Here are this week’s best deals at Roundy’s stores. The final prices on this list assume you shop on Wednesday and have the face value of your coupon doubled. Learn how-to have your coupons doubled in value here.
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Your turn: What are you planning to buy, especially with the cereal deal and Procter & Gamble deal?
Dairy
International Delights Creamer $1.00
Use $0.55/1 coupon from 11/8 Smart Source insert
Final price: Free after doubled coupon
Fiber One or Yo-Plus Yogurt $1.66
Use $1/1 Yo-Plus coupon from 11/8 Smart Source insert or $1/1 Yo-Plus printable coupon or $1/1 Fiber One printable coupon
Final price: Free after doubled coupon**
**I think the promo is still running where when you buy $20 in Yoplait products you get $5 off your next grocery order. You don’t need to buy the $20 at one time and it is pre-coupon value
Country Crock –on sale buy one, get one free
Buy two and use two $0.55/1 printable coupon (IE) or printable coupon (FF) or
Use two $0.50/1 printable coupon (IE) or printable coupon (FF)
Final price: Two free or close to it after doubled coupon
SunnyD $1.25
Use $0.55/1 SunnyD Smoothie printable coupon if included in sale
Final price: $0.15 after doubled coupon
Yoplait Yogurt Cups $0.50
Buy 8 and use $1/8 printable coupon
Final price: $0.25 each after doubled coupon
Daisy Sour Cream $1.50
Use $0.50/1 coupon from 11/15 Smart Source insert
Final price: $1.00 after doubled coupon
Freezer
Rhodes Rolls $2.00
Use $1/1 coupon from 9/20 Smart Source insert or $0.75/1 printable coupon
Final price: As low as free after doubled coupon
Green Giant Frozen Boxed Veggies $1.00
Buy 3 and use $1/3 coupon from 11/15 General Mills insert
Final price: $0.33 each after doubled coupon
Aunt Jemima Pancakes or Waffles $1.66
Buy 2 and use $1/2 printable coupon
Final price: $0.66 each after doubled coupon
On-Cor Entrees $2.00
Buy 2 and use $1/2 coupon from 10/11 Red Plum insert
Final price: $1.00 each after doubled coupon
Stouffer’s or Lean Cuisine Entrees $1.99
Buy 3 and use $1/3 coupon from 9/31 Red Plum #1 insert or $1/3 printable coupon (manufacturer-issued coupon with Target logo on it)
Final price: $1.33 each after doubled coupon
Buy 3 DiGiorno or California Pizza Kitchen Pizzas at $4.33 each, Get Free DiGiorno Flatbread Melt on Next Purchase
DiGiorno Pizza $4.33
Use $1.50/1 printable coupon is your store accepts printed coupons above $1 in value
Final price: $2.83 after coupon
California Pizza Kitchen Pizza $4.33
Use $1/1 printable coupon
Final price: $2.33 after coupon
Grocery
Buy 6 select General Mills Cereals at full price, get $10 off your grocery order and coupon for free milk
1) This milk coupon usually rings as $3.25 off your next order that contains milk versus just taking off the value of the milk
2) Work backwards when you put your deal idea together. Focus on your target price for cereal, which is for me no more than $1 per box. 6 boxes at $1 each is $6. Considering the $10 discount, that means I want my total after coupons to be no more than $16 for 6 boxes or $2.66 each.
3) I usually do more than one transaction in the evening when this promotion is running. I buy my cereal first, then use the milk coupon on my next order. It keeps me from forgetting to redeem the coupon.
Available coupons include:
Selected varieties. $1/2 and $1/3 coupons from 10/25 Smart Source, 11/1 Smart Source, 11/8 Smart Source, and 11/15 General Mills inserts and $1/2 printable coupon (IE) or printable coupon (FF)
Cheerios (Banana Nut): $1/1 printable coupon (IE) or printable coupon (FF)
Cheerios (Multi-Grain only): $0.75/1 printable coupon and another printable coupon
Cheerios (Original only): $0.55/1 printable coupon and another printable coupon here and another printable coupon and another printable coupon
Chex (multiple varieties): $1/2 printable coupon and another printable coupon and another printable coupon and another printable coupon and another printable coupon
Cinnamon Toast Crunch: $0.55/1 printable coupon
Cocoa Puffs: $0.75/1 printable coupon
Kix: $0.75/1 printable coupon and another printable coupon
Total: $1/1 printable coupon
McCormick Gravy Mix—on sale 50% off
Buy 2 and use $0.50/2 coupon from 11/1 Red Plum insert
Final price: Free or close to it after doubled coupon
Post Honey Bunches of Oats $2.00
Use $2/1 printable coupon if your store accepts printed coupons above $1 in value
Final price: Free after coupon
McCormick Spices—on sale 50% off
Use $0.50/1 coupon from 11/1 Red Plum insert
Final price: Varies, but black pepper should be free or close to it after doubled coupon (what other spice deals did you find?)
LaChoy Sauces, Water Chestnuts, Bamboo Shoots, Chow Mein Noodles $1.25
Buy 2 and use $1/2 coupon from 11/1 Smart Source insert
Final price: $0.25 each after doubled coupon
Barilla Pasta $1.00
Buy 2 and use $0.75/2 printable coupon (manufacturer-issued coupon with Target logo on it)
Final price: $0.25 each after doubled coupon
LaChoy Creations Dinner—on sale 15% off
Use $1/1 coupon from 11/1 Smart Source insert
Final price: ??? after doubled coupon (can you tell us how much these are?)
Duncan Hines Cake Mix $1.00
Buy 2 and use $0.55/2 coupon from 10/11 Smart Source insert
Final price: $0.45 each after doubled coupon
Knorr Side Dishes $1.00
Buy 2 and use $0.50/2 coupon from 11/15 Red Plum insert or
Buy 3 and use $1/3 printable coupon (IE) or printable coupon (FF) (coupons go straight to printing)
Final price: As low as $0.50 each after doubled coupon
Murray Sugar Free Cookies $2.50
Use $1/1 printable coupon
Final price: $0.50 after doubled coupon
Nabisco Crackers $2.79
Use $1/1 coupon from 11/8 Smart Source insert
Final price: $0.79 after doubled coupon
Marie Callendar Homestyle Creations $3.00
Use $1/1 coupon from 10/25 Smart Source insert
Final price: $1.00 after doubled coupon
Muir Glen Pasta Sauce $3.00
Use $1/1 printable coupon
Final price: $1.00 after doubled coupon
C&H Sugar $1.99
Use $0.30/1 coupon from 10/18 Red Plum or 11/15 Red Plum inserts
Final price: $1.39 after doubled coupon**
**Generic sugar may still be cheaper
Sun-Maid Raisins $2.99
Buy 2 and use $1/2 coupon from 11/8 Smart Source insert
Final price: $1.99 each after doubled coupon**
**Generic raisins may still be cheaper per ounce??
Special K Protein Drinks $5.00
Use $1/1 printable coupon
Final price: $3.00 after doubled coupon
Baby
Beech Nut Tummy Trays $2.00
Buy 2 and use buy one, get one free coupon from 8/2 Smart Source #2 insert
Final price: $1.00 each after coupon
Household and Personal Care
St Ives Body Wash $2.00
Use $1/1 coupon from 11/15 Smart Source insert
Final price: Free after doubled coupon
Marcal Napkins $2.00
Use $1/1 coupon from 11/15 Smart Source insert (there are actually two $1/1 napkin coupons in the insert)
Final price: Free after doubled coupon
Scotties Tissues $1.00
Use $1/1 printable coupon after registering or
Buy 5 and use $1/5 coupon from 9/13 Red Plum #2, 10/25 Red Plum or 11/15 Red Plum inserts
Final price: As low as free after doubled coupon
Chinet Comfort Cups $2.79
Use $1/1 coupon from 11/22 Smart Source insert or $1/1 printable coupon (IE) or printable coupon (FF)
Final price: $0.79 after doubled coupon
Solo Plates $2.50
Use $0.75/1 printable coupon or
Buy 4 solo products and a Bare product and use four printable coupons (you’ll need to access two computers to do this), plus use the buy 4, get Bare product free coupon from the Rainbow insert
Final price: $1.00 after doubled coupon
Pet Care
Alpo Canned Dog Food $0.70
Buy 3 and use buy two, get one free coupon from 11/22 Smart Source insert
Final price: $0.47 each after coupon
Buy $20 in select Procter & Gamble products, Get $5 off your next grocery order (Limit 1 $5 coupon per shopping visit)
1) I have listed selected items whose bottom line price with a coupon is within my self-defined realm of reason
2) Procter & Gamble runs this promotion monthly and this month the price points for the products are higher across the board than they were last month. That means fewer rock bottom deals.
3) Don’t forget coupons you may have from the Homemade Simple Coupon Booklet that would have been mailed to your home if you previously requested it
4) Please help by sharing your deal ideas in the comments since the options are limitless
Dawn Dishsoap $1.25
Use $0.25/1 coupon for any Dawn from the 11/29 Procter & Gamble insert or
If Dawn Renewal Dishsoap is included use $1/1 Dawn Renewal from Homemade Simple coupon booklet
Final Price: Possibly as low as free after doubled coupon
Crest Toothpaste $2.00
Use $0.75/1 coupon from 11/29 insert
Final price: $0.50 after doubled coupon
Pantene Shampoo, Conditioner & Styling products $3.50
Buy 2 and use $1/1 coupon for Pantene shampoo or conditioner from the 11/29 Procter & Gamble insert or
Use $2/1 or $1/1 from Vocalpoint home mailer
Final Price: $1.50 each after (doubled) coupon
Gillette Body Wash $3.50
Use $1/1 coupon from 11/29 Procter & Gamble insert
Final price: $1.50 after doubled coupon
Old Spice Deodorant $2.50
Buy three and an Old Spice after shave or cologne and use buy three, get Old Spice after shave or cologne free coupon from 11/29 Procter & Gamble insert
Final price: $1.88 per item after coupon**
**The value of the three deodorants counts toward the $20, but not the after shave or cologne
Clairol Nice and Easy or Natural Instincts Hair Color $5.99
Use $1/1 coupon from the 11/29 Procter & Gamble insert
Final Price: $3.99 after doubled coupon
Cover Girl Face Make Up—on sale 25% off
Use $1/1 any Cover Girl product coupon from the 11/29 Procter & Gamble insert
Final Price: Varies depending on what you buy (did you find anything close to free?)
Pampers Jumbo Pack $8.99
Use $1.50/1 or $2/1 coupons from 11/29 Procter & Gamble insert
Final price: As low as $6.99 after coupon
***Deal idea***
Buy 6 Pantene Products
Use $2/1 and five $1/1 coupons from Vocalpoint home mailer if you received that
Spend $9, get $5 off your next grocery order
Final price: $0.67 each after coupons and money off next order
Pocket Your Dollars is part of BeCentsable’s Grocery Gathering, a compilation of shopping lists for stores nationwide. If you want a shopping list for a store not covered by Pocket Your Dollars, then check out the Grocery Gathering.
Carrie- I do believe you. I just don’t understand what I’m not doing right. Hopefulyy seeing the recipts will help me out. Thanks!!
Angela, I’m with you, I saved 71% tonight and was ECSTATIC and then I saw Carrie’s post! Way to go Carrie, can’t wait to see how you did it.
For me, I think you save more if you need more. It’s just my boyfriend and I, no kids or pets, and I think we don’t need to buy as much stuff as some do, and so I don’t think we have as much flexibility in what deals I can get. Make sense? I don’t need as many free bandaids, or free batteries, etc etc. And we don’t go through stuff quickly to necessitate big purchases.
Anyway, that’s my thoughts. I love what I’ve been able to do so far, and am excited about everyone’s input on this site. Keep it up!
Jules
I spent 47.46 for $198.17 worth of products — plus I have 4 milk coupons and $5.00 off for buying the PG Old Spice Deodorant. The 11/29 PG insert had $1/2 Old Spice Deod plus had get a free Old Spice Cologne when you buy 3 deod. That same insert also had a cpn for get a free OS body spray when you buy 3 deod. I had 2 inserts, some extra $1/2….so I got 8 deod (the only kind my husband uses, and he was almost out) and was able to use 4 $1/2 and 2 Free Cologne AND 2 Free Body Spray. So net — I got 8 deod, 2 body spray and 2 cologne for $15.29 — and got a $5.00 coupon for another order. So really 10.29 out of pocket. (orig price would have been $52.75. ) The cologne alone was over $8.00 a bottle and I got 2 of those free! The free products will be great stocking stuffers for my teenage boys.
My Amazing Rainbow Double Coupon Day!
I started out by purchasing a $25 gift certificate to meet my double coupon base requirement. To that purchase I added my first five double-coupon items:
1 bag of Rhodes Whole Wheat frozen rolls ($1 coupon)
3 YoPlus 4pks ($1 coupon for each)
1 4pk of YoPlait Delights ($1 coupon).
Total for this purchase, including the $25 gift card: $24.87.
After putting the first load in the van, I headed back for my second round:
6 boxes of General Mills cereals using Carrie’s guideline of 2.66 per box after the coupons.
3 packages of Roundy’s double split chicken breasts for about $2.00 a package
1 Mentos gum (.55 coupon).
On this purchase, I received the $10.00 General Mills reward and the $5.00 Yoplait reward (from my first purchase). The total for this purchase after rewards was $12.86. I used my recent $10 gift card reward for spending over $500 in groceries (pre coupon prices, of course!). I then owed $2.86 out of the $25 gift card.
For my third and final trip, I purchased:
1 4pk of Orville Redenbacher Smart Pop microwave popcorn (.40 coupon and on sale)
2 boxes of Aunt Jemima original pancake mix (not on sale, but son’s favorite +$1/2 coupon)
1 large Log Cabin syrup (no coupon, not on sale, a staple item for us)
2 jars of Muir Glen organic pasta sauce ($1 coupon for each)
1 pork roast (acceptable price on sale)
1.6 lbs banana
1 5lb box of Clementine oranges ($1 coupon)
2 gallons of milk ($3.25 coupon from cereal purchase)
Total for this purchase I paid 19.69 from the $25.00 Gift Card. I still have $2.45 on it!
Total price for all these items is my original $24.87 minus the $2.45 I have left on the card. Even if you add back in the $10 reward gift certificate, $34.87 minus $2.45 is still a great deal. So, I paid either 22.42 or 32.42. I’m sticking with the lower figure because I consider that $10 totally free money.
Oops! Forgot my Cascade 20pk dishwasher detergent. No coupon, but sale price. Was in the 2nd trip with the cereals
Angela,…you’re doing it “right”. You’re trying, learning, discussing, tweaking. We all started that way. I started a year ago with just Walgreens and Target. I was ready to go deeper when a brand new Roundy’s opened by my house. I don’t always have such huge nights like last night and sometimes I just skip double coupon Wednesdays. I am buying for 4 (one at college), but I am very particular about what I buy. I do not purchase frozen prepared meals (except for pizza), I don’t buy much junk food and I refuse to buy something just for the price unless I truly want to try it.
Question for all – How do you determine how much money you save at Roundys? Should I add up the SAVINGS figure after my total? I don’t consider that accurate since I would never pay their inflated prices. Last night I had $85 of “SAVINGS”, but $30 was in coupons doubled. So are you all counting the “SAVINGS” or just your coupons? If I used my “SAVINGS” figure plus what I actually paid, then I bought $142 of groceries for $22.42. That gives me 85%. Is that how you all do it? (I’m not a best at math!)
Tami, do you remember where you got the Blue Bunny $1 off coupons? Even if it’s not “double day” anymore, that would make that ice cream a great deal the rest of the week! Thanks!
I’m new to the site (and to coupon cutting), and I had a question for you folks. I went to Rainbow yesterday to try to take advantage of some of your suggestions, and tried to use two manufacturer-issued coupons with the Target logo on them. I was at the Rainbow on Lake Street in Minneapolis (near Minnehaha Ave.), and the cashier refused to take the coupons because they had the Target logo on them. The manager came over and also refused to take them, and was actually really rude about it. She spoke down to me in such a snide manner that I don’t think I’ll ever go back to that Rainbow. But I want to know, was she right? I thought from this blog that manufacturers coupons were good anywhere, even if they have a Target logo on them.
Shelly-I googled Blue Bunny ice cream coupons, and it led me to a sight in which I could sign up for their “I scream” club. It let me print all five of them! :) Good luck!
I was at Rainbow yesterday and received my $5 coupons for the Yoplait and Kelloggs cereal. I also received $5.00 for buying Lean Cuisine! I have no idea how many you have to buy to get this but I bought 10 of them. I do not like these coupons, they are on the bottom of your receipt, very hard to miss and you have to use all of them at once.
Carrie,
Thanks to all your deals you put together, I haven’t paid a red cent for my cereal in months, I think I might be going on a year now. I have to tell you the cereal deal I got yesterday. I live in Madison, so my ad is one week behind yours. The promo was “buy 8 kellogg’s cereal, and receive $5 off”. At first blush, this does not sound like much of a deal. Well, it turns out that most kellogg’s cereal was on sale for 1.99 and it also coincided with their other promo ” buy $20 worth of Kellogg’s cereal between 9/1 through 12/2, and receive $5 off your next order. And I was already $10 into that promo.
I happened to have (8) $1 Kelloggs’s cereal coupons with me. So, here is the deal that I got:
Bought 8 boxes at 1.99 for roughly 16.00. Since the coupons doubled on the first five, the coupons took off (5) *2 + (3) *1 = 13.00. Then I got $5 off my order for purchasing 8 boxes, then I got another $5 off on my next order for the other promo. So, I ended up making $7 on this deal.
( 16 -13 -5 -5 = -7). I think this is the best cereal deal I have ever gotten!
Amy,
I’m pretty new at this too (about a month) so can relate to some of your questions. As a newbie I”m trying different things. I have had nothing but good experiences at Rainbow (Blaine) so hope your experience doesn’t scare you away. Maybe you can call headquarders and let then know how you were treated? But don’t give up!
I don’t know the answer to the manufactured coupon with a target logo. I used one the other day at Rainbow without difficulty, the register didn’t beep. Does anyone else see a policy on that somewhere? I would like to know the answer.
Jules
Carrie- I think I am not saving as much because I don’t have any of the $5, etc. coupons that you do. How do you get those?
My story is about the same as many of yours. My Rainbow shopping bill without coupons would have been $109.50 with the general sale prices listed in the Rainbow ad. But utilizing double coupons and General Mills in store rebates, my total cost for 4 transactions was $42.78 a 61% savings. I try to keep things simple and organized by only spending about 1 hour prep and heading out to the store. The thing I try to remember is to buy a good balance of food to last the whole week to feed my famliy of 5. Thanks for all the buying tips posted by Carrie and others here on PYD.
Thank you, Tami! I found it and printed off two of the Blue Bunny coupons and then has a thank you for joining the “I scream” club, I got another one. My son was excited to find Peanut Butter Panic and Monster Cookie cream in our freezer – and the price was great!
On another note, Carrie, do you or any of your readers know of the best price on salt for the water softener? I usually get it when Cub has their coupons for salt. And years ago, I remember that Culligan had a once a month “cash and carry” sort of sale on 80 lbs bags. Costco does not have a good price (or else maybe it’s just a more premium one than we would buy). Thanks!
Shelly,
My husband and I have priced salt regularly at 4.99/bag. We look for prices under that as being a sale. Aldis carries salt regularly for $3.99/bag, but they don’t accept coupons. hth. I’ve used the morton coupons when PNS ran a sale a few months ago.
Thanks, Valerie! The salt we use is on sale at Cub starting today for $3.50 a bag (limit 4), so guess that’s pretty good. Cub used to regularly have that type on a coupon for 5 bags for $10. My husband and I sometimes lament that we’re stuck in a time warp with expecting prices to be the same as they were several years ago : )
What happened to the most current Rainbow list? the link is gone
Lisa – The Rainbow list is there. I typed the start date wrong as 12/16 instead of 12/6. I corrected it now, but the info is good this week.
Carrie, when I click on the Rainbow link…..I only see 11/29 – 12/5….maybe it is my computer?
It’s fixed and you should see it now.