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.

A new infusion of coupons along with Super Bowl promotions make for an excellent week of deals. You can score bargains on soda, frozen pizzas, M&Ms and nuts. You can also collect several freebies, including greeting cards, chocolate and aspirin. But my favorite deal of the bunch: milk for $2.79 a gallon at Walgreens.

Read on for all the best deals this week at CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Kroger, Kerr Drug, Target and WalMart. 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.

As we get closer to Super Bowl time, the deals on snack foods are ramping up. This week, the drugstores have some nice deals on Doritos, Pepsi and Coke. After several months of high-priced soda, you can finally buy either brand for $2.50 a 12-pack (or less with a coupon!)
Also at the drugstores this week, you can also score some FREE or incredibly cheap items, including Blistex, Triaminic medicines, protein bars, UP2U gum and Finesse shampoo.
At Kroger, there's a new promotion giving you $5 off when you purchase 10 specially marked items. Among the deals there: Hunt's canned tomatoes for 19 cents, Easy Mac for 49 cents and Steamfresh veggies for 69 cents.

Read on for all the best deals I found at CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Kroger and Target this week. Please add the bargains you spot in the comments section below.

You can pick up a half-dozen freebies this week at the drug stores plus some nice deals at Kroger as part of its 10 for $10 sale. (Remember, you don't have to buy 10 items to get the items for $1 each.)
My favorite freebies this week are the greeting cards at CVS, the UP2U gum at Rite Aid and the South Beach snack bars and ThermaCare heat wraps at Walgreens. Read on for all the best deals at CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens and Kroger. And if you spot a deal, please post so we can all save.

It's another great weekend for coupons.

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

And be sure to check for two additional sets of coupons: one from Target and one from WalMart.

Altogether, there will be 242 coupons with a face value of about $324. But, of course, with Harris Teeter offering Super Double coupons right now, those coupons have the potential for additional savings.

As always, I'll have the coupon database updated and the best Sunday deals posted early tomorrow morning, about the same time your paper hits the driveway.

And, I'll have a separate list of new Super Doubles deals using the new coupons.

(Single-copy and State Edition newspapers may not contain all coupon inserts.)
 

With Christmas just a week away and Hanukkah even closer, the sales circulars are loaded with ads for toys, fragrances, candy and those as-seen-on-TV gadgets and gizmos.

Look a little closer, however, and you'll find plenty of real deals -- freebies and cheapies to fill stockings and help make your holidays more festive. I've highlighted many of them for you in this week's list of all the best deals at CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Target, Kroger and Kerr Drug.

Target has announced another free gift card offer, though it's not quite as generous as two earlier deals.

This time around, you must spend $75 to get a $10 gift card instead of the previous $50. On the plus side, this time there's no coupon required. The cashier will be automatically prompted to give you the card once your order reaches $75.

If you're interested, you must shop between 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, and noon Saturday, Dec. 17.

Chocolate chips aren't cheap and neither are basics like flour and sugar, especially if you're buying for marathon sessions in the kitchen this holiday season.

So here's my gift to you -- a cheat sheet on the best prices I could find on seven key ingredients in holiday goodies: flour, sugar, eggs, butter, pure vanilla, chocolate chips and marshmallow cream.

I checked seven stores in the Triangle (Aldi, Food Lion, Harris Teeter, Kroger, Lowes Foods, Target and WalMart) and here's what I found.

If you missed out last week, the coupon for a FREE $10 Target gift card is back.

You must spend $50 at Target between now and Dec. 10 to get the deal.

Click here to get your coupon.

If you have Target shopping on your list of things to do, print this coupon now before it's gone.

It's good for a free $10 Target gift card when you spend $50. The coupon expires Dec. 3.

Click here to print.