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!

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.

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.

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).

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.

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

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

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.

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