Just the Basics best deals 9/13
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 9/15.
Harris Teeter, Lowes Foods, Food Lion and Aldi deals are valid through 9/18.
Harris Teeter Super Doubles promotion is taking place through Tuesday, September 18. They are doubling coupons worth $2 or less. For all the details and a good deals list, click the Super Doubles link in the box above. I did not list the Super Doubles deals in the list below. Please refer to the full list for these.
Food Lion Store Brand Super Sale: September 5th – October 2nd, buy Food Lion store brand items and receive a coupon to use on your next transaction. It’s basically like getting back .25 per item after the coupon prints out.
Buy 4 items, Save $1 (via a coupon that prints out for use on your next transaction)
Buy 6, Save $1.50
Buy 8, Save $2
Buy 10, Save $2.50
Buy 20, Save $5.00
Buy 40, Save $10.00
Kroger What a Deal Mega Event Promotion: Buy 10 participating items and save $5 at the register. Basically, you are getting 50 cents off each item. There will be more participating items marked in the store so look for the yellow shelf tags. You have to buy in multiples of 10 to get the discount.
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: Smart Balance Milk, 64 oz., $3,99 - $1.50 coupon from recent insert = .99
HT: EVIC #4: Harris Teeter Milk, 64 oz., $1.57, limit 4
Kroger milk, ½ gallon, $1.50 (same as paying $3 for a gallon of mink – a decent price)
WG: Milk, 1 gallon, $2.99, limit 2
Bread
ALDI: Hot dog or hamburger buns, 12 oz., .89
HT: EVIC #6: Harris Teeter sandwich bread, 21 oz., .77 – good price, limit 4
Kroger bread and buns, select, $1.00
Eggs
HT: EVIC #2: Harris Teeter eggs, 1 dozen, .97 – great price, limit 4
Produce
ALDI: Cucumbers, .29 each
ALDI: Avocados, .59 each
ALDI: Grape tomatoes, pint, .69
ALDI: Lettuce, .69
ALDI: Baby bella mushrooms, 8 oz., .79
ALDI: Celery, .89
FL: Lemons, .50 each
FL: Green onions, .50
FL: Garlic, 2 for $1
FL: Sweet potatoes, .69/lb
FL: On the vine tomato clusters, .99/lb
FL: Seedless grapes, $1.27/lb
FL: Red or black plums, $1.28/lb
FL: Red leaf, green leaf or romaine lettuce, $1.29 each – good price
FL: Fresh Express or Dole salad blends, 8-12 oz., $1.50
HT: Cucumbers, .50 each
HT: Green bell peppers, $1.00
HT: Butternut or spaghetti squash, .99/lb
HT: Mushrooms, 8 oz., $1.69
HT: Oranges, 4 lb bag, $3.99
Kroger: Fall squash, .79/lb
Kroger: Golden delicious apples, .99/lb – a good price
Kroger: Broccoli bunch, .99
Kroger: Organic Bartlett Pears, $1.69/lb
Meat
FL: Holly Farms bone-in chicken breasts, .99/lb
FL: Assorted bone-in pork chops, $1.99/lb
FL: Top Round London Broil, 50% off
HT: EVIC #3: Harris Teeter bacon, 16 oz, $1.97, limit 4
HT: Harris Teeter chicken breast at the meat counter, $1.99/lb
Kroger: Tyson whole fryer, .79 – good price
LF: Split chicken breast, Sanderson Farms, value pack, .97/lb – good deal
LF: Boston butt pork roast, $1.77/lb
Dairy & Frozen
FL: Dannon Oikos Greek yogurt, $1.00 - $1/3 coupon from 8/12 SS - .67 each
FL: Progresso soup, Classics varieties, $1.00 - $1/4 coupon from 9/9 SS = .75 each
HT: Kraft shredded cheese, 8 oz, $2.00 - .55/2 coupon for Touch of Philadelphia variety from 8/19 SS = $1.45 each
There is also a Kraft Catalina deal through 9/15 and it includes 8 oz Kraft shredded cheese (make sure you only get the 8 oz bags):
Buy 3 – 5 get $2 Catalina coupon for next order
Buy 6-9 and get $5 Catalina for next order
Buy 10 or more and get $10 Catalina for next order
Scenario #1 : Buy 6 packages, use 3 coupons, pay $8.70 at register and get back $5 coupon to use on next transaction (.62 each after Catalina coupon)
Scenario #2: Buy 10 packages, use 3 coupons, pay $16.70 at the register and get back $10 coupon for next order (.67 each after Catalina coupon)
HT: Yoplait Go-Gurt or Trix yogurt, $2 - .75/2 coupon from 9/9 SS = $1.25 each
There are also SavignStar.com e-coupon credits and HT E-Vic coupons for the Yoplait yogurt
HT: Post Honey Bunches of Oats, BOGO for $1.77 - $1/2 coupon from 8/19 SS = .77 each
Kroger: Dannon Oikos Greek yogurt, $1.00 - $1/3 coupon from 8/12 SS = .67 each
Kroger cheese, 12 – 16 oz., $2.99 (like paying $1.50 for the 8 oz– a decent deal
LF: Lowes Foods shredded cheese, 8 oz, BOGO for $1.40 (a good price – HT has a better deal if you have the Kraft cheese coupons)
LF: Super Pretzel, BOGO for $1.65 - .50/1 from 8/12 RP = .65
Misc. Grocery
Kroger: Kraft BBQ sauce, Easy Mac Cups or Velveeta Cups, .49 after promo discount - $1/3 Kraft BBQ sauce coupon from 8/19 SS = .16 each after coupon and promo! – This is the lowest price we will probably see on this BBQ sauce until next summer.
Kroger: Progresso soup, select Vegetable Classics, 19 oz, $1.00 - $1/4 coupon from 9/9 SS = .75 each
Drinks
FL: My Essentials soda, 2 ltr., .83
HT: EVIC #5: Harris Teeter Premium orange juice, 59 oz., $1.97 – good price, limit 4
Kroger: Coke 2 ltrs, .89 after promo discount (a good price)
Kroger: 7UP, 6 pack, 16.9 oz bottles, 4 for $10
Kroger: Pepsi products, 6 pack bottles, Buy 3 Get 1 Free = 4 for $10 when you buy 4 in one transaction
LF: Pizzazz soda, 12 pack cans, $2 – a good price for 12 pack soda
LF: Coke products, 6 pack, 16.9 oz bottles, 4 for $10
WG: 7UP, Sunkist, A&W, Canada Dry, Hawaiian Punch, 2 ltr bottle, $1, limit 3
Non-Food
CVS: Colgate toothpaste, various, 6.4 oz.
Sale: 2 for $4
Extrabucks: $2 when you buy 2
Coupon: .75/1 coupon from 8/26 SS
Total after Extrabucks and 2 coupons = .25 each
CVS: Xtra liquid laundry detergent, 30 loads, $1.49
HT: Harris Teeter YourHome cleaners, 32 oz., $1.00
WG: Crest toothpaste, select 6.4 oz, Oral B Indicator toothbrush
Sale: 2 for $3
RR: $1/2 Register Reward
Coupon: .50 Crest toothpaste coupon from 8/26 PG, .50/2 Oral B Indicator toothbrush coupon
Total after RR and 2 Crest coupons = .50 each
WG: Infusium 23 8 or 16 oz, Pert Plus 2 in 1 25.4 oz
Sale: $4.99
RR: $3 Register Rewards
Coupons: There should be $1 Infusium and $1.50/2 Pert Plus coupons in the 9/9 SS inserts
Total after $1 coupon and RR = .99 (good deal!)
WG: Suave hair care products, $2 Register Rewards when you buy 2 (there are often Suave hair care products as low as $1 so this could be a good deal if those are included in this RR deal – the ad does not indicate which items are participating.)
WG: Gillette Fusion ProGlide Razor System
Sale: $9.99
RR: $4.00 Register Reward
Coupon: $4 coupon from 8/12 RP
Total after RR and coupon = $1.99
Pet Care
Kroger: Old Yeller dog food, 44.1 – 50 lb bag, $14.99
LF: Purina Kit & Kaboodle cat food, 16 lb, BOGO for $7.00
LF: Paws dry dog food, 17.6 lb, $7.99
LF: Purina dog chow, 16.5 – 18.5 lb., $9.99 - $1.50 coupon from 7/29 RP = $8.49