Tastykake! Remember that commercial? And you all know how I often talk about supporting local businesses, sooooo….

Go out an buy Tastykakes! They are in financial trouble. In true facebook fashion, there are now groups forming to “Save Tastykake.” To be honest, I have no idea how dire the situation is. But I’m already upset that my favorite Quaker Instant Oatmeal (maple & brown sugar) has been reformulated to taste like crap, so I will be extremely upset if we lose Tastykakes too.

The boxes are 1.99 at Acme this week. A few years ago at Acme I bought this mouse:

I sent one to my brother out in Colorado too. In fact, I’m using it right now! I hate the little finger pad mouse things on laptops, so for home use, I plug this in. When I’m out & about with my laptop, I love hearing people say “Is that a Krimpet attached to your computer?”

Anyway, on to the contest. Today I’m giving away another FREE magazine subscription and a FREE movie rental in the form of a Redbox code. All you have to do is leave a comment telling me what your favorite Tastykake is. If you are unfortunate enough to live in a part of the country without Tastykakes, just look here and tell me what you think your favorites might be.

Mine are the Butterscotch Krimpets, my favorites for over 35 years!

Contest ends at midnight tonight, random winner picked tomorrow.

Ok, I might be a day late, but definitely not a dollar short! This morning after CVS I quickly ran into Acme to get an ad. I have a few things to pick up tomorrow anyway (milk, bread, and NO! not because of the snow, because we’re out) and I wanted to see if there was anything else there worth my attention. What I posted last night was a compilation of various things I found online, but I really don’t get enthusiastic about it until I have the ad. So here goes:

Dannon cups 10 for $5, $1 coupon in last week’s inserts, $0.40 each, stock up price!

The favorite 4 for 19.99 is back. I like this deal as you can combine it with coupons and I always look for larger packages that will be $6 or $7 before being reduced to $5. Don’t forget at the entryway there are booklets with $1 coupons for any Lancaster Brand meat. Pick up four of those and your Favorite 4 just became $15.99.

Cherries are 2.99/lb. This piqued my interest only because we were watching Iron Chef last week and it was Battle Cherry.

Tastykakes are 1.99, definitely a stockup price, for as long as the expiration dates anyway. I’ve never tried freezing these.

I pick our lunch meat based on what is on sale, this week it will be the D&W turkey for 6.99 and the Hatfield VA baked ham for 5.99.

Nature Made vitamins are bogo. Coupons in last week’s paper, remember you can use two coupons on a bogo sale.

The Nature Sweet Cherry tomatoes are $2.50, usually 3.99. This is really the only grocery store tomato, imo, that is tolerable. Except for these, we will only buy PA farmed tomatoes in the summer. We just do without when they’re not in season. Raw anyway, still use canned & sauces for cooking stuff.

McCain potatoes are 2.50 and my kids like the smileys. I like them because they are about half the cooking time of the usual tater tots. Eight minutes makes a difference with hungry kiddos!

Some Kraft shredded cheese is 2.59. If the Philly mixed kind is included, there are $1 coupons out for it.

Lots of Acme brand products on sale, in that same coupon booklet I told you about, there’s a $2 off $10 purchase of Acme brand products.

Some Planters things on sale for 3.99 and there was a $1 coupon last week. Emerald nut stuff is 3.50, $1 coupon last week. I’m really trying to grasp the “nuts are healthy” thing and eat more of them, I just can’t get into it.

Lots of Special K stuff on sale, coupons last week.

Swiss Miss is $1 if you still have any of the $1 coupons kickin’ around. Kraft mac & cheese is .89 and I haven’t seen it under a dollar in quite some time. Halls cough drops are 0.99 and there were 0.35 coupons last week (will double!).  Lots of Lysol stuff on sale, in this week’s inserts. Aveeno stuff is 15% off and coupons in this week’s paper.

Mott’s 6 packs of applesauce on sale for $2. I don’t have any coupons for this, but that’s the cheapest I’ve seen it since the Target deal last fall.

The back page of the ad is all about a Mega Meat Sale. Split chicken breasts are 0.99/lb. This is my stock up price but I won’t be stocking up as much, because we don’t grill as much this time of year. These are so much better than the boneless, skinless breasts. Pork Tenderloin is 4.99/lb, usually $7 plus a pound, so I’ll get some. The Simply Tender chops are 1.99/lb and we like those. Lots of other cuts of meat to choose from, make sure you check it out.

Enfamil and Good Start formulas are giving a $5 catalina when you buy 2. Can be combined with coupons or formula checks. Luvs are 7.99 if you have any of the 2.50 home mailer coupons, good deal.

The Finish/Quantum dish detergent is 2.99, use the 2.25 coupon from last week.

And lastly, there’s a coupon on the back for 0.70 beverages when you buy 10. Fuze, Powerade, vitaminwater, that kind of stuff.

Happy Shopping!

I received an email update from Caregivers Marketplace. I used to post about them several years ago. They are a clearing house of sorts for rebates, and would offer rebates on products, particularly those geared towards taking care of someone–either a baby, the elderly or the infirmed. What was great about them was that they offered a $1 rebate on Huggies and if I recall correctly, $0.50 on the wipes. It was fantastic because because I could go out, purchase Huggies with coupons, CVS Extra Bucks, Walgreen’s Register Rewards, Superfresh or Acme catalinas, pay nothing or next to nothing for them, and still get $1 back for every pack I purchased. You had to submit in quantities of five or more, which was never a hassle for those of us who stockpile diapers!

Then, it was at least a year or more ago, they lowered the rebate amounts. No biggie, I still submitted them.

Then, they took the whole program offline while they revamped it. And now it’s back. With a really sucky product list. Here is a pdf version of the new rebate form. For my household, there’s nothing of interest on it to me.

So for me, it’s adios to CGM. I hope that at least some of my readers find it useful, or are at least glad for an update and receiving closure, ha ha.