If you are just starting out with couponing the biggest frustration can be trying to figure out what a good sale price really is. You have to learn the prices and really can’t trust sale tags or weekly ads to help you figure out the real deals. As you get started using a buy price list is the most helpful.
This is a list of the main things we purchase and the price to look for after coupons. I’ve had one for years, but now thanks to a new way that I prepare all the lists on Southern Savers I can now make one based off actual historical prices rather than my memory.
Using all the data from ads on Southern Savers for the past quarter, I made a new version of the Buy Price List.
The prices are after coupons and sales, and are for my area. You may find that milk is much cheaper in your city or other items are more expensive. You will also find that sometimes a deal comes and makes these prices seem like retail prices. While free deals are great, you should not plan your price list off the occasional incredible deal or else you won’t buy anything for long periods of time, waiting for only the crazy deals…
Specific Items & Historical Prices
If you are looking for a brand specific buy price, or for a random product, you can use the item search feature on Southern Savers and put in a date in the past. It will then pull all the sales for that product over that period of time. I would recommend not going farther back than maybe 3 months the data will be to large for you to sort through.
A tip: check the “Show store name” box to make the results easier to sort through too for a long list.
I also use this to quickly see when something will come on sale again. Since we know most items follow a six week sale cycle, I can search back for the last 2 months and see when Pop Tarts were on sale in my area to know when to expect the next sale!
Want to save some extra cash on groceries? Check out these coupons below. Use the Stonyfield coupon at a store that doubles for a great deal!
$1 off Muscle Milk Evolve product, 4 pk. printable
.55/2 Stonyfield Organic Oikos yogurt 5.3 oz, (1) 16 oz, or (1) 4 oz 4pk. printable
.60/1 Lean Cuisine Salad Additions printable
Search the Coupon Database for more grocery coupons!
Buy One Get Ones
- Medium Shrimp Ring, 12 oz, at $14.99 ($7.49)
- Mama Mancini’s Meatballs, 20 oz, at $6.99 ($3.49)
-$6 off Mail in Rebate WYB (3) packages of Mama Mancini’s Beef Meatballs in Sunday Sauce rebate -
Al Fresco Chicken Sausage, 12 oz, at $5.49 ($2.74)
-$1 off Al Fresco product, 8-14 oz, comes via email when you sign up printable (limit reached)
-$2/2 al fresco breakfast chicken sausage, 8 oz+ printable
(makes it $1.74) - Eckrich Polksa Kielbasa or Smoked Sausage, 14 oz, at $3.19 ($1.59)
-.55/1 Eckrich smoked sausage (Facebook) printable
(makes it $1.04) - Tyson Fully Cooked Breaded Chicken, 16-29 oz, at $5.99 ($2.99)
-$1 off Tyson mini chicken sandwiches, breakfast bowls, or stuffed mini bread bowls printable
-.75/1 Tyson frozen whole grain or lightly breaded item, SS 11/4
-.75/1 Tyson breaded chicken strips, SS 1/20
-.75/1 Tyson breaded chicken strips (regional), SS 1/27
-$1.50/2 Tyson breaded chicken strips (regional), SS 1/27
(makes it $1.99) - Lloyd’s Meats, 15-16 oz, at $5.99 ($2.99)
-$1 off Lloyd’s barbecue printable
-$1 off Lloyd’s barbecue, SS 1/20
-$1 off Lloyd’s BBQ item printable
-$1 off Lloyd’s BBQ tubs, (Target coupon) (EXP 02/09) printable
-$1 off Lloyd’s barbecue, Publix digital coupon eCoupon
(use $1 off, makes it $1.99) - Oscar Mayer Beef Franks or Wieners, 14-16 oz, at $5.19 ($2.59)
(excludes Angus, New York, Chicago)
-$1/2 Oscar Mayer beef franks, 15-16 oz (Publix Coupon) printable (limit reached)
-$1 off Oscar Mayer Selects beef franks, 15-16 oz (Publix coupon) printable
-.55/1 Oscar Mayer classic beef franks or classic wieners printable
-$1 off Oscar Mayer Selects beef franks, 15-16 oz (Publix coupon), Game Day booklet
(use $1 store and .55/1, mfr, makes it $1.04 ea. if Selects are included) - Kraft Shredded Cheese or Chunks, 7-8 oz, at $3.99 ($1.99)
-.55/1 Kraft cheese (regional), SS 1/20
-.55/2 Kraft cheese (regional), SS 1/20
-$1/2 Kraft Cheese 8 oz shreds, (FOOD LION), RP 1/27
(use .55/1, makes it $1.44) - Publix Deli Tea, 1/2 gallon, at $1.59 (79¢)
- Marzetti Dips, 13-15.5 oz, (price not listed)
-.75/1 Marzetti Otria Greek yogurt veggie dip printable
-$1 off Marzetti caramel dip printable
-.50/1 Marzetti refrigerated dips or dressing items (Facebook) printable (limit reached)
-.75/1 Marzetti Otria Greek yogurt veggie dip tub, 8.75 oz printable - Marzetti Dressing, 15 oz, at $3.69 ($1.84)
-.50/1 Marzetti refrigerated dips or dressing items (Facebook) printable (limit reached)
-$1.50 off Marzetti Simply Dressed salad dressing, SS 1/20
-.50/1 Marzetti Simply Dressed salad dressing (regional), SS 1/20
-$1 off Marzetti Simply Dressed salad dressing (regional), SS 1/20
-.75/1 Marzetti Simply Dressed salad dressing (regional), SS 1/20
(use $1.50 off, makes it 34¢ (if included)) Read More→
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Earth Fare coupons really help to keep your budget in check if you shop organic. This week they have new offers on everything for a game day party, including organic chicken breast!
All the coupons valid through 2/3.
Earth Fare Coupons
-Grilled Chicken Breast, $5 lb
-Organic Avocados, Roasted Peanuts, Coca-Cola, & Green Mountain Gringo Tortilla Strips, $1 ea.
See more Earth Fare coupons!
If you’ve been waiting on a Kohl’s coupon they have a flash sale today from 10 AM – 3PM where you can get 20% off using coupon code CALLME or COOLCAT.
They have a ton of items on clearance right now, so you can find some nice deals by stacking on the code. I’m loving these great prices on slow cookers!
TRU Slow Cooker, 1 crock, $7.99
TRU Slow Cooker, 3 crock, $23.99
Shipping is free with a $75 purchase or $6.95 if you just add one item to your cart. Did you find any other hot clearance deals we should all know about?
See more online shopping discounts!
The new CVS store coupon is available today! These never last long. Once you print it, you can use it today and tomorrow only.
Grab your 2 for $1 Campbell’s Soup, 10.5-11.5 oz store coupon to get each can for 50¢.
You can stack this with a manufacturer coupon, but the best deal is actually to just buy (2) and use this store coupon.
Manufacturer Coupons:
.40/4 Campbell’s condensed chicken noodle or tomato soups, SS 12/02 (exp 01/31)
-.40/4 Campbell’s condensed chicken noodle or tomato soups, SS 1/13
-$1/10 Campbell’s condensed chicken noodle or tomato soups (regional), SS 1/13
-$1/5 Campbell’s condensed soups, excl Great for Cooking printable
See more CVS deals!
I’m so excited that we have another Grapefruit coupon! A few weeks ago this popped up on coupons.com and now we have it on Redplum! Print your coupon for $2 off any Grapefruit 100% Juice or 5 lb bag of fruit.
You can use this to grab Ocean Spray 100% Grapefruit juice for as low as 58¢ at Walmart!!
Or get a 5 lb bag of Grapefruit for FREE at Lowes Foods this week or $1.99 at Food Lion.
