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I decided to hit Fred Meyer and Albertsons today to get my pantry stocked up for the holidays (and beyond).

Here’s what the girl and I did today:

At Fred Meyer, I spent a total of $21.40 and I did the Mix & Match promotion three times over in a single transaction. A couple notes:

• I found a $1/1 Imagine Broth blinkie machine today! That would make the 32 oz cartons $0.99 each.
• I found $1/2 Krusteaz cookie tearpad coupons today! That makes the cookie boxes $0.99 each.
• The Dr. Pepper 10 is part of the Mix & Match promotion. Guess what? I finally found some on the store shelves!
• If store shelves seem empty for promotional items, check end caps! I found the Macaroni and Cheese, Blue Diamond Almond Milk, and Campbell’s Soup also on end caps. They were not marked as promotional, so heads up.

All in all, I was happy with the Fred Meyer trip. The only thing they were out of was the Swanson Broth Cartons. I’ll be back later this week.

At Albertsons, I spent a total of $17.18 and saved 67%. I ended up buying mostly canned items – 12 canned vegetables, 4 canned pineapple, 4 canned Spaghettio’s. Plus, Jell-O pudding. (My daughter is insisting I cook up her favorite flavor, butter hopscotch, after I type up this post. The best part? I earned $8 in Catalina coupons, which I plan on redeeming later this week. A couple notes:

• I have confirmed we will be getting Twice the Value coupons this weekend.
• Keep an eye on the promotional displays throughout the store for tearpad and booklet coupons.
• There is a new Holiday Coupon Booklet in the stores called “Freshly Made Holiday”
• If you shop at the Milton, WA store, they had cat food on clearance in the frozen food aisle for $0.25 each in a cart.

All told, I spent $38.58, and earned $8 towards a future trip. That’s like getting everything pictured above for $30. I’m pleased.

Reader Sarah Rocks it, too!

Today on Facebook I shared I was getting ready to make a trip and reader Sarah commented she’d “killed it at Fred Meyer and Albertsons.” Of course, I begged asked her to send over a picture. She did.

EDITED TO ADD: Sarah sent me a picture of her Albertsons trip only. I apologize for the confusion – nothing pictured or described below was from Fred Meyer.

Check it out:

Here’s how she did it (in her words):

First transaction:

8 TGI Friday’s meals @ 2/$4
Used 8 $1/1 coupons
also bought $1.50 Halloween book on clearance

Total w/ tax was around $7.50 after paying with a $2 catalina I had earned the other day
Received (2) $4 catalinas

Second transaction:

24 Jello Puddings ($0.75 each I believe) Used 8 $1.25/3 coupons (register beeped on these but it the coupons did state Jello on them and I didn’t think it was wrong to use them on pudding instead of actual Jello – cashier put them through no problem)

Total was $8 – paid with 2 catalinas from previous transaction, so total was $0!
Received 6 $1.00 catalinas

Also received a $5 rewards for reaching 5000 points!

Third transaction:

16 Pineapples @ $1 each
used 8 .50/2 coupons
Paid with previous catalinas & $5 rewards

Total was $1!
Received back 4 $1 catalinas!

Total after everything was around $5 after taking into account that I have $4 in catalinas to use next time!!

Thanks, Sarah!

(P.S. Sarah, that Jell-O coupon beeped for me too. I also used it for pudding since that is a Jell-O product and didn’t see anything wrong with that, either.)

If you want to take advantage of these deals, please see my Fred Meyer post (and this follow-up Fred Meyer post) as well as the Albertsons post. QFC is also having a sale worth considering, too.

Are you doing any shopping? I’d love for you to share your trips with me, too! Just email me at angela @ thecouponproject dot com with a photo and brief breakdown. Thanks for your consideration!