Unbelievable Safeway Score!

4 August 2011 3,132 views 11 Comments

Can you believe I paid just $7.92 for all this!?! My cashier congratulated me on some awesome savings when we were all done. Hee, hee!

Some of the things you see here are just items we needed, even though I didn’t have any coupons: cheese, eggs, milk, potato bread (for French toast while camping!), chips (for camping - BOGO), hot dog buns (yep, camping), bananas, onions. Nothing much to say about any of that. Just basic stuff!

The grapes were a great deal @ 99¢/lb.

The mushrooms are stock-up priced at 99¢ each! (Yes, mushrooms freeze well! I just dump them out into a freezer bag and grab a handful as I need them. I’ll probably go back for more!)

Now to the good stuff:

As I’ve mentioned before, I save my FREE coupons for when the $10/$50 coupon comes out (always the first week of the month). THEN, I try to get my grand total to as close to $50 as possible. Honestly, I had no idea how much the total would be before coupons. According to my receipt, I saved $83.60 (91%). I just sort of eyeballed it! I think I did okay!

FREE stuff - most were Facebook promotions that you can hear about if you are watching the coupon blogs.

Tombstone Pizza - this was from the cheap Hasbro game promo a while back.
Jif To Go (8 pack singles!)
Pantene
Suave
Aussie
Oscar Meyer (Vocalpoint, maybe?)
Nestle Drumstick

Cheap stuff:

Klondike 6 pack - 99¢. Load the Just 4U coupon from Safeway.com
Starbucks ice cream -99¢. Load the Just 4U coupon from Safeway.com
Mission Artisan tortillas - 49¢ each after $1/1 MC (I found it in West Salem) and doubler.
Pork Ribs - I used the $2/2lb printable.

Double dipping: There is a $5/$15 frozen food coupon in this week’s ad. I was able to use that on the Tombstone Pizza ($4.79 each regular price but free with my coupons), the Starbucks ice cream ($2.99 regular, but 99¢ after load to card coupon), the Klondike ($3.99 reg., but 99¢ after load to card coupon), and the Nestle Drumstick ($1.50 regular price, but free with my coupon). My total frozen came to $18.06, but I actually ended up making $3.02 (to apply to the rest of my purchase!).

Obviously, I used the $10/$50 coupon!

Aaaand . . . that’s it.

Like I said, I think I’ll go back for more cheap mushrooms, maybe more tortillas (I grabbed 4 coupons!), and I might try to put together another frozen food scenario! PERHAPS I’ll buy the kids some soda for camping this weekend! Yay! CAMPING!! So excited!

Okay, now I’ll get back to canning my 80 lbs. of Zaycon peaches I picked up last night. Did you see the photo of my refrigerator on my Facebook page? I only have about 50lbs left to process: just the peaches in the drawers. I’ll be working on jam tonight, and I hope to get to pie filling in the morning! Anyone have a good peach pie filling recipe that can be canned?

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Cheryl aka cherpea said:

Oh my I just learnt something new today… I didn’t realise you could freeze mushrooms! Will be making the most of that tip for sure… Thanks Kelleigh…

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# 4 August 2011 at 4:10 pm

Amy D said:

Great deal at Safeway - congrats!

A few months ago I tried to hand the cashier my 10/50 coupon first and he stated he signed a contract stating that I was not allowed to scan this 10 off 50 until I scanned all of the other coupons first. This was at the Sherwood, OR store. I thought that was totally bizarre. I’ve read your posts before and knew that there was/is Safeway policy info. that stated that indeed a cashier could scan the 10 off 50 before coupons then deduct from there.
If you have a free moment would you mind posting the link re. the policy that confirms the 10 off 50 can be scanned before all other coupons?

Also I didn’t know mushrooms freeze - we love them with steaks.

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Kelleigh Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 8:30 pm

Here ya go, Amy! http://www.safeway.com/IFL/Grocery/Justforu-CP-RL

Check out #12!

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# 4 August 2011 at 7:38 pm

Sheila said:

This has worked well over the years.

Fruit Pie Filling

10 lbs. apricots, peaches or apples
1 cup plus 2 TBSP quick cooking tapioca
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup lemon juice
4 cups sugar
4 cups water

1. Peel, core or pit fruit, and slice. If you wish treat to prevent darkening.

2. In a mixing bowl combine tapioca, sugar and lemon juice; reserve.

3. If prepared fruit was treated to prevent darkening, rinse well in cold water and drain. Place prepared fruit in a large pot with the sugar and enough water to prevent sticking and scorching. Heat to 190 degrees F (just under boiling), stirring frequently.

4. Add reserved tapioca mixture and stirring, reheat to 190 degrees. Do not boil.

5. Pour into clean, hot jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace; seal.

6. Process in boiling water bath 15 min.

Yield: about 6 Quarts

From The Complete Book of Canning (1982)

Hope this works as well for you as it has for me. I love canning pie filling. It makes the making of pie so simple the rest of the year.

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Kelleigh Reply:
August 5th, 2011 at 11:12 am

Thank you so much, Sheila!! I can’t wait to try it!

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# 5 August 2011 at 9:11 am

Tina P. said:

I live in Northern Idaho. I do not see the $10/$50? Is that in the weekly ad? I see an offer “buy $75.00 get a $10.00 OYNO” Is the $10/$50 avail in Coeurdalene? Thanks

Great shop! Thanks

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Kelleigh Reply:
August 5th, 2011 at 2:46 pm

I think that $10 Catalina is what you get instead of the coupon. We don’t have that Catalina offer in our ads. Sorry!

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# 5 August 2011 at 1:17 pm

Jennifer said:

You can freeze mushrooms!?! Are they soggy or anything when you unfreeze them? BTW great score…Finally a good Safeway week I think!

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Kelleigh Reply:
August 7th, 2011 at 3:34 pm

Hi Jennifer! Actually mushrooms freeze very well!! Of course, I don’t thaw mine to put in salads. I saute them or add them to spaghetti sauce! No mush!

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# 5 August 2011 at 10:37 pm

Safeway: Great deals with eCoupons said:

[...] Klondike on sale $2.99 Use $2/1 Safeway eCoupon $.99 each after coupon (would work great with the $5/$15 frozen food coupon from the ad) Thanks Kelleigh! [...]

# 6 August 2011 at 10:13 pm

Alexis said:

That mushroom tip…awesome! I love mushrooms! I will be using that tip for sure! Now I wish I had stocked up on mushrooms last week!

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# 10 August 2011 at 9:46 am