I love this new Kraft Program. Not only will you be one of the first to hear about new products, you will often get coupons for Free products and many coupons to share with friends and family. Click on the link to sign up. They have some great extra coupons to print. It makes trying new foods cheap and fun. Right now free product "try me" coupons are arriving every 3-5 weeks. Just in time for hot summer nights when simple meals with no fuss are even more appealing.

Mars is celebrating summer by offering free chocolate coupons by mail to the first 250,000 households that sign up EVERY Friday until Fall. I think they are only sending out 4 coupons per household, but free chocolate is always good, even in small amounts! Click the Photo to head on over to sign up, or count the minutes until sign ups open.

Price Chopper's best Chops of the Week 5/17-5/23/09

I hope you were all able to get your hands on The Press Republican and Troy Record yesterday! The coupons were fantastic. Kraft has outdone themselves again. Click on the purple craft to head over to their site again. They have recharged most of last weeks coupons to allow for another printing round! These pair up great with so many of this weeks Price Chopper specials!

Super Buys This Week:

Friendly's Ice Cream ($1/2 coupon from last week) is on sale for $2.48 a half gallon. This drops the price to $1.48, but the original total of $2.48 is part of the Unilever promotion.

Heluva Good Dip $1.79 combine 2 with the 5/10 $1.00 off coupon from smartsource and they will make a great addition to any gathering at 79 cents each.

Claussen Pickles have been featured in both of the 5/10 and 5/17 coupon inserts and several parenting magazines ($1/1) coupons. This week they are on sale for $2.50 per jar. With a doubled coupon final price is 50 cents.

Marzetti Products are BOGO this week (Buy One Get One FREE). Click here to print off a $1/1 coupon from Redplumb. If you print 2 and put two in your cart, swipe your advantage card and present both coupons you will walk away with 2 for free. I love Free!

Dannon yogurt 2/$1- There have been many $1/6 coupons in the past 6 weeks= 6 for $1.00

In Yesterday's P&G Brand Saver there were coupons that make the following Free:
Crest Toothpaste (2/$4).

How to Roll The Unilever Deal: "Unilever Insert was in Troy Record 5/17" That was the sole source for all of my Unilever deals so far.
Transaction 1

• 4 Bryer's Ice Cream (1.48 each with $1/2 coupons)= $10.00 towards Deal
• 2 Caress Shower Gel: BOGO this week, use 2 $1 coupons from 5/17 Unilever insert and get both for about $1.40= $11 towards Unilever Deal

At the end you will have spent about $7.50 out of pocket, the register will give you a $7.00 catalina coupon towards your next purchase.

Transaction 2

• 2 Wisk Laundry Detergent- They are BOGO and priced at $6.99 each. Use 2 $1 coupons from the Unilever insert to save $4= $2.99 out of pocket (OOP)= $12.98 towards Unilever Deal
• Suave Shampoo/Conditioner $2 each (50 cent coupon from insert)= $1 OOP, $2 towards deal, toss into charity bin by the door- Collect Free warm fuzzy for your donation
• Snuggle Fabric Softener $2.99 (use $1/1 coupon) buy 2 and use 2 coupons= $2 OOP= $6 towards the deal
• Wishbone Salad Dressing= It is BOGO, there is a $1.00 off coupon from the insert. You will pay about 50 cents for 2, but all $6.00 will count towards the deal

Your out of pocket total will now be $7.00-$7.50 BUT STOP- Pay with your register reward earned in transaction #1 and pay tax- 50 cents depending on dressing choice. Guess What- Last night and today the catalina machine printed another $7 catalina.

The unilever deal is a money maker!! Essentially with coupons they are paying you to take $40.00 worth of products and saying thank you with another Register Reward. Even if you will not use the products consider donating to your food shelf charity of choice (JCEO or Interfaith Food Shelf).

Other Unilever Products for next to nothing:

• Hellman's Mayo $2.48 ($1/2 coupons)
• Country Crock Butter $1.69 (60 cent coupons)
• Knorr Lipton Pasta Sides 99cents (40 cent coupons)

Remember- Most free or cheap things assume your price chopper will double any coupon $1 and under.

Check back later tonight for more fun coupon links and Free Stuff.

Meal Plan Monday

Welcome to My First Meal Plan Monday. Check back every Monday. This week I want to Thank Kraftfoods for all of their lovely coupons from the past few weeks.

This Weeks Menu features lots of my Price Chopper and Kraft deals.

Monday- BBQ Ribs (On Sale at Price Chopper) with McCormick Rib Rub (50cents per jar on sale and after $1 coupon), roasted baby red potatoes, grilled corn, and apple slices

Tuesday- Hot Dogs (Thank you Oscar Meyer), buns, fries, homemade JR Watkins Chocolate pudding

Wednesday- Chicken Nuggets (Large bags of Tyson on sale for $6.49, $1 coupons in 5/10 sunday smart source= $4.49 per bag at Price Chopper. Bags large enough for 3 meals), mashed potatoes with Sargento Salad finisher Au Gratin Kit ($2.50 at my Price Chopper, $1 coupon doubled brought down to 50 cents), almond cake with berries

Thursday- Long day- Take out from Pizza Hut

Friday- Breakfast for Dinner (Pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon (thank you Oscar Meyer), fruit bowl

Saturday- Hidden Valley Ranch Cheddar Burgers on the Grill, Roasted Asparagus, Rhubarb Crisp

Sunday- Steaks on the grill, Mushroom/Leek sauce, spinach and strawberry salad

Kelloggs Community Project

I love community service projects. I love Kellogg's Frosted Flakes ( I am not getting paid to say that- well atleast not yet). Please consider visiting the frosted flakes website (http://www.frostedflakes.com/). Please cast your vote for a small town to win a new community park. There is one upstate NY park in the finals. Maybe you will vote for a park in your home town or find a compelling story and cast your vote accordingly. Either way some small town if going to get a new park- Thank you Kellogg's!

Not Me Monday 5/18/09

Time for a weekly dose of free therapy.

I most certainly did not eat cheese cake bites at 6am Friday morning. And I would never let Emma have some too- for breakfast. If I did I would make sure to spread a little smuckers jelly on top to atleast "add some fruit".

Cats..I have three and love my three..but what is it about stray cats coming to OUR house?? I most certainly did not send my husband outside last night at nearly 10pm with instructions to run new Orange Screaching Cat off of our property. AndI would never tell him that it would be ok to zing him with the paint ball or beebee gun. Not that his attempts would work, small moving targets are not in his skill set. And I certainly didn't think twice about the fact that said orange cat might be rabid- considering the screaming, meowing, and pandamonium outside our living room window. I would never volunteer my husband to get rid of the rabid creature- not me!

What did you not do last week?

DiGiorno: Recession Rescue

DiGiorno wants everyone to hurry over to their site at the strike of midnight tonight (12am EST 5/18/09) Pay them a visit. They will mail a coupon for a FREE Flatbread melt to the first 100,000 visitors.
http://flatbreadmelts.digiorno.movies.msn.com/default.aspx

Karl hates Coupons

If you plan a trip into our friendly neighborhood Plattsburgh Price Chopper avoid Karl. He really was a pain in the butt and made the trip a little bit less than stellar. Now the savings made up for it, but Karl seems to think that coupons are criminal. Karl is from Sweden and his name tag identifies him as being from the meat department- run to another line (any one of the many Jennifers and Jessicas will do fine). My grand total on transaction #1 was $412.74. When all was said and done I paid $ 178.38 out of pocket and the catalina coupon machine printed out $12.00 in register rewards. Transaction #2 added up to $173.68, after coupons and advantage savings I paid $64.59 total. I used my $12.00 register reward from transaction #1 and the computer didn't recognize or over ride the Unilever promo and I was handed back $9.00 in register rewards at the end of the transaction.

Grand Total For Both: $591.12
Total After Advantage Savings and Coupons: $242.97
Register Rewards for next time: $9.00
Today I Saved: 59%

I also have $1.20 savings per gallon of gas up to 20 gals at Sunoco with my advantage card points.

Today's Press Republican and Troy Record proved to be well worth the $5.00 combined purchase prices. Check back tomorrow afternoon for coupon links and more matchups.

I have plans to try rolling the Unilever deal again tomorrow. I will let you know if it works again!

Todays Highlights

• Poland Spring Water $3.99 per case, use $1/2 coupons from online or last weeks smart source to knock the price to $2.99/case. Buy 4 and get a $5 catalina register reward
• Unilever products- buy $20.00 before coupons, get $7.00 register rewards.
• Hefty Baggies BOGO, add 2 $1.00 coupons to get them for free
• 100 calorie snack packs of smart foods popcorn or nabisco products are 22 cents after widely circulated $1 coupons
• Juicy Juice $2.29- only 29 cents after doubled $1 coupon from their web site or last weeks Sunday Paper coupons