 1, get 2 free (***STOCK UP DEAL***)
• $1/2 Purex Liquid Detergents or Ultrapacks, exp. 9/1/13 (RP 08/04/13 #2)
• TP
• Target: Charmin 16 mega rolls (64 reg) $15.99 ($0.21/reg roll WYB 2)
• $5 gift card WYB 2 Charmin or Bounty
• $0.25/1 Charmin Product, exp. 8/31/13 (P&G 07/28/13)
• Paper towels:
• Target: Bounty 12 giant rolls (18 reg) $15.99 ($0.74/reg roll WYB 2)
• $5 gift card WYB 2 Charmin or Bounty
• $1/2 Bounty Towel or Napkin Product, exp. 6/30/14 (Charmin Insert)
• $0.25/1 Bounty Towels or Napkins, exp. 8/31/13 (P&G 07/28/13)
• Shampoo/conditioner:
• Target: Pantene $2.99-$3.49 (the coupons make this a great deal )
• $1/2 Vidal Sassoon, Herbal Essences, Head & Shoulders, Pantene or Aussie Hair Care Items @Target, exp. 9/1/13 (SS 07/28/13 R)
• $3/2 Pantene Shampoo, Conditioner or Treatment Product, exp. 8/31/13 (RP 08/04/13 #2)
• Target: Garnier Fructis $2.99
• $1.50/1 Garnier Fructis Shampoo, Conditioner or Treatment, exp. 9/21/13 (RP 08/11/13)
• Diapers: Target:
• Get a $10 gift card WYB 2:
• Pampers for $37.99 each
• $1.50 off Pampers Diapers, exp. 8/31/13 (P&G 07/28/13)
• Huggies for $34.99 each
• $3/1 Huggies Diapers, exp. 9/14/13 (SS 08/18/13)
• Get a $5 gift card WYB 2:
• Up & up diapers for $24.99
• Milk:
• Kwik Trip: $2.49/gallon
• Cheese: 
• Sliced: Cub Foods: Crystal Farms 2/$3
• Shredded: Cib Foods: Crystal Farms 8oz $1.88
• Cereal
• Walgreen's: Kellogg's cereal $1.88
• $1/2 Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats or Crunch, exp. 9/8/13 (RP 07/28/13 R)
• $1/3 Kellogg's Krave, Frosted Flakes, Apple Jacks, Froot Loops, Corn Pops, Honey Smacks or Frosted Mini-Wheats little Bites, exp. 9/8/13 (RP 07/28/13 R)
• $1/2 Kellogg's Cereals, exp. 9/15/13 (RP 08/04/13 #2)
• Meat
• Hamburger: Cub Foods $1.98/lb (sold in 3lb packages)
• Hot dogs: Cub Foods: Oscar Meyer $0.99 each
• Pop
• Pepsi: Target: 12 pks 4/$9
• Coke: Cub Foods: 12 pk $1.98

***Prices are not including coupons***

The Cheapest 8/18/13

When there are so many different stores, it's hard to keep track of the best deals for the week. Here is a list of where to find the best deals for the week on some of the main staples for your home. Please let me know if there are any items you'd like to see on this list. I'll mostly be able to tell you the best deals between advertised prices at Walmart, Target, Cub Foods, and Cash Wise, but may find better deals at other stores as well.

REMINDER: Walmart and Target price match, so make sure to price match if you don't have a specific store in your town, or you just don't want to store hop.  See my page about price matching!  

***Updates in purple***
***Coupons available in red: coupon value, coupon title, exp date, and where you can find the coupon***

THE CHEAPEST:

• Laundry soap: 
• Menards:  Arm & Hammer Laundry Detergent Power Paks (50 loads) $6.49
  $1/2 Arm & Hammer Power Paks Single-Use Detergent from 7/14 Smart Source insert
  $1/2 Arm & Hammer Power Paks Single-Use Laundry Detergent from 6/23 Smart Source insert (exp 8/31)
  $1/3 Arm & Hamer Laundry Products printable
  
• Menards: Era Laundry Detergent (96 loads) $7.95
  $0.50/1 Gain or Era Detergent 25 oz.+ or Gain Fabric Enhancer from 8/11 Red Plum insert (limit 4 like coupons per household per day)
  $1/2 Gain or Era Detergents 25 oz.+ or Gain Fabric Enhancer from 8/11 Red Plum insert (limit 4 like coupons per household per day)
  $1/2 Era Detergent 25 oz.+ from 7/14 Red Plum insert (limit 4 like coupons per household per day) (exp 8/31)
  
• Menards: All Laundry Detergent (96 loads) $8.99
  $0.75/1 All Liquid, Powder or Mighty Pacs Detergent 24 loads+ from 7/28 Red Plum #1 insert
  

  
  
• Shampoo/conditioner
• Walmart: Vidal Sassoon Pro Shampoo or Conditioner $2.47 
  $1/1 Vidal Sassoon Shampoo or Conditioner (excludes trial/travel size) from 7/14 Smart Source insert (limit 4 like coupons per household per day) (exp 8/31)
  $3/3 Vidal Sassoon Shampoo, Conditioner or Treatment (excludes trial/travel size) from 8/4 Red Plum #2 insert (limit 4 like coupons per household per day) (exp 8/31)
  $1.50/2 Vidal Sassoon Shampoo, Conditioner or Treatment (excludes trial/travel size) from 8/4 Red Plum #2 insert (limit 4 like coupons per household per day) (exp 8/31)
  $0.50/1 Vidal Sassoon Shampoo, Conditioner or Treatment (excludes trial/travel size) from 8/4 Red Plum #2 insert (limit 4 like coupons per household per day) (exp 8/31)
  
• Target:  Buy 3 Participating Pantene Products, Get Free $5 Target Gift Card
  $1/2 Vidal Sassoon, Herbal Essences, Head & Shoulders, Pantene or Aussie Hair Care Items (excludes trial/travel size) Target coupon from 7/28 Smart Source #1 insert (limit 4 identical coupons per household per day)
  Plus, use:
  $3/2 Pantene Shampoo, Conditioner or Treatment Products (excludes trial/travel size) from 8/4 Red Plum #2 insert (limit 4 like coupons per household per day)
  $1/1 Pantene Treatment Product (excludes trial/travel size) from 8/4 Red Plum #2 insert (limit 4 like coupons per household per day)
  $2/2 Pantene Smooth Collection Products printable
  $2/2 Pantene Products printable
  $1/1 Pantene Styler or Treatment Product printable
• Target: Garnier Fructis Hydra Recharge Shampoo or Conditioner (13 oz.) $2.99
• $1.50/1 Garnier Fructis Shampoo, Conditioner or Treatment (excludes trial size) from 8/11 Red Plum insert (exp 9/21)
  $1/1 Garnier Fructis Shampoo, Conditioner or Treatment (excludes trial size) from 7/14 Red Plum insert (exp 8/24)
  $1/1 Garnier Fructis Shampoo or Conditioner or Treatment printable
• Milk
• Freedom gas station: $2.38/gallon with coupon 
• Kwik Trip: They won't give their price out over the phone, but I'm 99% sure they're the cheapest in town. Target, Walmart, and Cash Wise usually site around $3.75-$4 if they don't have a sale
• Cereal
• Walmart: Fruity or Cocoa Pebbles $2.28
  $1/2 Post Kids Cereals 6.2 oz.+ from 7/28 Smart Source #2 insert (limit 4 like coupons in same shopping trip) (exp 9/8)
  $1/2 Post Cereals 6.2 oz.+ from 7/28 Smart Source #2 insert (limit 4 like coupons in same shopping trip) (exp 9/8)
• Target: Kelloggs
  $1/2 Kellogg’s Cereals 8.7 oz.+ from 8/4 Red Plum #2 insert (limit 4 like coupons in same shopping trip, no cash back)
  $1/3 Kellogg’s Krave, Frosted Flakes, Apple Jacks, Froot Loops, Corn Pops, Honey Smacks and/or Frosted Mini-Wheats Little Bites Cereals 8.7 oz.+ from 7/28 Red Plum #2 insert (limit 4 like coupons in same shopping trip, no cash back)
  $1/2 Kellogg’s Cereals 8.7 oz.+ printable
  $1/3 Kellogg’s Cereals printable
  $1/3 Kellogg’s Krave, Frosted Flakes, Apple Jacks, Froot Loops or Corn Pops Cereals printable
• Buy 5, get $5 gift card back
• Meat
• Lunch meat: 
• Cash Wise: Land O Frost Premium Lunch meat (10-16 oz.) $3.48
  $2/2 Land O’ Frost Premium Packages from 8/11 Red Plum insert
  $2/2 Land O’ Frost Premium Packages from 7/28 Red Plum #1 insert (exp 8/28)
  $0.55/1 Land O’ Frost Premium, Bistro, Deli Shaved Lunchmeat printable available after registering
  
• Misc (FREE ITEMS)
• Walmart: Gillette Satin Care Shave Gel (travel size) $1.17 
  Gillette Shave Gel (travel size) $1.27 
  Gillette or Satin Care Regular $1.98
  $6/3 Gillette Cartridge, Razor, Shave Prep or Skin (excludes Gillette Bodywash, Deodorant or Hair Care Product) from 8/11 Red Plum insert (limit 4 like coupons per household per day) (exp 9/30)
  $3/2 Gillette Cartridge, Razor, Shave Prep or Skin (excludes Gillette Bodywash, Deodorant or Hair Care Product) from 8/11 Red Plum insert (limit 4 like coupons per household per day) (exp 9/30)
  $1/1 Gillette Cartridge, Razor, Shave Prep or Skin (excludes Gillette Bodywash, Deodorant or Hair Care Product) from 8/11 Red Plum insert (limit 4 like coupons per household per day) (exp 9/30)
• Walmart:  Bic Silky Touch Disposable Razors $2.64
• $3/1 Bic Disposable Razor (excludes trial size) from 8/11 Smart Source insert (limit 4 like coupons per household per day) (exp 9/8)
• Target: Venus Razor (1 ct.) $5.99
  $3/1 Venus Refillable Razor or Gillette Fusion Proglide Styler Target coupon from 7/28 Red Plum insert (exp 8/31)
  Plus, use:
  $3/1 Gillette Venus Razor (excludes disposables and trial/travel size) from 8/11 Red Plum insert (limit 4 like coupons per household per day) (exp 9/30)

***Prices are not including coupons***

The Cheapest 8/11/13

When there are so many different stores, it's hard to keep track of the best deals for the week. Here is a list of where to find the best deals for the week on some of the main staples for your home. Please let me know if there are any items you'd like to see on this list. I'll mostly be able to tell you the best deals between advertised prices at Walmart, Target, Cub Foods, and Cash Wise, but may find better deals at other stores as well.

REMINDER: Walmart and Target price match, so make sure to price match if you don't have a specific store in your town, or you just don't want to store hop.  See my page about price matching!  

***Coupons available in red: coupon value, coupon title, exp date, and where you can find the coupon***

THE CHEAPEST:

• Paper towels: 
• Charmin: Econo Foods: 9 double rolls $3.49 ($0.19/roll)
• $0.25/1 Charmin Product, exp. 8/31/13 (P&G 07/28/13)
• Diapers
• Target: Pampers or Huggies giant pack $34.99
• Free $15 gift card WYB 2
• Ends up being about $0.23/diaper, a decent price, but not that great
• $1.50 off Pampers Diapers, exp. 8/31/13 (P&G 07/28/13)
• Milk
• Target: $2.69
• Cereal: Cub Foods: Kellogg's cereal or Poptarts $1.77 each
• There are tons of coupons from recent Red Plum inserts, waaaay too many to list here
• Meat
• Hamburger: Cub Foods: $2.49/lb
• Lunch meat: Cub Foods: Land O Frost $3.99/16 oz
• $2/2 Land O'Frost Premium, exp. 8/28/13 (RP 07/28/13)
• $2/1 Land O'Frost Premium, exp. 9/11/13 (RP 08/11/13)
• $2/2 Land O Frost Premiums, exp. 9/11/13 (RP 08/11/13 R)
• Pop
• Pepsi: 
• Target: 12 packs 4/$12
• Cash Wise: 24 packs 2/$11.98
• Coke: 
• Misc

***Prices are not including coupons***

The Dollar Tree (same info, just moved from a page to a post)

A couple weeks ago, I found out something that completely changed my world.  The Dollar Tree accepts coupons.  That's right, The Dollar Tree accepts coupons.  So, being a couponer (couponess?!?) with a coupon blog and a small following, I naturally went over there with my coupon binder and spent an hour browsing and talking with the manager.  Oh, and taking pictures of the shelves to remind myself of the awesome deals so I could tell all of you.  Yep, just a crazy chick with a coupon binder taking pictures of The Dollar Tree.

Here's what I found:
They sell a lot of cheap items (meaning inexpensive, not poorly made). They also sell quite a few name brand items that you could use coupons on.  As with any store, you need to make sure you're watching the quantities of items.  If you pay $1 for 20 garbage bags, it's not as good of a deal as 60 bags for $3 at a different store. However, there is serious potential for some great deals if you keep your eyes open.  I got 5 bars of soap (Dial and Softsoap) for $0.37 total.  Just paid the sales tax.  Can't beat that! It's definitely a great place to get good deals on things you can use coupons on, as well as cleaning supplies such as brooms, mops, buckets, etc.  They have lots of household items as well.

I talked to Angie, the manager, and she clued me into the future of The Dollar Tree.  They are moving to the new building next to Kwik Trip and are hoping to be open at the new location July 1, 2013.  They have simply outgrown their current location in the mall and need more space to expand and get more merchandise.  One of the most exciting potential changes is the possibility of adding food to The Dollar Tree's inventory.  This will allow them to be licensed to accept EBT for food items.  The biggest thing Angie wants everyone to know is, "Our merchandise changes constantly, we're always getting new and different items."  This means more and more opportunities for coupon savings in the future!

Here are some of the brands I saw that I had coupons for in my binder:
Snapple
Kraft dressing
Campbell's soup
Bayer
Advil
Aleve
Pepto-bismal
Tylenol
Bic pens
Minute Maid juice
Swiss Miss
Gatorade
Sunny D
Renuzit air fresheners
Reynold's Wrap
Hefty bags
Ajax
Comet
Bounty paper towels
Kleenex
Halls
Sure deodorant
Secret deodorant
Speed Stick deodorant
Arrid deodorant
Arm and Hammer deodorant
Softsoap bar soap and liquid soap
Irish Spring soap
Zest soap
Dial soap
Jergens soap
Oil of Olay soap

As with any store, make sure you know what their coupon policy says.  HERE IS THE COUPON POLICY FOR THE DOLLAR TREE

The Cheapest 8/4/13

When there are so many different stores, it's hard to keep track of the best deals for the week. Here is a list of where to find the best deals for the week on some of the main staples for your home. Please let me know if there are any items you'd like to see on this list. I'll mostly be able to tell you the best deals between advertised prices at Walmart, Target, Cub Foods, and Cash Wise, but may find better deals at other stores as well.

REMINDER: Walmart and Target price match, so make sure to price match if you don't have a specific store in your town, or you just don't want to store hop.  See my page about price matching!  


THE CHEAPEST:

• TP: Target: Charmin 24 double rolls $12.99 ($0.22/reg roll)
• If you buy 2, you'll get a $5 gift card back
• Paper towels: 
• Menards: Bounty Basic 12 lg rolls (15 reg rolls) $8.99  ($0.60/reg roll)
• Sparkle: Cub Foods 6 big rolls (8 regular rolls) 2/$11 ($0.68/regular roll)
• Shopko: Shopko brand paper towels 8 giant rolls $5.99 ($0.50/reg roll)
• Milk: Freedom gas station $2.38 
• Coupon in 8/4/13 Hutchinson Leader Shopper
• Cereal
• Cash Wise: General Mills cereal 4/$6.88 (1.72 each)
• Meat
• Hamburger: Cash Wise: $1.98/lb STOCK UP!!!
• Lunch meat: Cash Wise: Oscar Meyer 3/$3
• You probably won't see much lower than this price, so go ahead and stock up.  Lunch meat freezes really well, so that's alway's an option. 
• Ground turkey: Cash Wise $1.98/lb
• This is a rock bottom price, so STOCK UP now while you can!
• Pop
• Pepsi: Cub Foods: 12 pks 3/$9
• Coke: Cash Wise 24pk 2/$11
• Misc

***Prices are not including coupons***