Here are a few personal care and grocery coupons for you this afternoon. Mitchum will be on sale at CVS next week for $1.99. Use the coupon below and pick it up for only 99¢. As always, you can browse the Coupon Database for even more savings!
$1 off Dr. Brown’s Designed to Nourish solid feeding baby item printable
$1 off Compound W product printable
$1 off Mitchum or Mitchum for Women item, excl trial sizes printable
$1 off New Skin product printable
$1 off Shedd’s Country Crock, excl honey and cinnamon flavors printable
$1 off South Beach Diet bars box printable
Saving money on fresh produce can be a real challenge since there are rarely coupons or B1G1 sales. One of the best ways to save money when buying fruit and vegetables is to buy what’s in season. When there’s an abundance of a crop, prices go down and you save money. You can also save more money buy buying local produce, it has traveled a shorter distance (less gas cost), spent more time in the ground growing, is fresher, and tastes better.
Knowing what’s in season can be tricky, since we can usually find any type of produce year round. There are some great resources though to help you figure out when a good time to buy certain items. My favorite is a site run by the federal government that tracks farmers markets across the US. I can’t say that the report is the easiest to read, but there are a few things it can quickly show you.
First if produce that you want isn’t listed… it’s not at the farmers market right now. Second it will show you whether the market is light, trending up, steady or decreasing. The best prices for items will be when the market is steady or heavy, with higher prices seen as the market is slow.
Another great resource is a government report issued every week analyzing thousands of grocery ads across the US. (I wouldn’t want this job). You can see not only what is being marketed nationally, you can see the average price of those items.
If you want to go the easy way on finding out what’s in season, Publix offers a service called At Season’s Peak that will email or text you when your favorite produce is at its peak season — pretty cool!
So after all that, how about if I just tell you…
Remember that growing seasons do vary in different parts of the country but here’s what to expect in season and at its best price for May:
Fruit
strawberries
pineapples
mangoes
first crop of peaches and oranges
end of the season for apples so get any you want now
Vegetables
cabbage and salad
onions
cucumbers
beginning of the season for corn
beginning fo the season for tomatoes
broccoli
potatoes
squash
asparagus
radishes
Other Items
hot dogs & other grilling meats
barbecue sauce
mustard
potato chips
charcoal
flowers
graduation cakes
Check out this week’s $1 or Less deals at your local stores! Hopefully this list will help you get the most for your $1. Leave a comment if you find any other good deals.
Publix
- Breakstone’s Sour Cream, 8 oz, at $1.85 (92¢)
-.75/1 Breakstone’s or Knudsen’s sour cream, 16 oz +, Kraft 20 Top Seasonal Recipes for 2012 booklet
(makes it 17¢) - I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Spread, 7.5-16 oz, at $3.39 ($1.69)
-$1.25 off I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter product PRINTABLE
(makes it 44¢) - Kellogg’s Eggo Pancakes, French Toaster Sticks, or Mini Muffin Tops, 12.7-16.4 oz, at $2.99 ($1.49)
-.75/2 Kellogg’s Eggo frozen item, 5.3 oz+, RP 3/11 (EXP 05/06)
-$1/2 Kellogg’s Eggo frozen item, 5.3 oz+, RP 3/11 (EXP 05/06)
-.75/1 Kellogg’s Eggo frozen item, 5.3 oz+, RP 3/11 (EXP 05/06)
-$1 off Kellogg’s Eggo product, for Savings Club Members only PRINTABLE
(makes it 49¢) - Mission Flour Soft Taco Tortillas, 10ct, at $2.69 ($1.34)
-$1 off Mission tortillas, SS 4/29
(makes it 34¢) Read More→
Any A&W fans? Text BURGER to 70626 to get a FREE Papa Burger coupon on your phone to use at participating A&W restaurants!
I love their root beer, so it’d be fun to try their burgers too.
Use the A&W Restaurant locator to find one near you. Coupon is valid 5/4-5/10.
See more dining deals!
L’Oreal has a fun new program out to reward loyal customers using their hair color products. Register for their rewards program, enter codes off packages you buy of L’Oreal hair color and for every 5 you buy, you’ll get a coupon for a free color treatment!
The other fun part of the program is that Rewards members are eligible for special free samples and offers. Starting Monday May 7th rewards members can get a free L’Oreal Youth Code Foaming Gel Cleanser while supplies last!
Old Navy has got a really cool app for smart phones called Old Navy SnapAppy that can score you big savings! We’ve posted about this app before, but right now when you use the app to take a picture of Old Navy logos, you can get a coupon for a FREE pair of Old Navy Flip Flops. I just tested it out and was able to get the Free Flip Flops. The app is FREE and is available on iTunes and Android Market.
There are other coupons to get too. One of the coupons is a $5 off coupon that has no minimum! There is also a $15 off when you spend $75 and $5 off $25.
To make things a little easier, you can even take a picture of the logo above! There is a certain limit to the number of time you can “Snap” the logo per day, but it is plenty enough to score some coupons!
Check out more Retail Clothing Deals!
Here are all the unadvertised deals at H-E-B this week, starting 5/2. Check out the H-E-B weekly ad too so you don’t miss any deals!
Meal Deal
- Healthy 4U Deal $4 off w/in-store coupon (EXP 5/8) wyb:
Beef for Stir Fry, $5 and up
Hill Country Fare Canola Oil, 24 oz, $1.75
Uncle Ben’s Whole Grain Boil-in-Bag Brown Rice, 14 oz, $1.84
H-E-B Broccoli Stir Fry, 16 oz, $1.82
-$1/3 Uncle Ben’s Plain White or Brown Rice products, RP 4/01
-$1/2 Uncle Ben’s long grain or wild rice, RP 4/01
(makes it $6.41) - Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh or Oscar Mayer Cooked Ham, 16 oz, $2.97, AND Kraft American Singles, 12 oz, $2.88
Get the following free w/ in-store coupon (EXP 5/8):
Kraft Sandwich Shop May, 12 oz
Kraft Velveeta or Easy Mac Cups, 2.05-2.44 oz
Kool-Aid 5 Pack
-$1/2 Kraft 2% milk block, shred or singles cheese, Kraft 20 Top Seasonal Recipes for 2012 booklet Read More→
Here are some new printables I found for you this morning! Act mouth rinse is on sale at Publix this week for $3.49. Use the coupon below and pick them up for $2.74 each. Check out our Coupon Database for more printables!
$1.50/2 Act mouthwash or rinse, 16.9 oz+ printable
$1 off Egg Beaters product, 32 oz printable, (zip 30003)
$1/2 Frush yogurt and fruit shakes printable
Free Hidden Valley Ranch wyb Kingsford charcoal & lighter fluid printable
Here are all the deals from the Whole Foods weekly ad, starting 5/2. There are some pretty great deals and a few free items!
Something else to note – Friday, 5/4, Whole Foods will have pasture-raised whole chickens for $2.99 lb! This is half off the original price and a great time to stock up.
Let me know if you see any errors or additions to be made by clicking the blue button at the bottom of the list.
Produce
- Whole Trade Organic Cantaloupe, $2.99
- Whole Trade Organic Honeydew, $3.99
- Blueberries, 1/2 pint, $3
Meat
- Marinated Beef Kabobs, $7.99 lb
- Wild Alaskan Coho Salmon Filet, $11.99 lb
- Pasture Raised Whole Chickens, $2.99 lb
Limit 5 – Only May 4th - Top Sirloin Steak, $10.99 lb
- Creminelli Barolo Salami, $11.99 Read More→
