Deals Found at the Piggly Wiggly in Manchester, Georgia

There is a tearpad of coupons on a display of Kool-Aid Sugar-Free Drink Mix Canisters; the coupon is $1 off one can, which, when they are 2 for $4, makes it $1 apiece. Remember, it is only good etiquette to take two coupons per store visit so that other consumers have a chance.

Also, Double Luck Cut Green Beans are $0.50 a can, which is pretty much the lowest price without coupons that one can get.

ConAgra foods, such as Hunt's Ketchup (10 for $10, but you DO NOT have to buy all 10 to get sale price), Chef Boyardee canned pastas ($1 apiece, several varieties), Hunt's tomato sauce ($1/2 cans) and Hunt's Snack Packs ($1 apiece) have been on sale for awhile. However, here is a deal idea for beginners:

Buy: 10 total items from ConAgra (Hunt's Ketchup, Snack Packs, Chef Boyardee, Hunt's Pasta Sauce, etc.)
2 boxes fruit snacks (up to $2.00 in value)

Use: 2 - Coupons from In-Store Circular "Buy 5 ConAgra items get 1 Fruit Snacks Free" (since you may ethically use two such coupons if you retrieve them on this trip; found next to shopping baskets in front of store)
- several Qs from 8/1/10 newspaper for Snack Packs ($0.30/2, which will double to $0.60 per two Snack Pack purchases, making them $0.70 apiece)

(It would actually be cheapest to purchase 10 cans of tomato sauce @ 50 cents apiece, but you may not need/want to have that many cans of tomato sauce.)

Get: staple items that you need for cheap (I'm thinking lunchboxes). If you combine this deal with a few other things here and there, you will be spending more than $25, which means that you will also receive a *FREE* item at Piggly Wiggly. On Tuesday, 8/10/10, this was a box of Kraft Mac & Cheese, although they have also given a loaf of bread, a 2-liter Coke, and a dozen eggs.

Some of you may be rolling your eyes and saying, "Fruit snacks? Macaroni? What am I, five years old?" As always, you may not eat it, but perhaps the food pantry would gladly accept your donation....maybe your local church's Children's Ministry (ahem) would accept fruit snacks....maybe the church's youth group could use some nonperishable items for their next trip. All of the above items are at low prices, and a little coupon-clipping that results in nothing more than kindness or compassion toward a fellow human being is worth it, in my book.

Also, save your receipts. ConAgra did a cool coupon book when you buy $10 in their products twice this spring. I have the feeling they may come out with another offer like that fairly soon.