Northern and Central California Grocery Store Deals Thread

Quote from ReeCh : Sure! I'm quoting from my receipt here. The deal in the ad is to buy one package at $3.99 and get two free. I bought nine packages at $3.99 each, total of $35.91 I received a card savings of $23.94 for the advertised B1G2F deals I also received a discount of $9.00 for the J4U price. What it did was to take $1.50 off of each package of strawberries. So my total ended up as $35.91- 23.94 - 9.00 == 2.97.

I'll try it. Worst that can happen is that I leave them at the checkout if it doesn't work, right?

Quote from sacramentogirl : I don't think this will work for me, I did not get this J4U pricing on strawberries, under my personalized deals. so this may be ymmv.

I think it is the personalized deals. That's how I understand it.

Quote from sacramentogirl : I don't think this will work for me, I did not get this J4U pricing on strawberries, under my personalized deals. so this may be ymmv.

Yeah, this price for strawberries was only available back when they first introduced the program, I think.

the Driscoll's worked for me too i got 3 for a total of $0.99 and of course the overage from 2 heinz coupons was used into the grapes that i bought in the same trans..

Quote from ReeCh : The brand was Berrylicious. A couple posters on the My Frugal Adventures blog said that it worked for them on Driscoll's.

thanks a lot, just got 6 of them for $1.98

Quote from sacramentogirl : I don't think this will work for me, I did not get this J4U pricing on strawberries, under my personalized deals. so this may be ymmv.

I am quite bummed myself My kids eat Strawberries like they are candy!! : Oh well, there will be another (better?) deal to come along for us

Quote from ReeCh : For some reasons the cheese ended up free for me -- I can't explain why. I bought two and used just one of the IP coupons, but I seemed to have extra J4U ecoupons come off that I wasn't aware of. Score on the cereal -- I didn't get that offer.

Yea, it's really weird on my receipt, but I KNEW not to try 2 Q's on 2 on a BOGO deal (the other Q usually doesn't go through IME due to the J4U and SW's latest Q policy).

Quote from theloo : I missed out on the Heinz ketchup. But can you explain the strawberries deal? I see it at $2.49. If I buy one pound and get 2 pounds free, should it be 3# for $2.49? I don't see how you got 9# for $2.97.

Quote from ReeCh : Sure! I'm quoting from my receipt here. The deal in the ad is to buy one package at $3.99 and get two free. I bought nine packages at $3.99 each, total of $35.91 I received a card savings of $23.94 for the advertised B1G2F deals I also received a discount of $9.00 for the J4U price. What it did was to take $1.50 off of each package of strawberries. So my total ended up as $35.91- 23.94 - 9.00 == 2.97.

Yeah, no idea how that one really works, but the answer is that if you buy 3 packages, they end up being 0.99 total! Sale continues through Sunday, 4/23 (Easter), from what I'm seeing/hearing.

Quote from ReeCh : I think the answer is yes. Their coupon policy is vague but their blog is more clear. The blog [safeway.com] says (on 2/7/11) "Yes, you can use a store coupon with a manufacturer coupon for the same item." The coupon policy is here. [safeway.com] It doesn't address stacking store and MQ and doesn't talk about the J4U program at all.

The J4U Q's are largely MQs NOT store Q's. SO, what happens is that the J4U Q usually will not be credited to your account, or rather, it is added once the store card stuff is applied, but will fall off (not unlike some of Raley's website Q's) when you scan over a "second" MQ that overrides the J4U Q. Really not good if you are not planning properly.

BUT, these personal prices DO stack with MQs. So that is nice. Even nicer with BOGO sales!!!

Quote from saishap : Does it work on any brand? Do you remember which ones you got? (sometimes they have the Driscoll's and some other ones). Thanks

My store had Driscoll's AND Legacy Farms, so if you have Driscoll's IPQs left, you can use at least 2 of the 0.50/1, likely. I'm also aware that some stores have $1/$5 produce purchase Q's at the courtesy desk? I think it works, since it takes off the total BEFORE the Safeway card? I guess that doesn't make sense, though, unless you buy enough strawberries to make the after card discount price $5. I haven't personally tried it, but a blogger has mentioned it. And I did buy the Legacy Farms ones and it worked.

Quote from SavvySalukiGirl : Yea, it's really weird on my receipt, but I KNEW not to try 2 Q's on 2 on a BOGO deal (the other Q usually doesn't go through IME due to the J4U and SW's latest Q policy). Yeah, no idea how that one really works, but the answer is that if you buy 3 packages, they end up being 0.99 total! Sale continues through Sunday, 4/23 (Easter), from what I'm seeing/hearing. The J4U Q's are largely MQs NOT store Q's. SO, what happens is that the J4U Q usually will not be credited to your account, or rather, it is added once the store card stuff is applied, but will fall off (not unlike some of Raley's website Q's) when you scan over a "second" MQ that overrides the J4U Q. Really not good if you are not planning properly. BUT, these personal prices DO stack with MQs. So that is nice. Even nicer with BOGO sales!!! My store had Driscoll's AND Legacy Farms, so if you have Driscoll's IPQs left, you can use at least 2 of the 0.50/1, likely. I'm also aware that some stores have $1/$5 produce purchase Q's at the courtesy desk? I think it works, since it takes off the total BEFORE the Safeway card? I guess that doesn't make sense, though, unless you buy enough strawberries to make the after card discount price $5. I haven't personally tried it, but a blogger has mentioned it. And I did buy the Legacy Farms ones and it worked.

My store had Dole strawberries and they worked fine with the deal. I was able to purchase 6 for $1.98,

I found out about this yesterday, maybe you all know abt it already:
http://www.kraftfirsttaste.com/

Joined using my kraft account (or you can create a new one if you don't have one) and on the left side when you click on 'My Offers' you might see option to get coupon for FREE Kraft touch of Philly shredded cheese value upto $3.99

Raley's Friday Freebie is TWO FREE Reusable bags with $20 purchase Hope they are not too cheapie

Quote from neetup : I found out about this yesterday, maybe you all know abt it already: http://www.kraftfirsttaste.com/ Joined using my kraft account (or you can create a new one if you don't have one) and on the left side when you click on 'My Offers' you might see option to get coupon for FREE Kraft touch of Philly shredded cheese value upto $3.99

I have been trying to get this for TWO days now!! Everytime I get an ERROR message Oh and our puppy shredded my FREE jello temptations coupon from First Taste Guess I will keep trying on this one

Quote from Thriftymomof2 : Raley's Friday Freebie is TWO FREE Reusable bags with $20 purchase Hope they are not too cheapie I have been trying to get this for TWO days now!! Everytime I get an ERROR message Oh and our puppy shredded my FREE jello temptations coupon from First Taste Guess I will keep trying on this one

Do you see the image for shredded cheese in 'My offers'? When you click on the image it will ask for name/address etc.

Raley's nob hill:
There is Free 2 Avocados Q with $10 purchase.

And there is 2 for $5 Bonne Maman preserves. I love their Plum preserves and have bought them before for a lot more than 2 for $5!

Quote from neetup : snip Raley's nob hill: There is Free 2 Avocados Q with $10 purchase. And there is 2 for $5 Bonne Maman preserves. I love their Plum preserves and have bought them before for a lot more than 2 for $5!

Was just going to post this

Free Avocados if your grocery preference is wine, beer and spirits.

This bag looks sooo much nicer than the stupid Target bag I got...the color bleeds on that too!

Quote from neetup : Do you see the image for shredded cheese in 'My offers'? When you click on the image it will ask for name/address etc. **snip**!

Yep. My name and address are already in there, I click submit and get an error message every time. I tried in FF and IE and keep getting the same error I guess it was not meant to be

Quote from ReeCh : Sure! I'm quoting from my receipt here. The deal in the ad is to buy one package at $3.99 and get two free. I bought nine packages at $3.99 each, total of $35.91 I received a card savings of $23.94 for the advertised B1G2F deals I also received a discount of $9.00 for the J4U price. What it did was to take $1.50 off of each package of strawberries. So my total ended up as $35.91- 23.94 - 9.00 == 2.97.

I got 6 packages for $1.98 this morning. I have the J4U price of $2.49 and I received a $6.00 discount for my J4U
Here is what I think is going on.
The system is taking $1.50 off each of the FREE packages instead of taking off $1.50 for the one you pay for.
I got 6 packages - 4 of them were free. 4x$1.50 = $6.00

Quote from sacramentogirl : Was just going to post this Free Avocados if your grocery preference is wine, beer and spirits. This bag looks sooo much nicer than the stupid Target bag I got...the color bleeds on that too!

thanks for explaining the deal since I couldn't figure out how to get the free avocados.
Great deal!