New Month/Year, New Coupons!

See list of available coupons to print, click to go print!

Food

$0.50 off Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal

• $1.00 off 2 boxes Cheerios cereal
• $1.00 off TWO Campbell's Slow Kettle Style soup
• $0.40 off three Campbell's Condensed Soups
• $3.00 off when you buy ONE (1) GERBER GOOD START
• $0.40 off 2 Pillsbury Sweet Rolls
• $0.50 off 2 Betty Crocker Fruit snacks
• $0.75 off Yoplait Kid Zone yogurt
• $0.50 off Chex Mix or 100 Calorie snacks
• $0.80 off 4 Hamburger, Tuna or Chicken Helper
• $0.50 off Cereal Treat Bars
• $3.00 off 10 Weight Watchers Smart Ones
• $0.40 off SIX CUPS Yoplait Yogurt
• $0.75 off any Muir Glen product
• $1.00 OFF any ONE (1) LIFESAVERS Bottle product
• $5.00 off one Enfamil PREMIUM Newborn large tub

Household

• $1.00 off two Clorox Disinfecting Wipes
• $1.00 off 2 Ziploc Brand Bags
• $1.00 off two Renuzit Pearl Scents

Health & Wellness

• $2.00 off on any Aleve-D product
• $2.00 off On Any Aleve 80ct or larger
• $1.00 Off any One A Day Multivitamin product
• $1.00 off any Flintstones Multivitamin Product
• $1.00 off On ANY Vitamin item in Disney or Marvel
• $1.00 off ANY NEO-SYNEPHRINE PRODUCT
• $2.00 off any RID product
• $1.00 off Sally Hansen Hand Cremes
• $3.00 off ONE Osteo Bi-Flex Caplets Softgel
• $3.00 off on any Flex-a-min product
• $1.00 off one Campho-Phenique Product
• $2.00 off on any Ester-C The Better Vitamin C
• $2.00 off Phillips' Colon Health Product
• $1.00 off On any Schiff Vitamin or Supplement

Pet Food

• Buy two get two free cans of PURINA cat food
• Buy two get two free cans of PURINA dog food
• $3.00 off Purina Pro Plan Dry Cat Food
• $5.00 off one package of Purina Pro Plan

DVDs & Magazines

• $3.00 off DENISE AUSTIN Workout DVD
• $3.00 off any The BIGGEST LOSER DVD
• $4.00 off Chuggington on DVD
• $3.00 off one Leslie Sansone DVD
• $1.00 off COOKING LIGHT Magazine 

I have also updated my widget in the sidebar for links to go print direct coupons as well!

Out like a Lion...

It's the end of March, are things really picking up and getting hectic lately?  Feels like we have really full days again.

Something to do tonight or at least by tomorrow- PRINT COUPONS!
Coupons.com
Redplum.com
Smartsource.com

If you have any prints left, get them now and then you could have new ones again when April starts- possibly have 4 of each!

Home Made Simple

Here's another coupon book to go sign up for- Dawn, Tide, Cascade, Swiffer and other great coupons in it.   They don't expire until 10/31, so you have lots of time to work those into a great deal! 

Savvy shopper Saturday- getting to know the Grocery stores, prices and coupon scene for Hawaii

Hawaii has it's own unique state-wide stores: Foodland/Sack-n-save, Times Supermarket (recently acquired Star market) and Tamura's, with all stores having locations on Oahu and only some stores on the other islands.  There are also smaller chains on the neighbor islands- we couldn't get by without Friendly market on Moloka'i or Sueoka's on Kauai and Hasegawa store on Maui (sorry Lilo- wrong island).
Foodland/Sack-n-Save has a member card called Maika'i, anyone can apply and after $200 of purchases combined, you are given a Maika'i reward to redeem for different things.  They have catalina machines for coupons to use in future puchases.  New sales start each Weds-Tues.
Times doesn't require any kind of member card for sale prices. Weds-Tues ad.
Tamura's also doesn't require any member cards.  Their store ads run for a 2-week period.  Weds-2nd Tues.

We have some region stores: Safeway/Vons and Costco (I don't think it's national). 
Safeway has the Club card- anyone can apply.  They have catalina deals- which is money back when certain purchases are made and also gives out coupons usually on new products or similar items to what you just bought.  Weds-Tues with special Sunday ad usually only for Sun/Mon/Tues.  This is why Mon/Tues are the best days to shop and get two overlapping sale ads in effect.
Costco is a bulk shopping warehouse with a paid membership card.  Because of the bulk shopping, we like to compare our prices to Costco to make sure we are getting the best deal possible.  Meat and dairy are very hard to beat anywhere else.

Longs was recently bought by CVS, but it is still run under the name Longs because of the tradition that it stand for to local families.  We don't get the CVS register rewards.

We also have national chains: Walmart, K-mart, Target (since 2009), Walgreens. 
Walmart has a great price-matching policy, as long as you bring in the ad from the other store with the better price.  The have sales running from Sun-Sat.  No Super Walmart in Hawaii (some grocery, no meat/produce)
No Super K-mart in Hawaii either, ad in Sunday paper runs until the next Saturday.
Target puts out its own printable coupons, some are even manufacturer coupons and can be used anywhere, but there are also Target-only coupons.  Ad is in Sunday paper and found online, good until the following Saturday.  No Super Target, but does have a main grocery section.
Walgreens puts out their own coupons every week on Sunday and also has a printable page online and a monthly booklet.  Back at the pharmacy area, there's another booklet called "Diabetes and You" but that is mostly for the articles in it, there are other coupons in there as well.  They will accept one of theirs- which is usually a price per item and a manufacturer coupon- which can take additional money off of the same item.  They have money-back deals called Register Rewards- one same deal per transaction, then reward can be used on next purchase.  Their weekly ads also run Sun-Sat.

It is always important to know each store's coupon policy and might want to print and keep them with you in case there are cashiers or managers who aren't aware of it. 

Most sale prices reflect a $.50-$1.00 raise in price for some items (cereals, snacks) and canned food, meat, dairy can go up even more compared to mainland prices.  The lowest I've seen for a gallon of milk in a long time is $3.99.  Canned veggies and fruits are rarely under $1 a can and soups under $2 a can is a soup-er (haha) deal. 

This leads us to some expensive food shopping so every bit of savings counts.  The Sunday Honolulu Advertiser has the store ads and inserts, but they aren't always as stocked as the previews show and sometimes we don't even get whole inserts.  Are we really that different?  If anything, we have more need to find ways to save money and not have these taken away.  We can also access Coupons.com and other coupon printing sites to get at least 2 coupons worth of savings on items.

Which brings me back to why I started this blog- I figure if we had a place to gather and share what someone else might have missed, we could all benefit from the help.  Each week I'll post for each store either all the sales or highlight the main deals and then you can leave anything I missed in the comments section to show us what you're excited about and others can get ideas also.

Target sale and match ups, 01/17-01/23

Here are this week’s deals and match-ups at Target.
*And remember Target now offers a reusable bag credit: $0.05 for every bag you use! Don’t forget to ask!*

Dixie plates, cups or bowls $2.99
$1.00/2 – Dixie Plate AND Napkins – (target.com)
$0.55/1 plates or bowls from 10/18 RP (expires Mon 1/18)
Final Price: as low as $2.49 for plates and napkins

Hefty foam plates or bowls $3.99

Febreeze Air Effects 9.7oz $3.29
$0.50/1 or $1.00/2 from 1/17 P*G
Final Price: $2.79

Fiber One Bars 5ct $3.33
$0.40/1 – Fiber One Bars – (coupons.com)
$0.40/1 – Fiber One Bars – (smartsource.com)
$1.00/2 – Fiber One Bars – (pillsbury.com)
$1.00/2 – Fiber One Bars – (boxtops4education.com)
Final Price: $2.93 or $2.83 each if you buy 2

Hot or Lean Pockets 2ct $2.50
$1.00/3 – Hot Pockets or Lean Pockets – (target.com)
Final Price: $2.17 each if you buy 3

Progresso soup 18.5 to 19oz $3.20
$1.10/3 – Progresso Soups – (coupons.com)
$1.10/3 – Progresso Soups – (smartsource.com)
Final Price: $2.83 each if you buy 3

General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios 25oz $4.50
$1.00/1 – Cheerios, Honey Nut – (honeynutcheerios.com)
$1.00/2 – Cheerios, Honey Nut – (honeynutcheerios.com)
Final Price: as low as $3.50

Glad Ware or Glad 70 sf Press-n-seal or Glad 300 sq ft Clingwrap 3/$7
$1.50/3 from RP 11/8
Final Price: $1.83 each, when you buy 3

Trial Size Items (mainland sale around $1.07 each item- possibly here)
Johnson & Johnson Baby Lotion
$1.00/1– Johnson’s Baby Lotion, Cream, or Oil – (bricks.coupons.com)

Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo
$1.00/1– Johnson’s Baby Shampoo – (bricks.coupons.com)

Johnson & Johnson First Aid Kit To Go
$1.00/1 from 1/3 RP

Listerine 3 oz Antiseptic Mouthwash
$0.50/1– Listerine – (bricks.coupons.com)

Suave Cocoa Butter Lotion, 3 oz
$0.75/2 from 10/25 RP

Downy Wrinkle Release, 3 oz.
$0.25/1 from 12/27 PG
$1.00/1 – Downy Wrinkle Release – (downyez.com)

Tide 2X Ultra, 1.6 oz
$1.00/1 from 12/27 PG
Tide To Go Pen
$1.00/1 from 12/27 PG

Blistex Lip Balm
$0.25/1 from 11/15 SS

GIFT CARD deals
select Graco car seats (between $62.99-206.99), get $20 gift card after purchase (save receipt for $25 tax deduction)
Bissell pro-heat carpet deep cleaner $228.99, get $20 gift card after purchase
Iams 40 lb dog food $34.49, get $5 gift card after purchase

VALUE SIZE deals (like Costco, without membership needed)
Gain detergent 150 oz liquid or 120 oz powder, $13.99
Charmin triple roll 24 pk (like 72 regular), $17.99 (check sf!)
35-pk Market pantry water $3.59
Thanks to thekrazycouponlady.com, adjusted to Hawaii ad

Lesson from the boy scouts...

So my sister and I learned something while at Safeway last Friday- be prepared! 

My favorite part is checking out and seeing all the eCoupons uploading and being taken off the total.  It doesn't start until they finish scanning all your products.  If there's someone behind me in line, they are amazed at the show as well and usually ask how I do it- alohadeals.net!  With the products I buy, there are usually between 20-30 eCoupons on my card that get used.

Well, this week their network must have been down or having issues, because nothing showed up on either of our transactions.  Once we explained that this is BEYOND the club card savings, they were nice enough to take us aside to work something out.  Luckily I had my ipod with me which has the Cellfire and Coupons.com apps on it (free).  Each of the sites also allow you to print off your list, so I suggest that before you leave to go shop if you don't have a way to do it electronically.  It was such a huge bummer even though they did help us out.

It also helps to have all your possible coupons there with you.  Sometimes you may have missed something in the ad and see it at a great price at the store.  This is why you take all your coupons with you.  I have been trying all different methods of filing coupons, so when I find something that I think works, I'll share it with you.

Last way to be prepared is to have the coupons you are planning to use at each store out from the rest of the stash.  My sister had an envelope for each store and wrote out what she was getting and how many of each item.  Coupons can be pretty specific on what sizes are accepted, so I usually put that down too.

We're going to work on getting out the lists for each store.  The Sunday ad for Safeway is usually only good Sun/Mon/Tues, so those are the best days to shop so it overlaps with the Wednesday ad from the previous week.  They are also good about rain checks on items that they have run out of if I mention it, especially special promotions.

We also are going to be better about sharing other stores' deals.  It's just hard not to love all the Safeway savings!

Savings Sunday

Coupons:
Walgreens If you're shopping by Monday,don't forget you can use this $5/$25 coupon!
11-22 Smartsource coupon insert
*Brut Fragrance Product – $1.00 off any 1 (x12/31/09)
Cattle Company dinner deals $40 dinner for 2
Darigold .75 off 1/2 gallon of lactose free or flavored milk
Darigold $.30 off 1 lb butter
Darigold $.50 any quart of flavored half & half
*Duracell CopperTop AA or AAA 4pk+, or any size C,D,9v or PowerPix & Ultra Advanced AA or AAA, or Ultra Photo Lithium (123, 223, 245, CR2, CR-V3) – 75 cents off any 1 (x12/31/09)
*Glade, The Fragrance Collection – $3.00 off any 2 (x1/16/10)

*Infusium 23 purchase – $2.00 off any 1 (x12/31/09)
Neutrogena face cosmetics $2.00 off (x1/03/10)
Neutrogena lip/eye cosmetics $1.00 off (x1/03/10)
*Rocky the Robot Truck Interactive Buddy – $3.00 off any 1 (x12/31/09)
*Schick Disposable Razor – $1.00 off any 1 (x1/31/10)
*Schick Quattro for Women or Intuition Plus Razor or Refill – $2.00 off any 1 (x1/31/10)
*Schick Quattro Titanium Razor, Trimmer or Refill – $2.00 off any 1 (x1/31/10)

Ads:
Kmart: 
Wishbone dressing 1.19
Lipton Pasta sides or Fiesta sides 1.19


Target Prices ARE verified with Sunday's paper:
Kellogg's 8ct Nurti-Grain bars $2.50*

Kellogg's 12ct Pop-Tarts $2.50*

*FREE Danimals yogurt when you buy 2 Nutri-Grain bars or Pop-Tarts

Thanksgiving Deals

Campbell's cream of mushroom soup .59

Swanson chicken broth .59

Pillsbury crescent rolls $1.79

Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls, any .25/1 (2-6-10) Pillsbury-11/15

Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls, any .50/2 (2-6-10) Pillsbury-11/15

Del Monte canned vegetables .55

Ocean Spray cranberry sauce 1.29

Del Monte pineapple 1.29

Stove Top stuffing .99

Betty Crocker potatoes .99

Heinz gravy .99

This post is part of BeCentsAble's Grocery Gathering.

If you don't see your store listed on my blog, please check out BeCentsable’s Grocery Gathering for an extensive list of grocery stores and blogs that cover the best deals!