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I went in this evening because we wanted to take advantage of the sunshine and cook on the grill. Some of the items we used for the meal are not pictured. I did 6 transactions but before I checked out I asked the CSM to open another register so the other customers would not be held up. According to my receipts it took about 8 minutes to checkout. If I were a customer standing behind me in line I would be irate. This is why I asked her to open a lane that would have been closed.

Transaction 1

(3) McCormick Cinnamon – 3.72
- 1.11 McCormick MVP sale
- 2.25 – (3) .75/1 man q
Subtotal – .36
Tax – .05
Total – .41
Received a $2.50 cat for purchasing 3 Mccormick spices!

Transaction 2

(3) McCormick Cinnamon – 3.72
- 1.11 McCormick MVP sale
- 2.25 – (3) .75/1 man q
Subtotal – .36
Tax – .05
Total – .41
Received a $2.50 cat for purchasing 3 Mccormick spices!

Transaction 3

(6) Kraft Shredded Cheese – 15.00
- 5.00 – $5 off WYB 5 specified Kraft items
- 7.50 – (3) B1G1 Free Kraft cheese blinkie q
Subtotal – 2.50 (The original price of 1 bag of cheese!)
Tax – .30
Total OOP – 2.80

Transaction 4

(3) Snuggle Free and Clear – 11.97
(3) McCormick Cinnamon – 3.72
(1) Gwaltney Hot Dogs – .99
(1) FL Hot Dog Buns – 1.17
- 3.00 Snuggle MVP
- 1.11 McCormick MVP
- .10 Gwaltney MVP
- 2.00 cat from previous transaction (last week)
Subtotal – .39
Tax – .79
Total OOP – 1.18

Transaction 5

(5) Special K Cereals – 16.35
- 3.85 Special K MVP
- 5.00 Special K promo
- 5.00 man q
- 2.50 cat from previous transaction
Subtotal – 2.50
Tax – .15
Total OOP – .15
Received (2) free milk cats!

Transaction 6

(3) Deer Park Aquapod water – 8.37
(1) FL Coleslaw – 2.79
(1) Lays chips – 3.99
- 1.49 Lays MVP
- .29 FL Coleslaw MVP
- 5.37 Aquapod MVP
- 2.50 cat from previous transaction
- 2.50 cat from previous transaction
Subtotal – 3.00
Tax – .16
Total OOP – 3.16

Here is the deal for the Kelloggs Special K. I snapped this picture because it is not located in the ad this week:

Trip Totals
Total OOP – 8.11
Total Saved – 65.18
Still have (2) cats for free milk!

If you have not signed up for the Shoppers’ Companion Email yet I would suggest
you do that now. Each week you will be sent an email with the new deals and access to FLIPS!
A few things to remember when shopping at Food Lion is: You can use 2 coupons on a BOGO sale;
BOGO items ring up half price not buy one at full price get one free. This allows you to only purchase
one item at half price if you so choose; They do not accept competitors coupons; They do accept
printable coupons as long as they scan; Only 1 FLIP allowed per transaction (not per purchase);
You can stack FLIPS and manufacturer coupons; Rainchecks from Food Lion NEVER expire!
Here are the deals that stick out to me this week!

FLIPS Available:

Expires 03/23/10
$1/1 package Mrs. Pauls Fish Sticks
$1/2 Kellogg’s Cereal (Raisin Bran, Fruit Loops, Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies or Special K)
$1/2 Betty Crocker Cake Mixes
$1 off 24-pack Food Lion Water

Expires 03/30/10
$1/2 packages Hormel Ham (lunchmeat)
$1/2 cans Hunt’s Manwich
$1/1 Luzianne Tea Bags
$1/2 jars Mt Olive Pickles

New Shamrock Game Coupon:
$1 off Ground Beef
$1/3 Food Lion Mixed Vegetables

Labels For Education Challenge Coupons
$1/2 Campbell’s Select Harvest soup cans or microwavable bowls
$1/2 jars Pace Sauces
$1/2 V8 Vegetable Juice
$1/2 Swanson 32oz. Broth

Home 360 Printable Coupon
$2 off $5 Home 360 Purchase

Catalina Deals

Hamburger Helper
Valid Dates: 02/22 – 03/21

Purchase Requirements:
Buy 3 get 1.50 on your next hamburger, chicken or tuna purchase.
Buy 4 get 2.00 on your next hamburger, chicken or tuna purchase.
Buy 5 get 2.50 on your next hamburger, chicken or tuna purchase.

Oscar Mayer Bacon
Valid Dates: 2/22 – 3/21

Purchase Requirements:
Buy 2 participating products; get $1.00 off your next shopping order.
Buy 3 participating products; get $2.00 off your next shopping order.
Buy 4 or more participating products; get $3.00 off your next shopping order.

Weekly Deals

Purchase 5 participating products receive $5 off your order. (limit 1 reward per transaction)
Participating Products:

Kraft Shredded, Cubed or Chunk Cheese 8 oz., $2.50
- Kraft shredded cheese, 7-8oz – valid up to $3.29 Blinkie
- $1/2 Kraft or Cracker Barrel Natural Cheese, shreds or chunk Blinkie
- $2/2 Kraft Shredded Cheese Blinkie
Breakstone’s Sour Cream 16 oz $1.79
Cracker Barrel Cheese 6.3-10 oz., $4.69
- $1/2 Kraft or Cracker Barrel Natural Cheese, shreds or chunk Blinkie
Velveeta Cheese Loaf 32 oz $5.99
$1.50 on Ground Beef WYB 1 Velveeta (2lb, any variety) & 2 Rotel (any variety)
Kraft Singles 10.7-12 oz $2.29
Jello Pudding Cups 6pk, $2.99

Food Lion Purified  Drinking Water (24pk) sale 2/$5
$1 off 24-pack Food Lion Water FLIP

Frosted Flakes or Raisin Bran sale BOGO
$1/2 Kellogg’s Cereal Flip (Raisin Bran, Fruit Loops, Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies or Special K)

1lb Perdue Ground Chicken sale 2/$5
$1/1 Perdue USDA Process Verified Chicken, any – 02-14-10 RP

Purchase (2) Gorton’s Fish at $8 and Receive (2) Stouffer’s Mac and Cheese Free!
.55/1 Gorton’s Item, Any – 02-21-10 SS
$1/2 Gorton’s Items, Any – 02-21-10 SS

12″ TombStone Pizza sale 3/$10
$1 when you buy Tombstone Pizza 16 – 24 oz. Tearpad found at Food Lion. Has FL logo but is manufacturer coupon.

Duncan Hines cake mixes and Frostings sale 10 for $10
$1 off wyb Duncan Hines Carrot Cake mix and Cream Cheese Frosting

If you find any other deals please feel free to leave a comment below. If you have a website please leave your link so I can give you credit!

Right now Food Lion has a deal if you purchase 10 participating products you will automatically save $10 off that bill:

If you will notice in the top left hand corner they have listed Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Apple Jacks and Corn Pops listed in the sale at 2/$5. There is currently a catalina deal going on:

Thanks to Laura Jean over at HCW or this info:

Just got a Cat for KELLOGG’S
Dates- 2/10-3/10
Buy 3 get $1.00
Buy 4 get $3.00 or
Buy 5 or more and get $4.00 on your NEXT order
All items purchased in one shopping order.

Participating products: All 10 oz or larger, any flavor
Frosted Flakes
Apple Jacks
Fruit Loops
Corn Pops
Cocoa Krispies
Honey Smacks

• $1/3 Kellogg’s Cereal found in 02/07 RP
• $1.50/2 specific Kellogg’s Cereals printable coupon
• $1/3 specific Kellogg’s Cereals printable coupon

Keeping all of this in mind lets figure out a deal!

(10) Kellogg’s Cereals – 25.00
- $3 up to $10 in coupons (depending on the coupons you have)
- $10 automatically taken off your bill
= $5 – $12 oop
Receive back $4 catalina making it $1 to $8 for 10 boxes of cereal or as low as .10/box! Now before you run out and load up your buggies please do me a favor… SAVE ME SOME!

I was heading out to Harris Teeter to do a couple of triples deals and stopped in at Food Lion to pick up a couple of coupons. I did snatch quite a few but I also found an awesome FREEBIE! They had their  Kelloggs Cocoa Krispies cereal straws (org. price $4 ea) on closeout for $1/ea! It only gets better! Attached to the box was a $1 peelie coupon! SCORE!

(6) Kellogg’s Cereal Straws – 6.00
- 6.00 – (6) $1 Kellogg’s mfg q
Tax – .12
Total OOP – .12

Retail value – 24.00
Coupon and sale – 24.00
Tax – .12
Total OOP – .12
Percentage saved – 100%!

Here are a few things that stick out to me.

Meat Department

Combine these deals with the $5/$20 meat department FLIP and you can get some great meats cheap! Don’t forget to calculate the prices on the regular prices and not the sale price.

Chicken Leg Quarters – sale $0.39/lb (reg. $0.89) (in some areas)
Boneless Chicken Breast Fillets or Tenders – sale 50% off (reg. $4.89 – $4.99)
Pork Back Ribs – sale $2.99/lb (reg. $4.49/lb)
Boneless Ribeye Steaks – sale $4.88
Ledbetter Beef Tenderloin Steak – sale 2/$7 (reg. $4.99/ea)
Butcher’s Brand 80% Ground Chuck or 93% Lean Ground Beef Patties – sale $4.99/ea (reg. $6.49)
Talapia Fillets – sale $2.99/lb (reg. $5.99/lb)
Snow Crab Clusters – sale $3.99/lb (reg. $6.99/lb)
Raw Shrimp BOGO (reg. $13.99)

Produce

Cantaloupes – sale BOGO free $2.50 or 1.25/ea
Fresh Ripe Strawberries – sale 2/$5 (reg. 2.99/ea) – $1 off 1lb Strawberries FLIP = $1.50/lb

Frozen

Breyers Ice Cream – sale BOGO $5.39 – $1.50/1 FL coupon found in the “Healthy Community” book found at the CS desk = 1.20/ea
Starbucks Ice Cream – sale 2/$5 – $2 insert coupon = .50/ea

Grocery

Oscar Mayer Bacon – sale BOGO $5.49 or 2.75/ea – Coupon for $1.25/2 = $4.24/2 or $2.12/ea (you can also use the $5/$20 meat department FLIP on the bacon)
Planters Trail Mix – sale 1.99 until 9/8 – $2 Planters FLIP = FREE
Planters Nut Jar – 2.49 – $2 Planters FLIP = .49/ea
Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs – sale BOGO $3.20 – $1/2 insert coupon = $2.20/2 or $1.10/ea
Lay’s Chips – sale BOGO $3.99 – $2/2 tearpad coupon found in Food Lion a few weeks back (if Baked Lay’s is included in the sale)

Deli

Land O Lakes Cheese – sale BOGO Free $5.99 – buy 2/lbs = $11.98 – $3/$10 Deli Purchase – (2) $1/1 Land O Lakes coupon (8/30 SS) – $5.99 MVP sale = .99/2 lbs or .49/lb
There is also a $1 off 1/2lb Land O Lakes Cheese Printable
Virginia or Honey Ham or Roast Beef – sale $3.99/lb – $3/$10 Deli Purchase
KauKauna Cheese – sale 2/$6 (reg. $3.99/ea) – $1/1 blinkie (Found at Food Lion) – $3/$10 Deli Purchase

Misc. Deals

Alstro/Gerber Bouquets – 3.99 – $1/$3 Floral Department Purchase = $2.99

The next stop I made was to Food Lion. I did three transactions there and walked out with tons of stuff! Several of the items I got will be given to the teachers once school starts.

I broke these deals up into three different transactions because the flips only allow one per transaction. There are 18 Smart Option pizzas and three bags of Tyson chicken nuggets that are not pictured because I had to get them in the freezer. Way too hot out today, 100 degrees with a heat index of 107! OUCH! I also got a little upset because I thought the chicken nuggets were on sale for 4/$10. I was way off! They were on sale but for 4.99/bag. I paid more than I wanted to but my kids will eat them so I just kept them instead of taking them back in. All of the FLIPS (Food Lion Internet Printables) can be printed at Southern Savers Blog. To keep this short I will add all of my transactions up into one.

(3) Tyson Chicken nuggets – 4.99/ea -14.97
(18) Smart Option Pizza – sale 2/$1 – 9.00
(3) Capri Sun – sale 3/$6 – 3.00
(2) Tide Duo – 7.98
(1) Tide Stain Release – 3.99
(6) Nesquik – sale $1 – 6.00
(3) Healthy Accents Foam Soap – 1.69/ea – 5.07
(3) Nectarines – sale .99/lb – 1.23
2.03 lbs Deli Turkey – sale BOGO – 5.55
(3) Home 360 Facial Tissues – sale .95/ea – 2.85
(1) White Wheat Hambuger buns – sale – 1.99
(1) Natures Own Honey Wheat 7 Grain bread – sale – 1.99
Subtotal – 63.62
- (3) $1 Healty Accents FLIP – 3.00
- (3) $1 Guiding Stars FLIP – 3.00
- (3) $1/$3 Smart Options FLIP – 3.00
- (3) $1 Home360 FLIP – 3.00
- (3) $2 Tide FLIP – 6.00
- (3) $1 Tide MQ – 3.00
- (3) $1.50 Tyson peelie coupon – 4.50
- (2) $1 Capri Sun FLIP – 2.00 (this should have been 3 coupons used but forgot to give one to the cashier)
- (3) $1/2 Nesquik MQ – 3.00
- (1) $3/$10 Deli FLIP – 3.00
Subtotal After Coupons – 30.12
Tax – 1.80
Total OOP – 31.92

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The Food Lion Weekly Flyer is available for this week. Here are some of the deals that stand out to me this week.

Meat:

New York Strip – $4.99lb
$1/$5 Butchers Brand Beef FLIP

Split Chicken Breast – $.87lb
Multiple Wine Tags

Whole Pork Picnic – $.69lb

Ground Beef 73% – $1.97lb
$1/$5 Butchers Brand Beef FLIP

FL Shrimp – B1G1 (5.50/ea)
Multiple Wine Tags

Whole Chicken Fryers – $.89lb
Multiple Wine Tags

Butchers Brand Frozen Beef Patties – $5.49
$1/$5 Butchers Brand Beef FLIP

Ball Park – B1G1 (reg. 3.20/ea)
$1/2 Ball Park Franks, Any – 07-26-09 RP

Butterball Deep Fried Turkey – B1G1 (reg. 3.49/ea)

Produce:

Sweet Corn – $.44
$1 Guiding Stars FLIP

Green Bell Pepper – $.99
$1 Guiding Stars FLIP

Red/Black PLums – $.99lb
$1 Guiding Stars FLIP

Yellow Onions 3lb – $1.99
$1 Guiding Stars FLIP

Whole White Mushrooms – $1.99
$1 Guiding Stars FLIP

Deli/Bakery:

8pc Fried CHicken – $4.99
$3 Chicken Dinner Meal FLIP or $3/$10 Deli/Bakery FLIP

Deli Fresh Turkey Breast – B1G1 (reg. 5.49/lb)
$3/$10 Deli/Bakery FLIP

Virginia/Honey Ham – $3.99lb
$3/$10 Deli/Bakery FLIP

Stefanos Pizza – $1.00off (reg. 7.69 at my NC store)
$3/$10 Deli/Bakery FLIP

Dairy/Frozen:

Smart Option Pizza – $.69
$1/3 Smart Option Pizza FLIP (soon to be added)

Minute Maid OJ – $2.50
$1 Guiding Stars FLIP

OreIda – B1G1 (reg. 3.69/ea)

Breyers Ice Cream – B1G1 (reg. 5.39/ea)
$1/2 Breyers Ice Cream Products

Aunt Jemima Pancakes/French Toast – B1G1 (reg. 2.99/ea)

Breyer’s Yogurt – $2.00
$1/1 Breyers Yo Crunch 100 Calorie Yogurt Packs – 08-02-09 SS

Tyson Family Pack Chicken – $4.99
$1/1 Tyson Frozen Breaded Chicken, Any Bag – 08-02-09 SS
$1/1 Tyson Frozen Breaded Chicken, One Bag – 08-30-09 (Food Lion Manu Q FLIP)

Eggo Waffles – $1.66
$1/2 Kellogg’s Eggo, Any 4 Ct. +, Mix Or Match – Kellogg’s Fuel For School
$1/1 Kellogg’s Eggo Frozen Product, Any 6 Ct. +, Limit One Coupon Per Visit – How Do You Eggo Booklet
$2 off 2lbs produce WYB 2 Eggo Products, Booklet

DiGiorno – $5.50
$1/1 DiGiorno Crispy Flatbread Frozen Pizza, any one (1) – 08-02-09 SS

Klondike Bars – $2.50
$1/2 Klondike Products

Popsicle – $3.00
$1/1 Popsicle Product, Any – “Raise Your Hand For Savings” Unilever Booklet

Sunny D – $1.66
.25/1 SunnyD Original Or SunnyD Smoothies Product – 07-26-09 SS

Other:

Lance Crackers 8pk – B1G1 – $1.45 sale price

Coca Cola 12pk – $3.33
$1/1 My Coke Rewards Coupon

Orville Redenbacher – B1G1 (reg. 2.99/ea)
$1/2 Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet Popping Corn, 3 pack or larger – 08-02-09 SS

Chef Boyardee – $1.00
Free Chef Boyardee 15oz wyb (1) Hawaiian Punch Gallon
$1/5 Chef Boyardee Cans or Microwave Pastas, any – 08-02-09 SS
.35/3 Chef Boyardee Cans or Microwave Pastas, any – 08-02-09 SS2
B3G1 Chef Boyardee, Any 15 Oz. Cans – All You, August 28, 2009 – Valid Up To $1.00

Hunt’s Snack Pack – $1.00
B3G1 Hunt’s Snack Pack Pudding, Any 4-Packs – All You, August 28, 2009- Valid Up To $1.00

Peter Pan PB – $2.00
$1/2 Peter Pan Peanut Butter, any variety, 16 oz or larger – 08-02-09 SS
Crayola Crayons, Any (1) 24 Ct. Free WYB (1) Peter Pan Peanut Butter, Any – All You, August 28, 2009 – Valid Up To $1.14

Quaker CHewy Bars – $2.00
$1/2 Quaker Chewy Granola Bars, Any Boxes – 06-21-09 RP

Classico Pasta Sauce – $2.00
$1/2 Classico Pasta Or Pesto Sauce, Any Jars (NWPN) (DND 5) Wine Tag
$1/2 Classico Pasta sauce, any

Non-Food/Cleaners:

Tide Stain Release – $5.99
$1.50/1 Tide Stain Release In-Wash Booster, Any (found in multiple different magazines)
$1/1 any Tide product 08-02-09 P&G
$2 off Tide Laundry Detergent Liquid or Powder (32 loads or larger) FLIP

Gain Detergent – $4.99
$2 Gain Laundry Detergent (40 loads or larger) FLIP

Bounce Dryer Bars – $3.99
$1.00/1 Bounce Dryer Bar, Any – 08-02-09 PG

Lysol Wipes – B1G1
$1.00/1 Lysol Disinfecting Wipes, Any – 07-12-09 SS
$1.00/2 Lysol Disinfecting Wipes, Any – 07-12-09 SS
$1.00/2 Lysol Disinfecting Wipes

A special thanks goes out to all the posters at HCW and Southern Savers.

Don’t forget to check out my Giveaway! Trix Swirls Giveaway

I just received the following email from Food Lion:

Dear Valued Customer,

As an MVP card holder and as one of our customers who has indicated a desire for e-mail messages from us, we are sending you this alert regarding a powdered milk recall by one of our suppliers.  The manufacturer has recalled this product due to possible salmonella contamination:

The following Food Lion product is being recalled:

PRODUCT                                       UPC#               Size

Food Lion Instant Nonfat Dry Milk      35826-03577      9.6 oz.

We are asking customers to return this item to the store for a full refund.

We would like to assure you that Food Lion regards food safety as a top priority. Information regarding recalls can be found at www.FoodLion.com/Recalls.

Thank you for being a valued customer.

If you have this in your cabinet please take the necessary measures to prevent from becoming ill.

I was going to try to pop in and take advantage of the Deli Tray deal ($10 off any $15 and up tray) but they did not have any within a decent prce range for me so I just went for my other deals. I did really good and plan to go back several times before Tues is over. I did this in three different transactions but I will just condense it into one here. Here is what I got:

(3) A1 Steak Sauce – reg. 4.27/ea – 12.81
(4) M & M’s – reg. .89/ea – 3.56
(2) Baby Ruth – reg. .89/ea – 1.78
(2) Snickers – reg. .89/ea – 1.78
(1) Shredded Lettuce – 2.39
(4) Kraft Dressings – reg. 2.82/ea – 11.28
(1) K C Masterpiece – reg. – 2.08
4 1/2 lbs Country Style Pork Ribs – reg. 8.52
(4) Peaches – reg. 2.39
(1) Kingsford Charcoal – reg. 10.99
(2) Sure Jell – reg. 3.00/ea – 6.00
(1) 2ltr Coke – reg. 1.79
approx. 7 lbs Split Chicken Breast – reg. 23.95
Retail Subtotal – 89.32
- 3.60 MVP BOGO Candy Sale
- .90 MVP Coke Sale
- .36 MVP Peach Sale
- .41 KC Masterpiece MVP Sale
- 2.14 Pork MVP Sale
- 16.54 MVP Chicken Sale
- 4.60 MVP Kraft Dressing Sale
Subtotal After MVP Sale – 60.78
- 6.00 – (3) $2 Chicken FLIP
- 6.00 – (3) $2 A1 FLIP
- 3.56 – (3) BOGO Candy Coupon
- 6.00 off Pork WYB KC Masterpiece and Kingsford
- 1.67 Free KC Masterpiece WYB Kingsford
- 6.00 – (4) 1.50/1 Kraft Dressing
- 6.00 – (3) $2/1 A1 mfg coupon
- 2.00 – (1) $1/1 Sure Jell
- 4.00 – (2) $2 off produce wyb 2 Kraft dressing
Subtotal after coupons – 19.55
Tax – 1.74
Total OOP – 21.29
Percentage saved – 78%

I will go back and do the Kingsford deal one more time and buy 2 bags of ice and then send off for the $10 MIR! That will make my OOP, for the pork, Kingsford, KC Masterpiece and bags of ice, end up only being the cost of the ice plus about $2! Now I just need to find some CHEAP ice!

We needed some milk and I had a CAT left over from the Kraft BBQ Sauce deal that was going to expire so I popped in yesterday.

(2) Twix – sale BOGO – .88
(2) M&M – sale BOGO – .88 (rang up .89 each but MVP took off .90 making them both .88)
(1) Gallon Milk – 2.89
Subtotal – 4.67
- 1.78 – (2) bogo coupons .89/each
- 2.50 Cat
Subtotal – .37
Tax – .14
Total OOP – .51

Retail Total – 6.45
Coupons and sale – 6.08
Tax – .14
Percentage Saved – 92%