Two Triangle pharmacies have issued two new prescription deals that will earn you a little extra spending money at their stores.

You can pick up FREE cough syrup at CVS, FREE Stayfree pads at Rite Aid and FREE Valentine's candy and aspirin at Walgreens. But the best bargains of the week are on basics: milk and eggs.

Pick up milk for $2.88 per gallon at Kroger and a dozen eggs for 99 cents at Walgreens. And if either store happens to be out of stock, be sure to get rain checks. And remember, WalMart and Target will price match.

Read on for all the best deals this week at CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Kerr Drug and Kroger. These are the deals that stood out to me so please jump in and leave a comment if you spotted a bargain. That way, we can all save.

We're on a roll with freebies at the drugstores and this week is no exception with free aspirin at CVS, free power toothbrushes and deodorant at Rite Aid and free Carmex lip balm and toothpaste at Walgreens. In a few instances, you can even make money shopping this week.

There's also 24-cent Dawn dish liquid at CVS, Nivea Woman's body wash and Colgate Sensitive Pro Relief toothpaste for 49 cents at Rite Aid, and a steal of deal on M&Ms at Walgreens.

But my absolute favorite deal of the week is at Target, where you can get four boxes of Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars for 88 cents each with the help of Target and manufacturer's coupons. That's a serious stock-up price for a great lunchbox item.

Read on for all the details on that deal and a store-by-store breakdown of all the best Sunday deals.

The drugstores are all offering freebies this week, some you have to work harder for than others. There's even a few opportunities to make some money with the right coupons. My favorite bargain, though, is probably the Dove deal at Walgreens and CVS. With the right coupons and rewards cash, you can walk away with soap, body wash and anti-perspirants for pennies on the dollar.

At Kroger, you can pick up some free pasta, 49-cent hot dogs and the cheapest soda around at $2.40 a 12-pack when you buy 5 packs.

The best of the rest: Target has got the best deal on sweet corn: five ears for $1. And Wal-Mart has a killer deal on Ball Park hot dogs.

Read on for all the deals.

Two Raleigh companies have teamed up to offer Triangle shoppers more access to a unique product. Kerr Drug has started carrying designer duct tape in select stores.

The tape is made by Raleigh's Fortis Design, the company behind a number of popular gift items including Magwear. (Magwear is a velcro wristband topped with a magnetic plate for holding screws, nail, sewing needles s or other metal items.)

Kerr is selling seven different designs (Argyle, Paisley, Hound’s-tooth, Leopard, Polka Dot, Woodgrain, and Diamond Plate) for $5.99 a roll. In the Triangle it is available at the following Kerr Drug stores: East 54 in Chapel Hill; North Ridge, Towne North, Buck Jones ‘Road, Harvest Plaza and North Hills, and Mission Valley in Raleigh; and Wellons Village, North Duke Mall and Loehman’s Plaza in Durham.  Also available in Franklinton, Pittsboro, Fuquay-Varina, Zebulon and Sanford locations.

Raleigh-based Kerr Drug is offering free delivery service to customers as another way to try to set itself apart in the ultra-competitive pharmacy industry.

The chain launched the program this weekend, offering customers free delivery of both prescriptions and "anything else you need." The only exceptions are alcohol, tobacco products and lottery tickets.

“If you have a sick baby and you also need tissue or something like that, we can do it,” said spokeswoman Diane Eliezer.

Customers order by contacting their local pharmacy. They can pay over the phone or in person when the delivery is made. Kerr will deliver to either home or office addresses, but someone must be there to sign for the delivery. The service is available now at all 22 Greater Triangle Kerr Drug stores. Find a participating location here.

Kerr Drug's Rebecca Chater has been elected to her second term as the president of the N.C. Board of Pharmacy.

Chater is serving her second five-year term on the board. The 2010-2011 term as president will also be her second. At Kerr Drug, Chater heads the Care Management services, which specializes in preventive care and chronic care services.

She has been the recipient of several awards and honors, including honors from the American Pharmacists Association and the N.C. Association of Pharmacists.

Raleigh-based Kerr Drug has received two awards for outstanding patient care.

The first came from Outcomes Pharmaceutical Health Care, which works with Kerr to provide medication therapy management to patients. That initiative fits with Kerr's overall push to increase the amount of preventative care given at the pharmacy level. In 2009, Kerr saved Outcomes patients an estimated $5 million by helping them better manage their medications -- $2 million more than in 2008.

The second award came from Drug Topics, an industry journal that named Kerr 2010 Chain of the Year.

"The combination of flexibility and pharmacy experience helps Kerr focus on professional services and healthcare for patients and not just on prescription volume and front end sales to maximize profits," said Fred Gebhart, Drug Topics contributing editor. "That's what caught our attention."

Kerr Drug CEO Tony Civello was in Washington, D.C., this week to meet with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

Civello, who is a past chairman of the National Association Chain Drug Stores, was representing the association, which was invited to the White House event Wednesday to discuss the economy.

While there, Civello urged the president and vice president to extend a temporary increase in funding to state Medicaid programs beyond its scheduled termination at the end of this year.

"One of the problems we see is that if pharmacy access, for example, is diminished, patients are less likely to take their medications as appropriate. Any short-term savings are outweighed by short- and long-term costs that result from serious health complications requiring more expensive medical treatments," he said. "By one estimate, failure to take medications as prescribed, or lack of medication adherence as we call it, leads to $290 billion in annual healthcare costs, or 13 percent of total annual healthcare expenditures."