Whole Living on a Budget
Resources for a more natural, balanced, and sustainable life.Archive for shopping
Savings and Freebees from the Blogosphere
-Wise Bread has a thorough review of Seventh Generation’s Paper Products. Here’s a link to some Seventh Generation coupons highlighted in the article.
-Money Saving Mom has had some great links lately, including:
- Free Traditional Medicinal tea samples
- Celestial Seasonings Book Club Starter Kit
- $1/1 coupon for Laura’s Lean Beef
- FreeBate for Ronzoni Healthy Harvest
-Freebee Friday at A Healthy Balance reminded me that Orion Magazine offers a free trial issue. I took advantage of this offer about five years ago and was so impressed, I bought a subsciption for my library so I could read it and share it with others at the same time (and I rarely buy magazine subscriptions).
-Want Not wrote a heads up about a grocery clearance at Amazon.com. This includes some really awesome products including organic milk and herbal teas!
Have any more suggestions? Send me them in a comment and I’ll post with a link back to your site.
Get Some Cheap Soy Milk at Meijer
Natural and Organic Special Offer from Amazon.com
Mir, the author of a blog called Want Not, recently posted about how to save money on Natural and Organic items from Amazon Grocery. You can read about it here.
Natural and Organic Deals, Good Until Febuary 9th
Bloom
Oraganic Granny, Gala, Fuji, or Red Delicious Apples – $1.49/lb (2.99/lb)
Bloom AND Food Lion
8 oz Wholesome Valley Organic American Cheese – $2.69 close out (3.69)
33 oz Bubbie’s Pure Kosher Dills – $2.99 close out (5.19)
32 oz Nantucket Nectars – $2.59 close out (4.19)
8 oz De Boles Whole Wheat Angel Hair Pasta – $1.14 close out (2.29)
1 qt Silk Soymilk – $1.83 close out (2.29)
9.5-12 oz Back to Nature Cookies – 2/$5 (3.69)
Meijer
14-16 oz Mejier Organics Pizza – 3/$10 (5.29)64 oz Silk Soymilk – 2/$5 (3.59)
12-16 oz Smart Balance Buttery Spread – 3/$5 (2.18)
8 oz Meijer Organics Whole or Mini Bella Mushrooms 10/$10 (2.29)
CVS
14.75 oz Bumble Bee Salmon – 2/$3 (2.89)
Walgreens
6 oz Organic Root Stimulator Oil Glossing Polisher – $6.49 ($7.49)
14.75 oz Chicken of the Sea Pink Salmon – $1.29 with Walgreens coupon found in Weekly Sales Flyer (2.99)
Feit Energy Saving CFL Replacement Bulbs 40-100 watt Buy 1 Get 1 Free (5.99)
Rite Aid
Tom’s of Maine Natural Anticavity Fluoride Mouthwash – 2/$6 (6.49)
SoyJoy Bars – 5/$5 (1.39 each)
*The normal price is in parenthesis
How to Recognize Conventionally Grown, Organic and GM
In the Ideal Bite email I recieved yesterday, they shared that there is a simple way to tell if your produce from the Grocery store is conventional, organic, or genetically modified.
Just look at the sticker on the produce:
-A four-digit number means it’s conventionally grown.
-A five-digit number beginning with 9 means it’s organic.
-A five-digit number beginning with 8 means it’s GM.
Dude, I never knew that. Now I’m going to look when I’m at the grocery store next time.
If you want updates on similar Green info and topics, subscribe to Ideal Bite to get daily emails sent to your inbox Monday through Friday.
This Week’s Natural and Organic Deals
One of my New Years Resolutions was to try to become a more socially responsible consumer and buy more natural and organic items. My opinion is that local and small is always best, but there are some good deals to be found at chain stores.
Lately I have been researching this more intently and have found that if you shop strategically, you can save soooo much money and still buy good quality organic and natural products.
Starting today, I’m going to share my finds with you on my blog. Each week, probably on Tuesday, I’ll post about the best sales I have found for some major chain stores in my city. Unfortunately, all of these sales might not be valid where you’re at, but it might give you an idea about how much you can save if you just do a little searching.
This week’s sales end Febuary 2nd. I have the normal price on the items in parenthesis so you know how much you save:
Kroger
14.5 oz Del Monte Organic Dice Tomatoes – 3/$2 (1.55/each)
Naturally Preferred Organic Carrots – $1/lb (1.39/lb)
GE Smart Energy Spiral 20 Watt Light Bulb 2/$8 (6.99)
Meijer
32oz WestSoy Plus Plain Soy Milk 2/$7 (4.59)
5oz Organic Clamshell Salads 2/$5 (3.29)
CVS
Select Kashi cereals 2/$5 (4.29)
SoyJoy Bars – Buy four at a $1/each, get $4 back with their Extra Care Bucks (ECB) program, so they end up being free! (1.29/each)
Natural Valley Granola Bars Bonus Pack – $6.99 for the pack with a $3 ECB rebate (7.38)
Bloom
Organic Green or Red Leaf Lettuce Head $1.49/each (1.99)
Bloom AND Food Lion
33 oz Bubbie’s Pure Kosher Dills – $2.99 close out (5.19)
32 oz Nantucket Nectars – $2.59 close out (4.19)
8oz De Boles Whole Wheat Angel Hair Pasta – $1.14 close out (2.29)
24oz Bertolli Organic Pasta Sauce – 2/$4 (3.15)
Organic and Natural Food Coupons
This last week I have discovered the fun and joy of coupons. Yeah, that sounds lame, but if the high price of organic/natural foods are keeping you away from them (like me), coupons can be a great tool to making them more accessible. Luckily, there are some places online that provide printable coupons in case you’re not a Sunday paper reader. Here are some coupons I have found today for organic and natural food products:
- SAVE 75¢ on any one (1) 8 oz or larger cup of Tribe® Organic Hummus
- $2 off Kashi’s GOLEAN Crunch! cereal – Use it at CVS Pharmacy by Febuary 2 and you can get a box for only $.50 because of CVS’s current sale. I learned about this from an awesome blog called Money Saving Mom which I highly recommend.
- SAVE 75¢ on one Emeril’s™ All Natural Pasta Sauce
- SAVE $1.10 when you buy Nature Valley® cereal (look for it on page 4)
- SAVE up to $7 on Organic Valley Dairy Products
- Free Printable Health, Natural & Organic Grocery Coupons from Mambo Sprouts. If you live in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore/Washington, D.C., Chicago, Denver/Boulder, Seattle, San Francisco or Los Angeles, sign up to recieve coupon booklets three times a year.
- $1 off 4 SOYJOY bars
