Ziploc - Win a BBQ

Ziploc is running 2 contests on its site at the moment, the first having to do with BBQ and the other with pizza!

From the site: "Submit a UPC code from ANY Ziploc® brand product for your chance to WIN sizzlin’ prizes and 1 of 20 great weekly prizes ."

You could win 1 of 3 Broil King BBQ prize packs:
a Broil King® Imperial XL Gas Grill
a $500 gift certificate for The Perfect Steak
a gas Smoker
a portable BBQ
an outdoor fireplace
a stainless steel tool set, and more!

OR you could also win1 of 10 Win Pizzas for a Year packages!

Go here to enter!

Also, there is a $2 coupon there for the printing. :)

Shop with Mrs.Smith: 27 items for 30cents!

Last night after the coupon class at Trisha's, I hit LD for a very quick shop. The advantage with going in with a prepared list and all your deals worked out beforehand is that you really don't need to spend a lot of time in the store. I was in and out in less than 10 minutes, as I had my list ready and my coupons already clipped and ready to go.

I did miss out on getting some free Primo pasta as my coupons were nowhere to be found (they were found later in my purse). Sigh! Organization really is key to getting the best deals!

They were out of the large Ziploc freezer bags so I got a raincheck for them. You'll be seeing lots of Ziploc at the Hostess Giveaway on March 31!

By the way, the deals above (except for the Luminaries which were a raincheck) are listed on the Class Blogs so if you want to emulate the above scenarios, the Class Blogs will help you out with that as the deals/coupons are listed out for you already!

After coupons, I spent .30cents out of pocket (oop) but tax was $12.82 - so my total was $13.12. Before tax, my savings ratio was an amazing 99.967% but after tax it is 89.14%. Darn taxes! I saved $106.50 - hurray!

Working a deal - which one is better?

Today our "deal dilemma" is over Ziploc bags.
Recently I blogged about how you could use the $2 Ziploc coupon that was in the March 6 Red Plum coupon insert to get free Ziploc Evolve packs at Zellers. What is interesting is that I noticed Zellers has the regular Ziploc 50 pk bags for $2.49 regular price, and the 100-pk bags on sale at 2 for $5 or $2.50 each. So keep your eye out for the sales to get the best price for whatever it is you are looking for.

In this case, you could buy the Evolve 50-ct bags at $1.99, use your $2 coupon and pay nothing but tax.


Or you could buy the regular Ziploc 50-pk at regular price for $2.49 and use your $2 coupon and snag it for $0.49.


Or, you could buy one regular 100-pk bags for $2.50, use your coupon and get it for .50cents.


Which deal would you work? Any guesses to what I did?

Another use for the $2 Ziploc coupon

This coming week, London Drugs will have Ziploc freezer bags on sale for $1.99. If your London Drugs allows overage (most don't), you can get them for free. Or, you can pricematch it at Zellers and get it there for free. In my experience Zellers allows overage coupons but it has to be done at the customer service area. Sometimes they will adjust the coupon down to the value of the item, and other times they just put the full value of the coupon down.

Speaking of Zellers, if you kept the $1 off Vileda gloves that was in the coupon insert recently, you can score them for free as well. Zellers has them on for .99 starting the week of March 12, for a week.

Ziploc bags - free/cheap at Zellers!

If you received your Smartsource coupon insert last weekend, you can put the $2 off any Ziploc product coupon to good use. The Ziploc Enviro bags are $1.99 at Zellers so you would only pay the tax on them. Check around the area to see if you can snag any other Ziploc products for free/cheap - I think some of the Steamer bags are a few cents extra.

Didn't get your Smartsource insert? Call your newspaper distributor and see if they have any extras, or ask your neighbours for theirs if they are not using them. Another favourite place to get coupon inserts? McDonald's. Yep. They have weekend papers and guess what, weekend papers have coupon inserts!

SC Johnson - Chance to win a TV

You've been stockpiling all that SC Johnson products, here's another great way to put them to use! From March 8 - 14, enter the Spring Collection Early Bird contest daily, for your chance to win a TV. And from March 15 onward, enter for your chance to win a $10,000 NYC shopping spree!

You have a be a SC Johnson online member to enter (it's easy, and free). Go here for the entry form. You'll need the UPCs of any of these participating products: Armstrong®, Drano®, Fantastik®, Future®, Scrubbing Bubbles®, Toilet Duck®, Windex®, Shout®, Nature’s SourceTM and Pledge®.

While you're logged in, don't forget to click on the "Right At Home" section and print out your coupons as well - there are currently $10 worth of coupons for Scrubbing Bubbles, Glade, Windex, Ziploc and Pledge!

Some great deals at Zellers

Zellers has ziploc bags for 2/$5 this week, here's how you can get 2 for $1!

Ziploc snack bags, 2/$5
Go HERE and scroll down to the bottom to print 2 $2/1 Ziploc Snack Bags coupons (ziploc.ca)
Final price: .50cents each, or $1 for 2!

Tomorrow is the last day to take advantage of this deal!

Starting Friday, Zellers has a new flyer out, and I plan to get some free Vaseline there with the coupon from here.

Vaseline 325ml, $2
Go here to get 1 $2/1 Vaseline (save.ca)
Final price: Free!

Also, you can get free Satin Care and Gillette:
Satin Care or Gillette, $2
Stack 2 $1/1 coupons from here and also from inserts
Final price: Free!

Aleve, $4.97
Go here to order a $5/1 Aleve coupon, save.ca
Final price: Free!

Greenworks Cleaners, wipes and dish soaps are also on sale, 2 for $5
Greenworks Wipes, 2 for $5
Go here to print 2 $1/1 any Greenworks product, couponclick.ca
Go here to print 2 $1/1 Greenworks wipes, couponclick.ca
Total price: .50cents each or 2 for $1!

I'll also be PM'ing deals for Dove and Pantene using a variety of coupons to score those items for free/cheap!