Safeway: good price on ground beef, Progresso soup

A pretty slow week at Safeway, but I like their price on ground beef!  May have to stop in to get a few packages of that.

Meat, Dairy, and Frozen

Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts (extreme value pack) – $1.99/lb
Rating: 2-3

80% Lean Ground Beef – $1.69/lb
Rating: 4

90% Lean Ground Beef – $2.49/lb
Rating: 3

Rancher’s Reserve Beef T-Bone Steak (extreme value pack) – $4.99/lb
Rating: 4 – chepaer at Rancho Liborio.

Bar S Jumbo Meat Franks (16 oz) – $0.88 with in-ad coupon, limit 5
Coupon requires minimum purchase of $10
Rating: 3

Oscar Mayer Meat Franks, Ball Park Beef Franks, Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage, Hebrew National Beef Franks or Hormel Pork Tenderloins (11-27.2 oz) – B1G1 free
Use $2/1 Ball Park Product – Facebook
or $1/1 Hormel Always Tender Product 8/1/2010 SS Insert
or $1/1 Hormel Always Tender Product – Hormel
or buy 2 and use $1/2 Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs 8/22/2010 SS Insert
or $1/2 Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs – Coupons.com
or $0.75/2 Ball Park Product 8/1/2010 RP Insert
or $0.75/2 Ball Park Product – RedPlum.com
Net cost at checkout: unknown
Rating: 3-4 – I’d probably wait until these products go on sale for 50% off, which would be a better deal because you could use two coupons for two products rather than just one.

Jimmy Dean Premium Bacon (12 oz) – B1G1 free
Net cost at checkout: unknown
Rating: ?

Kraft Cheese Natural Slices (8 oz), Shredded or Chunk (6-8 oz) – $1.69 with in-ad coupon, limit 3
Coupon requires minimum purchase of $10
Use $1/1 Kraft Deli Deluxe or Kraft Deli Fresh Sliced Cheese (IE) Printable (FF) – Bricks
or buy five and use $5/5 Kraft Cheese – Kraft Foods
Net cost at checkout: $0.69 – ?
Rating: 5? – the $5/5 coupon is awesome, but since you have to buy five to use it and the in-ad coupon is limit 3, you’ll pay full price for the final two.

Coffee-mate Flavored Creamer (32 oz) – $1.99 with in-ad coupon, limit 3
Coupon requires minimum purchase of $10
Use $0.75/1 Nestle Coffee-Mate Liquid Creamer – Coffee-Mate
or $0.55/1 Nestle Coffee-Mate – All You Sep 2010
Net cost at checkout: $0.99
Rating: 4

Eggo Frozen Breakfast (10.75-14.8 oz) – $1.77 with in-ad coupon, limit 4
Coupon requires minimum purchase of $10
Buy 2 and use $1/2 Kellogg’s Eggo or Cinnabon Frozen 7/25/2010 RP Insert
Net cost at checkout: $1.27 each when you buy 2
Rating: 4

Produce

Del Monte Fruit Soothies – $1
Use $1/1 Del Monte Fruit Smoothie (IE) or Printable (FF) – Bricks
or $1/1 Del Monte Fruit Smoothie – 8/15/2010 SS Insert
Net cost at checkout: free!
Rating: 5 – I think these are found in the produce section?

Seedless Watermelon (whole) – $3.99 with in-ad coupon, limit 2
Coupon requires minimum purchase of $10
Rating: 2 – much less at Sunflower Market, though I don’t know how the sizes compare.

Sakata Farms Bi-Color or Yellow Corn – $0.25 each
Rating: 3

Rakhra Farms White Mushrooms (8 oz, whole or sliced) – $0.99 each
Rating: 3

General Grocery and Household

Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes (14 oz) or Froot Loops (12.2 oz) – $1.99
Buy 2 and use $1.50/2 Kellogg’s Cereals – Kellogg’s
or $1.50/2 Kellogg’s Cereals – Coupons.com
or buy 3 and use $1/3 Kellogg’s Cereal – Kellogg’s
Net cost at checkout: $1.24 – $1.66 each
Rating: 3

Pepsi or 7-Up (12 pk, 12 oz) – B2G3 free
Rating: not 100% sure since the original price isn’t indicated in the ad, but their 12-packs are usually priced around $6.  If that’s the case, they would be $12 for 5 which is not that great of a deal.

Progresso Light or Reduced Sodium Soup (18.5-19 oz) – $1.33
Use $0.50/1 Progresso Soups – 8/8/2010 GM Insert
or buy 2 and use $0.50/2 Progresso Soups – 8/8/2010 GM Insert
or $0.55/2 Progresso Soups – Coupons.com
use $0.50/2 Progresso Soups – Shortcuts.com (will not double)
or $0.50/2 Progresso Soups – Cellfire.com (will not double)
Net cost at checkout: $0.33 – $0.83 each
Rating: 4-5

Best Foods or Hellmann’s Mayonnaise (22-30 oz) – $1.99 with in-ad coupon, limit 2
Coupon requires minimum purchase of $10
Use $0.75/1 Hellmann’s or Best Foods Product – Hellman’s
Net cost at checkout: $0.99
Rating: 5

French’s Classic Yellow Mustard (20 oz) – $1.50
Use $0.50/1 French’s Mustard – French’s
Net cost at checkout: $0.50
Rating: 4 – may be the last mustard sale of the season!

Famous Dave’s Barbecue Sauce or Lawry’s Marinades (12-20 oz) – B1G1 free
Rating: 3?

Cara Mia Marinated Artichoke Hearts – $1
Use $1/1 Cara Mia – Safeway August Fresh Ideas Magazine (found in-store)
Net cost at checkout: free!
Rating: 5

Nabisco Wheat Thins (5.5-10 oz) – $1.88
Use $1/1 Wheat Thins – Facebook
Net cost at checkout: $0.88
Rating: 5, but slightly cheaper at Albertsons.

Lay’s or Lay’s Kettle Chips (8.5-11 oz) – $1.79 with in-ad coupon, limit 4
Coupon requires minimum purchase of $10
Rating: 3

Safeway Hot Dog or Hamburger Buns (8 ct) – $0.79 with in-ad coupon
Coupon requires minimum purchase of $10
Rating: 4-5

Duracell Batteries AA or AAA (8-10 ct), C or D (4 ct), 9-Volt (2 ct), Ultra AA or AAA (8 ct) – $2 off with in-ad coupon
Coupon requires minimum purchase of $10
And use $1/1 Duracell CopperTop Batteries – 8/29/2010 P&G Insert
Net cost at checkout: unknown
Rating: 3-4 – hard to say for sure, but a total of $3 off is probably a decent deal at least.

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