Official Southern California Groceries & Supermarket Thread: Albertsons, Ralphs, Stater Bros, Vons/Pavilions, Henry's, Sprouts & Others Markets

[BeaglesDoItBetter]

Seems like a good idea... Ralph's is great with double coupons... I'll start off I guess

Hot Pocket Calzones are on sale for $1.80; .75 off coupon (5/13 Val) doubles to $1.50. So you pay .30

Scotch Brite Heavy Duty sponges are free. On sale for $1, $1.00 off coupon in the 5/20 Val, so free

[slayers750]

Thanks for the invite... Although I am not that familiar with how Ralph's and Vons work in terms of couponing, I figure that even with their "higher" prices compared to places like Winco and Super Walmart (in Chino) that you can save more using the coupons correctly and specials just like CVS.

So will be looking forward to see how this works and what coupons you use outside of SmartSource and Valasis.

Was going to think about going to the GG to get lists -- but the impending strike has made me hold off for now.

[schnauzermomma]

Cool idea. Have subscribed, although I am not in CA. I do shop at the Safeway equivalent here and am always on the watch for deals. I think our ads are often very similar.

Not sure if your stores have done this, but ours now have a section for 'clearanced' meats, where they put the stuff that has a 'sell by' date of today or tomorrow. Usually these only have a 30% off sticker on them, and often have the 'special price tag' pulled off, but I check these sections everytime I'm in the store, as sometimes they throw a GREAT deal in there. For example, 50 or 75% off, with the 'special price tag' left on, or better yet, a set price of 59, 79 or 99 cents for the whole package. I have bought lots of ground turkey, ribs and roasts from this section.

Now I just wish our stores would double larger coupons. Ours triple coupons up to 39 cents and double up to 50 cents. No competition to do more than this.

[crystal327]

Quote from mathgirl : Henrys... -Single serve Horizons Organic Milk .89 (not refrigerated) Coupon in Mambo sprouts summer (ralphs booklet) exp 9/30 $1 off Horizons Milk or Half and half Beeped-but pushed through (probably better to use after the sale is over-I don't know if it will beep then) -Santa Cruz Organic Juice on sale for 1.49 use .75 coupon from mambo sprouts summer (ralphs or henrys booklet)

mathgirl,
Quick Question Im looking at the Mambo Booklet now and I do not see a Single serve Horizon Q in it. On the cover is a sandle and a coconut with umbrella.

The milk Q is for Organic Valley.

[mathgirl]

Quote from crystal327 : mathgirl, Quick Question Im looking at the Mambo Booklet now and I do not see a Single serve Horizon Q in it. On the cover is a sandle and a coconut with umbrella. The milk Q is for Organic Valley.

oops sorry-organic valley

[crystal327]

Quote from mathgirl : oops sorry-organic valley

I was hoping there was another booklet Q out for the horizon Milk, Back a year ago there was a $1/2 Q and Ralphs @ that time was doubling up $1 more so it was free, but that was back in the days...

[CathyK]

Quote from clippergirl : Ralphs Super Hot Freebies and Cheapies: Brut anti perspirant or deodorant 1.00-.55doubled=free Dal liquid pump soap 1.00-.35tripled=free Colgate extra clean toothbrush 1.00-.40tripled=free Hefty one-zip bags 1.00-1.00=free Reeses peanut butter cups .60-.55doubled=free Bounty paper towels 1.00-.25 tripled=25, you might be able to get this for free IF the p&g esaver would actually work, it didnt for me,sniff Charmin t.p. 1.88-.25 tripled=1.13 Purex laundty detergent 2.99-.35 tripled=1.99 Sorry if this is a repeat, but I just wanted to recap.

Thanks for the list!

FYI, I emailed Henkel (parent company of Dial, Zout & others) via their web site [henkelna.com] and got some extra q's from them. Same value that comes in the paper, but a free way to get more of them. I love getting free hand soap.

[vodreaux]

For those of you near Lakewood Mall, Albertsons has recently remodeled their store.
5015 Del Amo Blvd, Lakewood

12 Hour 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM - Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 - Lakewood Mall Only.

• 99¢lb Pork Spare Ribs - Limit 2
• 39¢lb Fresh Bananas
• 2 for $3 General Mills Cereal - Cinnamon Toast and Cheerios
• Albertsons Shredded Cheese 6-8 oz Selected Varieties - Limit 2
• Clos du Bois Wines 750 ml $6.99 Limit 2
• 4.99 Quilted Northern Bath Tissue 24 Regular Rolls or 12 Double Rolls
• $4.99 Brawny Paper Towels 6-8 Rolls, Select Varieties

[crystalckn]

Did anyone find magic erasers for a $1 at ralphs? I was reading a socal blog and they had single ones for $1. I could not find these at 2 ralphs.

[NancyMom]

Quote from cjfrugal : has anyone been able to get $4 onyo for the ice cream deal more than one transaction at albies? I did the deal Friday and tried it again today but the $4 onyo did not print, mgr gave me $4 cash.

I did the ice cream thing tonight, and my cat didn't print either. Well, the paper got jammed so no one knew what printed! The cashier was excellent, knew the promo and immediately tried to re-set the machine. She re-did the transaction twice, then called the manager. He said they had gotten an e-mail today that said the cats were not printing. I got my $4 in cash too

[mrs.techrat]

Wow. That was awesome. I went to Ralphs and I guess Shortcuts had loaded 3 $$ off coupons on to my account. They all came off.
$3.25, $1.60, $0.20
They came off as Shortcuts cash.

[CathyK]

Quote from mrs.techrat : Wow. That was awesome. I went to Ralphs and I guess Shortcuts had loaded 3 $$ off coupons on to my account. They all came off. $3.25, $1.60, $0.20 They came off as Shortcuts cash.

Wow! Was that to make up for q's that hadn't come off when they were supposed to?

Quote from crystalckn : Did anyone find magic erasers for a $1 at ralphs? I was reading a socal blog and they had single ones for $1. I could not find these at 2 ralphs.

No, I couldn't find single ones either. The smallest package I found was a 2-count.

[zawelda]

Quote from SoCalGal : FREE Air Wick I-Motion (in the can) at Albertsons! Albertsons is selling the Air Wick I-Motion for $5.99. Use $6 Glade I-Motion Q (SS 8/9 or SS 8/30)

I think this Q is only for the the higher priced Air Wick I Motion with the can (around 12.99). The one I saw at the Albertson's near me was the one with the scented oil warmer that was marked 5.99. Maybe this was only at that one particular store where the one with the can was marked at 5.99? BTW is Cal on vacation? I miss his Ralph's posts. Also I was told at one Ralph's that they're not accepting IP'S anymore but another Ralph's I went to accepted IP'S without a problem. I guess acceptance of IP'S can vary according to the manager? Corporate policy doesn't matter to them? I haven't heard that Ralph's has changed their policy not to accept IP'S.