Items Donated:
Green Giant Canned Vegetables (180)
Gillette Men’s Deodorant (12)

Where: Asotin County Food Bank
Spent: $12.00
Retail: $190.08

Katie had this to say: Canned Vegtables were on sale at Albertsons for $0.37 each. Use a $1 off 4 coupon with a doubler coupon equals free! Regularly priced $0.79 each.

Deodorant was purchased at Rite Aid 2 for $4. Purchase four and use one $2 off coupon and one buy 2 get 1 free coupon. Final price is $4 for four. Regularly priced at $3.99 each.

Items Donated:
Bumble Bee Tuna (3)
Campbells Select Harvest Soup (1)
Skippy Peanut Butter (1)
Campbells Chunky Soup (4)
Honey Nut Chex (2)
Cheerios Regular (2)
Cheerios Chocolate (2)
Golden Grahams (1)
Wheaties (1)
Hormel Chili (2)

Where: The Food Depot of Santa Fe, NM
Spent: $20.60
Retail: $47.41

Mitch had this to say: I didn’t do as well as I could have with sales and coupons but hope to do more with my next $20.00.

Items Donated:
6pk top ramen (3)
large can spaghetti/meatballs (4)
box dry pasta (6)
giant box cereal (8)
can corn/ can beans (10)
can pineapple chunks (4)
Campbell soup (8)
large pkg lipton tea (1)
large bottle canola oil (1)
large bottle crangrape juice (2)
box chicken broth (2)
triscuit crackers (2)
box brown rice (2)
marshmello (1)

Where: Redwood Empire Food Bank
Spent: $66.28
Retail: $126.39

Lynn C. Davis had this to say: This was all done at Safeway with online coupons and in store savings. I was happy with the savings but I would be happier making purchases like you make. Still learning.

Items Donated:
Honey Bunches of Oats (3)
Progresso Soup (3)
Safeway Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup (3)
Linguine noodles (5)

Where: Alameda County Food Bank
Spent: $2.33
Retail: $31.77

Frances had this to say: Thanks for the idea! I’m thrilled to participate and donate food to the less fortunate.

Items Donated:
Idaho instant potatoes (2)
Hamburger Helper (1)
Krusteaz cookie mix (1)
Green Giant corn (8)
Swanson’s chicken broth (12)
Bumbleebee tuna (9)

Where: Tri-Lakes Cares
Spent: $6.99
Retail: $24.20
Blog: Retire@50

Barbara had this to say: The Idaho potatoes were on sale at King Soopers for $1. I used 2 .40 coupons that doubled to make them .20/each.

The Hamburger Helper was $1 at King Soopers. I used a .35 coupon that doubled to make it .30

The Krusteaz cookie mix was 1.49 at King Soopers. It was part of the Mega deal wyb 10 you save $5. I used a .55 coupon, plus the .50 for buying 10 made it .49

The Bumbleebee tuna was also part of the Mega deal. It was .49 after buying 10. I used 9 .55 blinkie coupons making each one a moneymaker of .06

I got the Green Giant corn at Walmart for .60/each. I used 2 $1/4 coupons from the Safeway $60 Thanksgiving coupon book to make them .35/each

The Swanson’s chicken broth was .50/each at Walmart. I used 3 $1/4 coupons from the Safeway book to make them .25/each

Items Donated:
Sierra Mist (12)
Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate (4)
Hamburger Helper (1)
Shake and Bake (1)
Splenda Flavored Singles (1)
Dental Floss (3)
Pop Secret Popcorn (1)
can of poblano peppers (1)
brown rice (2 ob bag) (1)

Where: Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina
Spent: $3.65
Retail: $45.00
Blog: Jenn @ She Pinched My Penny

Jenn had this to say: Much thanks to Jeffrey for the Sierra Mist and Swiss Miss coupons which allowed me to get them for free!

Items Donated:
2L Sierra Mist Cranberry Splash (8)
Swiss Miss hot chocolate – 10 ct (8)
Green Giant canned veggies (24)
Hamburger Helper (3)

Where: Tri-Lakes Cares
Spent: $8.10
Retail: $33.40
Blog: Retire@50

Barbara had this to say: All of the Sierra Mist and Swiss Miss hot chocolates were free from Walmart. They were $1 each and I used the $1 coupons from the Safeway $60 Thanksgiving coupon book.

The veggies were .60/each, but using the $1/4 coupon from the Safeway coupon book they ended up costing only .35/each from Walmart.

The Hamburger Helper was on sale at King Soopers for $1.00. I used 3 .35 coupons that were doubled, making them only .30/each.

Items Donated:
Cinnamon Toast Crunch (120)
FrankenBerry (60)

Where: Local Church Food Pantry
Spent: -$128.00
Retail: $604.80

Sehra had this to say: The Cinnamon Toast Crunch was found on sale at one Hy vee for 2.50 a box but normally retails at $3.79 which was used to calculate the total retail value along with $2.50 for the assorted Monster Cereals.

The $128 wasn’t included in the total because that food made it into my pantry instead, which was greatly in need since my boyfriend and I are struggling college students.

We spent most of the overages on organic fruits and vegetables that we stored in our freezer along with other non perishable items that would easily store.

This deal was made possible through General Mills where you buy 6 boxes of cereal and receive $10 off instantly in addition to a $6 Catalina on your next order. Using our computers at school to print off a .65/1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch coupon and a 1/3 any cereal coupon we did this deal a total of 30 times by taking our receipts and price matching at other local Hy vees. Thus, Cinnamon Toast Crunch made us $4.90 per transaction and the Monster Cereals made us $3.00 per transaction.

This is the second time they’ve done this amazing deal and I can only hope they keep doing it in the future. I’m hoping other students start realizing the potential of campus computer’s. If you know any students be sure to spread the word about the good they could be doing!

Most of the cereal has already made it’s way to people’s kitchens but here’s a picture of some still left over (my entire kitchen was filled to the brim for a while). Also pictured are two sample receipts of the transactions.

Items Donated:
Campbells Soup Cans (12)
Libbys canned vegetables (3)
Cheerios boxes (5)
Cinnamon Toast crunch boxes (2)
Campbells Chunky soup bowls (9)
Campbells Select Harvest bowl (1)
Campbells Chunky Soup cans (6)
Kroger Vienna Sausages (2)
American Beauty Lasagen noodles (1)
Betty Crocker frosting (1)

Where: The Food Depot of Santa Fe, NM
Spent: $20.44
Retail: $98.00

Mitch had this to say: I read your 1$ a day blog and took your “lazy couponing” advice to use $2o tuition money to practice and learn couponing. I added about $3 worth of food from my own pantry and this is what I was able to purchase to donate to the Food Depot of Santa Fe. I’ll be setting aside another $20 and doing it again. It’s a great thing you’re doing here Jeffrey and I’m glad to participate. I’m amazed how much food I was able to buy with just a little effort.

Items Donated:
Mini boxes of Nabisco Crackers (30)
Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate (23)
Madam Mandarin Oranges (9)
Dove Dark Chocolate Bars (5)
Campbell’s Soup (8)

Where: Chapel on the Hill Food Pantry
Spent: $4.60
Retail: $101

Victoria had this to say: I am 14. I am part of a church youth group and we are currently having a church food drive which is a competition of the congregation against the youth group. If the youth group wins, the elders have to do the chicken dance in front of the whole church! 🙂 Wish us luck!