Dueling Super Doubles events at Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods are now but a memory, which means it's time to pick a winner in our $25 gift card giveaway.
Thanks to everyone who entered. Based on your comments, it sounds like despite some empty shelves, most of you scored impressive savings.
The winner, chosen using random.org, is:
Deals on Thanksgiving turkeys and all the holiday fixings dominate this week's supermarket circulars. Each of the grocery stores is trying to lure shoppers in with low-price turkeys and sales on canned fruits and vegetables, cranberries, potatoes, dinner rolls, paper plates, vanilla extract, flour, sugar and more.
Harris Teeter also has a killer deal on cereals for 25 cents each and milk for $2.97 per gallon. Lowes Foods is offering bonus gasoline rewards. Food Lion has some worthwhile BOGO deals. And Aldi is offering its $1 whole fresh pineapple along with other stellar produce deals.
Read on for all the best deals at Harris Teeter, Lowes Foods, Food Lion and Aldi.
It's a big week for couponers -- with competing coupon events at Lowes Foods and Harris Teeter -- so we thought we should celebrate with a giveaway.
I'll be giving away a $25 gift card to one lucky reader. And the winner will get to choose whether the card is to Harris Teeter or Lowes Foods.
So don't be shy. Post your Super Doubles stories in the comments section below.
Did you go to both Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods? Or did you pick one store over the other?
How many coupons did you use? How much did you spend? How much did you save?
Share your totals, any unadvertised deals you uncovered or even a funny story that happened at the register.
Got a gripe? You can share that too.
Enter before midnight on the last day of Super Doubles, Tuesday, Nov. 6. I'll post the winner Wednesday morning, Nov. 7
Happy shopping and happy commenting.
Attention coupon shoppers, it's time for Round 2!
Sunday's new coupons mean there are new deals to score in the last three days of Super Doubles at Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods.
Harris Teeter's list is first, followed by Lowes Foods' list.
(If you missed my original freebies and good deals list, click HERE for Harris Teeter and HERE for Lowes Foods.)
At Harris Teeter:
As Veterans Day approaches, companies supporting the Wounded Warrior Project have released a set of new printable coupons to call attention to efforts to help veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.
The coupons have an estimated face value of more than $50.
Head over HERE to download and print the coupons. Many of them are likely to make for good deals at Super Doubles at Lowes Foods and Harris Teeter.
These coupons are likely to go fast, so print them while you can.
While you're on the Believe In Heroes site, please consider making a donation to the Wounded Warrior Project.
The biggest grocery news of the weeks is, of course, the dueling Super Doubles coupon events at Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods. Each of the rival supermarket chains has dozens of great deals, including multiple free items. This is a great opportunity to stock your panty, fridge and freezer for pennies on the dollar. And it's likely to be the last big coupon events will see until 2013, if the stores follow the pattern of previous years.
Click HERE to see an extensive list of Harris Teeter Super Double deals.
Click HERE to see an extensive list of Lowes Foods Super Double deals.
Beyond Super Doubles:
Harris Teeter has several E-Vic Specials on baking products, BOGO London Broil and a Buy 2, Get 3 Free deal on canned vegetables.
Lowes Foods has nice deals on Russet potatoes, hummus, ice cream and cabbage.
Food Lion is offering customers free rotisserie chickens when they purchase $20 in Unilever products. Food Lion also has good deals on chicken leg quarters, chicken breasts, tomatoes, Mrs. Paul's fish and Turkey Hill ice cream.
And at Aldi, there are several stellar deals on produce.
Keep reading for a round-up of this week's top grocery deals.
This post has now been updated with unadvertised specials -- including FREE Smart Balance milk.
Here's a long list of freebies and good deals available at Lowes Foods during its surprise Super Doubles promotion, which is running simultaneously with rival Harris Teeter's event.
Super Doubles will start when stores open on Wednesday, Oct. 31, and run through Tuesday, Nov.6.
The couponing policy is similar to Harris Teeter's, with one major difference. For this promotion, Lowes Foods will be super doubling coupons up to $1.98 in value. Harris Teeter's Super Doubles event includes $2 coupons.
For a complete rundown on Lowes Foods Super Doubles policy and shopping tips on how to score the best deals, scroll to the bottom of this post.
Now on to the list of freebies and good deals:
Update: The special coupon event at Lowes Foods has been confirmed on several couponing sites. It's a Super Doubles promo with coupons doubling up to $1.98 in face value.
I will start a list of freebies and good deals later today.
Just to let you know, there are rumors on the national coupon sites that Lowes Foods will offer a special coupon promotion starting Wednesday, Oct. 31.
At this point, it is unconfirmed. But, if true, the Lowes Foods event would compete with Harris Teeter's Super Doubles event, which has been confirmed for the week starting Wednesday. See my list of good deals HERE.
I'll keep you posted.
Take the kids to Lowes Foods this Saturday, Oct. 27, for an early Halloween celebration.
Kids 12 and under are invited to decorate a small pumpkin from 10 a.m.. to noon.
The kids will also be given cookies and cider.
Each store has enough pumpkins for the first 75 children, and the event is completely free.
Updated to include Aldi deals.
Here's my round-up of the grocery deals this week at Harris Teeter, Lowes Foods, Food Lion and Aldi. The sales run through Tuesday, Oct. 30.
Among the highlights at Harris Teeter: 67-cent Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread, 74-cent Ball Park hotdogs, cheap frozen pizza deals, a wide variety of apples for 99 cents per pound and nice deals on chicken leg quarters, ground beef and shrimp.
Among the highlights at Lowes Foods: Free Yoplait Simplait yogurt, cheap Pillsbury biscuits, several bonus gasoline rewards deals, cheap frozen pizza deals, a good deal on Arm & Hammer laundry detergent and nice deals on London Broil, Lowes Foods bacon and Tribe Hummus.
Among the highlights at Food Lion: cheap prices on Del Monte canned tomatoes and Old El Paso seasoning packets and some nice produce deals, including green peppers for 50 cents, cucumbers for 69 cents and a 3-lb. bag of Gala apples for $2.50.
And among the highlights at Aldi: 99-cent pineapples and pumpkins for $2.89!
Keep reading for a long list of the very best of this week's deals along with coupon match-ups and good deals that don't require any coupons at all. I've added Sunday's Kroger deals to the bottom of the list for easier comparison.
Please add your best deals in the comments section below.
