March is here! So what’s on sale?

I like to pay attention to what comes on sale and when. Why? Because about 60% of my savings or better just comes from buying store sales and loss leaders. The coupons sweeten things up! When you find those deep discounts, you'll want to stock up as reasonably as you can afford and have room to store. 

Here are my best predictions on what we should find on sale for the month of March.  

First, you should be aware that this is National Frozen Food month. Last year, the promotions weren't too great, but I got word from Fabulessly Frugal that Albertsons is kicking off some rather HOT frozen food deals – combined with the 7-day doubler coupons in yesterday's paper, there WILL be some freebies. I also noticed Safeway might have a decent frozen food promotion running – I'll be sure to check that out today and report back! Look for items such as frozen vegetables, pizzas, appetizers, ice cream, and in particular, frozen seafood items.

Because we're in the Lenten season, we're going to continue to see some great fish and seafood deals – both fresh and frozen. At the moment, we're seeing deals on corned beef and cabbage in preparation for St. Patrick's Day. 

It's also National Nutrition Month. I'm hoping this means we'll see some great deals on items such as salad mixes, healthy/organic food items, and vitamins. However, I doubt we'll see the stores push this as hard as Frozen Food Month.

Other predictions?

Cold Medicines. I believe this is the last month we'll see really good stock-up prices on cold rememdies until fall (think cough syrup, cough drops, etc). However, we might start seeing more deals on allergy medicines as the weather warms up.  

Cleaning Supplies. If I recall correctly, last March we saw some pretty darn fantastic sales on products such as Clorox, Lysol, Windex, and the like. I stocked up perfectly on these items – I'm just starting to run out! I noticed there were a fair amount of coupons for cleaning products last weekend, so I think my hunch may be well founded. By the way, why cleaning products now? Two words: SPRING CLEANING.  

Soup. We're already seeing less of the Campbell soup deals, and I imagine those great "warm you up" food promotions will start to entirely drop off.  

Baking Goods. I hope as we approach Easter we'll find some good promotions on baking essentials such as butter, cream cheese, flour, and sugar. This is a guess; I don't recall from last year.  

For fun, you might want to see this great list of National Food Holidays. While I doubt we'll see a promotion for every one of these, some might be worth celebrating on your own:

March 2: National Banana Cream Pie Day
March 8: National Peanut Cluster Day
March 14: National Potato Chip Day
March 18: National Oatmeal Cookie Day
March 21: National French Bread Day
March 26: National Spinach Day (parents, see any fun ideas here?)
March 28: Something on a Stick Day
March 31: National Clams on the Half Shell Day

Are these posts helpful to you? Let me know. I will say this – I've been paying a lot more attention to sales this year (even more so than last) so I can further develop my what goes on sale and when notes for you.