Thursday, August 20, 2009

Giveaway: Kroger's Mega Savings Event CLOSED

In these tough economic times, we are all looking for ways to save a few extra dollars and Kroger has a plan to help you with this task. They are hosting a Mega Savings Event from August 16th through September 2nd, which will allow you to instantly save $5.00 for every 10 participating items that you buy while using your Shopper Card at check-out.

Here are just a few of the participating brands: AMP Energy, Aquafina, Betty Crocker BakingMixes, Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, Cascadian Farms Cereals and Bars,Cap'n Crunch, Cheerios, Cheetos, Chex Mix, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, CocoaPuffs, Dole Juices and Juice Drinks, Fiber One, Fritos, Gatorade, GoldenGrahams, Green Giant, Hamburger Helper, Life , Lipton Tea, NatureValley, Old El Paso, Pepsi family of 2 Liters, Pillsbury, Progresso,Propel, Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Quaker Chewy Bars, Starbucks, Sobe LifeWater, Totino's, Trix, Tropicana, Yoplait and MORE!

I know that I buy a whole bunch of those brands each week and I am sure you do too, so why not stock up and save?

Here are some great examples of different product combinations for breakfast, lunch, dinner:
•Breakfast: Cheerios, Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Pillsbury Toaster Strudel,Tropicana Orange Juice and Yoplait
•Lunch: Nature Valley Granola Bars, Cheetos, Fritos, Progresso Soup, and Gatorade
•Anytime: Betty Crocker Baking Mixes, Tostito's Chips & Salsa, Totino'sHot Snacks, Pepsi 2 Liters
•Dinner: Hamburger Helper, Green Giant, Pillsbury, and Lipton Ready-To-Drink Tea


If you buy just the breakfast and dinner meals, you can save five dollars!! It is just that easy!

Click Here to see full details and participating stores. And, to make it even easier, all you have to do is look for the double yellow tags while shopping.

Now for the really exciting part, Kroger has offered one lucky reader a $30.00 gift card to use on their next shopping trip. All you have to do for your chance, is follow the rules below.

How to Enter:
1) Tell me what you love about your local Kroger store.

Additional Entries: (please leave a separate entry for each)
2) Subscribe to my blog.
3) Favorite me in technorati.
4) Follow me on twitter (whatmommiesneed) and tweet about this giveaway.
5) Blog about this giveaway and link back here to http://www.whatmommiesneed.com/
6) Put my button on your sidebar.


This opportunity was made possible by General Mills, Pepsi Co, and MyBlogSpark.


Contest ends at 11:59pm CST on September 3rd. Prizes not claimed in 72 hours will be forfeited. Open to North American residents only.
You Must Leave a Valid E-mail Address to be eligible.

Renee

170 comments:

  1. i go to krogers when I vist family and stock up, I love the deals, the clearance and the specials they have going on. i know to make room in the car for extra groceries on the way home because I will stockpile. I love knowing my mom gets deals and great quality

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  2. I love the weekly sales, there is always a good deal on several item that are staples in my pantry

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  3. I like their fresh produce and their friendly staff.

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  4. I love when they have the 10 for 10 sales. I get a lot of great deals that way!

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  5. I shop at King Soopers, which is in a neighboring town. They have certain things my family likes that I can't find at our local store - salsa, barbecue sauce, taco salad shells!

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  6. I love the fact that they double coupons! Thanks for the giveaway! MHende3706@aol.com

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  7. I love the great prices, but my favorite is finding a manager's special in the bakery, deli, produce or meat department! Talk about a real deal!

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  8. I love how clean the store is, how well stocked they generally keep items on sale and how much money I save. Lets go Krogering! Thanks for the opportunity.

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  9. I love the helpful and friendly staff at my local kroger!

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  10. Our Kroger store is always fully stocked with the freshest foods. I love shopping there.
    stoopidgerletsy@yahoo.com

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  11. I added you to my Technorati faves
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  12. My Ralph's recently remodeled so shopping is a very nice experience now
    tvollowitz at aol dot com

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  13. I love that my Kroger store has a large and interesting cheese section. asthenight at gmail dot com

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  14. I love their prices, and their great selection of products.

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  15. I love Kroger for their large selection of products!
    Thank you for the giveaway :)
    hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com

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  16. The weekly sales, combined with coupons make me happy! Thanks for the chance.
    mogrill@comcast.net

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  17. I love double coupons and register rewards at Kroger.

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  18. I love the employees, they are always helpful and friendly.

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  19. I love their sales, the doubling of coupons, the coupons they send me, the point system for discounts on groceries and gas,

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  20. a lot of sales mverno@roadrunner.com

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  21. I love their sales but today I don't feel real happy with my local Kroger because the cashier was so rude.

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  22. I love the sale prices and the availability of the items on sale

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  23. We shop at Krogers when visiting relatives and enjoy the friendly service.

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  24. I love the day old section where I can get the markdowns!
    Carla
    cpullum(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  25. I like that they always have good prices...I don't have to look for deals all the time. I can just expect to have good deals.

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  26. I love the Kroger Double Coupons - Up to and including $1.00!

    pamela.callahan@sbcglobal.net

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  27. Our local affiliate store is Baker's and they have the BEST produce and fresh bakery items. Really good prices and savings as well. Love shopping there

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  28. My local Kroger is just down the street, so I love that it is so close. I shop there all the time and can usually save around $40 or so because of sales. Thanks!

    shevilkenevil1 at aol dot com

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  29. I faved you on Technorati (slnet)

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  31. I always shop at Kroger's - they are less than a mile from my house. What I love most is the great clearance sales at the end of holidays or seasons, all the stuff is marked down, up to 90% off. Also, their milk is the best price around.

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  32. I love the low prices and variety!
    Thank you for the contest!
    txgigggles@yahoo.com

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  33. I love my Krogers store because it is always clean, has great produce, and saves me $$$.
    hi_joan_elliott at hotmail dot com

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  34. I love Kroger's private election deli meats.

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  35. I would love to win this for my mom. Kroger was always my favorite place to go, I love the prices and sales there.
    I like the kroger brand products, good quality for a lot cheaper!

    thanks for the chance!
    yasmineo142[at]hotmail.com

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  36. I follow you on twitter and sent out a tweet http://twitter.com/YasmineO/status/3480039072

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  37. I'm now subscribed via google reader
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  38. There's a lot I love about our Kroger! One is I can load coupons onto my Kroger card. Two is their deli, ummm they have some good chicken!, Three is The fruits are so much fresher than that of any other store I have been to. Last they have a health isle that is filled to the brim with anything you can think of that's healthy! :)

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  39. I love a lot of things about our local Kroger. I first off love the prices. I also love the fact htat they double coupons up to 50 cents. Finally, I really love the free coffee for me and the free cookie at the bakery for my son:)

    mscoffee77(AT)juno(DOT)com

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  40. i love that they accept coupons... only place here besides walmart and it doesnt

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  41. I love that our Dillons store is brand new and they have such a huge variety of items that the old store didn't.

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  42. there displays they are always fresh an eye catching.

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  43. Our local Kroger is great - good prices, easy to find items and a friendly staff. I never shop anywhere else!

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  44. I love that the produce is always fresh.

    FrugalFemina @gmail .com

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  45. I love the location (only about 2 miles away) and the double coupons. semtaylor@yahoo.com

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  46. I love my favorite cashier! She never hassles me about my pile of coupons and is always happy when I get a great deal.
    Thanks for the chance to win!
    proudyaya04 {at} yahoo {dot} com

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  47. I love their sales. I try to combine them with coupons for extra savings.

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  48. I love the double coupons and great sales like this one.

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  49. Faved in Technorati (JustAddCharm)

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  50. Following on Twitter.

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  52. My local Kroger store is a Dillon's Marketplace. It has groceries, furniture, and home accessories. Quite a place! The salad bar is the best I've ever seen anywhere.

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  53. I LOVE THE FRESH VEGATABLES, VERY REASONABLE, ANDI PLAN MY MEALS AROUND THEIR SALES AD

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  54. I love the variety or items, the weekly sales, and the size of the store--plenty of room to take my time to browse.

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  55. Following on twitter as purplepassion12 and tweeted
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  56. I like so many things about Kroger. The Kroger brand products are high quality; their staff are helpful & friendly; they offer salse on items I buy regularly; the layout of the store is easy to navigate, so I don't waste time looking around for what I need to buy.

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  57. I added you to my Technorati Favs. ID amylou61

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  58. I love all the great deals that are at my Kroger store. They have really good prices to begin with, so the sales make them that much better!

    Debbie: rebbiedeed(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  59. I subscribed to your blog.

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  60. I love my local Kroger because the employees are friendly!


    ehhogan at bellsouth.net

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  61. I love that they double coupons!
    Thanks for entering me! Great Contest!

    Janna Johnson
    janna@FeedYourPigBlog.com
    jannajanna@hotmail.com
    www.FeedYourPigBlog.com

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  62. I love that they double and triple coupons!

    hebert024 at aol dot com

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  63. They are the only store that pays me to bring my own bags. .03 cents isn't much but I never forget my bags there so they are doing great things for the environment.
    Thanks!
    1bmore @ gmail . com

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  64. i love my local Kroger is less than a mile from my house - it's clean and always well stocked - AND they have a great fresh daily sushi area.

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  65. 2kidsblogger
    You are now following What Mommies Need

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  66. The crazy cashier who always whines about her carpal tunnel on Madison Road in Covington, KY.

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  67. I love the cheese selection! My husband loves that they carry Grolsch Beer because it's hard to find in our area. And everyone in our house thinks the taste of Kroger meat is superior to other area grocers.

    Thank you.
    msurosey@yahoo.com

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  68. I love the variety of products they carry and the courteous service.

    nancyecdavis AT bellsouth DOT net

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  69. subscriber

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  70. Faved you on Technorati

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  71. follow you on Twitter and Tweeted

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  72. I love the variety and the freshness.

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  73. I love that our krogers gives us 5 pts for each reusable bag that we bring with us. This adds our gas pts up really quick so we can get 10 cents off a gallon of gas.

    I love thier sales and getting the bonus off on gas really helps.
    dawns_horizen@yahoo.com

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  74. They have some great buys and the people are all very friendly.
    lgrieser(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

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  75. I love my local Kroger bakery. I order several cakes every year. They always decorate them perfectly and are so easy to work with.

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  76. I love the convenience that my local Fred Meyer (Kroger affiliate) store is only 2 blocks away. I can either walk or drive to the store and get what I need with their great selection and low priced groceries once I plan out my meals for the day or week.

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  77. I love the prices and selection!

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  78. I like that it has recently been updated and so it is so much nicer. They carry alot more things now.

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  79. first i love that they are open 24 hours and second i love their meat counter and selection. thanks! (freaaa@gmail.com)

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  80. I love that our Fred Meyer's (Kroger affiliate) has a large natural/organic foods section with lots of bulk item bins. I can always find healthy, good-tasting food at a great price! I love to grind my own almond butter and stock up on steel cut oats and polenta.

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  81. I like that my local Kroger now has sushi!

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  82. I like that my store has great deli meat.

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  83. What I love about my local Kroger is how easy it is to find what you want and need. Sometimes it seems like a scavenger hunt in some other stores.

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  84. I love Kroger for SO MANY reasons. Last week I actually tried a different grocery store and was SO disappointed I actually left my basket and headed straight over to Kroger.

    I know where everything is, my coupons are orgaized to their aisles, and I just love the deals!

    Thanks for the chance to win!
    Pamela
    Pamelamw@gmail.com

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  85. I love the 10 for $10 deals! Thanks!

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  86. I like the produce section the best.

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  87. Kroger is our base store. I like the convenience (location) and the fact that they reward with discounts for gasoline.

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  88. I like that it is clean and you can get good deals there.
    erma.hurtt@sbcglobal.net

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  89. My favorite is the fresh bakery section.
    Jennifer, jennem22 at yahoo dot com

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  90. I love my Kroger because they have great sales and they double and triple coupons. I also love their meat department. Thanks for the giveaway.
    eswright18 at gmail dot com

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  91. I love Kroger because it's always so reasonably priced! With the sales, deals and coupons we always get a lot more than we expect!

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  92. I'm subscribed in my google reader!

    Thanks for the giveaway :)

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  93. I love that my Fred Meyer is close enough to run to for little stuff I forgot during my regular grocery shopping. It's also close enough to walk to when I'm feeling the need for a bit of exercise.

    3oink63moo484 (at) gmail(.)com

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  94. Ilike that there prices are still fairly reasonable -
    Diane Baum
    esldiane@gmail.com

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  95. I love their gluten-free line of products. (But I don't love when they stop selling the items I buy, like my Tofu Pups.)

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  96. I have one of the shopped cards and I love the great bargains I can get with it! They also have a good selection of products! Thanks so much!
    pamelashockley(AT)netscape(DOT)net

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  97. I love Kroger because they double coupons.

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  98. I love that Kroger is so convenient and it has a great deli.

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  99. I follow you on Twitter and here is my Tweet:

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  100. I love that there is a Kroger about 5 minutes from where I live and the manager's specials!!

    annemarie562000(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  101. My favorite things about my local Kroger would be: the great sales offered with the Kroger Plus card and the personalized coupons they send in the mail; the fact that there's a Starbucks right in the store and a frozen section selling Donato's pizza products; the extensive produce section; and the variety in the organic and natural food options. Thanks for the chance to win the gift card!

    gkaufmanss@yahoo.com

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  102. I subscribed to your blog via google reader: gkaufmanss@yahoo.com

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  103. I have you in my technorati faves: guettel78

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  104. I am following you on twitter (guettel78), and I tweeted: http://twitter.com/guettel78/status/3724762875

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  105. I blogged about the giveaway: http://slavetoacademia.blogspot.com/2009/09/30-kroger-stores-gc-giveaway-at-what.html

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  106. I love the fresh produce at my Kroger affiliate!

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  107. I faved in Technorati:neonfish

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  108. I follow on twitter and tweeted: http://twitter.com/speech_hero/status/3725910251

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  110. I subscribe in google reader

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  111. It has a great selection. And it is the closest grocery store around here.

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  112. I love that they double coupons up to .50 cents! Thank you!

    tiffanys819 at gmail dot com

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  113. Frozen foods AND all the Savings.
    skyskyaa11(at)gmail.com

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  114. I love the variety or items and the weekly sales. jelly15301@gmail.com

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  116. I shop at Fry's which is close, convenient and a great place for some super deals. Thanks! theprophecygirl at hotmail dot com

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  117. What I like about my local Kroger store is its convenience and the specials they have mixed with coupons which gives me a really good price on a lot of items!
    cjnedrow at gmail.com

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  118. the weekly sales at kroger are awesome

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  119. I love that's it's clean and well organized and of course the great sales they have. Thanks!

    braaisjo at gmail dot com

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  120. I love how my Kroger keeps all the sale items easily identifiable in the meat case.
    krkury at gmail dot com

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  121. I love their produce section and the fact that they double and triple coupons. trinitygsd at yahoo dot com

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  122. I love my Kroger because it is clean and has good sales on stuff I buy all the time! They have a good variety also of meat and everything!

    kngmckellar@hotmail.com

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  123. http://twitter.com/kngmckellar/status/3744988989

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  125. We don't have Kroger but we Have Foodsco which is a Kroger store. I love the cheap prices.

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  126. My favorite thing about my local Kroger store is the great clearance bins in the back of the store. Most people don't seem to notice them but I've found so many amazing deals!
    lisalmg25 at gmail dot comma

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  127. I love Kroger's weekly sales. They always have good deals.

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  128. You are already in my Technorati faves.

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  129. I love their specials such as 10 for $10. garrettsambo@aol.com

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  130. I already follow you on Twitter. ladyt64
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  131. love mega sales and double coupons

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  132. follow u on twitter and tweeted @momsfocus

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  133. blogged here http://momsfocusonline.com/other-giveaways-ending-on-september-3.html

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  134. I love that they will let you stack coupons (their weekly card deal and plus use coupons). Thank you

    candieluster(at)gmail(dot)com

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  135. Ralph's out here in Southern California is part of the Kroger chain. I shop their weekly specials and look for the clearance items at the back of the store. I've found some great deals there, and their meat and seafood is number one.

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  136. My Kroger doubles coupons. vidomich(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  137. I love the 10 for $10 sales and double coupons.

    longbarb1@aol.com

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  138. I love that it's affordable, right at the front of the neighborhood, and has a Coin Star. :)
    GirlyRemix(at)gmail(dot)com

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  139. I subscribed to What Mommies Need via e-mail! :)
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  140. Thanks for the giveaway... Our Kroger store, a Fry's, has the best Produce & Deli departments in the area; they also have eight self-service checkout lines so you get out fast !!!

    senorpiero [at] yahoo [dot] com

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  141. The Krogers in this area offer the best local prices as well as better produce then I've been able to find anywhere else.

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  142. I heart their prices, and their great selection of products.

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  143. I love the meat section. They have a section of pre-prepared meats for dinner, so I can get kabobs premade, pre marinated meats, all that kind of stuff.

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  144. I asked to follow your tweets and here is my tweet http://twitter.com/Lstixrud/status/3750292084

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  145. I blogged about your giveaway here: http://colitascorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/kroger-gift-card-giveaway.html

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  146. They have alot of great sales.
    donna444444@yahoo.com

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  147. Faved on technorati.(donnak4)
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  148. I love the 10 for 10 deals they have & how much I save using my krogers card!
    zestywonderland@gmail.com

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  149. I really like Kroger because they have the freshest produce. For me Kroger is Frys.

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  150. I have your button beejax.blogspot.com

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  151. I requested to follow you on twitter http://twitter.com/Beejax/status/3750727595

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  152. I really like their bakery. I get fresh bread from there for dinner and the fresh bagels.

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