Harris Teeter Shopping Trip: $42.64 for over $108.00 worth of Groceries!

Paid $52.64 plus tax for these groceries, PLUS got a $10 VISA gift card! Pictured:

2 Jumbo Packs of Pampers Swaddlers Diapers, 2 Jumbo Packs of Pampers Baby Dry Diapers, 2 Packs of Keebler Cookies, Febreeze Set and Refresh, 5 McCormick Taco Seasoning Packets

4 Bananas, 2 Dozen Davidson Safest Choice Eggs, 1 Dozen Land o Lakes All Natural Eggs

Wholly Guacamole 100 Calorie Packs, Simply Lemonade 59 oz, Gold Peak Tea 59 oz, 2 Packs of Glide Dental Floss, Yo Crunch Strawberry Yogurt Parfait, 2 Loafs of Pepperidge Farms Oatmeal Bread, 2 packs of 72-count Pampers Baby Wipes

I ran into Harris Teeter tonight for a quick shopping trip. I only had about 35 minutes, as my husband was headed to see Iron Man at the theater and asked me to be home by 8:30! Fortunately, I was prepared and already knew what I wanted, had my coupons ready, binder organized, so I got out in record time.


I got some awesome deals, I think. In the end I saved right at 50% and I got some items that we needed, too. I did the Proctor and Gamble promo to get a great deal on Diapers and Dental Floss, and I got awesome deals on eggs, paying only $.27 for two of the three dozen that I bought. I also got $.99 Pepperidge Farm Oatmeal bread, which normally costs $3.99, so that was certainly a steal. See below for the full list:


*2 Jumbo Packs of Pampers Swaddlers Diapers- pd about $5 after promo and coupon
*2 Jumbo Packs of Pampers Baby Dry Diapers- pd about $5 after promo and coupon
2 Packs of Keebler Cookies- paid $1.44 after $1.00 off 2 coupon
Febreeze Set and Refresh- $1.99 after coupon
5 McCormick Taco Seasoning Packets- $.36 each
4 Bananas
*2 Dozen Davidson Safest Choice Eggs- $.27 after $75 off coupon
1 Dozen Land o Lakes All Natural Eggs- $1.00 after $.75 coupon
Wholly Guacamole 100 Calorie Packs- $2.49 after $1.50 coupon
Simply Lemonade 59 oz- $1.77 EVIC special, no coupon
Gold Peak Tea 59 oz- $1.77 EVIC special, no coupon
2 Packs of Glide Dental Floss- pd about $1.00 after promo and coupon
Yo Crunch Strawberry Yogurt Parfait- $.77 after $.75 coupon
2 Loafs of Pepperidge Farms Oatmeal Bread- $.99 after $.50 coupon
*2 packs of 72-count Pampers Baby Wipes- $1.29 after $.75 coupon




Many of these items I got for 75% or more off. The diapers and guacamole were the most expensive. By the way, the bread coupons were attached to the bread, so be on the lookout for that while shopping. $.99 per loaf is an awesome deal and you CAN freeze bread!

How I Saved over 50% doing the P&G Promo at Harris Teeter!

Every few months or so, Proctor and Gamble runs promos where if you buy X number of their products, they will give you a bonus. It could be a gift card, money off your next purchase, a free item, etc.


This week they are offering a promo where if you buy $40 worth of select P&G products, you will get a $10 VISA gift card. After paying, a coupon that you can mail in will print out, so be sure to get it at the register. You do have to send in for the gift card and it will be mailed to you, but it's a great deal, especially since many of the products are on sale and have matching paper and digital coupon.


The beauty is that you don't even have to pay $40; just buy $40 worth of products and then use coupons to bring your total down. If you needed some of these items anyway, this is a great time to buy them. Some of the items included are: Charmin, Bounty, Pampers, Febreeze, Iams, and many more. Click here to see the full list.


This is what I did tonight:

Bought 2 Jumbo packs of Pampers Swaddlers Diapers- 18.99
Bought 2 Jumbo packs of Pampers Baby Dry Diapers- 18.99
Bought 2 Sets of Oral B Dental Floss- 5.98


Total before coupons: 43.96 
I have now met the $40 minimum purchase to earn my VISA gift card. Now let's use some coupons!


I used:

2 different Diaper Coupons that I printed online from my website (coupon,coupon )

2 coupons for $1.50 off Swaddlers Diapers= -$3.00
2 coupons for $1.50 off Pampers Baby Dry= $3.00
2 $.50 off coupons for Oral B Floss= -$2.00 (they doubled) These coupons came from the P&G insert
Total- $8.00 off


I also used digital coupons from my Harris Teeter EVIC email:

$1.00 off Swaddlers Diapers
$1.00 off Baby Dry Diapers
$.50 off one Oral B Floss
Total- $2.50 off


So, $43.96-$10.50= $33.46. Not bad for four packs of diapers and two sets of expensive dental floss.


But, don't forget the $10 VISA card that I'm getting! Count that and it's like I paid only $23.46 for all those diapers and two packs of dental floss.


Without my coupons or sales, these items would have cost me 53.94! Sounds crazy that people would pay that, huh? But people do it all the time! They run out of something like toilet paper or diapers or floss and run to the store and pay full price when they could have bought it ahead of time and benefited from the promo and all the coupons.


Check out the Proctor and Gamble promo! You have until Tuesday night to take advantage!

Great Deals on Eggs This Week (As low as $.27 per dozen)!

There are great deals on eggs going on right now, through Tuesday night at Harris Teeter. If you like organic or high quality eggs, these deals are exceptionally awesome.


Land O Lakes Cage Free All Natural Large Brown Eggs (Antiobiotic-free, vegetarian-fed, cage free)


Normally $3.99 per dozen

I paid $1.00!

How did I do it? They are on sale for $2.50. I used a $.75 off coupon which doubled to $1.50 off, making them only $1.00. I found the coupons on a store display a few weeks ago and grabbed a few, but you can also print coupons from the Land O Lakes website here.


Davidson's Safest Choice All Natural Eggs (Hormone free, antibiotic free, Kosher)


Normally $3.50 per dozen

I paid $.27!

How did I do it? They are on sale for $2.00 per dozen. Harris Teeter e-mailed me an EVIC deal where they offered them to me for $1.77 per dozen, so check your EVIC email. If you did not get the $1.77, you can still pay the regular sale price of $2.00.


Anyhow, I printed a $.75 off coupon from my website (see left) which doubled to $1.50. $1.77-$1.50= $.27! You really can't beat that deal.


Even if you pay the $2.00 per dozen and use the $.75 off coupon, you will get the eggs for $.50. That is still a stellar price.


You can't even buy store-brand eggs for these prices. Just another example of the magic of using coupons!

Star News vs. News and Observer

This week marks the first Sunday of the month (since May begins next week) and that means one thing- loads of coupons!


There could be up to four inserts (coupon booklets) in each paper today- a Red Plum, Smart Source, Proctor and Gamble, and Pepsi Moments to Save. Let's take a look at what I actually found in each newspaper.


Keep in mind that these results are regional and can even vary by city. The newspaper companies themselves have been telling us that the only way they can guarantee coupons is if you subscribe; otherwise the coupons may or may not all be there, due to many factors such as theft or omission. Unfortunately, at this time, Southeastern NC residents cannot subscribe to the Raleigh News and Observer; so, we just have to do our best to get up early and get it in the store on Sunday mornings! Be sure to check the paper before you leave, as there is no more annoying feeling than getting home and realizing there are no coupons inside.


Let's take a look at what coupons came in each newspaper today!


Smart Source Insert- 
Raleigh Newspaper Only- Black; Both Papers- Blue Wilmington Only- Red

Various Purina Beneful Dog Foods and Snacks, Tidy Cats Litter, Purina Busy Bone and Bonz Dog Treats, Purina Cat Treats, Moist and Meaty Dog Food, Various Friskies Cat Food, Digiorno Pizza Dipping Strips, Nestle Purified Water 24 packs or larger, Nestle Purified Water 8 oz Multipacks, Lean Cuisine, Coffee Mate, Nestle Frozen Ice Cream Snacks, Skinny Cow Chocolate Candy, Boost Drinks, Digiorno Pizzas, Carnation Breakfast Products, Planters Peanut Butter, California Pizza Kitchen, Red Lobster, Duke's Mayo and Sauer's Griller Rub, Tyson Bagged Breaded Chicken Strips, Campbell's Select Harvest Soups, Pepperidge Farm Bread, PaceSalsa, V8 Vegetable Juice, Prego Sauces, Eggland's Best Eggs, Johnsonville Pork and Chicken Sausage, Nature's Valley Alive Multivitamin, Pearls Products, Colgate Toothpaste, Colgate Powered Toothbrush, Colgate Manual Toothbrush, Speed Stick, Palmolive Dish Liquid, Land O Lakes Butter products, RoC Anit-Aging Products, Mira Lax, Resolve Carpet Cleaners, Smithfiled Ground Pork Products, Mission Tortillas, Claritin, Barilla Microwaveable Meals, Chuck E Cheese, Rid X, Woolite, Boston Market, Who Nu Nutrition Rich Cookies, Ajax, John Frieda Precision Foam Color, Icy Hot, Turtle Wax Tire or Wheel Product, Hug Fruit Barrels, Sure Jell or Certo Products, Snapware


From the amount of "Black" that you see above, it should be clear that the Raleigh paper wins in the category of most coupons in the Smart Source insert today. If you buy the Raleigh paper, you will have a better variety of coupons!


Red Plum Insert-
Raleigh Newspaper Only- Black; Both Papers- Blue Wilmington Only- Red

Land O Frost, Quaker Real Medleys, Fungicure, Psoriasis, Prosacea, Alta Seltzer, Loreal Colour Riche or Loreal Paris Lip Colour, Furmanos Tomatoes, PF Changs Home Menu, Spring Rolls or Dumplings, Zyrtec, Listerine, Listerine Whitening, Listerine Smart Rinse, One Touch Ultra Blue Test Strips, One Touch Ultra Mini Meter, Pedigree Dog Foods, Welch's Refrigerated Fruit Juice Cocktail, Aleve. Bayer Asprin, Special K Cereals, Cracker Chips and Protein Meal Bars, Morton Sea Salt, Morton Season-All Seasoned Salt, NicoDerm, Surf, Snuggle, Tabasco, Brawny Giant Roll or Larger, Nivea Body or Hand Lotion, Sun Kissed Product or Skin Firming Product, Catherin's Clothing, I Cool For Menopause, Hardees, 

Again, Raleigh is your best bet for the most coupons this week.

Pepsi Moments to Save Insert- Same Coupons for Both Papers

Starbucks, Pepsi Next, Tostitos Tortilla Chips, Sun Chips, Cheetos, Lays, Baked Lays, Pepsi Cans, Frapuchinno, Quaker Chewy Granola Bars or Yogurt Granola Bars, Starbucks Via, Frito Lay Variety Packs, Lipton Iced Tea or Pureleaf Packs, 


Proctor and Gamble Insert- Same Coupons for Both Papers


I did not receive a Proctor and Gamble insert in either of the papers today, so I will either order it online at www.wholecouponinserts.com or www.theqhunter.com, or go grab it for free in the local Encore or AdPack magazines.



What coupons did you find this morning? Which coupons excite you the most?!


Until next week......

Delly's Deals Weekly Radio Show Notes

Thank you to our show sponsors, I Am Salon and Day Spa, Indoor Mechanical Service and Memories of a Child. Please support these local businesses as they help make the Delly's Deals Radio Show possible! Check out the April specials from I Am Salon and Day Spa. Also, Indoor Mechanical Service is offering a $45 tune up special for your heating and air unit, which is an awesome deal, so be sure to call them. Finally, Memories of a Child has TONS of great warm weather clothes right now, so if you need spring and summer wear for your kids, as well as water gear, be sure to drop by. You get an extra 10% off if you mention my name (Delly)!
 

Today we gave away a $100 gift certificate to the new Brazilian Steakhouse in Wilmington, courtesy of Gauchao Brazilian Steakhouse. They are located at 6317 Market Street in Wilmington. If you have not yet tried a Brazilian Steakhouse, you are missing out! Gauchao features 17 different cuts of meats including filet mignon, top sirloin, bottom sirloin, pork filet, pork and beef ribs, chicken, and so many more! The meat is served to you fresh and hot while you sit and the steaks are cut fresh off the skewer. It is a culinary experience not to miss! They also offer a salad bar with 54 items on it.

For Mother's Day they are offering a 20% discount from 12-4, so be sure to go in (you may want to make a reservation by calling 399-6228) and let them know you heard about it on Delly's Deals! Congrats to Alissa O. for winning the $100 gift certificate and thank you to Gauchao Brazilian Steakhouse for offering this awesome prize!


Below are some of the deals that I shared  for the week. The deals are a little more sparse than last week but there are still some not to miss deals out there:


Harris Teeter/Lowes Foods


Tetley Tea- use $.65 off coupon from Sunday paper to make it FREE at Lowes Foods and $.02 at Harris Teeter

Ragu Pasta Sauce- Buy 2 Get 3 FREE at Harris Teeter (use 3 of the $.50 off coupon from the Lowes 
Spring Savings Booklet to bring the cost down to less than $1 each)

Keri Lotion- $1.99 after $2.00 off coupon from the April 15th newspaper (normally very expensive)

Eight O Clock Coffee is this week's EVIC special at Harris Teeter- buy two bags for $3.77 and use this $2 off 2 bags coupon to make them $2.77 each, which isn't bad for bagged coffee

The Harris Teeter Meal Deal is good- it's based on a chicken taco night although you could use the ingredients for something else. Get Perdue Chicken Strips, Mission Tortillas, Breakstone Sour Cream and Harris Teeter brand shredded cheese for only $5.99. The chicken alone can cost almost that much, so the other items are just a bonus!

Oven Roasted Deli Turkey is on sale at Harris Teeter for $6.99 and White and Yellow American Cheeses are on sale for only $4.99 per pound. I've been waiting for deli turkey to go on sale, so I was happy to see this!


Food Lion
Bounty Paper Towels are $5 for 6 pack at Food Lion. Use the $1 off Food Lion e-coupon (load it onto your card at the Food Lion website) to make them $4 for 6 rolls

Tide is $5.99 at Food Lion. This isn't the best price ever but it's not bad if you really need some Tide. Plus, there are a variety of Tide coupons floating around out there that you can use to lower the price even more.

Ragu Pasta Sauce is also B1G1 FREE at Food Lion, so you can get it there and use two of the $.50 off coupons from the Lowes Booklet, too.

Finally, check out the produce deals from all three major stores this week. There were a lot of them and they will only get better as summer approaches.


I also shared a deal where you can get FREE glasses from Coastal Contacts. This is an awesome deal and you only have to pay $10 shipping! Enter the code "KRAZYFREE" at checkout. The wonderful thing is that they come with a hard case,cloth and mini screwdriver. And if you are not happy with them, you can ship them back for free. You just need your prescription information, so hopefully you have that somewhere!

Don't forget your Sunday paper tomorrow. It should be loaded since it is the first of the month.


I have a workshop coming up on Saturday, May 26th. It is at NE Regional Library at 1 p.m. Click here for details and I do hope you can make it! If you are wanting to learn more about how to drastically reduce your grocery bill and leave more money in your pocket, be sure to join me for a lot of fun and tons of great info!


See today's radio show trivia question/answer below:


How much does the average US family of 3 spend on groceries? Check out this graph from the US Department of Labor. $4053 on average is spent on personal care products and groceries. I take a family of 6 would spend on average twice as much, which would be $8106. Imagine if you could cut that amount in half by using coupons and store discounts? The great news is that you can!

Sunday Paper Reminder

I want to remind everyone to have their "A" game on Sunday morning! Already it's the first of the month coming up, which means awesome coupons in the Sunday paper. This Sunday's newspaper is supposed to have a Red Plum insert, a Smart Source insert, a Proctor and Gamble insert AND a special Pepsi Moments to Save insert. Well, there goes sleeping in on Sunday morning for me!


A couple of notes- lately the Raleigh News and Observer has not been putting the Proctor and Gamble insert in the paper down here in Wilmington, but it tends to have more of the other coupons. So definitely get the Raleigh paper. 

But, if you also want the Proctor and Gamble insert, which is usually very nice, the Wilmington Star News has been including it, although the Wilmington selection of the other coupons is often thinner. So, what I'm saying is that this is a great weekend to get both papers, possibly multiple copies, depending on if you like the coupons that are included.


Finally, there are free Proctor and Gamble inserts in the local Ad Pack and Encore magazines and they are currently out and about around town. Remember your coupon etiquette and please don't grab more than one, maybe two- leave some for the rest of us! Watch out for coupon karma- do unto other couponers as you would have them do unto you!

Produce Deals this Week

One of the easiest ways to save on produce is to simply buy it on sale. Produce goes on sale, too, mainly when it's in season, but even when not in season the grocery store will occasionally surprise you. Food Lion seems to take the cake this week with produce deals. Below I list some of my favorite prices this week:


Harris Teeter:


B1G1 Free Blackberries or Blueberries (my kids will be so happy to see this- we only buy these on sale)- At this price they come out to be $1.99 each


Iceberg Lettuce B1G1 Free

Select Bagged Apples- $3.50 per bag (great deal- I tried some and they were so sweet and crispy)!


Food Lion: 


Gala Apples- $.99 per pound (this is an awesome price! normally these run $1.79 per pound)!


Cluster Tomatoes- $.99 per pound (normally $1.99 per pound, so big savings)


Fresh Express or Dole Salads 12 ounces- $1.50 each 


5 pound bag Yellow Potatoes- $2.99 per bag


3 pound bag Yellow Onions- $1.99 each


Hass Avocados- $.89 each


Red or Bosc Pears- $1.39 per pound


Lowes Foods:


T&A Romaine Hearts- B1G1 Free (makes them $1.75 each)


Jumbo Sweet Cantaloupe- (B1G1 Free (makes it $1.84 each)


Red Ripe Grape Tomatoes- (B1G1 Free (makes them $1.98 each pint)

Zuchinni or Yellow Squash- $1.49 per pound


Try to eat the produce that's on sale and in season and you will save the most. My children know they get the fruits that are on sale each week. If all else fails, there's always bananas! 

Finally, nothing beats the value of growing your own, so try out a couple of veggies or fruits that you like- I did last year and it was a lot of fun!