Items Donated:
Cold Cereal (108)

Spent: $0.00
Retail: $429.84

Items Donated:
peanut butter (5)
BBQ sauce (1)
salad dressing (1)
razor (1)
hair spray (3)
eye drops (1)

Spent: $0.00
Retail: $71.39

Items Donated:
Example Food Item (15)
Chef Boyardee Canned Pastas (1)

Spent: $0.00
Retail: $15.00

Items Donated:
No Yolks noodles (3)
Fruit 2O (2)
Frenchs mustard (13)
Texas Pete hot sauce (3)
Post cereal (1)
Mahatma Yellow Rice mixes (6)
Ortega Seasoning (6)
Starburst Candy (1)
Barilla Pasta (3)
Breakstone Sour Cream (10)
Birds Eye Steamfresh Veggies (10)

Where: Harvest Hope food bank
Spent: $0.74
Retail: $89.90

Items Donated:
cereal (42)

Where: Dedham Food Pantry
Spent: $0.00
Retail: $147.28
Blog: Mavin of Savin’

Maven Of Savin’ had this to say: Though I think it is important to get great deals for your family and donate to those who need it, I DO NOT BELIEVE IN BEING SELFISH! I realize that some readers had trouble getting cereal at Stop & Shop this week because some couponers had bought 200 boxes “to donate” but still it made it impossible for other shoppers to get in on the deal. I do not think that is the proper way to coupon or donate — THAT IS MY OPINION ONLY. If you are going to buy that much, you need to work with store management to get a special order!

Items Donated:
Kashi Heart to Heart Cereal (6)
Kashi TLC Granola Bars (1)
Kashi Heart to Heart Crackers (1)
Prego Pasta Sauce (1)
Hanover Green Beans (1)
Oreo Cakesters (2)
Kraft Mayo (1)

Spent: $0.00
Retail: $43.00
Blog: The Budget Mommy

The Budget Mommy had this to say: I made Penny Experiment trip number 4 yesterday, and I got paid again! With the coupons I had to use, I was going to end up being paid $7.50. I decided I didn’t want to get quite that much back because I don’t want them to change their policy! So I added some items I didn’t have coupons for, and somehow miscalculated and ended up paying $.35. So after I finished my purchase, I went to customer service and returned one of the items.

Items Donated:
Bounty Basic Single Roll (1)
Kellogg’s Mini Wheats Cereal (4)
McCormicks Vanilla Extract (3)
Country Crock Tub Spread (2)
Coffee Mate Creamer (2)
Philadelphia Cream Cheese Minis (2)
Ester-C Supplements 60ct (2)
Breakstone’s Sour Cream (2)
Campbell’s Chunky Canned Soup (3)
Ortega Taco/Fajita Seasoning (2)
Franks Hot Sauce (1)
Martha White Bread Mixes (4)
Quaker True Delights Snacks (2)

Where: Helping Hands food bank
Spent: $8.04
Retail: $89.85
Blog: Saving My Sanity, One Coupon At A Time

Saving My Sanity, One Coupon At A Time had this to say: This is the first time I have been able to go to a Triples event for Harris Teeter on the first day.
I’m glad I did because I got some great deals for the Penny Experiment.

Items Donated:
Ore-Ida bagged french fries and tater tots (3)
Oscar Mayer Lunchables (4)
Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Spaghetti Noodles (4)
Tums 24ct packs (4)
Airwick air freshener (1)
Crest Kids toothpaste (3)

Where: Helping Hands Food Pantry
Spent: $6.57
Retail: $47.12
Blog: Saving My Sanity

Saving My Sanity had this to say: I made my way to Target again yesterday for some more great deals for the Penny Experiment

Items Donated:
Bagel Bites (10)
Doritos (2)

Where: Lake Stevens Community Food Bank
Spent: $1.39
Retail: $35.88
Blog: Mommies With Cents

Mommies With Cents had this to say: After a C-R-A-Z-Y stressful and not so great week, it felt good to make my first drop off to our local food bank for the Penny Experiment. I found out some great information- they accept all types of food and have plenty of storage for frozen and refrigerated products which will make stretching my coupon purchases a lot further. They also have drop off times throughout the week which will make it a lot easier to make deliveries.

Items Donated:
Kashi Heart to Heart Cereal (5)
Kashi Granola Bars (1)
Beech-Nut Baby Food (20)
Starkist Tuna (4)
Muir Glen Tomato Paste (2)
Thai Kitchen Noodle Dinners (2)

Where: Helping Hands of Goose Creek
Spent: $1.40
Retail: $43.60
Blog: Palmetto State Saver

Palmetto State Saver had this to say: I am 100% positive that without coupons, we would never be able to donate this much for our community. People from all walks of life may, at one time or another, need the help of their local food bank to make ends meet. The elderly are on a fixed income – one extra trip to the doctor’s office may mean that there isn’t enough money for groceries. Families with children may be struggling due to the lack of jobs available, and they shouldn’t have to choose between feeding their kids and paying the electric bill! These are the things I talked about with my son and my nephew today on the way to the food bank, and explained how it works.