Just the Basics best deals 7/26

Here is your weekly list of good sale prices for the basics at our various grocery & drug stores including milk, meat, produce, eggs, bread, coupon items & more. This list includes deals from the sales ads, with a few regular priced items included. Please add any other great deals on basics that you find!

Kroger, CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens deals are valid through 7/28.

Harris Teeter, Lowes Foods, Food Lion and Aldi deals are valid through 7/31.

Abbreviations used below include:

WG = Walgreens

Please post any other favorite basics deals in the comments section below!

Kroger milk including 1%, 2%, 3.25%, Skim, lowfat buttermilk, chocolate, $1.25 for a ½ gallon – a good price!

WG: Milk, gallon, $2.99

Kroger bread or buns, $1.00

LF: Nature’s Own Whitewheat bread, 20 oz., BOGO for $1.40 each

HT: EVIC: Harris Teeter large white eggs, 1 dozen, .97, limit 2 – a great price!

Kroger large eggs, 18 count, $1.77

Aldi: Cucumbers, .29 each – excellent deal

Aldi: Little salad bar garden salad, 12 oz, .59

Aldi: Mushrooms, 8 oz, .79 – great deal

Aldi: Grape tomatoes, .89/pint – great deal

Aldi: Red onions, 2 lb bag, $1.29

Aldi: Green peppers, 3 pack, $1.49

FL: Garlic, bulk, 2 for $1

FL: Green onions, .59 each

FL: Red or black plums, $1.29/lb

FL: Yellow onions, 3 lb bag, $1.97

FL: Granny Smith apples, 3 lb bag, $2.50

FL: Seedless watermelon, whole, $3.99 each

HT: Corn, .33 each

HT: Sweet potatoes, NC, .69/lb

HT: Mangoes, $1 each

HT: Peaches from SC, $1.29/lb

HT: Green peppers, 2 pack, $1.79

LF: Green cabbage, .37/lb

LF: Tomatoes on the vine, .97/lb – good price

LF: Red bell peppers, .97 each – good price for red peppers

LF: Seedless cucumbers, .97 each

LF: Peaches from SC, $1.27/lb

LF: Red cherries, $1.97/lb – great price!

FL: Holly Farms bone-in chicken breasts, .99/lb – good price

FL: Ground chuck, value pack, $2.49

HT: 80% lean Ground beef, $2.49/lb

Kroger: Kroger chicken leg quarters, 10 lb bag, .67/lb

Kroger: Tyson chicken drumsticks or thighs, .99/lb

Kroger: Kroger ground beef, 75% lean, 3 lb roll, $2.49/lb

(I really like the Sanderson Farms chicken because they don’t inject with extra broth as some chicken producers do)

WG: Butterball turkey bacon, 6 oz., $1.29 with in-ad coupon - .55 coupon from 6/24 SS = .74

HT: Harris Teeter cottage cheese, 16 oz., BOGO for $1.09

Harris Teeter pizza dough ball, white or wheat (in deli section) $1.29 – a good price

Kroger cottage cheese, 8 oz., $1.00

Kroger sour cream, 16 oz., $1.00

Kroger cream cheese, 8 oz. bar, $1.00

Kroger singles, 16 count, $1.50

Kroger butter, 16 oz, $2 – good price for butter

Kroger or Green Giant frozen boxed vegetables, $1.00

LF: Lowes Foods shredded cheese, 8 oz., BOGO for $1.40 each – a good price

FL: Saturday Only Sale: 7:00 am to 12 noon - Doritos chips, 2 for $3 - $1/2 coupon from 7/22 Pepsi insert and found on in-store tearpads = $1 each

FL: Planter peanut butter, 16.3 oz., $2.50 - $1 coupon for any Planters product from 6/24 SS = $1.50 – a very good price for peanut butter these days

HT: Barilla pasta, $1.00 - .55/2 coupon for the Barilla blue box varieties from 6/24 SS = .45 each

Kroger: Kroger tortilla chips, 10 oz., $1.00

LF: Post Honey Bunches of Oats, 14.5 – 18 oz., $2 - $1 coupon their Facebook page = FREE!

LF: Snyder’s pretzels, 10 oz., BOGO for $1.50 - $1/2 coupon from 5/20 SS for Pretzel Pieces or Pretzel sandwiches. The picture in the ad looks like the pretzel pieces so I think they are included. Total after coupon doubled = .50 each

Total for 2 after Extrabucks = 2 for FREE!

CVS: Pepsi products, 2 ltr, limit 5, .99 - .55/1 Pepsi Next coupon that should be in the Pepsico insert on 7/22 = .44

FL: Saturday Only Sale: 7:00 am – 12 noon - My Essentials soda, 2 ltr, 2 for $1

HT: Harris Teeter cola, 2 ltr, .87

LF: Pizzazz soft drinks, 2 ltr, .88

CVS: Stayfree pads, 14-24 count, $2 - $2 coupon in 7/22 SS insert (if we get it) = FREE!

Total after coupon and Extrabucks = .24

CVS: V05 shampoo and conditioner, 15 oz., .79

CVS: Xtra laundry detergent, 30 loads, $1.49, limit 6 – good price!

Total after $2 coupon and Extrabucks = $5.99

HT: Harris Teeter reclosable sandwich bags, 30 – 50 count, $1.00

Kroger: Colgate toothpaste, $1.00 - .50 coupon from 7/8 = FREE

Kroger: Speed Stick deodorant, 1.4 – 2.7 oz, $1 - $1 coupon from 7/8 (not good on 2 oz or smaller sizes) = FREE!

Kroger: Ivory or Safeguard soap, 2 to 3 bars, $1 - $1 coupon from 7/1 PG = FREE!

Kroger: Colgate toothbrush, $1.00 - .40 from 7/8 SS = .20 (as long as there are varieties other than Colgate Plus and Colgate Extra Clean included in this sale – the coupon excludes those)

RA: Stayfree Maxi Pads, 14 – 24 count, $3 - $1 +UP reward and $2 coupon from 7/22 SS = FREE!

WG: Stayfree Ultra Thin overnight maxi pads, 14 count, $1.99 - $2 coupon from 7/22 SS = FREE!

LF: Paws dog food, 17.8 lb bag, $7.99