For the fourth -- and final -- week in a row, Kroger is offering customers a coupon for a free product through its digital coupon program.

Today, Feb. 8, you will be able to load a coupon for a free 2 liter of Pepsi Next to your Kroger loyalty card.

The coupon is only available on Feb. 8 but you have until Feb. 23 to redeem it.

Today's digital freebie is the final one in what Kroger Mid-Atlantic spokesman Carl York described as a four-week test to "jump start what we're doing digitally."

York said there will likely be future freebies -- and more digital coupons overall -- but "we want to take a breath and measure it to get some feedback from customers."

"We're going to put more and more coupons out there to drive people to our site," he said.

If you've never added digital coupons to your Kroger loyalty card, it's easy to do.

Be on the lookout for your Kroger Plus Rewards in your mailbox this week -- the very last time the bonus will be awarded.

If you recall, Kroger decided late last year to cancel the program, which rewarded shoppers with points for their purchases. Shoppers were also rewarded for using reusable grocery bags.

Kroger made big news in the coupon world last week when it announced it will end double coupons in the Cincinnati, Dayton and Northern Kentucky markets.

And it's not the first time Kroger, based in Cincinnati, has pulled the plug on doubling coupons.

The grocery chain, the nation's largest, previously halted double coupon promotions in parts of Texas and California, leaving coupon shoppers wondering if double coupons will eventually become a thing of the past at Kroger-affiliated stores nationwide.

For those of you mourning the loss of the recently shuttered Kroger store on New Bern Avenue in Raleigh, the store will reopen tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb. 7) as a Carlie C's IGA.

The store at 4111 New Bern Ave. will open for business at 7 a.m.

Mack McLamb, Carlie C's president and son of the founder, said Tuesday that a grand opening will be held in late April or early May after renovations at the store are complete.

Among the better sales that will be available this week:

Kroger has good deals this week on General Mills cereals, boneless chicken breasts, Green Giant frozen vegetables, Lean Pockets and Smart Ones frozen entrees.

Also take note of another Friday freebie available through Kroger's digital coupon page. This week's freebie -- available Feb. 8 -- is a 2 liter of Pepsi Next.

Keep reading for all the top deals at Kroger this week -- with coupons and without.

For the third straight week, Kroger is offering shoppers a coupon for a free product on its digital coupon page.

Coming up this Friday, Feb. 1, you'll be able to load a digital coupon to your Kroger loyalty card for a free package of 5 Cobalt or Orbit Spearmint Gum.

Look for two coupon inserts -- one Smart Source and one Red Plum -- in this Sunday's home-delivered Final Edition of The News & Observer.

All together, we'll have 102 coupons to clip with a face value of more than $130 -- and that's before every-day double coupons, which we're fortunate to have at Kroger, Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods.



I'll have the coupon database updated and the best Sunday deals posted early Sunday morning, about the same time your paper hits the driveway. That way, you'll have the most complete and up-to-date coupon information for the Triangle at your finger tips.


Please note: Single-copy and State Edition papers may not contain all coupon inserts.



Kroger's "Buy 10, Save $5 instantly" promotion continues this week so many of last week's deals continue.

That's a good thing because there are so many good deals to be snagged, including free Ro-Tel tomatoes, free milk with cereal purchase, 99-cent split chicken breasts, 50-cent avocados and nice deals on Red Baron pizzas and Smart Ones frozen entrees.

Keep reading for all the top deals at Kroger this week -- with coupons and without.

Kroger is offering a digital coupon right now for a free 16 oz. carton of Egg Beaters.

All you have to do is head over to Kroger.com, log into your account and load the coupon to your Kroger loyalty card.

Over the last three weeks, all the major grocery chains in the Triangle have had huge sales on chicken. And the good deals continue.

This week, Harris Teeter has split chicken breasts on sale for 99 cents per pound and Food Lion has a sale on drumsticks and thighs for just 79 cents per pound.

At a dollar per pound or less, it's a good time to stock up, purchasing enough to feed your family until the next big sale rolls around.

Even if you're like me and have limited storage space, you can still take advantage of these stock-up sales by setting aside a few hours to do some batch cooking or freeze-ahead cooking.