Fred Meyer – August 29th – September 4th

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Here are the highlights for Fred Meyer this week. These highlights are courtesy of Fabulessly Frugal – make sure to head over to their site & see the complete list of all weekly deals at Fred Meyer this week. You can also find the Fred Meyer store policies HERE.

You can use E-coupons paired with Fred Meyer store coupons. So, make sure to load E-coupons from these sites to your Fred Meyer card before you go:Shortcuts.com, Cellfire.com & FredMeyer.com. You can no longer pair E-coupons with manufacturer coupons, though.

Highlights:

Green, Black & Red Grapes – $.87/lb *GREAT price

Fred Meyer Butter – $1.67 (first 6 with  in-ad Fred Meyer coupon)

Ronzoni Healthy Harvest or Smart Taste Pasta – $1
Use $1/2 printable coupon or $.55/1 printable coupon
Final Price: as low as $.45/ea when you buy 2

Kroger Value Hot Dog or Hamburger Buns – $.50/ea
Use $.20/1 Fred Meyer E-Coupon
Final Price: $.30

Wheat Thins – $1.67 with in-ad coupon
Use $1.00/1 Printable Coupon (facebook)
Final Price: $0.67 (Thanks Frugal Chic Living)

Garnier Fructis Hair Care – $2.50/ea
Use $1/1 from the 8/8 Red Plum insert
Final Price: $1.50

Fred Meyer – August 15th – 21st

Here are the highlights for Fred Meyer this week. These highlights are courtesy of Fabulessly Frugal – make sure to head over to their site & see the list of all weekly deals at Fred Meyer this week. You can also find the Fred Meyer store policies HERE.

You can use E-coupons paired with your manufacturer’s coupons at Fred Meyer (in addition to Fred Meyer store coupons). So, make sure to load E-coupons from these sites to your Fred Meyer card before you go: Shortcuts.com, Cellfire.com & FredMeyer.com.

Fred Meyer Highlights:

Tree Top Apple Juice, Blends or Trim – $1.67 {first 6 with in-ad Fred Meyer coupon}
2 Lbs. Bandon Cheese – $3.99 {first 2 with in-ad coupon}
Dannon Yogurt – $1.88
Use $1/1 Activia from 8/8 Smartsource (SS)
or use $.50 Light and Fit from 8/8 SS
or use $1/1 Danimals from 8/15 SS
Final Price: $.88/ea

Viva Paper Towels (6 rolls) – $4.99 {first 4 with in ad coupon}
Use $.50/2 Viva printable coupon
Final Price: $4.74 each (when you buy two)

Cottonelle Bath Tissue (12 dbl) – $4.99
{first 4 with in ad coupon}
Use $.50 Cottonelle printable or $1/1 coupon from All You Magazine – July issue
OR Use $.50 from the 7/11 Smart Source or the 8/15 Smart Source insert
Final Price: $3.49 – 4.49

What is your favorite deal at Fred Meyer this week?

Fred Meyer – August 8th – 14th – $2 moneymaker on Schick Razor & more

Here are the highlights for Fred Meyer this week.  These highlights are courtesy of Fabulessly Frugal – make sure to head over to their site & see the list of all weekly deals at Fred Meyer this week. You can also find the Fred Meyer store policies HERE.

Fred Meyer Highlights:

Red, Green or Black Grapes – $.88

Fred Meyer Butter – $1.67
Use in-ad coupon on first 6

Fresh Lean Ground Beef, 80%, 3lb chub – $1.59/lb  **Stock-up price

Swedish Fish or Sour Patch Kids – $1.00/bag
Use $2/3 or $4/6 coupons from the 8/8 SmartSource insert
Final Price: $.34/ea when you buy 3 or 6 bags

Betty Crocker Helpers or Potatoes – $1.00
Use in-ad coupon -{good on first 10}
Use $.75/3 coupon from the 6/20 Smartsource insert  or $.75/3 printable coupon
Load $.75/3 Shortcuts E-Coupon to your Fred Meyer card
Final price:  $.50/ea when you buy 3

Pillsbury Sweet Moments –  on sale for $1.50
Use $1/1 printable coupon
Use $1/1 Cellfire eCoupon
Final Price: $.50
Thanks Frugal Chic Living!

*HOT DEAL*

Schick Hydro 5 Razor –  $6.99
Use $5/1 coupon from 8/8 Smart Source  insert
Load $4/1 Fred Meyer e-coupon to your Fred Meyer card
Final Price= $2.01 Money Maker!
Thanks Surviving & Thriving!

*Update: Looks like you could even submit this for a Try-me-free rebate to get $6.99 back!  So, this would end up being a $9 money-maker! Thanks Frugal Chic Living!

*Make sure to have additional items for the overage from this deal as they typically will not give you cash-back.

*You will want to present your paper coupons first & then your Rewards card to have a better chance of this deal working.

*Facebook Fan Sarah also reported that she found peelies on the Schick razors for a FREE shave gel when you purchased the razor. So, she was able to get the razor & shave gel for a $2 moneymaker!! So, keep your eyes peeled for those coupons on select Schick Hydro Razors!

Giveaway #6: Kroger $25 Gift Card – includes Fred Meyer, QFC & more Kroger Family Stores {Ended}

{Giveaway now Ended}

It’s time for our Saturday giveaway – and don’t forget, one more giveaway coming tomorrow! Tonight I will be giving away a $25 gift card to the Kroger family of stores (which includes Fred Meyer & QFC out in the northwest).   Kroger stores include Kroger, Fred Meyer, Ralph’s, King Soopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith’s, Fry’s, QFC, Baker’s, Owen’s, Jay C Food Stores, Hilander, Gerbes, Food4Less, Pay Less Super Markets, & Scott’s Food & Pharmacy.

Starting tomorrow, Sunday August 8th thru Saturday August 21st, they are having an “Add up the Savings” event where you can stock up on your favorite General Mills & Kimberly Clark brands. When you buy 8 participating items from any Kroger family store, you´ll receive $4 off of your purchase.

Participating brands include:

• Cheerios
• Yoplait Yogurt
• Pillsbury Cookies & Biscuits
• Kleenex
• Huggies
• Betty Crocker Brownies
• Cottonelle
• Lucky Charms

In addition to these great savings, be sure to take advantage of the special Bonus Box Tops Offers and get a jumpstart on helping the participating school of your choice this year.

All you have to do, if you haven´t already, is register at www.RewardYourSchool.com. Once you register, you will automatically receive 5 Bonus Box Tops just for signing up! You will also receive custom offers for Bonus Box Tops for purchasing participating products.

These great offers are:

• Buy any 4 Box Tops products and get 10 Bonus Box Tops
• Buy any 8 Box Tops products and get 25 Bonus Box Tops

The offers you select will then load onto your Kroger Shopper Card to be redeemed once you purchase the items. It´s extra easy because there´s no clipping! Just remember to scan your Fred Meyer (or Kroger store) Card and the Bonus Box Tops will automatically go straight the participating school of your choice.

Giveaway – $25 Gift Card to Kroger family of stores (Fred Meyer, QFC & more)

Thanks to Kimberly Clark, General Mills, & Kroger family of stores thru My Blog Spark for providing a $25 gift card to 1 lucky Thrifty NW Mom reader.  This giveaway will end on Monday August 9th at 9pm pst.

The winner will be drawn using Random.org and the winner will have 48 hours to contact me, otherwise a new winner will be drawn. US residents only & you must be 18 yrs or older to enter the giveaway.

Here’s how to enter this giveaway::

1st Entry (required entry): Tell us why you love shopping at your local Kroger store (Fred Meyer, QFC, Kroger, etc)

Extra Entries : (make sure these are all separate comments, with a comment for each entry)

2) Subscribe to the Thrifty NW Mom feed via a reader of your choice or email (must be verified) or become a Google follower.

3) Head over to the Thrifty NW Mom Facebook page & “like” the page. Leave a comment saying you did this. If you already “like” Thrifty NW Mom’s Facebook page, you can comment & say that.

4) Follow Thrifty NW Mom on Twitter and “Tweet” about this giveaway, with a link to this post (or my twitter name w/the tweet)! You must “tweet” in order to receive the extra entry (you can do this once per day) & leave your twitter name or link here.

Disclosure: I was given a $25 Kroger gift card by Kimberly Clark, General Mills & Kroger family of store thru My Blog Spark as part of this  review.  A  $25 Kroger gift card also will be given to  a winner randomly chosen.  All opinions are 100% mine. See my disclosure statement for more details.

FREE Bandaids at Fred Meyer & FREE Toy Story Book

Here’s a great way to get stocked up on band-aids – Fred Meyer is having a sale on band-aids this week & you can pair that with a “$3 off 3″ coupon from the Smartsource insert in last week’s Sunday paper to get them for FREE! Thanks for the scoop, Amber!

Here’s how it all works:

Band-aid sale prices at Fred Meyer

• Band-Aid Sheer Strips –  $.99
• Band-Aid Plastic Strips – $.99
• Band-Aid Butterfly Closures – $.49
• Band-Aid Character Type – $1.49 (Dora, Shrek, etc)

Possible Fred Meyer Scenarios:

Thanks Coupon Connections NW & Thrifty & Thriving!

Fred Meyer Toy Clearance – Tag Books for $2.99 & more

Update: I’ve heard from a number of readers & this sale is continuing this week! Yay!

I headed to Fred Meyer last night (& again this morning) to check out the toy clearance after hearing reports from many of you that there were some awesome deals with the select 60% off clearance toys.  And boy, were you right! We are still expecting that Target should be marking their toy clearance up to 75% off hopefully this week (typically toy markdowns are on Wed or Thurs, but you never know, they could surprise us).  However, you should definitely check Fred Meyer today,  if you get a chance.  I’m not sure how long their 60%  off toy clearance sale is going on -it may be ending tonight. But, there are definitely some great deals to be had.  If you end up finding a better deal at Target’s toy clearance, save your Fred Meyer receipt & you could return the items. But, I did notice different toys on sale between the two stores.

One of the best deals I found was select Leapfrog Tag books on sale for $5.99 – combine this with the $3 off manufacturer’s coupon from Leapfrog.com & you’ll only pay $2.99/ea.  While Target only had one Tag book on clearance (Bakugan book), Fred Meyer had a number of different books on clearance.

Scenario:

Leapfrog Tag Book – $5.99 on sale (regularly $14.99)
Use $3/1 Leapfrog Tag Book coupon (you must  have a leapfrog account & be logged in to print the coupon)
Final Price: $2.99

Here are some of the other toy clearance deals I found at Fred Meyer:

Leapfrog Tag Reader System –  $19.99 sale price (cheapest I found is on Walmart.com for $27.66)

Tag Jr Books – $4.39 sale price

Leapfrog Didj System – $27.99 (Regularly $69.99)

Leapfrog Didj Game – Indiana Jones – $11.99 sale price

Playskool Kota & Pals – $11.99 (reg. $29.99)

Disney Princess Tiana Doll – $5.19 (regularly $12.99)

Lego Bionicle – $5.19 (Reg. $12.99)

Lego Racers – $5.99 (Reg. $14.99)

Star Wars Figure 3.75″ – $3.19 (Reg $7.99)

Transformers – $3.59 (reg. $8.99)

Fred Meyer – Kraft Cheese – 10 cents/bag

I headed to Fred Meyer tonight & check out the 20 bags of Kraft shredded cheese I got for a grand total of $2 (taking into account coupons & catalinas).  This is all part of the Kraft Catalina at Fred Meyer, going on thru tomorrow, Saturday July 24th.  {And don’t worry – there was plenty left on the shelves! They were well-stocked!}  The cashiers were so impressed, that one of the gals even went on her break to buy some herself!

I did a total of 4 transactions for the cheese (5 for $.50/each per transaction) and an extra transaction to use my last catalina on some clearance toy/shoe/baby finds.  I’ll share more about the toy clearance in another post.

{Don’t forget Safeway & QFC also have some great deals on Kraft Cheese this week, too!}

*HOT* Kraft Cheese Promotion at Fred Meyer thru Saturday!

Kmart & Fred Meyer – Toy Clearance

I mentioned that Target will be having their big 75% off toy clearance coming very soon – the prices are at 30-50% off right now (keep checking – it could change on Wed or Thurs, so let us know if you see any changes tomorrow). I still think it will be happening next week as that’s the time frame it started last year. I checked last night & there were still no changes at my Target store (Sunrise Puyallup).

Not only is Target having big toy clearance sales, but Kmart & Fred Meyer are also having clearance sales on their toys.  I haven’t had a chance to check out these two stores yet, but hopefully will be heading there Friday after the busyness of working at Vacation Bible School all week is over.

Kmart Toy Clearance:

Kmart has an extra 50% off the  lowest priced this week at their stores.  You’ll find discounts on brands such as Tonka, Little Tikes, Playskool, My Little Pony, Baby Alive, Playdoh, & more.  Let us know what you find at your local Kmart stores!  Thanks Steals & Deals!

Fred Meyer Toy Clearance:

Facebook Fan Melissa mentioned that her local Portland Fred Meyer store has numerous toys on clearance up to 60% off.  You can then use the extra 10% off coupon from the store ad to sweeten those savings.  Let us  know what you find at your local Fred Meyer store.

Fred Meyer – July 18th – July 24th

Here are the highlights for Fred Meyer this week.  These highlights are courtesy of Fabulessly Frugal – make sure to head over to their site & see the list of all weekly deals at Fred Meyer this week. You can also find the Fred Meyer store policies HERE.

In-Ad Coupons:

Kroger brand, 2 Lb. Medium Cheddar Cheese – $3.99 {first 1 with in-ad coupon}

12-Pack Big K Pop – $2.00 {first 5 with in-ad coupon}

Fred Meyer Canned Tomatoes or Beans  – 2/$1 {first 10 with in-ad coupon}

Country Oven Bread or Buns or Vita*Bee Bread - $1.25 {first 4 with in-ad coupon}

Dreyer’s Ice Cream or Nestlé Drumsticks  – $3.00 {first 4 with in-ad coupon}
Use $1.00/2 Dreyer’s Brand products from May 23 Parade
Final Price: $2.50 each when you buy 2

Other good deals:

Blueberries – 5lbs for $7.88 (this means $1.58/lb)

Kellogg’s Cereal (12-20oz) – $1.98
Use$1.00/2 Fred Meyer eCoupon
and use $1.00/2 Printable Kellogs.com
or Use  $1.00/2 Printable Redplum.com
Final Price: $.98 (look for Toy Story 3 boxes to add codes & collect free items)

Ball Park Meat Franks, $1.50/ea
Use $0.75 off Fred Meyer eCoupon
Final Price: $0.75

School Supplies:

Spiral Bound Notebooks – $.10/ea {limit 10 with in-ad coupon}

Here’s a deal idea from Facebook fan Heather (I have not confirmed this myself, but let us know if you find these coupons at your stores too):

Kraft Shredded Naturals Cheese (7 & 8 oz) – on sale 2/$3
Use 3 $1/2 blinkie coupons (you should be able to find a blinkie coupon dispenser near the cheese)
Pay $6, Receive $5 catalina when you buy 5 or more
Final Price: $.17/ea when you buy 6 & with coupons

Another reader deal:

Facebook fan Carrie shared she was able to get nice bath towels for just $2.99/ea. They were on sale & then she was able to use the extra 10% off coupon on the front page of the store ad. She also used the extra 20% off coupon for Bed & Bath items from the store ad. Great deal, Carrie!

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