50% off Papa John’s Pizza Through Thursday from Fox 6

February 7, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
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Papa John’s and Fox 6 are offering Milwaukee area customers 50% off all regular priced menu items through Thursday, February 9.  To take advantage of this offer, you must place your order online at PapaJohns.com and enter promotional code FOX6.  This offer is valid at participating Milwaukee area Papa John’s locations.

You can read Fox 6′s post about this promotion on Facebook.

Double Double Daze at Pick ‘n Save on February 11

February 7, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
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Pick ‘n Save will be offering Double Double Coupon Daze on Saturday, February 11.  The Pick ‘n Save Double Daze coupon policy normally allows doubling of up to five coupons every Wednesday and Saturday, however this Saturday, you’ll be able to double up to 10 coupons!  You can double even more coupons if you separate your order into multiple transactions.

The standard Pick ‘n Save Double Coupon policy applies:

  • Customers must present their Roundy’s Rewards Card at the time of checkout to double manufacturers’ coupons.
  • Customers must spent $25 in a single transaction to double manufacturers’ coupons. The $25 amount is before tax, and after store coupons and loyalty discounts.
  • Only manufacturers’ coupons with a face value of $1.00 and under can be doubled.
  • Does not apply to manufacturers’ coupons that are not valid for doubling.
  • Does not apply to alcohol and tobacco manufacturers’ coupons.

Thanks to Jennifer from Green Bay Consumer for alerting us to Double Double Daze!

2012 Milwaukee Brewers BP C’mon Back Card Promotion

February 6, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
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The popular BP C’mon Back Card promotion is back again for the 2012 Milwaukee Brewers season. Make seven purchases of at least eight gallons of gas at any participating BP gas station, and you can redeem your card for a free Terrace Reserved ticket.  If you prefer, you can use a completed card as a $16 voucher toward an upgraded ticket (bleachers excluded).

If you frequent BP gas stations, it is a great way to earn free tickets to see the Milwaukee Brewers play at Miller Park.

Here are the main terms of the program:

  • Pick up a free card at any of the 442 participating BP gas station.
  • Receive one stamp for each purchase of eight gallons or more of gasoline.
  • Maximum of two stamps per visit.
  • Receipts from each purchase must be attached to the card.
  • Cards must be stamped, signed, and validated by a BP employee.
  • Card must be completed by August 15, 2012 and the card expires on August 31, 2012.
  • Cards cannot be combined – only one card per ticket redemption.

Cards can be redeemed in person at the Brewers ticket office or through the mail. See the instructions on the card for full details, or visit the C’mon Back Club website.

We recommend you redeem your cards as quickly as possible.  The free Terrace Reserved tickets consistently sell out well before the August 31st redemption deadline.

Milwaukee Brewers games that you can redeem your BP C’mon Back Cards for are:

  • May 8th (Tuesday) vs. Cincinnati Reds at 7:10 p.m.
  • June 19th (Tuesday) vs. Toronto Blue Jays at 7:10 p.m.
  • July 3rd (Tuesday) vs. Miami Marlins at 3:10 p.m.
  • August 7th (Tuesday) vs. Cincinnati Reds at 7:10 p.m.
  • September 10th (Monday) vs. Atlanta Braves at 7:10 p.m.
  • September 12th (Wednesday) vs. Atlanta Braves at 7:10 p.m.
  • September 28th (Friday) vs. Houston Astros at 7:10 p.m.
  • October 1st (Monday) vs. San Diego Padres at 7:10 p.m.
  • October 2nd (Tuesday) vs. San Diego Padres at 7:10 p.m.

Just as we did last season, we’ll be updating frequently with Brewers ticket deals throughout the season.  Check out all of our Milwaukee Brewers posts for more information.

Easy Vegetable Beef Soup

February 4, 2012 by · 1 Comment
Filed under: Dining 

Fans of Milwaukee Consumer on Facebook know that we recently polled our readers to see what kind of soups they like to make in the winter. You might be wondering what does soup have to do with saving money?

Turns out that soup is not only a great way to stay warm in the winter and make for a great low-cost meal too! 

Over the course of the next month or two we’ll be featuring a number of low-cost soups, including recipes from our readers. If you’d like to send us a recipe to consider, we’d love to have you contact us.

 

Slow Cooker Easy Vegetable Beef Soup

 

Jennifer over at Green Bay Consumer posted a recipe for Slow Cooker Easy Vegetable Beef Soup last fall and I’ve been meaning to try it ever since.  During my last shopping trip to Aldi I picked up most of the ingredients for this soup.  (I had a can of diced tomatoes and some spices on hand.)

Ingredients and cost:

  •  1 lb. ground beef (I used ground sirloin.  My cost came out to be about $3.60 a pound.)
  • 14 oz. beef broth or stock ($1.29 for a 32 oz. can…so I used about $0.56 worth.)
  • 1 1/4 cup water
  • 10-16 oz. mixed veggies ($0.99)
  • 14 oz. can of diced or crushed tomatoes (Let’s assume a cost of $0.80.)
  • 1 can condensed tomato soup ($0.49)
  • 1 Tbl dried minced onion
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder

The total cost of all my ingredients was $6.44.

As the name of the recipe suggests, the soup was extremely easy to make.  I browned the beef, drained the fat, and added it to a 4-quart slow cooker.  I added the rest of the ingredients and cooked it about 3 to 4 hours on high.

The soup was good.  However, I think I could have made it a lot better had I followed Jennifer’s recipe closely.  I highly recommend you bookmark or print Jennifer’s Slow Cooker Easy Vegetable Beef Soup recipe and follow her tips on brands and optional ingredients that add more flavor.  I ended up using a little hot sauce to give the soup some extra flavor.  Next time around I will be following her advice.  Although the additional ingredients will increase the cost of the soup a little bit, it will still be a very economical meal.

The best part about making a large quantity of soup is leftovers!  We only ate half of the soup, so I froze half of what was left and the other half was for lunch the next day.  I know there will be a time in the next few weeks where I won’t have the energy or the time to cook, which will make for a perfect opportunity to reheat this soup for a quick and easy meal!

Pick ‘n Save Double Coupon Deals for February 4 & 8

February 3, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
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Here is our weekly summary of the best deals with coupon matchups this week at Pick ‘n Save, as analyzed and prepared by Rose from Rose Knows Coupons. Pick ‘n Save doubles coupons on Wednesday and Saturday. For tips on using double coupons, see our post Extreme Couponing in Milwaukee With Double Coupons .

For details on Pick ‘n Save Double Coupon Daze, and an explanation of the abbreviations used in the post below, see our Guide to Saving Money at Pick ‘n Save.

Here are the best deals I see this week:

General Mills Cereal Buy 6 Boxes at Regular Price and Get $9 Off Instantly at Checkout Plus Coupons for a Gallon of Milk & Dozen Eggs FREE
 $1/3 General Mills Cereal, exp. 3/17/12 (GM 02/05/12)
$0.75/1 Cheerios, Dulce de Leche Cereal printable
$1/2 Select General Mills Cereals printable
$1/1 Cheerios, Multi Grain Peanut Butter Cereal printable
$0.50/1 Cheerios Honey Nut Cereal printable
$0.75/1 Frosted Toast Crunch Cereal printable
$0.75/1 Cheerios Dulce de Leche Cereal printable
$0.75/1 Cheerios, Multi Grain Peanut Butter Cereal printable
$1/3 General Mills Cereal, exp. 2/18/12 (GM 01/08/12)
= Varies

Lean Cuisine Meals 4/$10
$1/5 Lean Cuisine Varieties, exp. 3/31/12 (SS 01/01/12 #2)
= $2.30 each or $2.10 each after doubled coupon

Nature Made Vitamins or Supplements Buy One Get One FREE
$1/1 Nature Made Product, exp. 2/29/12 (SS 01/29/12)
$3/2 Nature Made Product, exp. 2/29/12 (SS 01/29/12)
= Varies
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