EXTRA Smiths & Kroger Deals This Week – FREE Movie Tickets!

Here are some EXTRA Smiths and Kroger deals this week!

First, there are running an exciting promotion called Digital Choice. Basically, when you purchase 10 partcipating items, you receive a coupon at checkout with a redemption code on it. You then head to the website digitalchoicerewards.com to redeem your code.  You can do this an unlimited number of times, meaning, every 10 participating items, you get a reward! When you redeem, you will get to choose from the following prizes:

• 1 FREE Movie Ticket $9.50 value
• 15 Music Downloads iTunes (prices range from .99 – $1.29 each download)
• 15 Ringtones iTunes (prices range from .99 – $1.29 each download)

The grocery store movie ticket rewards promotions is how we have gone to the movies for FREE for the last several years! You typically have several months to use them (I am not sure yet on these ones as we have not gone shopping yet – I will keep you posted, if you go, let us know!) and we had soooo many, that we went on a few dates, took 8 of us (4 couples) to see “Batman Begins” and still ending up giving away 2 the last week they were valid! We even took the whole family to see “Bee Movie.” We actually just checked our “date coupons folder” and found 2 tickets still needing to be used 😉 Movies out are ridiculously expensive, so need to pay for them, right?!

However, a couple of cautions that Thrifty Al wanted me to point out: do not just go to the grocery store and buy 10 items for the sake of the FREE movie tickets (or choice of reward).  It will NOT save you money! ONLY purchase items if you would purchase them anyway, USE COUPONS on those items for even greater savings! Everytime that they have done these promotions, we end up saving 50-75% off the items with sales and coupons PLUS get the FREE tickets.  Anyway, there are a handful of things that could work this way.

BEST DEALS this week with sales, coupons, and FREE Movie tickets (or choice of reward):

• Smart Balance Sour Cream $1.50. Then use $1/1 RP 3/21 = final is .50
• Sargento Cheese $1.99. Then use $1/1 (use zip code 03104) = final is .99
• 7-Up 2-liter $1. Then use $1/1 = final is FREE
• So-Be LifeWater $1. Then use BOGO coupon = final is $1.00 for 2 or .50 each!
  
• Starbucks Coffee $6.99. Then use $1/1 SS 3/21 = final is $5.99 (and the FREE tall coffee from Starbucks when the bag is empty 😉
• Snuggle sheets or liquid fabric softener $3.99. Then use $3/1 RP 3/28 = final is .99
• Nestle Pure Life water 24 pk. $3.33. Then use $1/1 RP 4/11 = final is $2.33
• Smart Ones Entrees $2. Then use $1/5 = final is $1.80
  
• Pringles $1.25. Then use .25/1 PG 4/4 = final is $1.00
  

So, with the above prices and coupons, you could get your FREE Digital reward pretty cheaply (along with those nice groceries 🙂 )

Here is an idea!

• Buy 2 7-UP = FREE
• Buy 2 Sargento Cheese = $1.98
• Buy 2 Smart Balance Sour Cream = $1.00
• Buy 2 Snuggle Sheets = $1.98
• Buy 2 SoBe Life Water = $1.00

Total out of pocket $5.96 PLUS FREEBIES $9.50 – $12.90 in value!! There are many possible ideas, especially if you had more of the high value coupons! Let us know what scenarios you came up with or what you are planning to buy! We will share our results after we go!

PLUS don’t forget about this catalina that may still be going on! A catalina is a coupon that prints at the register (sometimes money off your next transaction – used just like cash!)

Catalina details reminder, works on Betty Crocker Potatoes, including pouch size:

Buy (1) get .50
Buy (2) get $1.50
Buy (3) get $3.00

• Buy 3 Betty Crocker Pouch Potatoes Pouches $1.00 each = $3.00
• Then use  3 .40/1 (print 2 and also here) – $1.20 = $1.80
• Then receive a $3.00 catalina = final is $1.80 OVERAGE for 3

Now you can also do the above same deal with the regular boxes of Betty Crocker Potatoes and still make money!!

• Buy 3 Betty Crocker Boxed Potatoes $1.67 each = $5.00
• Then use  3 $1/1 from HERE (IE) or (FF) and HERE (IE) or (FF) = $2.07
• Then receive a $3.00 catalina = final is .93 OVERAGE for 3

Here is also a catalina for Totinos Pizza’s to get them for .75 each!

Buy 4-5 Get $1.00

Buy 6-7 Get $2.00

Buy 8 or more get $3.00

Here’s an idea to maximize:

• Buy 6 Totino’s Pizza at $1.25 each = $7.50
• Then use $1/5 SS 3/28 = $6.50
• Then receive a $2 catalina = final is $4.50 for 6 or .75 each!

See our previous post regarding grocery store sales with coupon matchups for the NW region and for the Kroger!