Just the Basics best deals 10/4

Here's a list of good prices for the basics at our various grocery and drug stores for this week including milk, meat, dairy, produce, bread, eggs, coupon items, and more. Please add any other great deals on basics that you find!

Posted 3:47 p.m. Oct 4, 2012 — Updated 3:47 p.m. Oct 4, 2012

Faye Prosser

Here is your weekly list of good sale prices for the basics at our various grocery & drug stores including milk, meat, produce, eggs, bread, coupon items & more. This list includes deals from the sales ads, with a few regular priced items included. Please add any other great deals on basics that you find!

Kroger, CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens deals are valid through 10/6.

Harris Teeter, Lowes Foods, Food Lion and Aldi deals are valid through 10/9.

Abbreviations used below include:

HT = Harris Teeter

LF = Lowes Foods

FL = Food Lion

RA = Rite Aid

WG = Walgreens

Please post any other favorite basics deals in the comments section below!

Milk

HT: EVIC: Harris Teeter milk, 1 gallon, limit 2, $2.77

Bread

Aldi: Hot dog buns, 12 oz., .89

Kroger bread or buns, .88

Eggs

According to Nancy, there should be an egg deal at Harris Teeter this weekend as part of an e-Vic special - thanks Nancy!

Produce

Aldi: Yellow onions, 3 lb bag, .89

Aldi: Green peppers, 3-pack, $1.49

Aldi: Roma tomatoes, 20 oz., $1.19

Aldi: Pineapple, whole, $1.19 each – great deal!

Aldi: Cantaloupe, $1.29 each – very good price

Aldi: Gala apples, 3 lb bag, $2.79

FL: Limes, 5 for $1

FL: Kiwi, 2 for .88

FL: Green onions, 2 for $1

FL: Tangy lemons, .50 each

FL: Avocados, .89 each

FL: Peeled baby carrots, 1 lb bag, BOGO

FL: Golden delicious apples, 3 lb bag, $2.50

HT: Valencia oranges, 2 for $1

HT: Green bell peppers, .99 each

KrogerL Avocados, .77 each

Kroger: Red Delicious Apples, NC grown, .99/lb

Kroger: Zucchini and squash, local, .99/lb

LF: Limes, 4 for $1

LF: Gala apples, VA grown, .97/lb

LF: Roma tomatoes, .97/lb

LF: Garden salad, 12 oz., .97

LF: Yellow onions, sweet, .97/lb

LF: Mushrooms, 8 oz., .97

LF: Bell peppers, .97

LF: Green snap beans, VA grown, .97/lb

Meat

FL: Holly Farms chicken drumsticks and thighs, value pack, .99/lb

HT: EZ Peel shrimp, 2 lb bag, frozen, BOGO for $9.99 and up ($5 and up per lb)

HT: Hebrew National beef franks, 11 – 12 oz., BOGO for $2.44

HT: Land O Frost deli meat, 16 oz., $4 - $1/2 coupon from 8/19 SS = $3.50 each

Kroger Value boneless chicken breast or thighs, value pack, $1.87/lb – a good price

Kroger: Boneless pork loin, $1.97/lb

LF: Boneless bottom round roast, $2.97/lb

LF: Butterball turkey franks, 16 oz., BOGO for $1.60

LF: Cooked Perfect meatballs, 14 oz., BOGO for $1.50

Dairy & Frozen

HT: Yoplait Simplait yogurt, $1.00 - .40 printable coupon on bettycrocker.com = .20

HT: Sorrento Stringsters string cheese, 12 oz, BOGO for $2.49 - $3/2 coupon from 8/26 RP = .99 each – great price for string cheese!

Harris Teeter cream cheese bar, 8 oz., BOGO for $1.14 – a good price

Kroger: Kroger cream cheese bricks, 8 oz, $1.00 – good deal

LF: Dole Fruit Smoothie shakers, 4 oz., $1.50 - .75/1 coupon from 9/9 SS = FREE

LF: General Mills cereal, select, BOGO for $1.85 for Multi-grain Cheerios, $1.93 for Cocoa Puffs

Coupons: .75/1 Multi-grain Cheerios coupon from Smart Shopper coupons in box above, .60/1 Cocoa Puffs from Pillsbury.com HERE , .50/1 Cocoa Puffs coupon from Smart Shopper coupons link in box above

Total for Multi-grain Cheerios with .75 coupon = .35

Total for Cocoa Puffs with .60 coupon = .73

There is also a .50 Cocoa Puffs SavingStar.com e-coupon credit available

Misc. Grocery

HT: Golden Grahams cereal, 12 oz., BOGO for $1.49 - .75/1 coupon from Smart Shopper coupons link in box above = FREE!

HT: Cascadian Farm organic cereal, 10 – 17 oz., $2.99 - .85/1 coupon on BettyCrocker.com AND .75/1 HT e-Vic digital coupon = .54 at the register

AND there is also a .75/1 SavingStar e-coupon credit available making it FREE after credit is applied to your SavingStar.com account!

HT: Honey Nut Cheerios, 12.25 oz., $2.50 - .60/1 printable coupon on BettyCrocker.com AND .50/1 HT e-Vic Digital coupon = .80 at the register

There is also a .50/1 Savingstar e-coupon credit available making it only .30 after all discount!

http://www.bettycrocker.com/Coupons-Promotions/Coupons/Default

Harris Teeter diced tomatoes, 14.5 oz., .50 each

HT: Cheerios, original, 8.9 oz., BOGO for $1.59 - .50 coupon from 9/23 SS = .59

HT: Barilla pasta, 16 oz, (penne or spaghetti), Buy 2 Get 3 Free = .60 each when you buy 5 in the same transaction

There is a $1/2 coupon when you buy Barilla pasta and Barilla paste sauce but the sauce is not on sale, so not a good deal to buy the sauce just to use the coupon. Just buying the pasta is a good deal though for .60 per box.

HT: Wish-Bone salad dressing Buy 2 Get 3 Free = $1.20 each when you buy in 1 transaction

There is also a $5 Unilever SavingStar credit when you buy $20 worth of Unilever products and Wish Bone is included (they don’t have to be purchased in 1 trip to get the Savingstar e-coupon credit, but to get the HT Buy 2 Get 3 sale, they do have to be purchased in 1 transaction).

WG: Truvia, 40 packets, 2 for $5 - $2 coupon from 9/16 RP = .50 each with 2 coupons

Drinks

CVS: Pepsi 2 ltrs, $1 - $1/2 coupon for Pepsi Next from 9/30 Pepsico insert, $1/3 coupon for Sierra Mist from 9/30 Pepsico insert = .50 and up

Kroger: Kroger Big K soft drinks, 2 ltr, .79

Non-Food

LF: Mardi Gras napkins, 250 count, $1.99 - .55 coupon from 9/16 RP = .89

LF: Luvs diapers, 23 – 50 count, $6.99 - $1/2 coupon from 9/30 PG insert

RA: Lysol, various

Sale: 2 for $6

+UP: $2 +UP when you buy 2, limit 2

Coupons: Various $1/2 coupons from 8/19 SS (expires 10/2)

Store coupon: $3/2 Rite Aid Video Values printable coupon

Rebate: There was a mail-in rebate in the 8/5 SS insert for Buy 2, get Lysol wipes free (it expires today so you have to buy them by today and then mail by the end of October)

Total after store and manufacturer coupons and +UP = FREE

WG: Cepacol sensations lozenges, 4 pack, $1 - $1 Register Rewards = Free after rewards!

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