Requested donations: Week of Nov 14 – Nov 20

If you shop at Kroger:

Dole All Natural Fruit in Glass Jar, on sale for $1, free with doubled 50 cent coupon. You can print 2 copies per computer. This is a great healthy donation for the food bank!

Donations as of Nov 11, 2010: $541.26

Dropped off on Veteran’s day:

2 frozen dinners
4 half gallons of milk
2 boxes of whole grain pasta
3 cans of Campbell’s soup
2 cans of turkey chili
3 cans of chicken chili
2 cans of evaporated milk

Weekly total

Retail value: $32.09
Out of pocket cost after sales and coupons: $0.72

Running total:

Total retail value to date: $541.26 (plus untracked items)*
Total out of pocket cost after sales and coupons: $24.65*

(*donations without receipts or known costs are not included in running totals)

Many thanks to the party store next door to the Veterans’ Center – I didn’t realize the food bank would be closed for Veterans Day. The party store donated some cooler space to store our donations overnight and made sure it got to the center on Friday.

Requested donations: Week of Nov 7 – Nov 13

If you shop at Kroger, they have a “megasale” this week. If you can put together a list of exactly ten items in the megasale, you’ll get $5 off your bill. If you buy in multiples of ten, these are prices you can get with printable coupons:

Hormel Chili Masters (canned), with 75 cent printable coupon cost is 14 cents each.

Cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup, with $1.50 off three cans coupon, free when you buy three.

Carnation evaporated milk, with 50 cents off two coupon (doubled), 19 cents each.

If you shop at Meijer:

Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers, $1, are free with this 50 cents off coupon.

Requested donations: Week of Oct 31- Nov 6

There are a couple free items at Meijer this week.

Frozen HungryMan dinners are on sale for $2 each, which pairs well with the $2 coupon on the HM facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/hngryGenghis?v=app_4949752878 (Print two per computer)

Smartbalance Milk is on sale for $2 a half gallon, which pairs with the $1 manufacturer coupon at: http://coupons2.smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=OLEYKA3GOJASY combined with the $1 Meijer Mealbox coupon here: http://mypricesavings.com/forums/mealbox.php (Print two sets per computer, you can combine a manufacturer coupon with a store coupon).

No updates for the week of Oct 24

No requested donations this week – after looking at sale items and coupon matchups I’m not seeing great grocery deals.

If you want a nice deal to pamper yourself, my recommendation would be the buy one get one free deal on Renpure Shampoo at Riteaid this week (with a Riteaid store card). Look for one with a mail in rebate hang tag on it. You’ll pay 6.99 for a shampoo, get the conditioner free, get a dollar back in a register coupon, and you can mail in your receipt for a full rebate.

Requested donations: Week of Oct 17-24

If you shop at Meijers: You can get two free boxes of Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Pasta, on sale for $0.99.
Use two -$1.00/1 Ronzoni coupons from facebook to get them free.

If you shop at Krogers you can get free pouches of Idahoan potatoes, on sale for $1. Use the $1 coupons on facebook.

Donations as of Oct 19: $509.17

Dropping off on Oct 19:

2 pouches of flavored mashed potatoes
12 cans of Campbell’s condensed soup
6 boxes of Barilla pasta
7 cans of Select Harvest soup
2 cans of Campbell’s chunky soup
*5 tubs of cream cheeses

Weekly total (*items not included in running totals – they were donations without receipts)

Retail value: $41.73
Out of pocket cost after sales and coupons: $4.58

Running total:

Total retail value to date: $509.17 (plus untracked items)
Total out of pocket cost after sales and coupons: $23.93

Requested donation: Week of Oct 11 – Oct 17

If you shop at Meijers: The green giant frozen boxed vegetables are free again. On sale for $1, print two 50 cent coupons per computer. After the coupons are doubled, you can get two boxes of vegetables for free.

If you shop at Krogers and haven’t used the Kraft cheese $5 off 5 cheeses, you can use that to get 5 free philly cream cheese. Print the coupon, buy 5 cheeses.

Oakridge is still running the same sales as last week, meaning you can still get the free spaghettios there with coupons.

As always, if you save some money from using the blog here, consider donating a portion of what you purchased to the food bank project.

Donations as of Oct 8: $467.44

Dropped off on Oct 8:

1 can tomato sauce*
2 jars peanut butter*
1 box Rice A Roni*
1 bag of dried fruit*
1 can of potatoes*
6 cans of spaghettios

Weekly total (*items not included in running totals – they were donations without receipts)

Retail value: $3
Out of pocket cost after sales and coupons: $0

Running total:

Total retail value to date: $467.44 (plus untracked items)
Total out of pocket cost after sales and coupons: $19.35

Requested donation: Week of Oct 4 – Oct 10

If you shop at Oakridge Market: You can pick up four cans of Campbell’s Spaghettios Pasta, 50 cents each. Use two
printable coupons for 50 cents off two cans. If you buy 2 different varieties (two of one style, two of another), Oakridge will double both coupons, making all four cans free. Consider donating at least one to the foodbank project if you can afford to.