Interested in learning how to save 50 percent or more at the supermarket? Or do you feel like you need a refresher course in couponing?

Registration is now open for my next coupon workshop, a three-hour class on Saturday, Feb. 23.

The class, which is fast-paced and fun, is a great way to start off the new year learning how to save more and spend less. On top of that, we'll feed you breakfast and give you a nice bag of freebies.

I'll be teaching this class, covering basic and advanced coupon techniques, in

Look for great deals this week at Triangle grocery stores on eggs, chicken, organic salad, seafood, saltine crackers, Colgate toothpaste and toothbrushes, cereal, soup and toilet paper.

Some of my favorites:
*99-cent split chicken breasts at Lowes Foods and 69-cent chicken leg quarters at Harris Teeter.
*Eggs for 97 cents a dozen at Harris Teeter.
*FREE Colgate Toothpaste and Toothbrushes at Lowes Foods.
*Fiber One Raisin Cluster cereal for a nickel at Lowes Foods.
*Nabisco Saltine crackers for 49 cents a box at Lowes Foods.
*12-pack of Scott toilet paper for $3.99 at Food Lion.
*ultra-cheap prices on carrots, multi-colored peppers, onions and mushrooms at Aldi.

Keep reading for all the top deals at Harris Teeter, Lowes Foods, Food Lion and Aldi this week -- with coupons and without.

Last week's sales for Kroger remain valid through Monday, Dec. 24.

Click HERE to read my complete list of the best bargains -- with and without coupons.

Look for stellar deals at the supermarket this week on lots of items likely to be on your holiday grocery list: ham, frozen vegetables, potatoes, yeast rolls, canned vegetables, Cool Whip, sour cream, storage bags and more.

There are also good bargains on baking ingredients, including free brown sugar and confectioner's sugar, and super cheap deals on cinnamon, vanilla and cookie dough.

Food Lion has super cheap prices on Clementines and apples. And Aldi has its bargain pineapple for 99 cents, along with several other great produce buys.

Keep reading for a long list of bargains at Harris Teeter, Lowes Foods, Food Lion and Aldi. And please post any good deals you spot so we can all save more.

I've bumped this post up to the top for folks who still need to make a grocery run before Thanksgiving.

If you haven't done your Thanksgiving shopping yet, you're in luck. This week's supermarket sales, which run through Thanksgiving Day, offer bargains on just about anything you might need -- turkeys, North Carolina-grown sweet potatoes, apples, canned and frozen vegetables, broth, spices and extracts, cranberries, pumpkin, foil, paper plates and plastic wrap.

There are also good deals on soda, snack foods, ice cream, coffee, cheese and much more.

Lowes Foods is offering a special promotion on Kraft products that instantly shaves $5 off your order when you buy 10 participating products. You can also pick up sweet potatoes for 27 cents per pound and a 10-lb. bag of Russet baking potatoes for $2.97. In addition, Lowes Foods has got a holiday promotion that rewards you with a $10 coupon when you buy $75 in gift cards to select retailers.

At Harris Teeter, many McCormick spices, seasonings and extracts are BOGO. Harris Teeter is also offering Buy 2, Get 3 Free deals on Coke brand 12-packs and Lay's potato chips. The E-Vic special is on Dunkin Donuts Coffee, the price dipping below $4 per bag with coupons.

Over at Food Lion, you can snag fresh cranberries for $1.50 per bag, apples for less than $1 per pound and sweet potatoes grown in North Carolina for 27 cents per pound. There's also a Unilever promotion, offering instant savings.

The special turkey promotions continue at Lowes Foods and Food Lion, but you missed your chance at Harris Teeter. The price on Harris Teeter frozen turkeys jumped back up to 99 cents this week.

Don't forget: This week's grocery deals are good through Thanksgiving Day.

Keep reading for all the top deals at Harris Teeter, Lowes Foods, Food Lion and Aldi -- with and without coupons.

With Veterans Day coming up, businesses across the Triangle are offering freebies and discounts as a way of saying thanks to our veterans and active-duty military.

Take note: Many of the deals are valid on Sunday, Nov. 11, the traditional date for the holiday, while others are good on Monday, Nov. 12, which is this year's official holiday.

Grocery and drugstore discounts, restaurant freebies, discounts on home improvement supplies, free car washes and even free Krispy Kreme doughnuts are among the offers.

Here's a round up of Veterans Day promotions:

It's a great week for deals at the grocery stores. Take a look.

Among the highlights at Harris Teeter: free Colgate toothpaste and Yoplait Simplait, 7-cent bologna, 10-cent hot dogs, 50-cent Greek yogurt, $1 pizza dough, $1 per pound, split chicken breasts, $1.25 cantaloupe, six E-Vic Specials and a General Mills promotion that shaves $5 instantly off your order.

Among the highlights at Lowes Foods: 30-cent Yoplait yogurt, 97-cent per pound split chicken breasts, $2 All laundry detergent, Gold Medal flour for $2.50, a new set of in-store coupons and double fuel rewards.

Among the highlights at Food Lion: 50-cent green peppers, 69-cent cucumbers, $1 Ragu pasta sauce, $1.12 Cabot cheese, three pounds of Gala apples for $2.50 and a General Mills promotion that shaves $5 instantly off your order.

And finally, at Aldi, you'll find some fantastic produce deals.

Keep reading for a long list of the very best of this week's deals at Harris Teeter, Lowes Foods, Food Lion at Aldi.

Please add your best deals in the comments section below.

The drugstores are offering some nice bargains this week but the real steals and deals are at Kroger, where milk is $1.99 per gallon, bread and buns are just 88 cents and the list of products under 50 cents is impressive.

Here are a few highlights:

At CVS, Heinz Ketchup is 50 cents, Renuzit air fresheners are 70 cents and Listerine is 99 cents for a 500ml bottle. There are also nice deals on Revlon nail polish and lip colors.

At Rite Aid, stock up on free hand sanitizer, free and cheap pain relievers and 49-cent Hershey's Simple Pleasures. There's also a nice deal on Lysol products that you can combine with a mail-in rebate, a nice M&Ms deal and a discounted gift card deal.

At Walgreens, you can pick up 25-cent Crest toothpaste and Oral B flossers, 40-cent Chex Mix, Dial hand soap for 60 cents and a super deal on Tresemme hair products.

But as I mentioned, the very best deals are at Kroger. On top of the cheap milk and bread, you can pick up free Chex Mix, bottles of Dial hand soap for 18 cents and cheap deals on Fiber One bars, Nabisco Snack Saks, Birds Eye Steamfresh veggies, Hefty Storage Bags, Dannon Oikos Greek yogurt, and the list goes on.

Keep reading for all the best deals and coupon matchups. And PLEASE jump in with the deals you find. Post them in the comments section.

There are great deals this week on split chicken breasts, frozen chicken breasts, shrimp, London Broil, Birds Eye Steamfresh veggies, Gevalia coffee, back-to-school snacks, cereals and Pantene and Herbal Essences hair care products -- just to name a few.

I've included the very best of the deals from the new circulars as well as a host of unadvertised specials with outstanding coupon match-ups.

On top of that, Lowes Foods is offering 10 opportunities for enhanced fuel rewards when you buy select products while Food Lion is offering a gift card promotion for fans of P&G products.

And finally, don't overlook the produce deals at Aldi, which include bananas for 44 cents a pound and mangoes for 59 cents each.

(I'm also including the best of the Kroger deals at the bottom of the post for easier comparison.)

As always, happy shopping. And please report in on any good deals you find.

Here's my morning haul from Harris Teeter during the first day of its Super Doubles coupon event.

You know you're doing well in the savings department when you owe more in taxes than you owe for the actual goods.

Here's the breakdown:

I purchased $81.27 worth of groceries. My total before taxes was 83 cents. The tax was $1.61.

That figures out to be a 99.9 percent savings before taxes or 97 percent after taxes.

A great deal no matter how you figure it.

Even though I'm a seasoned couponer, it's still amazing to me to see how a few slips of paper can make such a difference in a family's grocery budget.

How did I get my total that low?