Thursday, July 16, 2009

Great deals at Food Lion

I am actually a little shocked at the great deals at Food Lion right now with some of the FLips that are available. Normally I take all the FLips to Publix, but since Food Lion is a mile from my house, and Publix is 50 miles from my house, shopping at Food Lion is really nice!

Today I ran in on our way home from gymnastics and when I checked out, the cashier said, your total is $7.62, as I was sorting my coupons, and then I handed those to her. She scanned them all...and said "oh WOW! So, it's twenty-seven cents." At which point the lady behind me said, "What did you get for $.27??" I rattled off my purchases and she said- "You should go on Oprah!" LOL!

1 Duncan Hines Cupcake mix $1.00 ($1/1 Duncan Hines cake mix FLip = Free)
1 lb cherries $4.99/$1.99 advantage buy ($2/$5 Produce FLip= Free+)
1 Home360 aluminum Foil $1.35/$.99 advantage buy ($1/1 Home360 FLip= Free+)
2 lb bananas $1.12 ($1/1 Guiding Stars FLip= $.12)
1 Home360 travel pack Baby Wipes $1.62 ($1.50 Baby Wipes FLip= $.12)
total food tax: $.10
total non-food tax: $.05

Total oop: $.27

8 comments:

  1. That's a great trip! I think I will be heading to Food Lion today.

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  2. Nice scenario. Awesome use of FLIPS. Never thought of actually using them at Food Lion. LOL.

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  3. Had my stuff ready to go back to FL and get some more cupcakes and garbage bags while I was up in Rome every day this week, but ended up not going back out there. But, I have to go back again Monday, so maybe I'll feel like going then.

    Can you explain the Cherries and foil? I don't know what advantage buy is?

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  4. Kel- LOL! I know!

    Mel- The deal with advantage buys is this: (and I just learned this myself!) Scan your purchases first, then hand over your card last. It will show full price before the "advantage buy" price comes off. Washington Bing Cherries are $4.99/lb right now, but on advantage buy for $1.99/lb. So. You get a little over a pound of cherries- you want it to be right at $5 (you may have to fiddle with the prepackaged bags some. I found two that were on the small-ish side and removed some from one bag and put some in another until I was just a hair over a pound. Then, scan the card. It will take off the $3 for the adv. buy. Then hand over the $2/$5 Produce FLip. It counts off the total price before card! So off comes $2.

    FREE CHERRIES!!! and they are sooooo good! (I have about five boxes of foil and cupcake mix now!)

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  5. oh and the foil is regularly $1.35, but on advantage buy until September something. . . so again, ring it, then your card and the $1/1 FLip will come off with no beeps. Yahoo for no beeps!

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  6. Brandy, I'm assuming you're using printable FLIPS right?

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