Archive for August, 2009

Free Groceries Giveaway: Win a $30 Kroger Gift Card!

Monday, August 17th, 2009

I frequently work with MyBlogSpark on fun giveaways for my other blog, Contest Corner. And when they contacted me about giving away a $30 Kroger gift card, I knew I had to share it with you guys!
There is a sale starting this week at the Kroger chain of stores called the “Mega Savings Event”. When you buy 10 participating products during this sale, you will save $5 off your total. My Blog Spark wanted to see how much I could save during the event, so they’ve sent me a $30 gift card – and they want to give another $30 gift card away to one of my readers!

Here are the details: The “Mega Savings Event” runs at most Kroger stores from August 16th-September 2nd, although the dates may vary by region; click here to view a list of participating stores. Our local Kroger store is Fred Meyer, and I was informed that the sale will be running at most Fred Meyer locations from August 19th-September 2nd.

Here is some more information about the sale, courtesy of MyBlogSpark:

“When you buy 10 participating brands (see list below) and use your Shopper Card at check out you instantly save $5. And there is no limit on the number of rewards per transaction! Look for the double yellow tags in-store.

Participating brands include: AMP Energy, Aquafina, Betty Crocker Baking Mixes, Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, Cascadian Farms Cereals and Bars, Cap’n Crunch, Cheerios, Cheetos, Chex Mix, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Dole Juices and Juice Drinks, Fiber One, Fritos, Gatorade, Golden Grahams, Green Giant, Hamburger Helper, Life , Lipton Tea, Nature Valley, Old El Paso, Pepsi family of 2 Liters, Pillsbury, Progresso, Propel, Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Quaker Chewy Bars, Starbucks, Sobe Life Water, Totino’s, Trix, Tropicana, Yoplait and MORE!”

ETA: Apparently, my area’s Fred Meyer is actually not participating in the sale, so I’d advise calling ahead to see if your local store is running the Mega Savings Event or not. So I’m heading over to Fred Meyer on Wednesday to check out the promo and see what kind of scenarios I can work out. In the meantime, you can check out this list of coupon matchups that Coupon Mommie posted. This is a just a general guide, as prices will vary by region & store, but it’s still very helpful info.

General Mills, PepsiCo and MyBlogSpark would like to give one Super Coupon Girl reader a $30 Kroger gift card! This gift card can be redeemed at the following stores:

Kroger, Kroger Marketplace, Barclay Jewelers, Baker’s City Market, Dillons, FoodsCo, Fred Meyer, Fred Meyer Jewelers, Fry’s Food and Drug, Fry’s Marketplace, Gerbes, Hilander, Jay-C, King Soopers, Littman Jewelers, Owen’s, Pay-less Supermarkets, QFC, Ralphs, Scott’s Food & Pharmacy, Smith’s Food and Drug, Smith’s Marketplace, Turkey Hill Minit Markets, Kwik Shop, Loaf ‘n Jug, Quik Stop and Tom Thumb nationwide.
This gift card may also be redeemed at Food 4 Less in So. CA, NV, IN and IL.

Here’s how to enter:

1. Just leave me a comment below and tell me how much you think you can save on your next shopping trip. Be sure to leave an email address so that I may contact you if you are the lucky winner!

Want extra entries? Do any of the following, and leave a separate comment for each one:

2. Link to this post on your blog, then come back here and leave me the link!
3. Write about this on Twitter, then come back and leave me the link to your tweet!
4. Post my button on your website – just copy and paste the following code, and let me know where you put it:


Rules, regulations, and other important stuff:
Giveaway ends on at August 23rd at 11:59 PM, PST. Winner will be chosen the following day via Random.org. Winner has 48 hours to respond to my notification email, or a new winner will be chosen in their place.
Giveaway is open to US residents.

Free Plochman’s Mustard

Sunday, August 16th, 2009


Now here’s a fun one! If you send Plochman’s Mustard a photo of yourself posing with their product, they will send you a coupon good for free mustard. You can also submit a recipe that uses Plochman’s, and they will send you a second coupon! Click here for all the details.
The photo gallery features “Plochman’s Around The World”, so I think the coupon offer might even be available worldwide.

Thanks to The Freebie Blogger for the heads-up on this offer!

Free Canine Or Feline Caviar

Saturday, August 15th, 2009


Click here to sign up for a coupon good for one free 2.2lb bag of Canine Or Feline Caviar. Not all stores carry this product, so click here to locate a store near you – there are several locations in Portland, so local readers take note!

Thanks to Frugal Freebies and Deals for this tip!

Free Chocolate Friday Reminder

Friday, August 14th, 2009


Don’t forget to sign up for Free Chocolate Friday if you haven’t already! Through September 25th, Mars is giving away coupons for free candy bars every Friday to the first 250,000 people to register. You can register for up to four coupons per household during the promotion – click here to sign up. I scored 8 free candy bars by pairing these coupons with a “Buy 2, get 2 free” sale at Safeway!

Call For Guest Posts

Thursday, August 13th, 2009


I’m going to be in San Diego from August 28th through the 31st for a family trip, so I’m looking for a few guest posts to run while I’m away. Would you like to share your thoughts and tips here on Super Coupon Girl? I’d love to hear from you!

Writer’s Guidelines:

  • Articles can be on any frugal topic.
  • There is no minimum word count.
  • To submit your post, send an email to supercoupongirl@gmail.com with your name, your website/blog URL (if applicable), the article, and a short bio. If you have photos to go with your piece, feel free to attach those also.
  • Deadline for submissions is August 24th.

Free Kashi Coupon

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Money Saving Mom has the scoop on how you can get a coupon good for a free Kashi product by taking a short survey – click here to read her post for full details.

Free Tacos at Jack-In-The-Box On 8/11 Only

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009


“Free Taco Tuesday” at Jack-In-The-Box was so popular last week that they’re doing it again! Today only, you can click here to download a coupon good for two complimentary tacos. Thanks for the tip, Frugal Freebies and Deals!

Grocery Challenge Wrap-Up

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Wow, I can’t believe the grocery challenge is already over! So how did everyone do? I can’t wait to submit my entry and hear about everyone else’s. In the mean time, here’s what we ate for the final weekend of the challenge:

Friday’s menu:

Breakfast: Cereal

Lunch: Leftover pork chops & rice:

Dinner: Hot Dogs & salad – quick and easy!

Saturday’s menu –

Breakfast: Cereal

Jai was at a family reunion potluck all day, so he had his meals there while I ate at home. I would have attended also, but I had to work. 🙁 As Jai’s contribution to the party, he took a salad which I made from ingredients in the fridge and a jar of peanuts from the stockpile.

Lunch: A hot dog covered in a cheese slice and a fruit snack.

Dinner: A stir-fry made from the last bits of leftover pork chops and produce. It’s amazing how far you can stretch leftovers!

Sunday’s menu –

Breakfast: I think I skipped breakfast? Jai had his pick from the breakfast staples in the pantry.

Lunch: I made one more stir-fry with the remaining pork and more veg.

Dinner: We have a lot of family in town this week, and since we have a guest staying with us I had planned on making hamburgers for dinner. However, an aunt invited the whole family to dinner at her house, so we enjoyed a barbecue at her place instead.

For snacks this weekend, we enjoyed a lot of popcorn, because I was reviewing some for Contest Corner!

And I have a few purchases to report: On Wednesday, Jai picked up coffee & coffee filters for $10.07. The challenge doesn’t count household items, but I am counting coffee filters as a food expense since I need them to make coffee with! On Thursday, we got two iced teas from McDonalds’ for $2.00. On Friday, Jai picked up hotdog buns for $2.49. And yesterday, we got a quart of half and half and hamburger buns for $3.79. This brings our final total for the week to $36.34. That makes our grand total for the grocery challenge 171.13.

Grocery Challenge Meals: Day 25

Saturday, August 8th, 2009
Here’s our menu for Thursday –

Breakfast: I had a yogurt, Jai opted for leftovers.

Lunch: This may sound odd, but I was in the mood for a bowl of Rice Krispies, so that’s what I had! Jai had more leftover pork chops.

Dinner:

We tried the Gardein BBQ Skewers that I got for free, along with some curried rice that I made & salad. The skewers were pretty good – they’re an imitation meat that taste a bit like meatballs. I quite liked them!

Grocery Challenge Meals: Day 24

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Here’s our menu for Wednesday –

Breakfast: Cereal

Lunch: Leftover pork chops, French fries, and salad:

Dinner: Some friends of ours had a gift certificate to a local restaurant, and wanted to take us to dinner. So thank you to our friends for a lovely meal at The Silver Salmon!