This Week's Sales

Safeway has some good email direct coupons this week!
The Black Diamond Cheese 500g for $3.99!!!! Limit 2 coupon code 54521
(If you have the Snap Save App you could be eligible for another $2 if that's one of your offers!)
Organic yams are .59/lb
Celery is .99 a bunch
Fresh Express Garden Salad .68 limit 3 coupon 54265
Mandarin Oranges are 5lbs for $3.66 this weekend only!Pomegranates are .89 limit 4 coupo code 54263
Cases of Kraft Dinner are $5.99 limit 2 coupon code 54475

Costco has 3 packs of cream cheese for $4.99! 3 boxes of 250g each!

                  This week it's turkey buying time!
Save On and Cooper's both have 3-9 kg Grade A frozen turkeys for .99/lb limit 1. Safeway has Grade A frozen turkeys for .99/lb, but you must spend $50 to get this price.

Superstore
Lean Ground Beef is $1.98/lb limit 4
Spiral Hams $1.98/lb
Pineapples $1.96 each
6 lbs pears $4.88(.81/lb)
Broccoli bunches $1.26 each
Pomegranates are .96(there are .50 coupons)
Dates and Figs are $1 when you buy 3
PC Crackers 225 g $1.47(200 points which is .20)$1.27

Saving Money On the First Tuesday of the Month

Suffice to say that when I grocery shop there is a lot going on!
 Let me share a day in my life as a grocery shopper. This morning my sister in law and I got to shopping first thing at 8:30 am. (She was there earlier, I had to drop hubby off at work). We started at Save On Foods as the $l/lb chicken legs wouldn't last!(Just a note that if your store doesn't have any the meat guy said they will give you a rain check!) We picked up the limit, which was 4 each. Next stop, Extra Foods for 10-15% day. 

Extra Foods shop 
It was nice that Extra Foods already adjusted their prices to be competitive with Walmart, Save On, and Safeway. The milk was $4.36,same as Walmart. The Sun Rype apple juice was .88, Safeway's is .89.  The Hunt`s Tomato sauce price was adjusted to match Save On, but they limited it to 3. I had a coupon for buy 2 save .75. The gingerbread train in the back of the photo was .99! It doesn't expire until May of this year. The Unico tomatoes I priced matched Walmart at .88. The teas were 50% off making them $1.49 for a 16 pack. The margarine was $2.64 for the 1.36kg. The grand total was $58.20 after discount. I ended up at customer service as one thing on my list was the chili sauce. We scoured the store and only found small 250ml bottles for .98. When we were done shopping we found a display on our way out that had the 650 ml bottles for $1.98. So, I quickly exchanged them. Emily, the teller at customer service was so awesome! Thanks Emily!

This is the Save On Foods $1/lb chicken legs.  The total for these 4 packages was $12.41. When I got home I used my chicken scissors and separated these into drumsticks and thighs. 

After Extra Foods we headed to do our Safeway shop. The ground beef was a rain check for $1.99/lb for lean ground beef. The 2 boxes of chicken breasts were $26.36 each. The Kellogg's flatbread breakfast sandwiches were on for $2.67 and I had a coupon for $2 off so for .67 I thought I would try them.The Sun Rype apple juice was .89/carton. The IOGO yogurt was 50% off and I had 3/ .75 off coupons. The Bretons crackers were B1G1, so 2 boxes $3.49.
Grand total at Safeway was $87.73 after coupons, $5 off email direct coupon and 10% off. My bill said I saved $116.91 or 55%. This included paper coupons which included the rain check savings and the 10% off as well as manufacturer's coupons for a total of $62.71. Card savings equaled $49.20. Basket savings(the email direct coupon) $5. 


Our teller Ryan was absolutely awesome! First time in a year that we didn't have to go straight to customer service after finding errors on our bills. He handled it all with professionalism and expertise! We were able to share the email direct coupon(the PLU is the same on all of them) with people in the line ahead of us. There were surprised to be saving 10% never mind another $5!
While at Safeway we got some very good news and so we stopped for lunch to celebrate!
After Safeway we stopped at Costco where I picked up bananas, 3lb for $1.69(.56/lb) and the black forest ham that is on sale for 2/ 375g packages for $6.39, which works out to .85/100g. As well as the sour cream, 1L is $3.59.
Last stop was Superstore where I picked up some pot barley,  (price matched Springfield Bulk Foods) and oranges which were $2.98 for a 5lb bag, or .60/lb. Included in this shop was chinese cabbage which was .48/lb and will be used in soup and stir fries.

Once I finally got home(3:00 pm), I got the kids to help unload the huge pile. I got things arranged to photograph and got the fridge and freezer put away. Then I cut apart the chicken legs and broke down  each of the packages of ground beef  into 2 smaller packages. It was nice to get stocked up as November and December I really bought much less than normal due to the inflated prices. I made sure supper was a super easy, fast and incredibly tasty meal that I will share soon. So, there you have it....thanks for listening..

Saving on Groceries at Safeway

Happy New Year everyone! To start off the new year why not grab yourself a $5 off coupon when you spend $50 from Safeway. Click this link and sign up for email direct. Already signed up and want the coupon? You can just enter your phone number and not your card numbers(airmiles and safeway) and still get the coupon. You can also just write down the PLU number above(all the coupons PLUs are the same) and give it to the cashier, they should take it, but I have found they like to see it so you may save yourself some hassle by having it printed out. Combine this with 10% off Jan 8 and another $5 when you spend $50 from the entertainment book and you could start the year really saving! Add in any Checkout 51 deals you need and your savings rise more!
For example....spend $50
10% off                     $5
$5 off email direct      $5
$5 entertainment book $5
Total                        $35
Total Savings         30%!!!
To demonstrate the savings a bit further lets say you wanted the Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts that are on for $2.99/lb starting Jan 4th. If you bought 2 boxes you would spend $52.72.
$52.72
-   5.27
-   5.00
-   5.00
$37.45/17.6lb(in 2 boxes)=$2.13/lb for your chicken now!

This Week's Sales, Coupon Stacking, Free and More



This week the new coupon insert came. Inside is a free Good and Natural Bar again!
We tried them last time, they are ok, not super as far as we were concerned.



Did you get the Free Old El paso coupon? They went fast. If you did, why not buy the Old El paso that has the $4 off ground beef? This week Save On has them for 3/$9.99.



 I was reading the deals section in Smart Canucks and came across a post by Poodlegirl. Thanks!
 I was brave again!(It's never a pleasant experience as they seem to have taught their staff to treat couponers with disdain.)
I stopped in at London Drugs today. They have Palmolive on 3/$5 or $1.79 each all week. There were coupons from an insert for $1 off and because they have 2 different bar codes, you can stack them at London Drugs. I had to pay the tax, which was .60 for these 3. .20/bottle isn't bad!



I picked up some Safeway deals today.
Apple Juice is .50/1L carton with a limit of 12, today only.
Cheese is $6.99(we had lots of fun playing the cheese game, I found a 0.83kg and a 0.791kg. Making this cheese $8.42 and $8.84/kg!!! There is a limit of 2 and it's today only. Deli ham is .79/100g, today only.
Green grapes are $3.99 for 3lbs today only.
Don't forget to get your scratch cards. The milk shown was free, I won it! The ice tea was free and has another free coupon inside.

This is the lasagna that is part of the email direct 50% off deals this week.  The coupon code is 54123. It ends up being $4.99 for the 1.14kg. We are going to try it tonight and if it's good, I think I'll stock up!
 

At Walmart this week 3lbs of onions are $1. Same size and price for the carrots. Cherry tomatoes are $1.50. The bag of assorted buns were in the clearance for $2. The Taco Kit I used my coupon from my free taco kit and I priced matched Save Ons price of $3.33. The ground beef was $4 so free with the purchase of the soft taco kit.