Albertsons – I spent my $60 in FREE groceries today!

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Last week I did the Albertsons gift card promotion – spend $100 on gift cards get $20 in FREE groceries. I ended up netting $110 worth of FREE groceries by purchasing Lowe’s gift cards to pay for our chicken coop we are building. I used $40 of the vouchers the first day and today I went and spent another $60 of them (I’m saving my two $5 rewards for later). I ended up getting everything pictured above for about $1 out of pocket – after the $60 in catalinas. Wahoo. It feels good to get free groceries.

Be on the lookout for a new Game Guide – it has about $10 in FREE coupons in it. I’ll do a post about the coupon book later. It’s near the game boards at the front of the store and looks exactly like the last one.

We are going on a little road trip in the near future, so I did buy more convenience foods than I’d normally buy – like boxed juices, lunch meats (for sandwiches), chips and extra crackers.

I won’t bore you with all the details from my purchase, but here are some of the highlights:

My local Albertsons had tons and tons of manager markdowns in the meat and dairy section. I almost busted into song finding fresh mozzarella  for $2 off with manager markdown and another $1 off with manufacturer coupon – making them only $0.99 a container. These are regularly $5+. I also picked up two packages of lunch meat, both had $3 coupons, making them only $0.99 for the 7 ounce packages – and they don’t expire for an entire week. I’ll be making some sandwiches with the lunch meat, that delicious Tillamook cheese ($4.99 with in-ad coupon), the $0.88 wheat bread (in-ad coupon) and the FREE mustard (see below).

Everyday essentials mustard – $1
$1/1 Everyday Essentials item coupon from Albertsons Sizzlin Game Guide (in-store)
Final price = FREE

Lindsay olives – $1 (must buy 10 participating items)
Used $1/2 Lindsay olive coupons in Albertsons Sizzlin Game Guide (in-store)
Final price = $0.50 cents each
*stock up price* – they will be FREE after doublers starting Sunday, but I didn’t want to make another trip this week. It wouldn’t be worth it to me after gas and time. And my catalinas expire before then.

Corn – $0.50 cents

Tillamook yogurt – $0.50 cents

Cataloupe – $0.57/lb

Barilla pasta -$0.75 cents (must buy 10 participating items)
There is a $0.55/2 coupon scheduled for this weekend, but I didn’t want to make another trip this week. It wouldn’t be worth it to me after gas and time. And my catalinas expire before then. I’ll save those coupons for the next promotion.

Wheat bread, hamburger, hot dog buns – $0.88 cents, with in-ad coupon

Straws – $0.99
All the smoothies we’ve been having lately cleaned me out. I needed more.

Goldfish crackers – $1.49
Splurge for our road trip.

Wheat thins – $1.99
$1/2 Nabisco tear pad coupon
Final price = $1.49 each

Rolls – $1.99
Tonight we are grilling up the $0.59/lb chicken I found at QFC this week. Leftovers tomorrow will be barbecue chicken sandwiches on these rolls.

French baguettes – $1.99
After I found the $0.99 fresh mozzarella I had to get this bread – I’m going to slice it, rub a little roasted garlic and olive oil on it, then stack it with basil from my garden, mozzarella and tomato. Then bake. Yum. My kids think they are mini pizzas, and well, they kind of are!

Tostito chips – $2.50
They had coupons attached for $1/2 AND they also had coupons for buy one bag of chips get $0.99 in bananas FREE. So I paid $2 a bag and got $0.99 worth of bananas (for each bag). Not too shabby since I was buying the bananas anyway.

Pectin – $4.49
Didn’t have my coupon with me! Yes, it happens to me, too. But I wanted to make jam later today with these amazing strawberries so I picked it up.

We are working on a doubler deal post, so keep an eye out here for the latest Albertsons deals.