Here’s how I plan out those 10 for $10 sales
Both the Meijer and Kroger ads for this week in Monroe, Mich., are featuring 10 for $10 sales.
Now while one can pretty much consider the Kroger deals to be a “dollar menu” – buy whatever you want, each item costs a $1; the Meijer ad has this buy 10 items get 11th item free special. [...]
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The unexpected hand-me-downs
My husband and I are clearing out my late father-in-law’s house and sorting items into family hand-me-downs, thrift shop donations, and luckily not a lot of rubbish.
On one of our previous visits, I noticed a glass ice bucket among the bar supplies. I told my husband I thought that ice bucket was in the pattern [...]
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Monroe MI sales fliers March 14
If you read bargain and shopping blogs, you have seen detailed reviews of advertising promotions, and the coupon matches that go with those ads.
I don’t do that on Monroe on a Budget, and here is why: It is very difficult to write exact coupon matches for the Monroe, Mich., shopping market.
My local readers, depending on [...]
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Two coupon books today
There are two coupon books each in my home-delivery editions of The Monroe Evening News and the Detroit Free Press. (I live in the 48162 zip code).
The Monroe coupon stack includes promotions for Lysol, Dannon, Easy-Off, Neosporin and Domino sugar.
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Double coupons at Kmart April 4
I’ve tracked this down to an official Kmart source: Kmart will have its next double coupon sale event on April 4. Follow the link to find the pdf file where you can look up participating stores.
It’s 30 pages, not in alphabetical order, but I’m finding several northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan stores listed. Monroe, Mich., [...]
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Livingston Daily: Coupon queens shop for free
Several southeast Michigan frugal living and bargain-shopping bloggers had a get-together Friday in Lathrup Village near Southfield. We were chatting away for about two hours – long enough to close down Panera Bread for the night!
One of the ladies I met was Courtney Bellanti of Brighton, who hosts 1-2-3Save. She was one of the shoppers [...]
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Monroe MI sales fliers March 13
Here are the grocery and drugstore sales fliers that were in my home-delivery edition of The Monroe Evening News today (I live in the 48162 zip code):
Busch’s Fresh Food Market (sale starts Monday) has lots of buy one get one free deals next week including Breyer’s ice cream, Chi-Chi’s sala, Quaker Life cereal and Kraft [...]
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Low cost spay and neuter clinic April 11
This post is for my readers in southeast Michigan:
A low-cost spay and neuter clinic will be held in April 11 in Gibraltar, Mich.
This event is hosted by Basil’s Buddies. Advance registration and payment is required by one of two registration events, 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday March 13, or 10 a.m. to [...]
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Flat Rock MI food bank assists 160 families a month
Here is some more reporting about the food pantries in southeast Michigan and the new wave of clients they are seeing from families who formerly were getting by on their own. The following article is on page 3A of today’s print edition of The Monroe Evening News.
By Dean Cousino
dean@monroenews.com
FLAT ROCK, Mich. — The Helping Hands [...]
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The mobile food pantry in Monroe MI
Since we’re on a food pantry thread today, the following article is on page 3A of today’s print edition of The Monroe Evening News and is intended for my local readers in Monroe, Mich.:
By Michelle Swartz
mswartz@monroenews.com
A mobile food unit provided food for thousands of Monroe County families this past year.
Through a collaborative effort, a mobile [...]
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