Harris Teeter Triples - Day 1

Alright, braved HT first thing in the morning and here's the rundown. I split my purchase into 3 separate transactions to make the most of the McCormick Catalina deal that's going on right now.

Transaction #1:

3 McCormick parsley flakes - FREE after .75/1 insert q's
2 boxes of Barilla Piccolini pasta - FREE after .50/1 insert q's

Total spent: .07
Total saved $7.77
Received $2.50 OYNO Catalina

Transaction #2:

2 bottles of Newman's Own Organic Low Fat Asian Dressing - FREE after .75/1 tearpad q's
1 bottle of Coke Zero (20 oz) - FREE after tearpad q
3 McCormick chili powders - FREE after .75/1 insert q's
2 boxes of Barilla Piccolini pasta - FREE after .50/1 insert q's

Total spent: .14
Total saved: $18.14
Received $2.50 OYNO Catalina

Transaction #3:

2 bottles of Newman's Own Organic Low Fat Asian Dressing - FREE after .75/1 tearpad q's
3 McCormick Cinnamons - FREE after .75/1 insert q's
2 boxes of Barilla Piccolini pasta - FREE after .50/1 insert q's

Total spent: .10
Total saved: $16.65
Received $2.50 OYNO Catalina

In total, I spent 31 cents on $42.69 worth of groceries AND have $7.50 to spend during my next go rounds at Harris Teeter. Sweet!

Have you made a trip to the HT yet for triples? What were your finds?

Harris Teeter Triples week of 3/24- confirmed!

Get those binders ready folks because Harris Teeter will be having a triples event next week! Details on sales fliers aren't typically posted to couponers boards until Tuesday morning of each week but you can still get prepared. My two favorite couponers boards have already started discussion threads on your best bets for freebies and cheapies. You can check out A Full Cup's discussion here or Hot Coupon World's thread here.

So far, I'm most excited about the free Shamrock Farms Rockin Refuel milk drinks. I've kept these coupons handy in the hopes for triples.

I'm sure more helpful match-ups will be posted throughout the weekend!

Bragging Rights

Okay, I'm not one to brag, but I've done so well today I couldn't resist sharing. Thanks to stocked up $3 GM Cats, the balance remaining on a Rite Aid gift card and coupons, I wound up spending just under $2 out of pocket for the following at Rite Aid and Harris Teeter:

2 Jumbo Packs of Huggies Pure & Natural diapers
12 cans of Campbell's Chunky Soup (6 regular, 6 healthy request kind)
1 pack of Pepperidge Farm sandwich buns
6 boxes of Green Giant frozen veggies
1 small bottle of Trop50 oj
2 bottles of Shamrock Farms Rocket Refuel chocolate milk
1 Breyers Yo-Crunch multi-pack
1 large top round sirloin steak (nearly 1 1/2 lbs)

I am now qualified for the $10 Huggies rebate (purchased another pack yesterday) and am very close to earning my $20 additional Rite Aid gift check for the Gift of Savings promotion and I have yet another $3 GM CAT to use for another shopping trip at HT.

Can I get a virtual high five from someone?

Rocking the Triples

Thanks to 2 very kind folks, I had three VIC cards to kickstart triples this morning. They let me borrow theirs for the day and I put all to very good use thanks to the General Mills promo going on right now (buy 15 selected items, get $5 off your order), the Green Giant deal (buy 5, get a $3.00 coupon for your next shopping order) and the Old El Paso deal (buy 3, get a $1 off your next beef or chicken purchase). Here's the rundown (with pics for those who enjoy visuals)...

Trip 1 (my card):




3 rolls of Viva paper towels
3 Betty Crocker Warm Delights
2 boxes of Chex Mix Bars
1 box of Fiber One toaster pastries
1 box of Kashi Honey Sunshine Cereal
4 packets of Old El Paso reduced sodium taco seasoning
1 can of Campbell's Chunky Soup
3 boxes of Barilla Piccolini mini Penne
5 boxes of Green Giant Steamfresh veggies
1 six pack of Jello Dulce De Leche pudding (this stuff is HEAVENLY!)
1 Lunchable ham & cheese

Total spent: 54 cents
VIC & coupon savings: $54.57
Also received a $3 OYNO coupon - did not get my $1 Old El Paso Catalina. I will call store to see how to handle this...if you have any suggestions based on your own personal experience please feel free to share in the comments section!

Trip 2 (friend's card):

2 boxes of Chex Mix bars
3 boxes of Betty Crocker fruit snacks
4 packets of Old El Paso reduced sodium taco seasoning
1 box of Uncle Ben's wild rice
3 boxes of Barilla Piccolini mini Penne
1 Marie Callendar's frozen meal
5 boxes of Green Giant steamfresh veggies
1 multipack of Yoplait Delights
2 multipacks of Gum Kids' crayola toothbrushes
3 bottles of Shamrock Farms no sugar added chocolate milk
1 turkey & american Lunchable

Total spent: $2.86
VIC & coupon savings: 52.46
Also received $3.00 OYNO coupon and $1 off your next beef or chicken purchase coupon

Trip 3 (family member's card):

1 box of Wanchai Ferry kung pao chicken dinner kit

1 box of Betty Crocker fruit snacks

3 Betty Crocker warm delights

2 bottles of Wishbone dressing

4 packets of Old El Paso reduced sodium taco seasoning

3 cans of Campbell's chunky soup

3 boxes of Barilla Piccolini mini penne

2 plus pounds of red seedless grapes

1 box of Kashi frozen turkey fiesta sandwiches

1 Marie Callendar's frozen meal

5 boxes of Green Giant steamfresh veggies

1 small bottle of Tropicana orange juice

1 multipack of Yoplait Delights

1 bottle of Shamrock Farms No Sugar Added Chocolate Milk

Spent: $1.07

VIC & Coupon Savings: $65.18

Received a $3.00 off your next order coupon and $1 off your next beef & chicken purchase. Will also use receipt to file for a $2 rebate from Wishbone dressing!

All in all, it was a great day to shop at Harris Teeter! I spent $4.47, saved $172.27, earned $11 in Catalinas and will earn another $2 in mail-in-rebates.

Harris Teeter Triples Deals!

Triples are coming on Wednesday and boy oh boy there are some AMAZING deals to be had! Jenny at Southern Savers has posted two separate lists- for the list of the weekly ad deals, click here; for the list of non-sale items that turn out to be freebies/near freebies thanks to triples, click here.

Southern Savers also has a handy new tool on the site where you can click on the items you'll be purchasing and create a shopping list from there. It's quite nifty!

I'll likely be spending a good chunk of tomorrow clipping and getting things ready. I already have several baseball card sheets filled with goodies. I lucked into some .75/1 Campbell's Chunky soup coupons at Kroger that I'll use during triples to get cans of Chunky Soup for a dime. Score!

Harris Teeter Triples - A Primer & The Tally

Ah, the long awaited return of the Triples week-long event! Every so often, Harris Teeter would triple coupons up to a face value of 99 cents. For those new to coupon shopping, I'll provide a quick primer on Harris Teeter's rules during this type of promotion:

1. You are limited to tripling 20 coupons per day per household. This does not mean you can only use 20 coupons per day- this only means that they will only triple 20 of your coupons. So feel free to bring along $1 and up coupons as these won't count against the 20 limit.

2. Of the 20, you can only use 3 coupons per same item per transaction. By way of example, let's say you have a stack of twelve 75 cent coupons for Mt Olive pickles- you can only use 3 of the 12 during one transaction. Many times you can simply split up transactions with no issues. Other times, a cashier may give you grief over this. I'm of the belief that it's never really worth it to stand there and argue your point. Any time I have an issue with a cashier accepting a coupon, I simply have them remove the questioned item(s) from my order and give me the coupon back. Life is too short to waste any of it squabbling over a coupon.

3. Special rules apply to internet coupons- of these, you can only use 2 coupons per same item per transaction.

Harris Teeter was getting in the habit of having a triples weekend event once a month for several months. Then, they switched to "Super Doubles" weeks the past few months where they would double coupons with a face value up to $1.98- the last one taking place just two weeks prior to this week's Triples event. I'm hoping they will alternate between the two each month.

In either case, it's a great time to stockpile items. This go round we stocked up on GUM children's toothbrushes, small bottles of Tropicana Trop50 juice, Uncle Ben's Long Grain & Wild Rice, Mt. Olive Pickles, Curad bandages, Lysol toilet bowl cleaner, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spray, Viva paper towels, Orville Redenbacher microwave popcorn and Snyders Pretzel Pieces. All these items were free or practically free thanks to tripled coupons. When all was said and done, we spent $82.80 this past week for $628.53 worth of groceries - an impressive 86% savings.

During the week, we also purchased various produce items, bagels, milk and other necessities at Harris Teeter. I believe I used a coupon for nearly every item purchased. During my last HT trip, I also picked up a beautiful little flowering plant for 49 cents- it was on sale for $2.49 and I had a $2 off flowers winetag coupon.

I *heart* triple coupon week at Harris Teeter!

Another triple coupon week has started up at Harris Teeter today...yay!!! As noted in my Tales from the Thrift posting, I love me some coupon deals and you can find some darned good ones at HT during triple coupon weeks/weekends. I've made 2 trips this morning to two separate stores and managed to snag $124 worth of groceries for $18. Here's what I bought for $18:

2 Betty Crocker Warm Delights (perfect to share with Jon when I'm PMSing)
2 bags of Watermaid Medium Grain Rice
2 Lysol Cling toilet clips
1 Lawry's low sodium seasoned salt
3 jars of Dole canned mandarin oranges (Spencer loves these!)
2 cans of Ortega fat free refried beans
1 bottle of French's worcestershire sauce
2 boxes of Nabisco 100 calorie bars
1 bag of Texas Toast Caesar Croutons
1 box of Barilla piccolini penne pasta
1 box of Barilla whole grain spaghetti
4 Marie Callendar's pasta al dente meals
2 big bags of whole grain tortilla chips (perfect for Nacho Mama night and both free w/ coupon!)
1 bag of Wacky Mac veggie spiral pasta
1 bag of Flipz pretzels
2 Ban invisible solid deodorants
2 Colgate kid's spongebob squarepants toothpaste
1 box of Kotex tampons
2 boxes of Bagelfuls
2 family size boxes of Eggo waffles
2 bags of Steamfresh rice w/veggies
1 reduced fat sargento provolone cheese
1 6 pack of Yo Crunch yogurt
2 4 packs of YoPlus yogurt
1 container of Daisy Sour Cream

Not too shabby if I do say so myself. I'm going to check out the coupon mom forums periodically to see if there's any freebies or near freebies I've missed. Score!