Piggly Wiggly and Aldi deals through Tuesday, November 12

Larry's Piggly Wiggly (DePere, Kaukauna and Little Chute)
Farmland bacon $2.99 Limit 2
Pilgrim's whole fryers $1.09 lb.
18-ct. eggs $1.49
Food Club butter $1.69 lb. Limit 2
Food Club pumpkin (canned) $.69
McCormick Spices 50 percent plus mfg., Limit 4
Food Club baking Chips $.99 with store Limit 2 ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase required)
Food Club sugar 4 lbs. $.99 with store Limit 1
Food Club peanut butter $.99 with store Limit 1
Food Club flour $.99 with store Limit 1
Red Star dry yeast $.99
Food Club mini marshmallows $.79
Food Club yogurt $.45

WYB 10 of the following for $1 each, get the 11th FREE:
Campbell's condensed soup (use with mfg.)
Food Club flour tortillas
Hunt's Manwich
Hunt's Snack Pack
Hunt's tomatoes
Progresso Vegetable soup (use with mfg.)
Rice a Roni or Pasta Roni
Fischer Trail Mix

Aldi
Blogger's note: I am SOOO excited to get to Aldi for the holidays. If you haven't checked out Aldi yet, this is the perfect time to do so. Their baking prices are the best!

Gala apples 3 lbs. $1.79 (that's only $.60 lb.)
Grapefruit $.39 each
Red grapes $.89 lb.
Pineapple $.99 each
Whole berry cranberry sauce $.89
L'oven fresh brown n' serve rolls $.99
Chef's Cupboard stuffing mix $.69
Boulder oval turkey roasting pan $.89
Happy Farms chunk cheese $1.69
Countryside Creamery butter $1.69
Friendly Farms whipped topping $.89
ActivEnergy AA or AAA Alkaline batteries 24 pk. $2.99

From the Aldi holiday catalog:
Kirkwood 48 oz. boneless turkey breast $7.99
Chef's Cupboard turkey gravy $.89
Sweet Harvest jellied cranberry sauce $.89
Tuscan Garden croutons $.99
Happy Harvest cut green beans $.49
Chef's Cupboard cream of mushroom soup $.49
Clancy's sea salt pita chips $1.99
Specialty Select cheese $2.99
Belmont Supreme cheesecake sampler $9.99
Nature's Nectar sparkling juice $2.49
Old Dominion peanut brittle $.99

Feeling cheap skate pride

As I’ve said before, I’ve always been a bit of a cheap skate with an affinity for the finer things in life. That is, I enjoy stretching my dollars and getting the very best I can. This requires creativity and coupons when shopping for name brand clothing and groceries, traveling, going to restaurants and just plain enjoying life.  

Recently, I discovered a show Extreme Cheap Skates on TLC. I watched the show since I’m really not into the scary Halloween shows that were on other channels and okay, I’ll admit it, with a name like Extreme Cheapskates, I was curious how I stack up with those who are considered “extreme”.  Last week’s episodes featured people saving money by doing crazy things like only using electricity after midnight, using a bakery’s display cake for a wedding and even renting out a retirement community for a ten year old child’s birthday party.  Nope. I’m certainly not that extreme.

With shows like this, I worry that these extreme cheapskates or extreme couponers ruin it for the rest of us.  Those who haven’t felt the thrill of routinely saving fifty percent off groceries or claiming a name brand sweater for just a few dollars may see these shows and form stereotypes about savers and clippers. They have visions of sold out shelves, caravans of carts filled with 100 boxes of macaroni and cheese and transactions that take 20 minutes to complete.  

These “extreme” people are characterized as rude, pushy, sloppy, irresponsible and generally obsessed with not spending money at any cost. As a shopper, I am friendly, courteous and don’t even come close to having a stockpile that could last me ten years. Yet, I’ve felt the stares and have seen the eye rolls when I pull out my coupon binder at the store.  What’s worse is that many times the eye rolls come from the store employees.

Generally, I tend to have a thick skin about what others think. I dismiss the stares and tell myself they are just jealous of my successful savings, which may or may not be reality. I’m proud of being a saver. Couponing in moderation and saving money should be nothing to be embarrassed or guilty about. 

Businesses provide coupons and offer sales as an advertising ploy to get you to purchase a product you weren’t intending on buying or going to a store or restaurant you hadn’t tried before. This works often enough that coupons can be found in multiple media- newspapers, magazines, product web sites, social media outlets and even on the products themselves.  Retailers get a kick-back of about 8 cents per coupon on top of the value of the coupon so it’s a win-win for manufacturer, consumer and stores.

The trick is to use this advertising ploy to your best advantage by matching manufacturer’s coupons with store coupons and/or sales; keeping track of retailer’s sales cycles; and being a smart, creative, and responsible consumer.  

I wish this would be the type of consumer featured on TLC’s programming. But then again, I guess a half hour show called Everyday Cheap Skates wouldn’t pique viewers’ interest or get very high ratings.

U.P. coupon match-ups through Nov. 9

Super One (Escanaba, Marquette, Negaunee, Houghton)

Purchase $30 of P& G products in one transaction, receive a 5- piece pink pancake breakfast set by mail

WYB Sara Lee Texas Toast, get FREE eggs
Betty Crocker special potatoes $.99 (Be sure to use with mfg. on Butterball turkey purchase)
Swanson chicken broth (can) $.77
Flavorite brown gravy mix 3/ $.99
Food Club pumpkin $.88
Bisquick 40 oz. $2.99
Essential Everyday split peas $1
Azteca flour tortillas $.99

Coupon book items (good through Nov. 16):
FREE $5 Super One gift card with any Butterball turkey purchase (10 lbs. or larger), be sure to use that $2 printable Butterball mfg. with this deal!
Hickory Country sliced bacon $2.99 with store ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)
Pillsbury Grands $1.25 with store PLUS MFG  ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)
Crisco cooking spray $1.99
Seville pumpkin (canned) $.77
Essential Everyday sugar $1.88 with store ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)
Wolf chili $1 PLUS MFG
Hunt's pasta sauce $1
Chef Boyardee pasta $1
Swiss Miss packets $1
BOGO Jennie O breakfast turkey sausage with store ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)
Land O' Frost $.99 with mfg. (RP 11/2)
S&W kidney or chili beans $.55 with store ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)
Hunt's tomato paste $.44 with store ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)
College Inn broth $.75
Crunchmaster crackers $1.99 with store with mfg. (coupons.com) ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)
KC's best wild rice $2.99 with store ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)
Essential Everyday cream cheese $.83 with store ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)
Essential Everyday chicken/beef broth $.50 with store ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)
Essential Everyday shredded cheese $1.50 with store ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)
Sunbelt granola bars $1.44 with mfg. (SS 11/3)
Rhodes Warm N Serv rolls $1.49 with store with mfg. ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)
Smuckers ice cream toppings 2/ $1.75 with store and mfg. ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)
Chex cereal 2/$2.76 with mfg. (limit 5)
Fast Fixin strips/nuggets $3.33 with store ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)
Suave products 7/$10 with in-ad coupon
Aleve $2.94 with mfg.
Essential Everyday clear tape $.50
Softsoap $1 with mfg. (coupons.com)
Tidy Cats 20 lb. $2.99 with store limit 2 ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)
Milk Bone $2.99
Jack's pizza $1.88 with store, limit 3 ($10 minimum non-coupon purchase)

Save-A-Lot (Manistique, Green Bay)

Sugardale ham $.99 lb.
General Mills cereal $1.49 with mfg. (SS 10/6)
Save-a-Lot milk (gallon) $1.99
Imperial Spread $.79
Ginger Evans four, 5 lbs. $1.69
Heinz gravy 4/$3 with mfg. (coupons.com)
Green Giant canned vegetables $.69

Econo Foods (Marquette, Sturgeon Bay, Clintonville)

Our Family sugar 4 lbs. $1.69
Pepsi 24 pack $5 plus deposit in Mich.
Whole boneless chicken breast $1.89 lb.
Farmland pork sausage rolls or links $1.69
Our Family brown/powdered sugar $.99
Crystal Farms English muffins $.99
Our Family biscuits $.50
Green Giant vegetables $.59
Smuckers ice cream toppings $1.79 PLUS MFG
Our Family French Fried onions $1.50
Corn $.50

Jack's Fresh Market (Manistique)

Dole iceberg salad $.99
Macintosh/Cortland apples $2.50 for 3 lbs.
Betty Crocker cake mix $.99
Betty Crocker frosting $1.50 PLUS MFG
Red Star Yeast $.99
Country Crock spread $2.45 with mfg. (coupons.com)
McCormick spices $.19 with mfg.
General Mills Chex cereal 2/$3 with mfg. (from Chex cereal box)
Brooks beans $.44 with mfg.
Essential Everyday chicken or tomato soup $.60
Glade candles $2.79 plus mfg
Iams cat food 5.7 lbs.$7.99 with mfg.
Gold N Plump ground chicken $2.24 with mfg.
Essential Everyday cream cheese $.88
Wunderbar Bologna (deli) $.99 lb. (Nov. 7-9 only)
Essential Everyday Shredded or chunk cheese $1.25 (Nov. 7-9 only)
Kiwi $.40
Town House crackers 42 (Nov. 7-9 only)
Essential Everyday eggs $.99 (Nov. 7-9 only)

Coupon match-ups through November 9

Menards

Puffs 4 pack $3.74 with mfg.

Jubilee paper towels $.50

Scott 8 pack paper towels $4.24 with mfg.

Quilted Northern 12 pack $5.99

Febreeze $2.24 with mfg.

Tide Pods $2.99

Fatwood fire starter, 4 pack  $.50

Tampico punch 4/$5

Compleats $1.88

Iams cat food, 5.7 lbs. $7.99 with mfg.

Wax paper $.98

Lighted window sculptures $4.99

Hardwood floor finisher FREE after MIR

Adjustable measuring cup $1.99 after MIR

Heavy duty reach tool $3.99 after MIR

Walmart

Libby canned vegetable 4 pack $2

Red Lobster Cheddar Bay biscuits $2.24

Cracker Barrel cheese $2 with printable mfg. (coupons.com)

Febreeze $2.22 with mfg.

Old Spice collection kit $3.88 with mfg.

Glade refills/twin pack candles $4.13 with mfg.

Plaid Apple barrel paints $.57

Plaid 1 inch foam brushes, 4 pk. $.97

Walgreens

Scott Naturals 6 rolls $3.24 with mfg.

Cottonelle 12 pk. $3.44 with printable mfg. (coupons.com)

Large eggs $.99

Butterball turkey bacon $.99

Cheerios 2/ $2 with mfg. and Register Rewards

Chunky soup 3/$4.00 with store and mfg.

Folger’s  K-cups, 12 ct. $5.74 with mfg. (RP 11/2)

Kit Kat /Reese $.49

Swanson Broth $.50

Nice marshmallows $.79

Gillette Fusion $7.99 with Register Rewards plus mfg.

Gillette Mach 3 FREE with Register Rewards and mfg.

Dollar General

Buy 2, get 1 Kellogg’s (plus use mfg.)

Campbell’s 4/$3.60 with mfg.

Heinz gravy 4/$3 with printable mfg. (coupons.com)

Lysol $2

Swanson chicken broth 32 oz. 2/$3 with mfg. (coupons.com)

Clover Valley spices $1

Clover Valley cranberries $1

Holiday Style 100 mini lights $3.25

Glade solid air fresher winter collection 2/$.50 with mfg. (SS  11/3)

Kmart

General Mills$2 with mfg. (coupons.com)

Ziploc$2.50

Glade wax melts 2/$2 with mfg. (coupons.com)

Renuzit $.89

Target

Glade candles/wax melts/ aerosol2/$4.98 with mfg. WYB 3, get 1 FREE

Fleet Farm

Sunbelt $1.44 with mfg. (SS 11/3)

Gallon water $.69

Iams 6.8 lb. $8.88 with mfg.

Litter Delight 40 lb. scoopable cat litter $8.49

Bear Creek soup mix 4/$9.96

Copps

Double Daze- double up to 5 $1 coupons with $25 purchase on Wednesdays and Saturdays
RediServ nibbler, strips $1

Barilla pasta $1

General Mills Cheerios $1.50 with doubled mfg. (coupons.com)

Roundy’s large eggs, 18 ct. $1.98 with store, limit 1

Sweet cream butter $1.98 with store limit 1

Cukes $.50

Soft Soap  FREE with store and doubled mfg. (coupons.com)

WYB 3 Hallmark cards, get $2 off with store

Gillette shaving gel $3

Olay 2 pk. Bar soap $1 with doubled mfg.

Head & Shoulders $3.98 with store

Green Giant Fresh Steamers 3/$2.79 with doubled mfg. (coupons.com)

Yoplait 10/$4.20 with store and doubled mfg.

Swanson broth box 2/ $1.76 with store plus doubled mfg.(coupons.com)

Snickers/ Twix ice cream bars $1.98 with store

WYB 10 Knorr Sides with store at $10, get FREE rotisserie chicken

DiGiorno 2/$7.96 with store and doubled mfg. (RP 11/3)

 

Festival Foods

10 percent off all meat and seafood you can fit in a grocery bag (all fresh and frozen except for deli and frozen food)

McCormick Spices and Extracts 50 percent off, plus use mfg.

Fanta, Barqs, Mello Yello and Minute Maid 2 ltrs $.69 WYB 4, limit 4

Green Giant canned vegetables $.48 with store ($5 minimum non-coupon purchase)

Festival large eggs $.68 with store

Alcam butter $1.88 with store

Essential Everyday cream soup $.48 with store

 

Lose yourself in a good book

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Looking for an inexpensive stocking stuffer? Or perhaps you'd like holiday recipe books. Find them at the Library book sale!

Here are some details about it from our friends at the Brown County Library:

The Region’s LARGEST Used Book Sale: November 5 – 9, 2013 at Brown County Central Library

Check it out! Shop thousands of items. Offering more than 100,000 books; DVDs, CDs, audio books and more, the BIG Book Sale sponsored by the Friends of the Brown County Library, is an event not to be missed! The sale will take place in the lower level of the Brown County Central Library, 515 Pine Street, Downtown Green Bay, November 5 - 9, 2013. Friends and members are invited to attend the special preview sale on Monday.

Sale Hours:

Tuesday November 5 9 am – 8:45 pm

Wednesday November 6 9 am – 8:45 pm

Thursday November 7 9 am – 8:45 pm

Friday November 8 9 am – 4:45 pm

Saturday November 9 9 am – 12:30 pm

Gently-used donations and library discards are offered at a fraction of their original cost. A discount coupon, valid Wednesday andThursday of the sale, is available on the Friends’ web site, www.BigBookSale.org . Sorted by category, shopping for a favorite interest or title is easier than ever! This sale is the primary fundraiser for the Friends of the Brown County Library and a book-lover’s dream. Proceeds from the sale support the Brown County Library.

Special hours that do not conflict with the Packers/Bears football game have been set for the preview sale. Friends members can shop the sale before the game on Monday, November 4, from 3 – 7:00 p.m. A registration table for new, current or renewing members opens at 2:00 pm near the Pine Street entrance. Membership is $15/year and includes a subscription to Storylines, the Friends’ newsletter, discounts at local bookstores, notice of Library programs and helps support the needs of the Library. Stop by early to register and be ready to shop when the doors open!

The Friends of the Brown County Library is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that works to improve Brown County's public library services. For more information on becoming a Friend, please call (920)

448-5811 or visit www.BigBookSale.org .