The Daily Digest for Wednesday, 9/15

The Daily Digest for Wednesday: All NEW Weekly Grocery Deals Started Today, My VERY Best Deals List, Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Pumpkins, THREE FREE Chobani Oatmilks+ Much More for Less!

You can check out previous Daily Digests too, I keep a week’s worth of deals here.

I’ve changed the format of this a bit to make it easier for you to QUICKLY see the NEWEST Deals for the day (or Weekend Wrap-Ups.) I was struggling with how best to keep some of the previous deals around that were still good, without making it cumbersome to find that day’s New Deals. It seemed a shame to just delete some of the deals after a day that were still really good and long-term. But, I also want you to be able to quickly check on the newest ones, too! So, deals from the SAME day (or weekend wrap-up for 3-days) will be at the very top. Deals that you may want to reference later will follow.

In my Penny Pantry Facebook Group, I post many deals & info. throughout the day including freebies, deal updates & changes, Amazon Deals, meals & recipes, food discounts I run across + more! Some are more timely than others: the Amazon Warehouse Deals tend to come and go quickly, so Facebook is a good platform for me to let you know about those deals quickly.

Posts here on my website take longer to write and deliver, so I primarily use it for Weekly Grocery Deals, and other deals I think you may want to reference later. But, I’d like to bridge that gap as not everyone is on Facebook. Plus, it may be nice to have the Daily Deals together, as the Facebook feeds don’t run exclusively chronologically.

So, I’ll try this out and see how it goes! Please let me know if you think this will be useful as a companion to my Facebook posts. And, if you’re on Facebook and haven’t joined our group yet, I hope you will join and become part of our active, supportive vegan community! <3 Amy

Note on photos: Some may be illustrative of a product, but not the actual product. For example, I may use a general photo of apples I took to report on a sale on apples.

Happy Saving!

NEW Deals – Quick List!

The Daily Digest for Wednesday, 9/15

All NEW Weekly Grocery Deals Start Today – In-store and Online Deals Await! See my full posts here, and I’ll have my VERY Best List with my favorites later today, too.

• Want to save some serious money this week on your groceries? Vegan/plant-based doesn’t have to be expensive! Check out my favorite deals this week, from $.25 Avocados to $.99 Kale, FREE Chobani Oatmilk + even more FREE Items!

• Target: The Ulta 50% off Deal of the Day items for today, Wed. are both vegan and cruelty-free! There is a product from Tarte, and one from Urban Decay
• Safeway: For the incredible Chobani Oatmilk moneymaker: Note: Even if you only have the two digital coupons, you can get three Chobani Oatmilks for FREE! (due to overage).
• Safeway: Large Watermelons Just $3.99 this Week! In terms of price per lb. for fruit, this is a great deal. Does require a coupon.
• Safeway: New App Coupons Today! Some will be based on your buying history, others everyone will get. I have a Two Free Rewards with $50 purchase. You can clip the coupons for online orders, too
• It’s the 1st Great Pumpkin Sale! Buy 1, Get 1 FREE at Smart & Final this week:
• Sprouts: 25% off Fall flavored items this week! Can stack with the $5/$30 coupon, too.
• Whole Foods Weekly Deals – Starts Wed.: Save on Just Egg, Violife Cheese, Beyond Meats + Much More for Less!

• Grocery Outlet All NEW Weekly Deals – Starts Wed. We Have a Big List this Week! Produce Sales, $.99/5 lbs. Arrowhead Organic Flour, Hilary’s Burgers & Sausages $1.50, Save on Milks, Seventh Generation+ Much More for Less!
• Grocery Outlet Sneak Peek – Hilary’s Burgers & Sausages Just $1.50 per pack! It looks like a good week with some new items (those should be widespread), Produce Sales and some repeats of previous weeks.

• Member Share: Nice Freebie! Gina passed along this offer, get 3 FREE Hallmark Kindness Cards, geared to give kids. Spread Kindness!
• Do you have a favorite vegan Halloween candy? Let us know in comments!
• Reminder: Here’s how to get a 20% off Spirit coupon:

• Save on Loma Linda Tuno – Plant-Based – Variety Pack (5 oz.) (Pack of 6) – Non-GMO, Ocean Safe, Omega 3, Seafood Alternative. Note these are the LARGER cans!
• This is noticeably a better deal than the other flavors, may be due to delayed shipping. Check dates to make sure that works for you. Annie’s Organic, Vegan Mac
• Good price per bag in a 6 pack! YumEarth Organic Vitamin C Lollipops, 14 Lollipops (Pack of 6), Gluten Free, Vegan.
• Make your own Veggie Corn Dog Bites! Mobi 12 Mini Corn Dogs Silicone Baking Mold.
• Decent Online Price for this Silk Milk. Silk Shelf-Stable Almond Milk, Unsweetened Vanilla, Dairy-Free, Vegan, Non-GMO Project Verified, 1 Quart (Pack of 6).
• These look similar to my set of bowls I shared the other day. Better deal than the ones at Target! Cook with Color Mixing Bowls with Lids – 12 Piece Plastic Nesting Bowls Set includes 6 Prep Bowls and 6 Lids.

The Daily Digest for Tuesday, 9/14

• Reminder that Dreena’s NEW cookbook, Dreena’s Kind Kitchen is now available. Good price on the Kindle version:

• Food Maxx: Avocados Just $.25 ea., and you can get SIX! They’re on sale for $.50 ea. for another week. Just use the $.75/3 printable avocado coupon (can print 2x) we have here.
• Sprouts – We have a FANTASTIC Week of Deals Starting Tomorrow! $5 off $30 Coupon, Cantaloupes $1.66, 25% off Fall Items, Chocolove Bars $1.20 +Much More for Less!
• Sprouts: Chocolove Bars Just $1.20 ea.! Starts tomorrow. These would be great to include in your kids’ vegan Halloween treats. Easy deal, just use your phone. Details here under “Pantry/Snacks”:
• Sprouts Sneak Peek – Starts Wed. 20% Off Bulk Snacks! Look for my NEW Sprouts Weekly Deals later today.
• Sprouts: Kashi cereal as low as $1 per box, starts Wed.! Details here under “Pantry”:
• Sprouts: With the $5 off $30 coupon, all the deals will be potentially even better! Think of it like an additional 16% off an item. The coupon will be in your app offers tomorrow, should be pre-loaded.

• It’s going to be an amazing week of savings at Safeway! Peaches, Nectarines or Black Plums $.97/lb., Large Watermelons $3.99, Chobani Oatmilk $.50 moneymaker, Progresso Soup $1 (Friday only), + Much More for Less!
• Sure sign that Fall is Near: When we see our 1st $1 Progresso Soup Sale! This will be a Friday ONLY Deal at Safeway.

• WOW! Cheap Outlet Deal on this Yilador Tofu Press Easily Removes Water from Tofu. If you use a tofu press, please share if it’s worth it!
• Good price per bag! Sour Patch Patch Kids Candy Crush Fruit Mix Flavor, 3.6 Ounce (Pack of 12).
• Since there was interest, wanted to share this is also available in regular Amazon. Kitchen & Love Best Sellers Variety Box 6-Pack | Vegan, Ready-to-Eat, No Refrigeration Required. Thinking would be good for an emergency kit. Earthquake Kit here in CA!
• Deal of the Day for the Fur Babies! Ends Tuesday night.
• Take 40% off this Set of 7 Kitchen Knives with a promocode. Love the little pizza knife! AND bread knife. Use code 40KNIFE7 at checkout for 40% off.

The Daily Digest for Monday, 9/13

• It’s HERE – My All NEW Vegan Halloween Candy Guide for 2021! Ingredients to look out for, list of common vegan candies, where to buy, deals + More! Check this post, and let me know any of YOUR faves that aren’t included, and I’ll add them:

• Safeway: Starting Wed. we’ll have a MONEYMAKER on Chobani Oatmilk! They’ll be $.99 with a store price coupon, limit 3. You can stack the $1.50/1 newspaper coupon we had and/or load a $1.50 to your Safeway card on coupons.com. Go to “digital coupons” in the drop down menu to find it. You may want to get ready by setting this up before Wed., you’ll need to link your Safeway card. There are some high-value coupons here, the savings come off at the register.
• NEW Printable Coupon for Avocados! I had a feeling this may show up after we got the Ibotta for avocados, very happy to see it. They’re both $.75/3, so stacked that’s $1.50 off three. Will make for some great deals!
• Target: There’s a 15% off Circle Offer for these Sensible Portions Veggie Chips Ghosts & Bats this week. I often get these to add to daughter’s Halloween treats.
• Has anyone tried this? 365 by WFM, Topping Whipped Oat-Based, 6.25 Ounce.
• Oooohhh…yummy! Abe’s Vegan Pumpkin Spice Mini Muffins, 12 Pack. Can order online if you have Whole Foods Delivery:
• Reminder: Sale on JUST Egg thru Tuesday at Whole Foods.

• Is it too early to talk tofu pumpkin pie? Nah! Thinking that oat whipped cream I just posted would be a yummy topping for this. I LOVE this pie, hands down my favorite pie.

• Safeway: Last Day for FREE Hummus!
• Busy Weekend? Here’s a synopsis of our longer-term deals over the past three days. You can scan the list quickly to make sure you didn’t miss anything that may interest you:

• Target: Just $5 this week for these 100 ct. bags of Halloween Sour Patch Candy! It looks like the 20% off Target Circle we have for Halloween candy may already be reflected. (I would save it anyways just in case.) You can order online.
• Dollar Tree: Shop Online for Halloween! Shipping is FREE to your local store, or can pay to have shipped to your home.

• Target: The “Pantry” category sales were a bit slim in the ad this week, so I went looking for more deals and added to our list for the week.
• 50% off Dandie’s Vegan Marshmallows! Natural Candy Store is having a sale on these that are nearing their “best buy date”. You may get a pop-up for an additional 10% off offer, too!
• Folger’s Coffee: New stack for $2 off! We have a new printable Folger’s coupon for $1/1 that we can stack with our $1/1 Ibotta. Thes best place I see to use these right now ids with some of our Drugstore sales, I’ll put in comments. Print two coupons here:
• In Today’s Deals: Garden of Life Raw Extra Virgin Organic Coconut Oil for Hair, Skin, Cooking, 110 Servings, 56 Fl Oz.
• The price on this seems to be constantly going up and down, it’s down right now! There’s also a 20% off S&S coupon. Swiss Miss Non-Dairy Chocolate Flavored Hot Cocoa Mix, 1.23 oz. 6-Count.
• WOW! Great Deal on this Area Rug: Ottomanson OTH2130-5X7 Ottohome Floral Rug, Dark, 5’0″ X 6’6″, Red Persian, 6 Feet.
• If you really love pumpkin spice! Small discount, highly-rated Frontier Co-op Organic Pumpkin Pie Spice 1lb.

The Weekend Wrap-Up Fri., Sat. & Sun. 9/10-9/12

Grocery Stores

• Ends TODAY! Sprouts Reminder: 72 Hour Sale, Fri-Sun. Pineapples just $.98 ea. and Cashews $4.99/lb. are my faves. We have the FREE Pickup offer right now, too you could use (coupon code in this link). Info. for both at the top of my post here
• We’ll be using our pineapple slicer a lot after stocking up on $.99 pineapples at Sprouts!
• Sprouts: One of the new app coupons we have is Buy 1 Lightlife Tempeh, get Lightlife Chik’n Nuggets or Filets FREE. This is a nice savings, as the lowest priced tempeh is $3.29, and the chik’n is over $6! I’ll add this to my list soon, and you can also see lots more Sprouts Deals in my Weekly Deals Post.
• We have thru Tuesday on our Weekly Grocery Deals, these are my favorites from my full posts. I’ll have some Sneak Peeks for Safeway for the new week later today, too.

Target

• Target All NEW Weekly Deals – Starts Sunday! Save on Salad Paks, Impossible Burgers, Halloween Candy, Cat Scratcher Houses + Much More for Less!

• Target New Ad Preview! The ad that starts Sunday, 9/12 is now up on their site. My favorites at 1st glance are the sale on Impossible Burgers, Buy 1 Get 1 50% off Salad Paks & and 10% off Cat Scratcher Houses. You can check out the entire ad here:

Walgreen’s, Rite Aid & CVS

• Drugstores All NEW Weekly Deals – Starts Sunday! FREE Blake’s & Core Bars, Save on Halloween Candy, Pantry Items, Snacks, Ice Cream, Beverages+ Much More for Less!

Halloween

See more Halloween in Amazon Deals below, too

• Natural Candy Store: Vegan Halloween Candy is Starting to Arrive! More is coming, too. I’ve ordered from this company for over a decade, great selection and VERY carefully packaged. Special splurge treats, not very frugal! FREE Samples with every order!
• Target: New Circle offers came out today, and there’s one for 20% off Halloween Candy! I’m almost done with my Vegan Halloween Guide for 2021, I’ll have it up this afternoon.
• Target: Select Cat Scratcher Houses will be 10% off starting tomorrow! Pictured are our members’ cats from last Halloween. How cute are they?! If you have any new photos, (whether holiday or not) please share and I’ll make a new collage.

Coupons & Rebates

• Sunday Newspaper Coupon Preview: There will be 4 inserts! Just a few for vegan, but a couple of really good ones, including Blue Diamond almonds, and a $3/1 Cover Girl we can stack with the Walgreen’s deal starting tomorrow for the vegan mascara.
• NEW Rare Avocado Ibotta Rebate! A member just alerted me about this, thanks Marcella! The rebate is $.75/3 Avocados from Mexico (most are). I see several stores listed, separate offers. Get Ibotta and a Welcome Bonus HERE
• Earthbound Farms Coupon: Check your e-mails for a high-value $2.50/2 printable coupon. Looks like this is only if you receive the e-mails. You can sign up to get future offers here:

Online Grocery Deals

• Reminder: 1st Instacart Delivery is FREE, no code required!

FREE Stuff

• Safeway: FREE Hummus! I was thinking we needed more freebies this weekend, and found this. Now, where was that pot of gold I was looking for…LOL. Hummus is pure gold in my book, though! Exp. 9/13. Act fast! This deal will also be at Safeway affiliates: Albertson’s, Randalls, Pavillons, Vons, Shaws & Star Mkt. To get this deal for a 10 oz. container of O Organics Hummus (asst. flavors) load a coupon to your store card:

Amazon Deals

• WOW! Another amazing “renewed” deal! These have a 90 day guarantee, and will seem like new. Cuisinart DCC-1200FR Brew Central 12-Cup Coffeemaker, Brushed Stainless Steel (Renewed).
• Big discount on this Cuisinart 77-11G Chef’s Classic Stainless 11-Piece Cookware Set – Silver. My Mom got me a similar set decades ago, they are still my everyday cookware.
• Oooh…spooky cats! Halloween 3 piece yard decoration. There are other similar ones too, this one is a good deal.
• I have a 50% off promocode to share on these Halloween Cookie Cutters! 9 piece set, includes my three faves: cat, owl and pumpkin. Use code ER6AVLKK to get 50% off.
• Great price on this Immersion Hand Blender – 500W. I love using mine for refried beans I make in my Instant Pot, takes just a few minutes to mash. I
• We have a Deal of the Day for Sunday on a variety of Honest Co. Products. The company states they are cruelty-free, and carry some vegan products. This lip balm is included and marked vegan. I’ll put a link to all in comments, there are many baby and beauty items. I can sort thru them more later to check for vegan if there is interest in this sale.
• How neat is this?! There is an extra shipping charge, FYI. Would be a fun gift to send to someone. No Whey Foods – Vegan S’mores Kit (1 Box) – Plant Based, Dairy Free, Peanut Free, Nut Free, Gluten Free.
• It’s early, but Moo Free Dairy Free, Organic Milk Tasting Advent Calendars are now available! We’ve been getting these the past couple of years. Last year, I got the white chocolate ones as these were sold out when I went to order. Those were good, but really sweet FYI. I’ll put a link to those in comments too.
• Another vegan Advent Calendar – Plamil So Free Natural Salted Caramel Vegan Advent Calendar 3.88 oz. No reviews yet, salted caramel sounds good for my adult kiddos!

The Daily Digest for Thursday, 9/09

• Safeway $5 Friday is Tomorrow! Save on Large Avocados, Sushi, Ben & Jerry’s as low as $1.50. Scroll to the end of my post to see all $5 Friday Deals:

• Reminder: Free Alpha Breakfast Sandwich Ends Soon! Looks like the Ibotta expires in 3 Days if you wanted to use that too. Safeway: FREE Alpha Foods Breakfast Sandwich! There is a new app coupon to get this for free, exp. 9/14. Be sure to save the coupon in the app. Update: You can get these for FREE with just the Safeway app coupon, and there is also a $1.99 Ibotta for a moneymaker. I’m going to grab two and pay $1 for each.
• Sprouts: Enlightened Ice Cream pint just $.99 ea. with a new $3 app coupon! I see a couple of vegan options.
• Whole Foods Buy 3, Get 1 Free Nutrition Bar Sale Update: There may be a few Ibottas to use with the sale. I was going to check Whole Foods Delivery online, but looks like it’s in-store only. I see a One Plant, couple of Clif bars and others you can check at the store. If you’re new to Ibotta, you can get up to a $20 Welcome Bonus too.
• Don’t miss these stand out Weekly Deals:

• It’s 9/9 Day at 99 Cents store, they’re having special sales today! Check for vegan.
• Our Target Deals are good thru Saturday. The new ad will be up to preview later tonight, too.
• This is what we’ve been handing out at Halloween the past couple of years. We should see good deals on the even bigger Halloween bags of these at Target soon, too. Sour Patch & Swedish Fish Candy Variety Pack, 115 ct.
• Now available: Halloween No Whey Foods – Milkless Minis and Chocolatey/Sprinkle Pretzel Bag of Terror (2 Pack) – Allergy Friendly and Vegan Chocolate Halloween Candy. Not cheap, but maybe you have Amazon points to use.
• Wowzers! This is the best deal I’ve ever seen on these! Limited time deal on an 11 cup Cuisinart FP-11GMFR Food Processor, Gunmetal (Renewed).
• Here’s a link to all the Larabars, many have discounts and coupons to clip. Clip a 20% off coupon for a good deal on these: Larabar Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Gluten Free Vegan Fruit & Nut Bar, 1.6 oz Bars, 18 Ct.

Food I’ve Made

• I made: vegan glazed ham, asparagus, roasted potatoes with rosemary, coleslaw, rolls (or purchased sourdough) and fresh pineapple and cherry cobbler with ice cream for dessert.

More Deals & Meals:

• Purple Carrot: You can use the promocode carrot30 to get $30 off! This is better than the offer on the website for only $20 off.

See Inside the Mystery Box!

• Were you wondering what was in the “Mystery Box” in our contest? You can see inside now – our winner Daniel made a video opening it! Thank you so much Daniel Vasquez I also put the link here at the top with the other contest stuff:

Current Weekly Grocery Deals:
See all Current Weekly Deals HERE for Whole Foods, Sprouts, Safeway, Grocery Outet, Food Maxx, Smart & Final, Target, Walgreen’s, CVS & Rite Aid

Amazon Deals:

I’m now sharing the longer-term deals in the quick-lists above. Be sure to check my Facebook Group for lots of deeply discounted faster-moving deals throughout the day, too!

Coupons & Rebates:

• Safeway Shoppers: Be sure to check your rewards often and use them! I just cashed in mine for a $5 reward. Check the app for “bonus” multipliers like 4x rewards, or extra rewards when you buy in Produce Dept., etc. Here’s more info. on all this:

• Ibotta Bonus: Don’t have Ibotta? Get it here and get a $10 Welcome Bonus when you redeem your 1st offer.

Freebies:

• I now have a NEW post dedicated just for Freebies! I’ll be posting all the freebies there now. Link HERE:

Other Online Deals:

• $15 off Walmart on Instacart! I’m excited to offer you an Exclusive Promocode for $15 off Walmart Orders via Instacart! They recently teamed up with Walmart, but only in certain areas so far. This includes:

• San Francisco / Bay Area, CA
• Los Angeles/ Orange County, CA
• San Diego, CA
• Tulsa, OK

You can use the promocode SPARKSTORE15 Instacart gave to me to share with you! You’ll get $15 off a $50 order, and get your order in as soon as 2 hours.

• Safeway: Get $20 off and FREE Delivery on your 1st Online Order. Use promocode SAVE20

• Whole Foods Delivery: If you use Whole Foods Delivery, the sale prices I post in my Weekly Deals are the same online! True, you can’t use coupons, but some of the deals are still really good. Prime Members also get the extra 10% off regular “Sales” like you do in-store. Use my posts as a guide to save money on the items on your list!

Get $30 Off Purple Carrot with promocode CARROT30. You can also view their weekly meals & recipes for FREE inspiration and ideas!

Vegan Meal Delivery Options:

• Grubhub: Grub Hub Deals: I’m seeing lots of FREE Vegan Delivery Options in my area! (No special code required). Offers tend to be regional, but you should have some FREE offers for delivery, too. Fast Food tends to offer Free Delivery, like Taco Bell and Burger King. Some even have additional $ off discounts.
  

Veestro Vegan Meal Delivery: I have a new promo code to share: New customers get 30% off subscription with code CONTACTLESS. 

Purple Carrot: The $30 promocode is still good, use this code: carrot30. The one on the site is only for $20 off.

Update: Looks like the NEW Pinterest setting is working well on my site, pin away! 🙂 You can now pin any of my recipes

Images used in this post are my own original photos or supplied by my advertisers with permission in promotion of their products.