Filling up the deep freeze

[beckie.c]

I find I'm not couponing as much as I used to as we have shifted to more natural products and fresh ingredients. So thank goodness for the store loyalty programs that still let me save money on the things I do purchase at the grocery store!

Our sobeys does 10% Tuesdays on the first Tuesday of the month. I've also been getting great airmiles offers on the sobeys website that load to my airmiles card. (Spend $70 get 70 AM, etc.) So I've been saving up some airmiles cash. Today I decided to blow it and stock up our freezer.

This week at Sobeys the 3kg packages of frozen chicken breasts were on sale for $24.99 (reg $34.99). I picked up two boxes and a small package of wings ($4.34). I used the uncle Bens chicken coupon on the wings to make them $0.34.

Total: $50.32

After redeeming $40 in Airmiles cash, I paid $10.32! (I was just 2 airmiles shy of the full $50!)

(27 chicken breasts)

[flemeth]

great shop

[Lavender Lady]

What a awesome way to get great value from your airmiles!

[macw1960]

Great shopping!!

[beachdown]

Wow Beckie.....what a score, good on ya! Couldn't you have bought something small though to get those "2 points shortage"?

I am going to hit up Sobeys to try and get those 27 chicken breats

[Momof3girlies]

Awesome shopping skills!! Super deal on those chicken breasts they can get so pricey!

[dededi]

Awesome shopping Beckie.

[beckie.c]

Wow Beckie.....what a score, good on ya! Couldn't you have bought something small though to get those "2 points shortage"?

I am going to hit up Sobeys to try and get those 27 chicken breats

I would have loved to, but my airmiles account seems to take 3-5 days for the points to show up on my card. I did split the above shop into two transactions to see if the points would show up right away, because I did earn 3 miles on each box, but they didn't so I had to pay that $10. So in 3-5 days I'll have another $10 to spend. We will see whats on sale for 10% Tuesday next week.

Good luck on the chicken breasts, they are actually a pretty nice size and cook up nicely. Tonight is Chicken Parmesan Baked Pasta!

[ticul]

Wow, well done Beckie.C and thank you for sharing....................................

[walkonby]

Fantastic redemption of your AM @beckie.c ! I am curious about the chicken breasts, ( since I've never bought any from Sobey's ) Are they the pre seasoned kind or are they frozen from their natural state? I know with FB I stopped buying their frozen chicken breasts for that reason ( the salt content was really high )
Happy shopping!!

[coupon girl]

wow awesome deal for you -way to go becky -cheap chicken breasts and airmiles

[Frugalbigmama]

Fantastic redemption of your AM @beckie.c ! I am curious about the chicken breasts, ( since I've never bought any from Sobey's ) Are they the pre seasoned kind or are they frozen from their natural state? I know with FB I stopped buying their frozen chicken breasts for that reason ( the salt content was really high )
Happy shopping!!

Yes, the frozen chicken is usually high in sodium and other junk so we stay away from them too

[seylz_gurl]

good on ya! aren't the Ben's coupons awesome. Yes, I'm staying away from pre-frozen high salt, high fat etc. of pre-seasoned chicken. (Haven't been to M&Ms in years -- too much salt and you really notice it.)

[beckie.c]

Fantastic redemption of your AM @beckie.c ! I am curious about the chicken breasts, ( since I've never bought any from Sobey's ) Are they the pre seasoned kind or are they frozen from their natural state? I know with FB I stopped buying their frozen chicken breasts for that reason ( the salt content was really high )
Happy shopping!!

These ones are pre-seasoned. They are 360mg per 100g... the Sunrise Farms brand at Costco are some of the better pre-seasoned frozen that I have seen at 250mg per 100g (250mg = 1/8tsp lol I always have to convert my salt/sugar to tsp to actually know what I'm eating). Since I just skip using salt in recipes when I use frozen breasts, and I'm making my own sauces, I don't worry as much about the salt content in these. I also thaw them covered in water and give them a good rinse to take off as much of the brine as possible before cooking. We buy a side of organic beef/pork with family once a year from a local farm, and I'd love to buy their chicken breasts too, but they are way more expensive at $25.00/kg so I stick to the frozen ones for now

[walkonby]

thanks for the reply beckie, and smart way to counter act the pre seasoned chicken breasts by soaking and not adding any extra salt while cooking.