Grocery stores such as Aldi and Save-A-Lot offer a tradeoff that plenty of shoppers can live with: Compared to a standard supermarket, they stock far fewer products, but, compared to a standard supermarket, shopping there can save you a ton of money.
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It’s a Deal: $5 Off $25 Purchase at Save-A-Lot Food Stores
Sign up to receive e-mails with deals and promotions from discount supermarket Save-A-Lot, and you’ll receive a coupon knocking $5 off your next purchase of $25 or more (thanks Buxr).
It’s a Deal: Baskin Robbins 31¢ Scoop Night
On Wednesday, April 28, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., participating Baskin Robbins ice cream shops will be charging just 31¢ per small scoop. Customers are also asked to consider making a donation to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
It’s a Deal: $10 Off Mother’s Day Gifts at Wine.com
It’s a Deal: Second Blizzard for 25¢ at Dairy Queen
Participating Dairy Queen locations are offering a second Blizzard for a quarter when you buy the first one at full price. A coupon is require (thanks DealNews). The promotion is valid from April 19 to 25.
Round-up: 82 Money Saving Tips
Strategies for saving at the supermarket and the warehouse membership store, for cutting expenses in retirement and returning items that aren’t up to snuff—and also for snooping on your spendthrift spouse.
It’s a Deal: Free French Fries on Friday, April 16
This Friday is Free Fryday at Jack in the Box, when the fast food chain is giving each customer one order of its new fries free of charge.
16 Freebies and Discounts on Tax Day and Beyond
The deals include free coffee, free breakfast, free food for kids all month, and 50% discounts on alcoholic beverages.
Q&A with the $5 Dinner Mom
Her budgetary goal is pretty simple to follow: The ingredients for each evening meal for her family of four must cost five bucks or less. Her strategies for reaching that goal: Among other things, clipping coupons (big-time), using cash only instead of plastic, and never, ever paying full for anything. Her as-yet unreached goal, which is …
April 15: The Day to File Taxes, Snag Freebies, Spend Money
All sorts of promotions entice the tax-weary to head out and indulge a bit on Tax Day—perhaps with free Cinnabon cupcakes or free tacos, a discount on your dinner tab or tax-free shopping at a range of retailers.
Subway for Breakfast?
They’re not trying to sell you “five dollar foot looooongs,” at least not at 7 a.m. anyway. But Subway is jumping into the fast-food breakfast market, with combos like $2.50 for an egg muffin melt and 16-ounce coffee.
Why You’ll See Tons of “New and Improved” Products Soon
Call it the recession lesson. The downturn caused many newly thrifty consumers to detour into the world of cheap toilet paper, store brand shampoos, and other generic necessities. And you know what these consumers discovered? The cheaper stuff isn’t half-bad. Often, the cheaper stuff clearly gives more bang for the buck. So why would …