Safeway - Free Vitamin10 Water

Buy Vitamin10 Water--$1.00
Use $1.00/1 coupon from 4/5 SmartSource insert
Free after coupon

Sale price valid 4/8/2009 thru 4/14/2009.

Safeway - Free Antibiotics

Bring in your prescription for a commonly prescribed generic antibiotic and get up to a 14-day supply free. Participating antibiotics include: Amoxicillin Bacitracin Ciprofloxacin, Penicillin, SMZ/TMP, and more. Good thru March 31, 2009. See Pharmacist for complete list and details. Not valid in the state of New Jersey.

Safeway - Free Starbucks Tall Tea

This weeks Safeway ad contains a coupon on the back page valid for a complimentary tall tea redeemable at in-store Starbucks locations thru Tuesday, January 20th.

Safeway - 2 Free Bottles of Windex

Buy 2 Windex 26 oz trigger bottles--Buy 1 Get 1 Free at $3.79
Use $.55 coupon from 1/11 SmartSource insert or $.75 coupon on select antibacterial bottles
Submit for full rebate (up to $4.50) from 1/11 SmartSource insert
Both free plus small overage after coupon and rebate

Please note that one bottle of Windex must be the antibacterial variety in order to qualify for the rebate, but the other bottle can be any other variety that you choose. I was amazed at how many different varieties of Windex are on the market. Please also be aware that at Safeway you can only use 1 coupon on Buy 1 Get 1 Free offers.

Safeway - Free Fresh Express Salad

Buy Fresh Express Salad--$1.00 (on sale)
Use $.55 coupon from 12/07 SmartSource insert
Coupon doubled
Free after doubled coupon

This deal is valid thru 12/16.

Safeway - 2 Liter Sodas

Safeway has assorted varieties of 2 liter sodas on sale for $.69 with card and store coupon from the Safeway circular. This sale includes Coca-Cola, Pepsi, 7-Up, and/or Safeway Sodas. Limit 3 sodas per coupon and 1 coupon per customer per transcation. Coupon valid 11/16 thru 11/22 with minimum store purchase of $10.

Safeway - Progresso Soup

For 48-hours, Safeway will have Progresso Traditional Soups on sale for $.97 a can. Limit 8 cans. This sale is valid on Saturday, November 15 and Sunday, November 16 only.

There are a number of coupons for various amounts floating around to make the soup free or very cheap. I hope to print off a couple Bricks coupon for $1.10 off 1 available here. There are also printable coupons for $1.00 off 2 and $2.00 off 4 available at the Progresso Website here. Additionally, coupons can be found in recent Sunday inserts for Progresso soup. Please also remeber that coupons $.50 or less are doubled at Safeway everyday.

Safeway - 2 Free Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausages

Safeway has Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausages on sale Buy 1 at $3.99, Get 1 Free thru 11/18. Now would be a great time to try out the Italian Style Smoked Sausage mentioned in the previous post as well as try another variety for free.

Additionally, there is a $1/2 coupon in an October insert.

Safeway - Lucerne Shredded Cheese

Safeway has Lucerne Shredded Cheese 32 oz on sale for $5.99 thru Tuesday, November 11, 2008.

Cheese is one of those products that economists always like to analyze. After all, somewhere near Denver there is reportedly a cave full of surplus cheese that has been detained so as to not shift dairy market prices. (Seriously, I am not trying to be weird. I learned about this cheese cave my freshman year in Introduction to Food and Resource Economics.) Yet, there are thousands of non-cheese purchasing people across the country that could benefit from the calcium and nutrition of the cheese. But, perhaps a full debate of the intricacies of cheese economics is best saved for another day. Nonetheless, I do desire to share my own personal micro-level reflection on cheese economics.

For the past decade or so I have never even bothered to walk down the cheese aisle as I had no interest in buying cheese. For the most part, cheese hadn't been part of my meals growing up. I can vaguely recall cheese being served in meals while I was in elementary school, but during in my middle school years I likely banned it from my diet for fat content reasons. Then in college I began to be introduced to other people's eating habits and realized that cheese brought life to numerous simple meals such as baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, salads and chili. Suddenly, I started to develop a tolerance for small quantities of cheese and as this tolerance increased I decided that shredded cheese could be part of my diet to aid me in keeping my new year's resolution of meeting my daily calcium requirements. (After all, I had run out of calcium supplements that I gotten for free from drugstores.)

At the same time, the price of cheese remained a concern. In my shopping adventures, I noted that the typical 8 oz bag of cheese sells for an average of $2.50 and that this price doesn't fit well into my budget. But, then reflecting on past debates about whether it is cheaper to buy shredded cheese or shred your own, I knew that larger bags are generally the best way to go and spotted a 32 oz bag for $4.99. It doesn't take an advanced mathematician to quickly realize that the 8 cup bag of cheese is a better value than the 2 cup bag of shredded cheese as to get the same amount of cheese in 8 oz increments would cost $10.00 instead of $4.99. It is easy to see how the difference in price multiplied by any length of time can result in either a huge savings or substantial added cost. I could regularly find the large bag of cheese on sale at this price. However, then I moved across the country to an urban area and I had to learn supermarket prices all over again. Luckily, Safeway had a comparable brand of cheese at the same price. But, then I moved across town away from a Safeway. For a couple of months, I had a hard time finding cheese that I could afford. None of the competing stores had cheese anywhere near the same price, so I went thru cheese withdraws. I ate plain salads and potatoes, longing for some cheese. Every time I would get extra money for groceries, I would think great this is cheese money. Then I moved back to the rural area that first got me hooked on cheese. Initially, I thought my cheese famine days would be over as I could go back to the same store and buy the cheese at the same price. Wrong-o. I soon discovered that price of my cheese had been hiked signifcantly to a point where there was nearly no discount in buying the large bag. I couldn't believe it. The best price I have ever seen cheese at since last fall is $5.99 for 32 oz at Safeway and while common this price isn't nearly as regular as it used to be as well as periodically Walgreens has Deerfield Cheese on sale for $1.50.

Safeway - United Mileage Plus Miles - Shopping Rewards

Safeway has an on-going partnership with United Airlines. Thru this partnership United Mileage Plus members earn 1 mile for every $2 spent at Safeway. Miles are transferred automatically to a linked Mileage Plus account in 125 mile increments whenever an individual reaches a $250 threshold.

It's free to a Mileage Plus member. To sign up, visit the Mileage Plus Website here. You must also sign up for a Safeway shopping card at a Safeway store. Then just be sure to have your Mileage Plus account number linked to your Safeway card. You can link the two accounts together either thru Safeway on your card application or thru Mileage Plus.

Then every time you shop with your card your total spending/miles will be recorded and automatically transferred when you reach the threshold. Credit towards miles accumulate from every purchase regardless of the total amount of your transaction. Thus, even quick trips to the store will count towards this offer. Whether you shop at Safeway regularly or sporadically, this is worth setting up.