Some possible national catalina deals

Catalina marketing is a national company and many times when they offer a “catalina” or “cat” for an item(s), it is running at several big chains at once. It’s always confused me as to why they would run these catalinas at some stores without advertising them. But usually once word spreads around on the various blogs, someone will be the guinea pig and confirm it. In this region, the stores that would be affected are Acme, Superfresh, A&P, ShopRite and Pathmark. Try at your own risk and be prepared to return the items if you really don’t want them, unless someone confirms it is working.

Purchase two (2) California Kitchen Pizza, Receive $1 OYNO
Purchase three (3) California Kitchen Pizza, Receive $2 OYNO
Purchase four or more (4+) California Kitchen Pizza, Receive $3 OYNO
runs 4/19 – 5/16/10

Del Monte Dog Snacks 3/21-4/21
Buy 2 get $1
Buy 3 get $2
Buy 4 get $3

Turning Leaf 4/8-5/1 (another reason why I hate PA liquor laws!)
Buy 2 get $2
Buy 3-5 get $3
Buy 6+ get $6

California Kitchen Pizzas 4/18-5/15
Buy 2 get $1
Buy 3 get $2
Buy 4 get $3

Got wine?

I like to save money and avoid paying full retail price wherever I can. Living in Pennsylvania, it’s pretty hard to save money on alcohol and wine. I’m lucky that I can walk to Delaware if necessary, and they have privately owned stores that offer slightly better prices. And my favorite local store, Hockessin Liquor, has had 15% off coupons on the backs of Acme receipts for months. Plus no sales tax.

But we live in a no wine tag state. If I didn’t participate in national online coupon forums, I wouldn’t even know about wine tags. But I do, so I know. And I wish we had them. But we don’t. We live in a completely old-fashioned and archaeic system as far as liquor stores, and every governor says he’s going to change it and he never does. Pfft.

Anyway, last week’s Red Plum inserts had several $1.50 off wine coupons for brands such as Clos du Bois and Robert Mondavi. I just checked online and the PA stores are advertising these brands on sale for $8 and up. I’ve had some of the Mondavi stuff, but not any of the other brands. For $6.50 or so, I’ll try it, why not. Can always use cooking wine if it sucks.

In the past when these coupons have been out, the Delaware stores, at least the ones in Hockessin, would not take them. I understand, they’re small, family-run operations and not set up for it. That’s fine. Perhaps Total Wine will take them, I haven’t tried. I know I’ve used them at the PA stores. Hockessin Liquor still has the 15% off one available and what’s nice about that is that there’s no minimum purchase like at Total Wine.

You can click on the wine image on the left to see the entire selection of Robert Mondavi wines.

No coupons? No problem! April 16

Welcome to another post of “No coupons? No problem!” where you can act like a supercouponer without all that clipping. Here are some hot deals that you don’t need coupons for:

CVS: Sunday through Tuesday, the following items are giving back exactly what you’ll pay for them, in Extra Bucks-Easter Grass at $0.99, and Paas Easter Dye at $1.99. So you can go in and spend $2.98, get those two items. Then you’ll have $2.98 to go back in & spend on whatever you need! Limit 1 per card.

Walgreen’s: Select Goody hair items are $3, get $3 back in Register Rewards. So go buy one, get your hair item plus your $3 RR back. Then go spend your $3 RR on whatever you need. If you want to try your hand at “rolling RRs,” may I suggest the Always. Use your $3 RR plus another $3 cash to purchase two Always. Get $4 back!

And, all of us local couponers are still excited about the $1.99 butter at Superfresh. No coupons, no minimum purchase, no limit! Acme recently advertised a “deal” on a pound of butter that was $5.24…….really?

Sunday coupon preview + reverse matchups

For those of you that are new, I try to do reverse matchups for all the inserts. What are reverse matchups? Well, it evolved out of people saying to me “I dunno, I don’t get it, when I look at the Sunday coupons, I don’t see anything I want.” Reverse matchups are what I see when I see an insert, because I can flip through one and pretty much instantly know if I’m going to use that coupon or not, and where.

For a complete list of what is coming this Sunday, click here. As always, this is not a complete list, and assortments and value amounts vary by region.

Smartsource coupon insert #1
Air Wick Freshmatic Ultra Starter Kit $4 (5/29)
Air Wick Freshmatic Ultra Refills B2G1F to $5.50 (5/29)
Air Wick Freshmatic Starter Kit $4 (5/29)
Air Wick Freshmatic Compact Refill $1.50 (5/29)
Air Wick 100% Natural Propellant Spray B1G1F to $1.39 (5/29)

If you get your inserts on Saturdays, you can still use the Airwick coupons at CVS if you haven’t already done that deal. Or, hold on to them, other stores will probably run similar deals.
Aveeno Active Naturals $3/2 (5/31)-Save for CVS next week!
Aveeno Active Naturals $1 (5/31)
Ban Solid .75 (6/4)-I always hang on to these and never use them! I keep hoping that Acme or Superfresh will offer a deal where I can double it, but no luck.
Bausch & Lomb Alaway eye drops $5 (6/30); look to match it with a Walgreen’s store coupon-I don’t know if there is one out right now, but they always do eye drops.

Betty Crocker Fruit Shapes, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers or Roll-Ups .50/2 (6/11)-Acme promo this week I believe.
Biz $1 (5/29)
Biz $1.50 (5/1)-check Dollar General
Cheerios Cinnamon Burst .75 (5/28)-another one I keep hoping I’ll get to double, and it’s never included in the GM promos at my grocers. I’ll still hang on to it.
EarthWise Entirely Natural Premium products $1/2 (5/31)-should be lots of Earth Day sales next week to pair this with
Enfamil or Enfagrow large size powder 22.2 oz+ $2 (5/31)
Fiber One cereal .50 (5/28)
Finish Jet-Dry Rinse Agent or Turbo Dry .55 (6/12)
Finish Dishwasher Cleaner .40 (6/12)
Finish quantum $1 (5/22)
Finish Powerball or Gelpac .75 (5/22)
Green Giant Frozen Bagged Vegetables 19oz-240z .40 (6/11)
Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper or Chicken Helper .75/3 (6/11)
Johnson baby or Natural product .50 (6/26)-use at Superfresh this week for the $3/$10 catalina offer
Kraft Homestyle Mac & Cheese Dinner $1 (5/17)
Kraft Big Slice, Kraft or Cracker Barrel Natural Slices $1 (6/12)-sweet! This is on sale at Acme this week for $2.50. 
Listerine Total Care Mouthwash 1L+ or Reach Toothbrush or 1 Reach Floss or 1 Reach Access Flosser $1 (12/31)
Listerine Total Care Mouthwash 1L+ and/or Reach Toothbrush and/or Reach Floss, or Reach Access Flosser $2.50/2 (12/31)
Listerine Mouthwash 1L+ .50 (12/31)
Listerine Total Care Plus Whitening Mouthwash 32 fl oz or 1 Restoring Listerine Anticavity Mouthwash 1L $1 (12/31)
Listerine Agent Cool Blue 500 ml or Reach Kids Toothbrush $1 (12/31)
Listerine Zero Mouthwash 1L+ $1 (12/31)
Listerine Pocketpaks 24ct+ or Listerine Pocketmist or Plax Rinse or Listerine Essential Care toothpaste .50 (12/31)

I always hang on to the Listerine coupons because of their long exp dates plus there are always promos. Look at CVS this week and see if you can match up any of these to the $1 items, double check size restrictions.

Maxwell House .55 (5/31)-on sale at Superfresh for $2.50–so $1.40 after doubling! I hope we get this value and not $1 off 2.
Nature Valley Granola Thins .75 (6/11)-Acme promo this week
NatureSweet SunBursts tomatoes 10.5 oz .55 (6/11)-this is the only winter tomato I’ll eat, but I’ll probably get the stupid $1 off 2.
Neosporin or one Band-Aid product .50 (6/30)
Neosporin AND one Band-Aid product $1.50 (6/30)
Nicole by OPI Nail Lacquer $1 (6/30)

Pillsbury Sweet Rolls or Grands Sweet Rolls .50/2 (7/9)
Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls .40/2 (7/9)
Pillsbury Italian Meal Breads .40/2 (7/9)
Pillsbury Refrigerated Grands Biscuits .30/2 (7/9)

Save the Pillsbury ones, or use at Superfresh this week. Deal is buy 3 at 3 for $5, then get $.99/lb butter when you buy 3.
Reynolds Wrap Foil except 20, 25, 30 sq ft .75 (5/31)
Ritz Crackerfuls Filled Crackers 6 oz $1 (7/10)-these are $1.99 this week at Acme wyb 10 (there are many other items in Buy 10 promo)
Schick Hydro 5 refill $2 (5/28)
Schick Hydro 3 refill $2 (5/28)
Schick Hydro Shave Gel .75 (5/28)
Schick Quattro for Women Razor or Refill $2 (5/29)
Schick Intuition Razor or Refill $2 (5/29)
Yoplait Fiber One Multipacks .50 (6/11)
Yoplait Yogurt 32 oz .50 (6/11)
Yoplait Greek yogurt .60/2 (6/11)
Yoplait Greek Yogurt 4 pack $1 (6/11)
Yoplait Go Gurt or Trix Multipack .75/2 (6/11)

I always hang on to yogurt coupons because we are not brand loyal and there are always yogurt promos at the grocers.