It’s time for another grocery store blog post! Wahoo! Yeah, I know. I’m a freak. But then, you are reading this, so . . .

The loved/hated $10/$50 coupon came out this week, as it does the first week of every month at Safeway. Quick tip: In my local area, it comes in the Tuesday Statesman Journal (although I heard a rumor that it was in the Wednesday one, too), however I get mine from the free Polk County edition of the Statesman that is wrapped in pink plastic and typically delivered around town on Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning. I usually only need one, but at times I might pick up more (for the Albertson’s ad or extra in-ad Safeway coupons) from the gutters and streets around town. Hey, my thought is that if it is still in the gutter by Friday, you didn’t want it. Cole loves the challenge of hopping out, grabbing the paper and buckling back up in less than 10 seconds (to avoid embarrassment!).

I really wasn’t that excited about the Safeway match-ups this week, but it turns out that I did okay!

The BEST time to stock up on meat is when the $10/$50 coupon comes out, and since the 4 lb. bag of frozen boneless/skinless chicken breasts are on sale for just $5.99 with the in-ad coupon (the one under the $10/$50 coupon), it seemed like a good idea to stock up. Now, typically I would buy at least 3 bags, however I already have a bunch of chicken breasts in my freezer. A good rule of thumb is to buy as much as you think your family will go through in the next 2 months. I haven’t tracked it (and I suppose I could go through my past blog posts to see), but it seems like that chicken breast coupon comes out every 2 months or so.

ALSO, I ended up using some FREE product coupons on this trip (taking my own advice to hold them for the week of the $10/$50 to get your total up!). The Cottonelle wipes were free (FB coupon), the 5 packages of Bar S hot dogs were free ($5 gift certificate for writing to Bar S as part of Thoughtful Thursdays), the Carefree were only 19¢ (which is more than I usually pay, but I needed to get my total up), and the milk was free with my milk Catalina I earned a couple of weeks ago (although that doesn’t factor into the $50 anyway, since your total has to be $50 before liquid milk products).

Other highlights:

My birthday is this month, so Driscoll’s Berries sent me a 50¢/1 MC, which I used on the raspberries which were already $1.49 with the in-ad coupon.

The tortillas are 99¢ each with the in-ad coupon.

The eggs are two 18 ct. for $4 (must buy 2), so I paid $4 for 3 dozen eggs. The tag said this price is good until May 31, 2012!

I used a raincheck on the sugar (from last weekend) and a 50¢/1 MC which doubled, making the 4lb. bags $1.50 each.

The KC Masterpiece is 88¢ with the weekend in-ad coupon, but I had a $1/1 which doubled, so it made me a little money. PLUS, Coupon Connections NW reported a $2 off pork ribs coupon wyb KC Masterpiece! I printed off 2 coupons (hit my browser’s back button) and purchased two packages of boneless ribs for a total of $3.10.

The Rancher’s Reserve Chuck Roast is part of the $2.49/lb promotion, plus there is a $2 off Rancher’s Reserve in-ad coupon (weekend, I think??). The catch is that you have to purchase $15 worth of Rancher’s Reserve to be able to use the coupon. I wasn’t interested in hunks of beef, but I am always on the lookout for a good price on ground beef, however the pre-ground family packs of ground beef are not Rancher’s Reserve. I asked the butcher if she would grind some chuck for me (her recommendation, actually) and she had it ground and repackaged in about 2 minutes! SO, I was able to get good quality, freshly ground chuck for about $2.16/lb. Not bad!

And, as you can see from that first picture, I paid $27.67. I have a feeling that a couple of my coupons didn’t come off, but I’m actually just fine with the total for ALL THAT MEAT and the little extras.

I might go back for more KC Masterpiece (I mean, free sauce, so why not?), but otherwise, I’m pretty set.

So, did I miss anything on this week’s Safeway match-ups???

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