$5.00 Walmart Weekly Wonder: Free Razor, Cheap Tree Top and Libby’s Pears!

woensdag 25 september 2013

$5.00 Walmart Weekly Wonder: Free Razor, Cheap Tree Top and Libby’s Pears!

Shopping at Walmart is easy! With the everyday low prices and wide coupon policy, Walmart can be a one-stop shop to get the most bang for your buck. To show you how easy it is, we’ll take about $5.00 weekly to Walmart with a step-by-step transaction to get your stockpile going. This week we took it easy: no price matching, mainly Internet printable coupons, and only one newspaper coupon. Good luck!

•Walmart allows for moneymakers! If a coupon value is more than the product price, Walmart will give you the overage in cash, as a gift card, or applied to other items in the cart (the easiest and preferred method).
•Walmart will price match an identical item advertised in a local competitor’s ad. You do not need to have the ad with you, but having it makes the transaction process much smoother.
•Yes, some stores double coupons! This is not corporate policy and is left solely up to the discretion of the general manager, but some stores double coupons up to $1.00, making for amazing deals! Call ahead and ask.
•Although Walmart has a corporate coupon policy, the general manager has the right to overrule it. If you are not familiar with your Walmart store, call customer service.
•Shop Walmart in the early morning! The stores are fairly empty, and the employees are fresh and more likely to help you with a difficult transaction.

Buy 3 Beech-Nut Goya Baby Food Jars $0.63, regular price
Buy 2 Libby’s Pears, 14.5 oz $1.12, regular price
Buy 1 Starbucks Iced Coffee, 11 oz $1.48, regular price
Buy 1 Tree Top Applesauce Pouch, 4 ct $1.98, regular price
Buy 1 Equate Regular Unscented Pantiliners, 56 ct $1.98, regular price
Buy 1 Schick Women’s Razor, $3.98, regular price
Subtotal: 13.55
Use one $1.00/3 – Beechnut Goya Jars – (goya.com)
And use one $1.00/2 – Libby’s Fruits Products, includes canned fruit (not tropical), 24 oz bottles – (coupons.com)
And use one $1.00/1 – Starbucks Iced Coffee, premium coffee beverage, 11 oz – (starbucks.com)
And use one $1.00/1 Tree Top Apple Sauce Pouches Carton, 4 pk from SS 9/22 (exp 11/2)
And use one $1.00/1 – Equate Pads or Pantiliners Product, limit one coupon per customer – (coupons.com)
And use one $4.00/1 – Schick Women’s Razor or Refill – (smartsource.com)
Final Price: $4.55, or $0.51 each, when you buy all 9

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How to Choose Ripe Pears

woensdag 18 september 2013

Pears are the perfect fall treat. Not only are they delicious, they are packed with lots of goodies like vitamin C, potassium and fiber. But here’s one little-known fact about pears: they don’t ripen on the tree. Once the fruit is picked, it needs a little more time to develop its natural sugars and ripen. So how can you be sure that your pear is perfectly ripe? Just use your senses!

Feel: Hold the pear gently in your hand. Push on the pear right at the neck where the stem meets the fruit. If the fruit gives in just a little bit, it is ripe. If it’s rock hard, it’s not ready yet. If your thumb sinks into the fruit, your pear is overripe (and you’ve got to go wash your hands).Look: Look at the skin of the pear. The fruit is ripe if its skin is matte and smooth. You may notice brown freckles on the skin—that’s called “russeting” and is completely normal. But don’t confuse those cute splotches with dark blemishes or bruises, which means your pear is likely overripe.Smell: Go ahead, take a whiff of that pear. A ripe pear will smell sweet, fragrant and slightly tart. In other words, it should smell like a pear!

Stand your pears up and store them at room temperature until you’re ready to eat them (or up to one week). You can also refrigerate pears to extend their life by about three more days. Don’t wash before you store them, though—this speeds up the decaying process.

Find yourself with a bunch of rock hard underripe pears? Don’t fret! You can leave them on the counter for a few days and they should ripen nicely on their own. Want to speed up the process? Pop them into a paper bag. The bag will trap the ethylene gas that’s naturally given off when the pear ripens and speed things up.

Pears are the perfect addition to sweet treats like pear crisp and cookies. Or you can dice pears and bake them into bread.

For a more savory dish, dice your pears and add them to butternut squash soup. You can also layer pear slices onto your pizza before baking or toss pears into your favorite blue cheese salad.

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