Kroger 3/7/2010-Coke Products $10/10

Be sure to get to Kroger this week(click here for you local ad) if you are a Coke product shopper.  Now, obviously, going healthy means that we are going to have to give up our sodas a bit, but as I said, we are working on it. LOL

We do have a passion for Coke Zero around here.  From the looks of the grocery store shelves most often, so do many others.  I have learned to watch the various grocers for the week that they sale their sodas at .99 cents or $1 because going through two to three two liters per week can add up if you save .50 cents or more per two liter.  I've been known to wipe out the entire stock in the store if possible.  This can add up to a savings of at least $20 per month. 

So this week I will be heading out to Kroger to get my Coke Zeros for the months as they are 10/$10 this week.  So be sure to stock up yourselves. 

One last thing.  Anybody ever find any good deals on Cokes or coupons?  I have not located any yet.  Let me know if you do.  Thanks

Contest: The Best Bargain is a FREE ONE!!

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Welcome to The Bargain Woman. I hope you find way more than you bargained for!


I'm sorry I've been so busy this week that I haven't had time to post. I recently assumed the responsibility of being the onsite prayer room coordinator for my church's prayer room. This is a brand new undertaking and I am responsible for writing all the content and policies and procedures for the prayer room and collection of prayer requests. It is so funny because it seems like I went from having very little extra curricular activity to having everything hit all at once. So much so I have contemplated halting this blog altogether. However, my husband has asked that I give it at least 30 days so I am going to honor him and do so.


The actual coupon searching and learning how to do the gaming is taking so much computer time right now that I don't have much time left over to write, but I know that once I get past the learning curve that won't be a problem.


This post is to announce the contest I promised. I have thought about a few different ideas and settled that the easiest thing to do would be gift cards. So here is what I am proposing:

1st Prize: Will receive a $25 gift card from Amazon.com


2nd Prize: Will receive a $15 gift card from Kroger

3rd Prize will receive an envelope stuffed full of valuble coupons

Entrance Rules:
Each contestant will receive one entrance for each of the following. After one week the person with the most entrances will win.

1. Write a post sharing your experience with grocery gaming, bargain shopping, etc.
2. Be sure to mention my new blog in your post and link back to this post.
3. Recomend The Bargain Woman to at least 5 other bloggers.
4. You will receive one entrance for each recommended blogger who also link up.
5. Subscribe to my feed or Follow my blog
6. Put my new button on your blog. (You will have to copy as a photo at this time and add my link as I haven't had time to get the html posted yet)
7. Don't forget to leave me a comment letting me know that you posted.

Thanks, good luck, and Happy Homemaking!

Contest starts today and will end in Friday October 2nd. I will announce the winners sometime that weekend and send out the prizes the following week. Good luck and thanks for haning in there with me.

Bargains at Kroger this week

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Welcome to The Bargain Woman. I hope you find way more than you bargained for!

This weeks deals don't seem to be quite as impressive as those found at Target and Kmart last week, but I did need to head out for a few missing items on this week's recipes so I went ahead and took advantage of the following deals.

9/13-9/19 Kroger Deals

Thrilled to see Coke Zero at .99 cents (unadvertised) so I stocked up (no limit on purchase) and bought 10 as they haven't been below $1.59 in several weeks at most stores.

Angel Soft Tissue 4ct/0.99 cents w/Angel Soft Manuf. coupon 0.50 cents doubled=FREE. Coupon was in Sunday paper or you can go here


Colgate Total Enamel $4/2 with $1/1 coupon found here=$1 per tube

 Old El Paso Stack and Stand Taco Shells FREE with purchase of any 2 OEP Taco Seasoning packetsOEP Taco Seasoning packets $1.09 pp stacked with $0.60/2 any OEP product found here Got Taco shells and 2 packets seaonings for $1.58 (or $0.79 ea)

KFT BBQ sauce $1.00


Dreamfield Spaghetti Pasta $1.99 with SS $1.00/1 or click here $0.99 cents


Kroger is running a $5 instant cash back when purchasing 10 select Kraft or Nestle products and I'm sure with a little digging I could have racked up more, but as I said this was just to get a few items I needed for my Orange Chicken recipe for tonight and my Chicken Parm. slow cooker recipe for later in the week. Check out Stretching A Buck for more valuble Kroger deals.

Total Value of Items before Bargains: $90.35

Total Spent after Bargains: $63.23

Savings of 30%

*Please note that the above items don't represent the entire shopping list (I bought some meat, cheese, and other items not on sale)

Happy Homemaking and Bargaining :)

Drum Roll Please

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The results are in and I am extremely pleased! Drum roll please....

Total Value of Groceries:

$402.06

Actual Basement Bargain Price after coupons and disounts:

$215.45

A savings of 45%

This was so fun; although a bit time consuming. The results, however, are quite pleasing. I have seen several of my friends posting on Facebook about their success with coupons and grocery gaming, so I decided to give it a whirl. All I can say is I can't believe how much money I saved and I CAN'T BELIEVE I haven't done this before.

Target was running a get $5/every 5 FiberOne products and you can stack manufacturer coupons with Target store coupons. You can get the in store Target coupons here and FiberOne coupons here. After stocking up on the FiberOne muffins, cereal, and granola bars, I used the gift cards to pay for my second transactions. Running two transactions also allowed me to use duplicate in-store coupons. Target will no longer let you stack store coupons in a single transaction. You, can however, use multiple manufacturer coupons for the same product.

There are several excellent websites to help you with collecting deals and bargains. For example below is an example of a deal I found out about at Target from Stretching a Buck.

Bargain #1 example:
Fiber One Cereal - $2.50/ea
Use $0.75/1 here or Use $1/2 here
I stacked this with the $1/1 General Mills Cereal Target coupon here.

Granted, I have enough cereal to feed my family for a while, but hopefully I will find bulk bargains on other products in the coming weeks. I averaged about a 55% savings at Target.


Since Kmart was running their double coupons through Monday, I made two trips which enabled me to take advantage of not only the double coupons, but I also got $5 off each order for spending over $50. You can also do two transactions, but I didn't have all my couponing finished when I made my first trip. The trick is to give them this coupon first before all the others and then your over $50 order turns into a $30 order. I averaged about a 45% savings at Kmart.

At Kroger I also racked up a 55% savings and at Food City I saved about 25%.

After trying this out this week, I've decided to do a couple of things here on the website. There is an actual website called The Grocery Game which is a great place to start. She actually has a plan that you can sign up for and pay a fee. I have decided I am going to try what I have done this week for this month, then I will give Terry's 4 week free trial a run to see if she can save me enough to justify the fee. I'll be sure to report my results.

Secondly, I am planning a give away to launch the site. I will bring more details soon, but I am planning on sharing some of the excess coupons I have as well as a free shipment of $50 worth of dry goods. So check back soon for the details.

Happy Homemaking everyone!