Safeway weekly deals: November 4-10 + Home for the Holidays promotion

Woohoo – finally a hot promo from Safeway! Hope you have room in your pantry to be stocking up on baking supplies during the Home for the Holidays promo!

Sunday Ad Deals

In last Sunday’s Gazette was a Safeway insert with a bunch of in-ad coupons in it.  I’m going to highlight the good ones here; unfortunately, if you didn’t get one on Sunday, they don’t usually still have them in the store by Wednesday, so you may not be able to get ahold of these coupons.  They are good through Sunday, 11/8.

Russet Potatoes, 10 lbs 99¢ with in-ad coupon
Rating: 5

Kellogg’s Raisin Bran (20 oz), Frosted Flakes (14 oz), Corn Flakes (18 oz), or Crispix (12 oz) 4 for $6 with in-ad coupon
Use two $1.50/2 coupons from Kelloggs.com
Net cost at checkout: $3 total (75¢ each)
Rating: 4

Pepperidge Farm Baked Naturals $1.99 with in-ad coupon
Use $1/1 insert coupon
Net cost at checkout: 99¢
Rating: 4.5

And now for the deals that are good for everybody, whether you got the Sunday ad or not:

Meat, Dairy, and Frozen

Pork Shoulder Blade Roast 99¢/lb
Rating: 3

Safeway Thick-Sliced Bacon, 6.5 lb $9.99 ($1.54/lb)
Rating: 4

Turkeys $5.88-9.88
Note: not sure about prices on turkeys this year, last year it didn’t seem like we saw any amazing deals anywhere. I’m guessing we’ll either see a better price than this OR that we’ll see this same price a few more times before Thanksgiving, so I’d probably hold out for a better deal.

Free Breakfast Coupons (in-ad): get free eggs, orange juice, bacon, and raisin bread/English muffins when you spend $50 in groceries
Note: could be a good deal with the Home for the Holidays promotion, but keep in mind these coupons state that the $50 minimum purchase is after all store discounts and manufacturer’s coupons.

Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers $1.67
Use 50¢/1 printable from [coupons.com]
Net cost at checkout: 67¢
Rating: 3.5

Produce

Red Globe Grapes 88¢/lb
Rating: 4 – not as low as they go in the summer, but a great price for winter

General Grocery and Household

Caribou Coffee $4.99
Use $2/2 insert or printable from [coupons.com]
Net cost at checkout: $2.99
Rating: 4.5

Thomas Bagels and English Muffins $1.99 with in-ad coupon
Rating: 3.5

Buy 4 Save $4 Cereal Sale: included are General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios (12.25 oz), Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats Bars (8 ct), Quaker Life Cereal (15 oz), Kellogg’s Frosted Mini Wheats (24-oz), Kashi Heart to Heart Honey Toasted Oats Cereal (12.4 oz), Kashi GoLean Crunch! Protein & Fiber Cereal (15oz)
There are coupons for some of these items at Kelloggs.com, [coupons.com], [smartsource.com], and [redplum.com]. Rating: varies based on products you buy and coupons you have, but generally I wouldn’t pay more than $1 per box for cereal (a little more for Kashi).

Home for the Holidays Promotion

OK, so this is really lame, but I can’t even tell you how excited I am about this promotion! It’s been a really long time since Safeway did a promo like this, and they finally did one again! There are just a few items pictured in thead, but there are likely many more listed in store. I’ll see if I can get ahold of a complete list for you, but for now, I’ll give you info on what’s listed in the ad.

You’ll need to buy $25 in participating items – when you do, you’ll earn a catalina for $5 good on your next order. Your $25 purchase of participating items is before manufacturer’s coupons, so use those to lower your initial out-of-pocket expense. Then, once you’ve earn a $5 catalina, take it in and use it and more manufacturer’s coupons to buy more participating products and earn another $5 catalina. Rinse and repeat many times until the promo ends on 11/29!

Nestle Baking Morsels $2.50
Use 50¢/1 insert coupon
Net cost at checkout: $1.50 plus catalina savings
Rating: 3 – much cheaper at King Soopers through 11/10

Gold Medal Flour $1.50
Use 50¢/1 printable
Net cost at checkout: 50¢ plus catalina savings
Rating: 5

C&H Powdered and Brown Sugar, 2 lbs $1.69
Use 45¢/1 printable from [redplum.com]
Net cost at checkout: 79¢ plus catalina savings
Rating: 4.5

Duncan Hines Brownie Mix $1
Use 55¢/2 insert coupon
Net cost at checkout: 50¢ each plus catalina savings
Rating: 5

Safeway Sugar, 5 lbs $1.99 plus catalina savings
Rating: 4 – seems like sugar bottomed out around $1.50 for last winter, so I’m not sure it will go much lower. Also, this is a 5 lb bag and I think a lot of the name brands are down to 4 lbs now?

Betty Crocker Speciality Potatoes $1.50
Use 40¢/1 from [coupons.com]
Net cost at checkout: 70¢ plus catalina savings (check for Cellfire and Shortcuts e-coupons, too!)
Rating: 3.5

Hefty Foam Plates (50 ct) or Plastic Cups (30 ct) $1.50 plus catalina savings
Rating: 4? – just compared to Sam’s Club’s prices and the plates are 1.1¢ per plate cheaper than Sam’s, cups appear to still be quite a bit cheaper at Sam’s if you buy the off brand.

I’m sure we’ll be discovering more deals in the next couple of weeks with this promo! We’ll definitely be getting more coupons, too, so you may want to hold off to see if we get coupons for some of the items that don’t currently have coupons out.

Please share if you find any hot deals in the store or in the rest of the ad!

This weekly ad review is part of BeCentsAble’s Grocery Gathering.