RVA Deals

Check out this week’s best deals around town, including cheap corn, ice cream for next to nothing, and some great snack and beverage sales going on at Kroger. AND get a peek at our bargain-hunter’s coupon organizer…

April 28, 2010; 12:00 PM • by Alison Brown

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Meat Top Pick

Nature’s Promise whole chicken $1.39/lb at MARTIN’S

Veggie Top Pick

Ears of corn $.50 each at Ukrop’s

Fruit Top Pick

Whole cantaloupe $.99 at Kroger

Dairy Top Pick

Kroger cream cheese (8oz), cottage cheese(12-16oz), or sour cream (12-16oz) $1

Staples Top Pick

My husband is a Tabasco addict. He brought a bottle along on a mission trip to Belize, and I keep a mini bottle stashed in my purse for emergencies (like when he requests Tabasco at a restaurant and the server brings him Texas Pete!). This week 2-oz bottles of Tabasco sauce on sale for $1 at Kroger. Last Sunday’s SmartSource insert (4-25) had a coupon for $.50 off, which doubles to make it free after coupon!

Snacks & Sweets Top Pick

Healthy Choice and Marie Calendar’s frozen entrees are on sale for $2 at Kroger this week. Plus you receive a free 48-oz Kroger Deluxe (ooh-la-la) ice cream when you buy 5. The deal would be ho-hum except that I found a blinkie coupon dispenser with “$5 off 5 Healthy Choice” coupons. If there are similar coupons in your store’s frozen section, you can get five Healthy Choice meals AND one ice cream for only $5.

Beverage Top Pick

Coke 12-packs just $2.67 at Kroger (3 for $8, limit 3), plus receive 2 free boxes of Ritz when you buy 3! Ritz Munchables Pretzel Crisps are included, so you could use two $1 Munchables coupons from 3/28 or 3/14 SmartSource inserts to get 3 packages of Coke and 2 boxes of Ritz for $6!

Household Top Pick

Basic Colgate toothpaste and toothbrushes are $.99 at Ukrop’s this week (if you can find them in stock). With $.75 coupon from Sunday’s SmartSource, you can get toothbrushes for $.25, or better than free if you’re shopping today.

Find more deals by accessing the stores’ weekly ads online:

• Prices valid 4/25-5/1: Kroger, Ukrop’s, Target, Walgreen’s, CVS, MARTIN’S
• Prices valid 4/28-5/4: Tom Leonard’s, Whole Foods, Fresh Market

Monthly ads online:

• Prices good for all of April: Ellwood Thompson’s, Good Foods Grocery

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