My FL won’t take coupons that are more than the price of the item.

Jenny what a great list.

I used 2 of these FL q’s tonight. I got 2 free (20 ct) plastic cups which will be great for the July 4th celebration.

Look for Home 360 Light Breeze fabric softner sheets, 40 count in a purple and black box, on clearance for $1.53. The Food Lion Cocoa Crunchies cereal was $1.51. The 20 count red cups are a really good deal too.

Oh I think I get it now, you have to take the 360 coupon but use it multiple times to get all that for free ?

just drove 20 miles round trip and came home empty handed… they wouldn’t take the coupons because they exceeded the amount of the product. the cashier then asked if i wanted the coupons back and i said, “no… i am not going to get something unless it’s free.” then my daughter and i walked out. not worth the trip… but lesson learned, stick with my Harris Teeter and Publix and I can get the best deals.

I don’t mind paying a little extra for an item, it doesn’t always have to be free for it to be a good deal. I think you have to question, can I get this any cheaper and can I wait that long to purchase the item? You’d be hard pressed to find a box of fabric softner sheets for 53¢ I found my hand sanitizer today and it ended up being 96¢. I know that Walgreens will have Purell free the last week of August or the first part of September but I need a few to send back to school with the kids the in the middle of August so this is a great deal for me. I don’t think I could find sanitizer any cheaper. I’ve gotten plenty of name brand cereal for free but 51¢ is a good price and if you buy the Cocoa Crunchies with the Hooked on Phonics book offer on the back of the box you can get a free book with 3 proofs of purchase. I keep thinking about the pasta coupons from a few weeks ago, people were so upset because the store wouldn’t take the $1.00 Q off of the 89¢ box of pasta. I was estatic to get the $1.29 box for 29¢. I think the lowest I’ve ever gotten a box of Muellers is around 40-50¢. Jenny’s “Buy Price” is 72¢ for a box of spaghetti so 29¢ was great deal. I think using these current coupons will be like an Easter Egg hunt, I hope everyone leaves comments on the deals they find.

Jennifer C – i agree that things don’t have to be free to be a great deal, but we haven’t gotten our budget money yet for the month of July and i didn’t have but a dollar or so in change… was hoping to get some stuff we didn’t need, but would have liked to get it for free. this was the first time i had been to that FL and it will probably be the last as it was not a very nice store.

I went to FL earlier today & was able to use the FL q’s. I was able to get (2) cans of Chef Boyardee, 1 gallon of Hawaiian Punch, a pack of plastic cups (20ct), and a bottle of peroxide. Total oop 60 cents. I think I will make daily trips as long as they continue to accept the q’s.

I just never have FL DRAMA…Praise the Lord. I know them and they know me…I do coupon class field trips to my local Food Lion and they will even let us do different transactions for the coupons…I am buying all the school supplies I can to give to kids that are less fortunante and donate to our PTO for raffle gift baskets to raise money….FREE is good and FL is not out of my way to shop…they know me by name and know that one day a week I come in just to price the items and another to purchase… our rubbing alcohol, peroxide or other HEALTHY ACCENTS weren’t that cheap, but I didn’t need any of that stuff anyway. Think about the kids you can help with the FREE school supplies…also you know how we have to purchase the kleenex they have the KLEENEX brand “anti-viral” for 99cents and the rest are $2.30…can not beat that especially if you use the 99/3 makes one FREE!!! We just flew in from VACATION and this will be fun..

OK went to my local FL…I say mine because I think I am the only EXTREME COUPONER they have.. I spent like $25, but that is because I caught the meat lady marking down meat and picked up bunches of $1.65 mark downs on turkey meat…we rarely do read meat in our house anyway I picked up the rest of the scissors on the FREE scissors (4) on the shelf, several of the FREE 360 plastic cups (planning a party and will need them) pencil sharpeners and some other items. Again like someone said above these aren’t sale prices and the coupon is good through August so if FL is on the way home shouldn’t be any problem to hit them for the free stuff daily. I am in Rock Hill, SC we have three stores I only frequent one and I do the coupon class field trip and tell everyone they are COUPON FRIENDLY so it kind of gives me a edge up on the other REGULAR (LOL) couponers.Kind of you scratch there back they scratch yours..

Also if you need some RITZ crackers they have a $1 off coupon display making them $1 a box good for the party also.

I’ve been doing the couponing thing for a few months and I’ve found that I barely shop anywhere but Kroger, Food Lion, and CVS now. I live in Southwest Virginia and we don’t have Publix, Bi-Lo, Harris Teeter, etc. I used to do all of my regular shopping at Walmart, but since reading this blog and several others like it, I find much better deals at other places now.

Anyway, back to the topic… I have 2 Food Lions in my town and both of them will take the coupons for $1 off whatever. A few weeks ago when they had the $1 off FL pasta, I went through the line several times with pasta that was $.89 and got paid $.11 to take it out of the store. They have to have a manager come over and turn their key and push some bottoms, but it works and they don’t seem to mind much.

Also, I went in twice with a pile of 8 coupons and just did 8 different transactions (I make my fiance come with is so it doesn’t seem quite as bad, just 4 each). It holds up the line a bit so I try not to do it while they’re busy but again, they don’t seem to mind. I live in a college town and most of the people working at the stores are students, so I think that they understand saving money.

there are new baby coupons at foodlion.com
I just printed mine out