WOW!!!!! Randalls single store going out of business!

Ok, for starters, I had no big plans of shopping Randalls this week. Also, I hope this post does not appear as just a brag post. I had grand plans of hitting Walgreens, Target and Kroger today, but instead, I had to alter my plans. I received a heads up from a reader, thank you Rachel, that a Randalls fairly close to me was reported going out of business. Everything in the store was set at 50% off. I wasn't sure how long this had been going on, and wasn't really sure if there would actually be anything left, but I had a noon appointment nearby so I thought I would scout it out.

Well, this turned into a post with a few suggestions to couponers.

Keep your eyes and ears open. Find coupon buddies and friends and make coupon friends on facebook etc. This is a GREAT way to be alerted to these kind of deals. My reader informed me, she heard the deal from a facebook connection.

Second suggestion: ACT FAST!!!!! I went this morning at around 8:30 am and did a few transactions. The store still had a good supply of stuff and I decided I would go back after my appointment. Three hours later I did just that and the store was nearing BARE status. Even items that "should" not really be considered an amazing deal at 50% off were gone.

Ok, so the great thing to take from this is 1. get friends and listen to deals they find! They can be a wealth of knowledge. 2. You might have to change your plans to act fast on a deal that fades faster than a weekly ad.

Now, I know many won't be able to take advantage of the deals I got, but here are a couple deals I found that you can score that do not seem too bad:

Kraft cheese bricks(and shredded etc) on sale for $1.99

Buy 5 get a $5 oynso catalina. That makes them $1 each, but if you find blinkies at your local Kroger(possibly other stores) for $1/2 shredded, you can get cheese for .50 after cat and sale (I didn't buy shredded because with the 50% sale, I could get bricks free and I needed those more)

Bulls Eye barbeque sauce is $2.19 right now. There are Safeway Grilling booklets out(near the meat counter is where I found mine) with $1 off STORE coupons. I also happened to have a free coupon from hosting a houseparty, so $1 moneymaker.

Kraft dressing is currently on sale for $2. There is a $1 STORE coupon in the grilling book ,and $1 insert from 6-20SS making Kraft dressing FREE.

Ace Wrist Braces were on clearance for $3.09. I had a $1 and a $2 loadable come off my order. These I assume came off the Randalls website.

Febreze Home Collection has a $10 rebate deal on their home collection line when you spend $20(I thought it was $25, so I could have broken this up better). Anyway, the candle and reed diffuser were on closeout for $8.99 each and the Luminar Starter Kit was on closeout for $12.99. We have $5 off coupons from the Parade mag 6-27 and there seem to be loadables on the pg website for $4 for the Starter kit and $3 for the candle.

So if you buy just the starter kit and the candle 12.99 + 8.99 = 21.98 - $7 in loadables - $10 in paper coupons = $4.98 cost oop and mail in for $10 rebate. A profit of $5!

For those curious, I spent: $16.24 and will mail for $10 Febreze and $3 Finesse insert rebate and $5 oynso for Kraft cheese, my profit is $1.26 for everything pictured (this does not include the 1% I earned for the Snyder's pretzels from upromise)