When I stopped to fill the gas tank on my minivan the other day, the price was no bargain.

The gas gauge was so low that I had pulled in to the nearest station to my home -- the Lowes Foods gas station in Apex. It was 7 a.m., I was in a hurry and at $3.66 per gallon, I was just grateful to see the price was under $3.70.

I was already back in my car, tucking my debit card back into my purse when a man appeared outside my driver's side window.

It was the store manager, telling me he had just lowered the fuel price by two cents and wanted to refund me the difference.

How does a free movie night sound to you?

Use the code F2AMA8TG3 at a Redbox kiosk for a free one-night rental.

I haven't used the code myself, but it's getting a thumbs-up from the freebie-loving folks over on the Fat Wallet forums.

And, it looks like you've got a little time to use this code. It's good through May 8.

Here's a freebie that everyone can use -- a free roll of toilet paper.

The folks at Scott are mailing out free sample rolls of TP to anyone who signs up for their Scott Shared Values program.

Triangle drugstores are offering deals this week on Easter candy, eggs, Gillette and Schick razors, Degree and Clear Scalp products, Purex laundry detergent, Splenda, Skippy, Bertolli, Pull-Ups, Walgreens diapers, Nestle Morsels, and many more.

Also be sure to check out the freebies this week, which include Scunci hair elastics, Mountain Dew Kickstart, and Brut or Sure deodorant.

Keep reading for all the top deals at CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens this week -- with coupons and without.

Look for good deals at Kroger this week on turkey, ham, Birds Eye Steamfresh vegetables, Dole pineapple, Kroger cream cheese, Tombstone pizza, Breyers ice cream, Yoplait Go-Gurt, Kroger sour cream and cottage cheese, Big K soda and all the major cereal brands. You can also score a free gallon of milk when you buy cereal and you can earn extra fuel rewards when you purchase gift cards.

Keep reading for this week's top deals at Triangle-area Kroger stores -- with coupons and without.

The News & Observer's  coupon database has been updated with all of Sunday's new coupons.

The home-delivered Final Edition of The News & Observer contains two inserts -- one Smart Source and one Red Plum -- for a total of 176 coupons with a face value of about $188.

That's before you double the first coupon, of course, which we have the opportunity to do every day of the week at Kroger, Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods.

Not familiar with the coupon database? You can access it on the right-hand side of the blog. There's a button at the bottom right to view it as a full-size page.

Or, you can download it as an Excel spreadsheet by clicking on the attachment at the bottom of this post.

It's a handy tool, giving you the most timely and detailed list of coupons in the Triangle.

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Kroger announced on its Facebook page this morning that it has released a new digital coupon for a free can of Marie Callender's soup.

The coupon, which you can load to you Kroger loyalty card by logging into your account on Kroger.com, is only available until 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time today.

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

There will be a total of 176 coupons with a face value of about $188 -- 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.

In the meantime, as of this morning, I have updated the database with last Sunday's coupons so I'm now officially caught up from my time off. Thanks for your patience!

If you'd like to download the database as a spreadsheet, click the link below.

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Heads up on a great milk deal at Harris Teeter:

Milk will be just $2.57 per gallon this Saturday -- a definite stock-up price.

The deal is good Saturday only when you use your loyalty card.

There's a limit of two gallons and they must be purchased in the same order.

The daily deal site Living Social is offering a great deal right now on discounted tickets to the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro.

You'll pay $28 for two adults and two child's combo tickets, $6 for one child's admission or $8 for one adult combo ticket. Those prices are all 50 percent off regular gate admission.