Free McCormick Grill Mate Products

Shaws has two different Grill Mates products on sale this week. The seasoning packets are on sale for .50 each and the shaker bottles are on sale for .99 (except the salmon in some stores which is 20% off-bleh).

This past Sunday 4/18/2010 there was either a .50/1 or $1/2 McCormick Grill Mates products coupon in the paper. The .50/1 will double which makes the shakers free, or the packets if you don’t mind them not doubling.

These are delicious. We easily used 100 of these last year between our house and my parents (and they make a great gift for friends who love to grill). The Hawaiian Luau is amazing on pork or chicken. We also like the Garlic Herb&Wine on chicken. Hickory BBQ is our favorite for beef. There are three new flavors this year: Mexican Fiesta, Southwest, and Brown Sugar Bourbon. I can’t wait to try the Brown Sugar Bourbon on pork…..mmmmm.

You can use these with the given directions or my favorite way: make marinade, toss in meat and freeze. By time it defrosts for use the marinating time is done. Easy and simple.

Lunchables Coupon at Gas Stations

There is a coveted Lunchables .75/1 tearpad at select gas stations. I found mine at a local Irving station.

Why is this important?

Well for one thing they are on sale for .99 at Shaws this week. Shelf price is over $2 so you might be able to double them for overage. At bare minimum you can get them free.

At a second glance they are a dollar at Target. So .25 each there. Not a bad deal, especially if you have kiddos that eat them daily.

So forgo paying at the pump or head inside to check out the cooler cases and see if you can dig up this gold mine.

Mambo Sprouts March Giveaway: Blue Avacado Bags

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Mambo Sprouts is one of my favorite groups. They have coupon booklets they send out, printable links, and fun contests. And not using plastic bags is fun and easy to do. Just last month Shaws gave away FREE reusable bags with their weekly internet coupons. Last summer they gave away FREE insulated bags with the weekly coupons. I’ve even gotten winetags for $1 off reusable grocery bags, which I used on the .50 foldable ones to get two FREE.

And the best part (aside from helping save the environment) is no more broken handles because the plastic bags aren’t strong enough even when you use two….

Free/Cheap Snickers, etc With Coupon(s)

There have been a couple really good coupons out recently for candy bars.

One comes in a little folder on the Coors Light display called Race to Savings. Inside is a code for 15% Nascar gear at nascar.com, $1/2 bags of combos (1.5oz+), $2/2 snickers,twix, 3 musketeers,milky way orminis mix bags (10.5oz+), and $1/2 snickers, twix, 3 musketeer, milky way singles (2.0-2.13oz) They all expire 3/31/2010 NBPR, must be 21yrs old.
The other is from the 2/21/2010 RP. This one may vary. I’ve seen .50/2 Snickers bars and $1/3 snickers bars, there may be more though. These also expire 3/31/2010 and do not indicate DND/DNT on them.

Most places sell single candy bars anywhere from .88 each (RA) to .33 each on sale. Which means when they are bogo free, 2/$1, 3/$1, etc you have the chance for some cheap candy bars.

I got the sucky $1/3 Snickers in my RP, but I got a set of 20 from Ebay to use at Shaws. 2/$1 or .49-.59 each is pretty common so I know I will use them all. I also grabbed a handful of the beer packet ones the other night. You can never have enough candy and snacks.

Old El Paso CAT

Right now Shaws/Supervalu is running an Old El Paso Catalina. It started 1/25/2010 and will end 2/21/2010 if the CAT announcements are right.

The deal is Save up to $3 on a future purchase of Beef or Chicken.
Purchase any Old el Paso taco shells, dinner kits, seasoning, refried beans or heat and serve side dishes between 1/25 & 2/21
Save $1 on your next beef or chicken purchase when you buy 3
Save $3 when you buy 6

Taco Shells
Taco Seasoning
Heat & Serve Sides
Refried Beans
Dinner Kits

Coupons out there include .50/1 or $1/1 sides, which are on sale for $1. As well as free seasoning wyb two items, free beans wyb two items, and $1 on beans wyb two items that are peelies from other OEP items.

Which means you can buy four sides and two beans or seasoning for nothing and get $3 to use on beef or chicken. Other combinations will have more out of pocket, but if you eat OEP like we do in this house, its still not a bad deal. Word on the street is the sides are backordered in the warehouses already so start getting your rainchecks and asking them to order more when possible. You’ve got plenty of time to get in on this one.

P&G Cat at Shaws

This week there is a Buy $20 get $5 OYNO and 5 redbox codes CAT at Shaws. Not too much exciting except for dog food for me. Could be a couple decent scenarios if you need soap or whatnot. Iams dog food is 18.99 PSP here. 17.99 SP. Add something for 1.01 or more and hit the $20.

My math looks like this:

20.00 dog food plus filler

-$5 CAT

-$5 in redbox codes

10.00 for 17.5lbs which is below my price point of $1/lb for doggie food.