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I am a stay at home mom with four wonderful kids. I have been married for over 9 years to my best friend. I am head over heals in love with him. He always supports my crazy "thrifty adventures". We have a lot of fun together.

I was raised on a small dairy farm. Where I learned very young, the value of hard work and how to be thrifty in all areas of life. Growing up our meals were made from scratch. Only on special occasion would we get name brand cereal, chips, or any other fancy treats. Now that I am a Mom with my own budget, the basic foods always comes first. I too make most of our meals from scratch and take pride in feeding my family a well balanced healthy diet.

I enjoy seeing how far I can make our budget stretch, and when I take the time to match sales with coupons I am able to get all those "fun & fancy" items that would other wise be out of my budget. Being thrifty has always been a way of life for me, but it has also become a real joy.

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Albertsons Deals 2/24-3/2

albertsonsAlbertsons Thrifty Deals for the Northwestern area

There are NO twice the value or doubles this week. Kind of a slow week ….. I only list the deals that I think are the “most thrifty” so be sure to check you add for any deals I may have missed!

Instore Ad coupons ( must present coupon to get sale price, can be used with a manufacturer coupon)

Albertsons Chunk or Shredded Cheese 2 lbs $3.99 limit 2

Albertsons Ice Cream 1.5 qt $1.99 Limit 4

Java Delight Bagged Coffee 10-12 oz $3.99 limit 6

Fresh Express Salad $1.47 limit 2

  • use the instore ad coupon
  • also use the $1.00 coupon from the Wellness Ideas coupon booklet found at Albertsons a few weeks ago
  • Final price .47 cents each

Meet sale all $1.99 a lb

  • Fresh Ground Beef 85% lean
  • Albertsons Beef Chuck Cross Rib Roast boneless
  • Albertsons Pork Loin Sirloin Chops or Roast Boneless

Strawberries 1 lb Buy one get Get one Free $4.99 ( total of 2 lbs for $4.99)

StarKist Chunk Light Tuna 2.6 oz Pouch

  • use the $1.00 off 2 coupon from 2/14 Red Plum
  • final price .50 cents each

Dannon Light and Fit Yogurt 6 oz .50 cents each

Dreyer’s Ice Cream 1.5 qt $2.99

  • use the $1.00 off coupon from the  1/31 smart source
  • final price $1.99 each

Herbal Essences Shampoo, Conditioner or styling products $2.99

  • use the buy one get one free coupon from the 2/7 p&g
  • final price 2 for $2.99 ($1.50 each)

Aussie Shampoo, Conditioner or styling products $2.99

  • use the $1.00 off coupon from the 2/14 red plum
  • Final price $1.99

Listerine Mouthwash 16-33 oz $4.49

General Mills Promo spend $20 get back a $7 catalina good towards your next shopping trip (basically 35% off)

The fine print on this reads that minimum purchase is AFTER manufacturer and store coupons, this not normally how it works.  Normally you get the $20 mark and then bring it down with coupons and your catalina will still print.  I will have to wait until tomorrow to see how this promo is working?  I hope this is a one time thing, and not a sign of things to come.  It also reads limit i per customer, so I wonder if  the catalina will “roll”?    This makes what would be a really good promo….into an ok promo.

$1.00 items (.65 cents after catalina)

$1.25 items (.81 cents after catalina)

$1.50 items (.97 cents after catalina)

  • Betty Crocker frosting 12-16 oz ( .50 cents off 1 coupon form 2/7 GM insert)
  • Bisquick Mix 20 oz
  • Progresso High Fiber soup, Rich and Hearty, or Traditional soup ($1.00 off 3 coupon)

$1.69 items ($1.10 after catalina)

  • Betty Crocker Warm Delights (use the .50 off 1 coupon here)
  • Betty Crocker Cookie Pouch ( use the .40 cents off one coupon from the 2/4 GM coupon insert)

$2.00 items ($1.30 after catalina)

$2.50 items ($1.63 after catalina)

$3.50 items ($2.27 after catalina)

  • Macaroni Grill Dinner Entree 8-18.2 oz ( $1.00 off coupon here)
  • Wanchai Ferry Dinner Kit 12.8-23.3 oz ($1.00 off coupon here, or the $1.50 coupon from the 2/21 smart source Idaho Statesman only)
  • Pizza Rolls 19.8 oz

10 comments to Albertsons Deals 2/24-3/2

  • Naomi it is not a stupid question…each sale is differnt but normally it is $20 or more so only one will print per trip.

  • Hi Sarah, sorry for the stupid quesiton but on the $20 get back $7 promo do you know that if I spend $40 in one transaction will 2-$7 catalina’s print or do I need to do 2 separate transactions to get two catalinas?

  • Kristy

    Hi Sarah,
    I was going to do my Alb shopping tom, but now that we know there will be doubles starting on Sunday, wouldn’t it be better to buy the GM promo items with doubles? Just wondering????

  • Claire…look on the very edge of the insert on the outside cover and it will tell you the date

  • Claire

    Sometimes I clip coupons that I think I’ll need / use and then save the rest of them. It turns out I didn’t think to write the dates corresponding to each coupon booklet. Now when I see 11/22 SS I am not sure which Smart Source to look for. Do you know of a website that lists Sunday paper coupons with a cover image? I’ve had success google imaging or searching ebay for “11/22 SS” and matching them up that way, but can’t find one site that lists each date with an image.

  • Jodi…glad to help and welcome to couponing…the Red Plum coupon are the sunday coupon inserts that come in the paper. The Red Plum is one of the 4 that show up ( each week is a little different)

  • jodi

    Where do you get red plum coupons? Sorry if this is a stupid question, I’m new to this!

  • Pat

    ouch on the GM catalina. It’ll be interesting to see how this one plays out. I hope it’s not a game changer, but could be. I limit my couponing to Wag’s & Alb’s in the interest of time. If Alb’s continues to have rather ho-hum ads, I may need to switch to Freddie’s(?)! Wow, never thought I’d say that, but their deals have been better or we got better at finding them!!

  • Lachelle

    What zip is the cheese coupon found? I used to get it at my zip in Utah but it is no longer there.