I’m excited to share you with you Jolene’s shopping trip, she has been cooking up this shopping trip for quite some time and had contacted me last week to see if I’d like to share it with all of you. Of course I would! I took it a bit further and asked Fresh & Easy if they wanted to partner with us and they were elated to do so. They provided Jolene with a $50 gift card as a thank you and they’re also giving one of YOU a $50 gift card to do your Holdiday menu shopping at Fresh & Easy too! The rest is from Jolene…
______________________________________________ Simplify. I’m determined to simplify my family’s Thanksgiving celebration this year. With menu planning, cooking, baking, and decorating on my to-do list, I needed a simple shopping trip. After studying all the grocery store ads, Fresh&Easy merits my dollars. Jennie-O Frozen Turkey is priced $.39/lb – with NO minimum purchase requirement attached! Plus, there are two coupons–a $10/$50* and a $3/$30* available. Other grocery stores are offering frozen turkeys at low prices — but they require additional minimum purchases of qualifying items. I had a nightmare about standing in the checkout line at Safeway, nervous about whether my transaction would qualify me for their turkey (worrying about manufacturer coupons, store coupons, Catalinas). Nope, other grocery stores were not helping me to simplify. I chose
Fresh&Easy! Here are my 28 Thanksgiving items for $34.11!
>- Jennie-O Frozen Turkey ($.39/lb) — $6.86
- Jennie-O Frozen Turkey ($.39/lb) — $4.03
- Fresh&Easy Spiral Sliced Ham ($1.47/lb) — $12.66
- Russet Potatoes, 10 lb bag — $.98
- Celery — $.49
- Fresh&Easy Yellow Onions, 2 lb — $.98
- (2) Del Monte Pineapples — $1.49 ea. regardless of size
- (2) Fresh&Easy Salt, 26 oz. – $.36 ea.
- (2) Carnation Evaporated Milk — $.99 ea.
- C&H Brown Sugar, 1 lb. – $.99
- Libby’s Pure Pumpkin, 29 oz — $2.49
Now, the following items I want to highlight for you. Purchase in groups to get the best price:
- (6) Fresh&Easy Canned Vegetables, 14-15 oz. – 6 for $3 (Buy in multiples of 6, a great donation item!)
- (2) Ocean Spray Fresh Cranberries, 12 oz — 2 for $3 (Buy in mulitples of 2)
Since I signed-up for the F&E Friends Card here (see Julia’s Friends Post), I earned special Bonus Points today on the following items. If you’re familiar with Safeway’s Just4You e-coupons, this is very similar. Before my trip, I simply went online to the Friends website, clicked on Bonus Coupons which I knew I’d be using, and they automatically loaded to my Friends Card. I’ll explain more about Friends Bonus Points later. Just know that even if you aren’t a Friends member, you’ll still pay these prices:
- Fresh&Easy Sliced Almonds, 6 oz. — $2.23 (Earn 5 Bonus Pts for every dollar spent on F&E Nuts)
- Fresh&Easy Frozen Spinach, 16 oz. — $1.59
- Fresh&Easy Frozen Butternut Squash, 10 oz. — $1.29
- Fresh&Easy Frozen Edamame, 16 oz. — $1.89 (Earn 2 Bonus Pts for every dollar spent on F&E Frozen items)
- (2) Fresh&Easy Italian Loaf, 12 oz. — $.98 ea. (Earn 3 Bonus Pts for every dollar spent on F&E Bakery wyb
My Subtotal was $50.11
Used in-ad coupon for $10 off $50* (-$10.00)
Used my earned cash rewards from Friends (-$6.00)
Paid $34.11
And, I will also be getting back more money later on!
1.) I earned 114 points (roughly $1) thru Friends for future shopping trips, and
2.) I earned 2% from Endorse
*The coupons for $10/$50 and $3/$30 exclude dairy products in CA & NV and expire 11/25. They were both in the ad. The $10/$50 is also printable online. I took a picture of the Jennie-O shelf tag. These turkeys will scan for $.39/lb at the register, so don’t go by the sticker on the turkey (which is showing the old price of $.59/lb). These turkeys are a bargain right now!
I am so thankful that F&E moved into my neighborhood this year! Before today’s trip, I had stopped in to F&E to pick-up one or two things. This was my first major shopping trip here (and a holiday feast prep trip, no less!) and it was painless, simple, and easy! The team members at F&E were all helpful & patient. On my way out, I noticed a Holiday Food Donation Box. I’ll be donating some of my items from today’s trip. F&E is putting the “Giving” back into Thanksgiving! Love F&E!
More Info about Friends and Bonus Points, if you’re interested:
Since we already know about CVS ExtraBucks, that might be a good parallel. F&E Friends wants to give you Rewards (similar to CVS ExtraBucks) to spend on your NEXT shopping trip. These Rewards are points which can be converted to cash rewards. 100 pts=$1. In my trip today, I used my $6 cash reward (like a $6 ECB), and I could stack it with my F&E $10/$50 coupon! Plus, my qualifying spend today was $50.11 so I earned points (50 pts for spending $50, plus another 50 pts from the Double Pts Promo running until Thanksgiving, plus 14 pts from my loaded bonus coupons).
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