Tasty Kitchen

Have you had the chance to meet Ree the Pioneer Woman?  If you like butter, mayo, and everything high fat you will love her blog and cooking web site.  I highly recommend the "Marlboro Man Sandwiches" and her Tres Leches Cake looks too good to be true.

Get ready for a trip to the grocery store to pick up everything you need for your your favorite recipe!

http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/

http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/tasty-kitchen/

Eight Days Down- Two to Go!

By now most have you have probably gone and jumped ahead a few days with the tutorials, but if not CLICK HERE for Day #8.

Price Chopper's Best Chops 9/13-9/19/09

Front Page Deals

• Grapes 98c/lb
• Dole Bagged Salad BOGO
• Sargento Salad Finishers 2/$5
• Country Style Spare Ribs $1.59/lb
• Bakery Fresh Donuts B6G6
• Snickers (Mars Products) pks of 8 minis= 88c

Best Chops of the Week

• Prego Pasta Sauce $2
• Barilla Pasta $1.19
• PC Bread Crumbs $1.00
• Cocoa Puffs $2
• Lucky Charms $2
• Cheerios $2
• Chex Mix 2/$3
• Betty Crocker Pot. 4/$5
• Pillsbury Crescents $2
• Rice A Roni $1
• Hot Pockets $2
• Bertolli Skillet Meals $5.99
• Colgate Paste & Brushes $1
• Edge Shave gel $2
• Suave Deodorant 2/$3
• Peasant Bread $2

10 for $10

• Bumble Bee Tuna
• Chef Boyardee
• Mama Celeste Pizza
• Tony's Pizza
• Gatorade Thirst Quencher
• Jumbo Sar S Meat Franks
  

BOGO

• College Inn Broth
• Freihoffer's Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Thomas' English Muffins
• Freihoffer's Split Top Bread
  

Go Can Crazy

• PC Veggies 14.5-15.25oz cans 39c
• PC Black Olives 3/$3
• Peter Pan PB 2/$3
• Campbell's Soup 2/$1
• PC Mixed Veggies, Spinach, Beets, Potatoes 79c
• PC Fruit Cocktail 5/$5
• Hot Cocoa Canisters $2

Register Rewards, Promos:  Check back later tonight.  I havent been able to get my hands on the actual sale ads from PC.  Reports say the cereal prices are after an in ad coupon.  There are also several good register rewards.  I will post details as soon as I can actually read them myself in the ads.

Rite Aid Gift Of Savings

The Rite Aid Gift of Savings program returns this Sunday, September 13th.  This will make this month's SCR program even more fun!  Imagine all of the stuff you will take home for free after SCR and then get this GOS certificate back too!!  Just in time for holiday gifts!!!


Between 9/13 and 10/17 enter all your receipts into the Gift of Savings website. When you spend the required amount, you will receive a Gift of Savings Certificate for the amount specified.

This is not advertised until the ad of 09/20, but the promotion dates start 09/13. Be sure to save all receipts.

There are some exclusions, but I would enter all receipts anyway. As soon as the website is live, I will remind you of the program.

Spend between $25 and $50 and receive a $5.00 Gift of Savings Certificate
Spend between $50.01 and $100 and receive a $10.00 Gift of Savings Certificate
Spend $100.01 or more and receive a $20.00 Gift of Savings Certificate

The GOS Certificates are like a paper gift certificate. They have a few exclusions, but can be used for almost anything in the store.

Target- Policy Practice and a HUGE Sarcastic Rant

First I want to appologize to anyone who ended up behind me in line at Target today.  There were 2 (Two) cashiers this am- Shelly and someone with 4 people in line.  I picked Shelly figuring that atleast we would have a chance to see how well she knew the coupon policy.  NOT WELL, Target please make her get reading glasses.  She is quick to inform loyal customers that she cannot read small print and refuses to try to read the coupons and stated "I'm just a cashier."  Concession Stand Chris (I was incorrect with his name the other day-Concession Stand Craig does not exist- so sorry Chris.  I want to make sure you get credit where it is due!) was there and actually was snottier than he was the other day.  He actually tried to tell me one of my internet coupons looked like a photocopied manufacturer's coupon because it was not the same size as the Target Printables.  I am good with computers, but even I have yet to hear of anyone who can actually reproduce the Smartsource "security spot" and perfect the serial #.  Snot Head!!  Did I get an excessive amount of cereal? Yes- 7 big boxes and 15 General Mills cups (The Target coupons expire tomorrow- one last hurrah!).  They all scanned until #12.  Chris and Shelly did not seem to understand what "Get a Real Manager, Call Customer Care." meant.  Apparently they become aphasic from coupon shock (globally aphasic), aphasic with a touch of limb apraxia.  So I decided to "set up camp" and refused to move until they called a manager.  Thank you Asst. manager Kelsey for taking my coupons.  Thank you for being polite to me and even polite to your two sub-par employees in front of customers.  I hope that Shelly and Chris learn to read English soon and I really hope that Target gives employees a vision rider with their health insurance.  Please take advantage of that soon Shelly!  It would also be very nice if the two rocket scientists of the front end (Chris and Shelly) were educated a bit more about welfare benefits -vs- coupon use.  In my experience not too many people with NYS benefit cards come in armed with lots of coupons.  I would feel better if they did, then they would at least be streching their limited budget to get more for our tax $$s.  Do these two realize that the manufacturers pay you an additional 8c for every coupon?  Technically the average coupon adds 8c to every item they are used for.  That  is add, not subtract...Give to you, not Take from you!  It is not helpful to insult your customers when they try to use coupons.  Kelsey was very nice and helpful.  I hope that today's call to Target corporate (Thank you Heather) will lead to lessons in customer service.  Look to some of your best employees; People like Kristen, Sarah, Beth, Donnie, Anne, and Matt.  Employees who are friendly and kind.  Employees who appreciate customers and every cent they bring in.  Chris and Shelly need to learn that they are in a CUSTOMER SERVICE industry.  Thank you to all of the Target cashiers and managers that know their job and store policies.  Thank you to the employees who are helpful, friendly, and not snot heads.   Many people are looking to strech a buck.  I would love to walk out with a full cart for free, but that is never the case.  I am always finding a treasure for Emma, a card, a gift, a trinket that pushes my total up again.  Please continue to use your coupons and lots of them!!  When we all unite and demand better service that is what we will get.  I cannot decide if I want to bombard Shelly with coupons or avoid her like the plague- What do you think?  As for "Concession Stand Chris"  I hope Target Management tells him to stick with hotdogs and pop and leave guest relations to the pros!

Deals to be had:

• If you have Hasbro Pictureka coupons left- there is a Halloween edition in the Halloween section for $9.99.  I think that $4.99 after  $5 coupon is a good deal for a holiday party treat.
• Toy clearance is still bleak, but there were some neat floor puzzles on an end cap near the bikes for 70c-$1.75.
• No cheap, but 50% off none the less.  The furniture section has tons of great clearance.  I scored a purple arm chair for Emma's playroom.  $34.95 was great compared to $79.99!  Oh so cute!

Redplum 90210

Redplum has posted new coupons for the 90210 zip code.  Remember that you can change the zip code to search for new offers on Redplum, couponbug, and coupons.com.