Wednesday, September 8, 2010

QFC Coupon Match Up Week of 9-8

Remember to load ecoupons onto your QFC card at cellfire.com, shortcuts.com and QFC.com. Also check out the list of current Catalina promotions available at Kroger stores.

Pepsi 2 liter $.88

Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers, Complete or Simple Selections, $1.88

Canned Vegetables 2 for $1

Life and Cap'n Crunch cereal 3 for $5
Use $.50/1 from RP 8-29

Fritos or Cheetos 3 for $5
use $1/2 Fritos Corn Chips any flavor 9.25 or larger AND Fritos Dip 9 oz from SS 7-29

Quaker Chewy Granola Bars 2 for $4
use $.75/2 Quaker Chewy Granola Bars from RP 7-25
final price: $3.25, when you buy 2

Quaker Instant Oatmeal 2 for $4
use $1.00/1 – Quaker Instant Oatmeal – (facebook.com)
final price: $1 each

Pam cooking spray $2.49
Use $.35/1 Pam Cooking Spray any from SS 8-29.
final price: $2.14

Bounty Paper Towels $5.99
use $.25/1 Bounty Paper Towels or napkins any from PG 8-29
and load $1/1 Bounty Paper Towels from pgesaver.com
Final price: $4.74

Charmin Bath Tissue $5.99
use $.50/1 Charmin Sensitive product any from PG 8-29
or
$.25/1 Charmin Bath Tissue Any from PG 8-29
final price: as low as $4.99

Crest Whitening Expressions Toothpaste $1.99
use $.75/1 Crest Toothpaste 4 oz or larger or Liquid Gel (excludes Crest Cavity, Baking Soda , Tartar) from PG 8-29
or use
$.50/1 Crest Toothpaste 4 oz or larger or Liquid Gel from PG 8-29
Final price: as low as $1.25 each ***Or you could go to Safeway and get FREE Arm & Hammer toothpaste..

Cascade Dishwasher Detergent $3.99
use $.25/1 Cascade, any from PG 8-29
Final price: $3.74

Premium Secret, Old Spice or Gillette Deodorant or Antiperspirants $1.99
load $1/2 On any TWO deodorants, body washes or body sprays (excluding trial size) from pgesaver.com
and load $1.00 On off any ONE Fresh Collection Invisible Solid (excluding trial size) from pgesaver.com
and use $1/2 Old Spice products 1.7 oz or larger from PG 8-29
or
B1G1 Old Spice Body Spray , buy one get one free (excluding trial size) from PG 8-29
or
B1G1 Gillette Deodorant with purchase get a FREE Gillette Body Wash (excludes trial size) from PG 8-29
Final price: varies

Swiffer Small Refills $3.99
use $2.50/3 Swiffer refill any save $2.50 on 3 from PG 8-29
or $.50/1 Swiffer Dust & Shine or Swiffer Refills from PG 8-29

Darigold Sour Cream 4 for $5
use $.40/1 Darigold Extra Rich or Crema Agria sour cream 16 oz from SS 6-13

Xtra Laundry Detergent $1.99
use $1/1 Darigold Extra Rich or Crema Agria sour cream 16 oz from SS 6-06
final price: $.99!

Pringles 4 for $5
use $.50/2 Pringles Fat Free 165 g or larger from PG 8-29
or use $.50/1 Pringles Snack Stacks or Pringles Stix from PG 8-29, if included in sale.

Downy Liquid, Downy Dryer Sheets or Bounce Dryer sheets $4.99
use $.50/1 Downy Liquid Fabric Softener or Dryer Sheets any size from PG 8-29
$1.50/1 Downy Ultra Downy Fabric Softener any from SS 8-22
$.50/1 Bounce Dryer Sheets any size from PG 8-29
and load $.50/1 On any ONE Downy Liquid or Sheets from pgesaver.com

Febreze Air Effects 2 for $5
use $.50/1 Febreze Air Effects any from PG 8-29
and load $1/1 Febreze Air Effects any from pgesaver.com
final price: $1 for one (*note: you can only load ONE ecoupon per card from pgesaver.com)

Dawn Dish Detergent 2 for $5
use $.25/1 Dawn Dish Soap any size from PG 8-29
or use $.50/1 on Dawn Ultra Plus Dish Soap from PG 8-29
and load $.50/1 On any ONE Dawn Product from pgesaver.com
final price: as low as $1.50 each

Tombstones $2.99
use $1/2 Tombstone Pizza 12 inch any from SS 8-15
final price: $2.49 each

Nestle Ready To Bake Dough $2.29
use $1/1 Nestle Toll House Refrigerated Cookie Dough from SS 8-22
final price $1.29

Food Should Taste Good Chips 2 for $4
use $1/1 Food Should Taste Good bag 5.5 oz or larger from SS 8-22
Final price: $1 each!

Olay Body Wash $5.99
use $1/1 Olay Body Wash or Hand & Body Lotion any
and load $1.50/1 On any ONE Olay body wash, bar soap or in-shower lotion
final price: $3.49

Tampax or Always, Value Size $5.99
use $1/1 Tampax Tampons 18 ct or higher from PG 8-29
or use $2/1 Tampax Pearl or Tampax Compak Pearl Tampons 18ct or larger from PG 8-29 (if included
$.50/1 Always Pantiliner 34ct or higher from PG 8-29
and load $2 On any ONE Tampax Pearl or Compak Pearl Product from pgesaver.com
and load $1 On any ONE Tampax Cardboard Product
Final price: varies

Pampers 20-50 ct, $8.99
and use $1/1 Pampers Diapers or Pants any from PG 8-29
final price: $7.99

Hansens Soda 2 for $5
use $.50/1 Hansens 12 oz Natural Cane or Diet Soda multipack from SS 8-29
final price: $2 each

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Getting Started with eCoupons

So you've decided that you want to save more money with your groceries. You've heard about others saving money and even getting products for FREE and you want to do that too. You are already using the store ads - seeing what is on sale and buying with the coupons you find there. You consider yourself a bargain hunter but you have a busy life. You wonder if you can really "do coupons" for savings that are worth your time.

The first thing that a shopper can do to save more money is to use ecoupons.


These are coupons you will load right onto your store savings card, right from the comfort of your own home. How is this slight of hand accomplished, you ask yourself?  Hold on to your hats, it's not magic at all! It just uses the power of the internet and modern technology.

1. Get out your store club card. This will be your card for Safeway, Fred Meyer, QCF or where ever you shop most since most of these coupons can only be added one time per website.

2. You'll need an email address to register at most ecoupon sites. If you feel squeamish about giving out your primary email address, create a new one from a free online email service like gmail, yahoo mail or hotmail.

3. Now appropriated equipped with email address and store card you will visit each of these sites:
  • cellfire.com - Cellfire uses your cellphone number and birth year as your login. You can also use your cellphone to find and save deals to your card!
  • pgesaver.com (Procter and Gamble coupons!) ** currently you cannot add these to your Kroger affliated grocery stores. You can however add them to your Safeway store card.
  • shortcuts.com
4. As you register with each of these sites you will be prompted to add some user information as well as your store reward cards.

5. After registering at each site you will be able to select the coupon deals that you want to add to your card. Click the items you want to ad. And done! No clipping, no sorting, no forgetting because they area always on your card (until you use them or they expire)!

5. You may have noticed that some of the coupons offered at cellfire and shortcuts are the SAME offers at each site. I highly recommend that you load these same offers as many times as you come across them on different sites as this will increase your savings and your ability to stock up when prices are low.

6. Next, you want to visit the website associated with your store:
  • safeway.com - on the safeway.com main page, look for the link that says "Just for U". If you don't already have an account you will need to register. **This is DIFFERENT from any other safeway.com account you may have, such as for grocery delivery or looking at the online shopping. ** Safeway's Just for U program is specific to their stores. They do not allow coupons to be added from other sites (like cellfire) but will often have compatible offers.
  • fredmeyer.com - On the top right, find the link for "create account" and follow the instructions. Once you are signed in, you can add coupons to your card. If you have any issues, there is probably some missing information on your club card account with Fred Meyer. Their phone customer service is helpful and courteous so don't hesitate to call them to get the anomaly corrected.
  • qfc.com - QFC and Fred Meyer are both owned by Kroger, so you will probably find the same ecoupons on each site. You can use your Fred Meyer card at QFC and you can use your Fred Meyer card IN PLACE if a a QFC store card. If you register your Fred Meyer card at the QFC website, then the coupons you've already added at fredmeyer.com will show up on the QFC website.
  • Albertsons - Alberstons does have a club card, but I can't find any ecoupons on their website. They do have printable coupons, but that's a post for another day. :)
7. Done! Some coupons are available right away, some take a while to become 'active' on your card. Make sure you look at the fine print to find out. You may also want to print a list of what is on your card from each of the sites. Or you could not and just be happily surprised when you get a bigger discount than you were expecting at the store. :)

8. Shopping: Shop as normal. At checkout, enter your club card info and your ecoupons will AUTOMATICALLY come off when the cashier rings up your purchases! If you have loaded the same coupon from multiple sources, then those will ALL show up when you purchase that item.
  • Some store policies specify that you can't use an ecoupon with a print coupon for the same item, however this is difficult to enforce unless their computers are specifically programmed for it. I do, however, make an effort to honor the policy in as much as I can and buy the number of items I have coupons for - both ecoupon and print.
9. Like regular coupons, ecoupons expire. Usually the website will send you a reminder about coupons that are expiring soon. No need for you to delete them - they do that for you.

10. Many ecoupons reset at the start of a new month and can be reloaded on to your card. Occasionally this will allow you to have two coupons for the same product that will be redeemed at the same time. :)

What is your favorite source for ecoupons?