Acme Ice Cream deal-I goofed!

Sorry, I was going too fast yesterday & didn’t read the fine print.

First, the good news. I found this $1 printable for Magnum ice cream bars. And they look yummy.

The deal is, buy four, get $4 instant savings. They are $3/box, so if you buy four, use four coupons plus the instant savings, only $1 per box.

It is NOT a spend $12, get $4 deal as I posted yesterday. That is what Acme almost always does for ice cream deals, so when I saw the big “$4” on the ad, I didn’t read the fine print. Apologies!

What will be in this Sunday’s paper?

Here is a link to a complete list of what will be in this Sunday’s paper. As always, the assortment and coupon values vary by region.

Smartsource coupon insert
Air Wick Scented Oil twin refill pack  Save $1/1 or single refills Save $1/2 (6/19)
Air Wick Get Double Fresh warmer unit free wyb any Scented Oil refill up to Save $2.50 (6/19)
Allegra 24hr 5ct & 15ct, 12hr 12ct, Allegra-D 12hr 10ct, 24hr 5ct, or children’s 12hr Save $2/1 (7/9)
Allegra 24hr 30ct+, Allegra-D 12hr 20ct or 24hr 10ct Save $4/1 (7/9)
Arm & Hammer toothpaste, whitening booster or mentadent product 2.5oz+ Save $.75/1 (8/31)
Carefree Free 18-22ct Save $1/1 (6/30)
Clear Care twin pack cleaning and disinfecting solution Save $3/1 (7/15)
Clear Care 12oz+ bottle of cleaning and disinfecting solution Save $1/1 (7/15)
GenTeal any Save $1.50/1(9/30)
Hanes apparel item Target coupon Save $.75/1 (6/18)
Hormel Natural Choice Save $.50/1 (7/11)
Hormel cans of chili Save $.55/2 (7/11)
Hormel Always Tender flavored meat Save $1/1 (7/11)
Hormel pepperoni pack Save $.35/1 (7/11)
Hormel Compleats kids Save $1/1 (7/11)
Hormel Compleats Save $.55/1 (7/11)
Jack Daniel’s product Save $.55/1 (7/31)
Jack Daniel’s 28 or 40oz barbecue sauce Save $.75/1 (7/31)
Ken’s 16oz dressing Save $1/1 (6/30)
Litehouse products Save $1/2 (8/31)
L’Oreal Sublime Mousse Save $3/1 (7/3)
Mitchum advanced control Save $1/1 (6/13)
Mountain High 64oz yogurt Save $1/1 (6/30)
Mountain High 32oz yogurt Save $.50/1 (6/30)
Mrs. Dash seasoning blend Save $.50/1 (6/30)
Mrs. Dash Save $1 off fresh beef wyb one seasoning blend (6/30)
Neutrogena naturals cleanser Save $1/1 (9/30)
Neutrogena suncare item Save $1/1 (9/30)
New York Style Save $.55 off eggs wyb 2 bagel crisps (9/30)
Newtons any 10-14oz Save $1/1 (6/8)
o.b. Save $1/1 (6/30)
Purina can Chef Michael’s canine creations Save $2/6 (6/4)
Purina 4.5lb bag Chef Michael’s canine creations dry dinners Save $2/1 (6/4)
Purina 11.5lb bag Chef Michael’s canine creations dry dinners Save $4/1 (6/4)
Purina B1G1F 6oz Beggin up to Save $3.99 (8/8)
Precious 10oz+ string cheese Save $1/1 (7/31)
Raid Max bug barrier starter Save $3/1 (6/11)
Raid Max bug barrier refill Save $1/1 (6/11/11
Reach single toothbrushes Save $2/2 or multi-pack toothbrushes Save $2/1 (8/8)
Schick slim twin or slim triple disposable razor pack excludes 2ct Save $1/1 (6/19)
Schick slim twin or slim triple disposable razor packs excludes 2ct Save $3/2 (6/19)
Scott Save $1/12 or more rolls of 1000ct bath tissue (6/19)
Smart Balance cooking oil or cooking spray Save $.75/1 (6/22)
Smart Balance Omega Plus light mayonnaise dressing Save $.75/1 (6/22)
Smart Balance popcorn Save $.75/1 (6/22)
Smart Balance rich roast peanut butter Save $.75/1 (6/22)
Smart Balance milk Save $1/1 (6/22)
Smart Balance buttery spreads or sticks Save $1/2 (6/22)
Stayfree Save $1/1 (6/30)
Tide laundry detergent Target coupon Save $.75/1 (6/18) ETS
Tide stain release Target coupon Save $1/1 (6/18) ETS
Viactiv soft chews dietary supplement Save $2/1 (9/30)
Wacky Mac Save $.40/1 (12/31)
Yoplait any variety yogurt Save $1/10  (7/2)
Zantac 24ct+ Save $1/1 (7/31)

Yuk! There is really nothing in that list that I’ll even clip! A dud week, which is fine. I need weeks off now & then.

I also read that there is a Unilever insert coming. Unilever is Ragu, Lipton, Knorr, Suave, Vaseline, Breyers, Ben & Jerry’s and more. There is a Unilever offer at Superfresh, I posted about it yesterday. I would expect there to be sales on Unilever items at all the big stores within the next week or so-Acme, Giant, Kmart, Target, etc. Will post hot deals & freebies as I find them!

Acme ad, May 6-12, highlights & matchups

I posted yesterday about how disappointed I was in the Superfresh ad. Acme is slightly better. Not by much. Since I have so many $5 catalinas from Giant, I’ll probably return there next week to do my weekly trip.

Front page and flap has lots of flowers, candy, that kind of stuff, for Mothers’ day.

Dannon Yogurt 10 for $5, no coupons currently available

Hatfield bacon, bogo, check their website for printables, use a coupon on each item

Kelloggs cereals-1.99, coupons in each insert for the past 4-5 weeks I think, all the way back to 3/17

California Pizza Kitchen or Digiorno-$5, good price, $1.25 coupons last week

Doritos-bogo, coupons last week

Fresh Express-bogo, check your Avenu, I keep getting $.50 off and it is taking it off of both

Stouffers & Lean Cuisine-50% off, 4/3 inserts

Tropicana OJ-2 for $5, must buy 2; not sure if the price will work if you buy a third, because coupon from last week’s paper is $2 off 3. Good price!

Hatfield hot dogs-bogo

Yoplait Greek-$1, 3/13 and 4/17 inserts

Baileys creams-$1.50, look for $1 blinkies

One catalina offer, get $4 when you spend $12 on-Breyers, Magnum bars, Ben & Jerry’s, Starbucks ice cream, Klondike, Popsicle novelties. All are on sale for $3 each. Should work on shelf prices. Breyers coupons coming this Sunday.

Store coupon for Lipton Iced tea bottles-use store coupon to pay $9 for two 12 pks. I really like the citrus green tea. There was a $2/2 coupon in last week’s paper, and we should be able to stack a mfr with a store coupon, but this is one area as far as Acme’s coupon policy, that I always run into hassles. But 2 for $7 is a good price, makes it less than $0.30/bottle.

Kraft BBQ sauce-$0.89

Grande chips-BOGO! use two of the $1 coupons (4/17), pay only $1.49 for two big bags!

Snapple, 2 for $10, I just saw a $1 printable posted some place, will look for it.

Big can of olive oil-68oz, for $7.99. Great price!

Herr’s items, bogo, use the $1 printable on both

Kraft singles (2% is pictured!) $2.49, use the $0.75 printable and pay just $0.99

Beef tenderloin-7.99, but have to buy the whole big thing, filets-9.99

Prego-$1.50

Hmmm, maybe not such a bad week after all. I love when I really comb thru an ad and deal after deal pops up. I really really like the Grande chips, and last year one of my readers pointed out that they only have three ingredients listed on them-corn, oil, salt. Not a ton of all the preservatives. And they’re good. So I’ll definitely go for that, the Lipton tea, the cheap Kraft singles, the filet mignon, and maybe some free ice cream. Hafta check the shelf prices on that.

Superfresh ad May 6-12, highlights & matchups

Dear Superfresh, Why did you even bother putting out an ad this week? Isn’t the goal of your ads to entice me into coming to your store, because of your good sales? Where are they? Am I missing pages? Sincerely, me & my readers

Gah! Seriously, the ad is smaller & thinner than usual, and nothing great.

Perdue stuff incl. breasts-50% off, may not be bad if you have the $0.75 coupons that will double (4/10 inserts)

There is however a catalina offer that I’d like to get excited about. It’s Pepsi, Tropicana, Frito Lay, Gatorade and Unilever (Unilever is Ragu, Lipton, Hellmanns, Breyers, Bertolli, Suave, I forget what else). But here’s the thing-“See store for list of participating items!” The ad just has a big picture of some items (and the pic includes some Reese’s items (Hershey product) which is odd.

It’s either get $7 when you spend $25 or get $12 when you spend $40. There were decent Pepsi/Tropicana/Frito Lay coupons last week. It should work on shelf prices like all of their other deals, but we don’t know the sale prices. It’s very difficult to put together decent transactions without having the sale prices in front of you!

If we want to do this deal and try for free stuff, it’s going to require in-store planning, grrr. Do you know how hard that is with a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old? First I was disappointed that SF wasn’t doing the superdoubles, now this. There are some decent loss leaders on the front page, if you use those items. The Perdue. Chips Ahoy for $1.99. Strawberries for $1.99/lb. Smart Ones for 8 for $10. Barilla pasta for $0.88. OS Cranberry for $1.50.

But once you move past the first page, that’s it. I’ll keep my eye on the discussion boards to see if anything good pops up, but we also have to wait until Sunday/Monday for our Unilever coupons. I hope the Acme or Giant ads look better than this. Will keep everyone posted, please leave a comment if you find something good!