Top 10 Things to Buy in January = Stock up & Save
January kicks off the new year with many new savings opportunities. As people are writing their New Years resolutions, at the top of the list for many are weight loss, healthy eating (especially Whole30, Paleo, Keto, & vegan), saving money, and working out. It’s no surprise that the top things to buy in January are directly related to those themes, plus a few other food trends that correlate with the biggest sporting event in the country, the Super Bowl.
In January, we will see these following trends, as well as products on sale at the grocery store to support these national month themes. We will be sure to support these January trends with recipes, organization ideas, & hot deals.
- Hobby Month
- Get a Balanced Life Month
- Get Organized Month
- Creativity Month
- Celebration of Life Month
- Oatmeal Month
- Brainteaser Month
- Hot Tea Month
- Soup Month
1. Frozen Foods
This includes “diet-friendly” quick serve frozen meals like Lean Cuisine, Smart Ones, and Atkins as well as store brands like Signature SELECT and Eating Right.
Stock up price on frozen entrees with sales and coupons at Safeway:
- Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers 9-9.25 oz. $2.49 when you buy 5 or more, mix and match
- Healthy Choice Power Bowls 9.25-9.9 oz. or 7.2-7.3 oz. $2.49 when you buy 5 or more, mix and match
- Lean Cuisine Entrees 6-12.625 oz. $1.49 when you buy 5
- Marie Callender’s Delights Entrees 10.25-11 oz. $2.49 when you buy 5 or more, mix and match
2. Nutrition and Wellness Foods
Protein bars, nutrition bars, shakes and supplements as well as vitamins will be at their lowest prices this month. Anytime you pay less than $1.00 per bar, you should stock up. The multipacks are typically the best value, as you pay less per bar. Vitamins are almost always buy one get one free on sale at Safeway, but when you stack those sales with coupons, you’ll save even more.
- Airborne select items, sizes, and varieties 25% off
- Clip and use $1.00/1 Airborne Original Product, Any (Limit of 2 Like Coupons in Same Shopping Trip) – SS 12-09-18, exp. 03/09/19
- Body Fortress Protein Powder 2 lbs 20% off
- Clif or Luna Bars 1.59-2.4 oz. $0.77
- Kind Bars Multi-Pack 4-6 ct. 1.4 oz. $5.00
- Print and use $2.00 off 2 KIND Bars Multipacks Coupon
- Final price = $4.00
- Kind Breakfast Bars 4 pack, 1.8 oz. $2.50
- MegaRed selected Items, sizes, and varieties 25% off
- Met-Rx 100 Protein Bars 3.52 oz. $1.67
- Nature Made Vitamins select items, sizes, and varieties buy one (1) get one (1) free
- Quest Bars 2.12 oz. $1.67
- RXBAR Bars 1.83 oz. $1.67
- Print and use $1/3 RXBAR products
- Final price = $1.34
- Schiff Vitamins selected Items, sizes, and varieties 25%
- Vitafusion or L’il Critters Vitamins 40-150 ct. 25% off
- Print and use $1/1 Vitafusion product
- Or print and use $1/1 L’il Critters Gummy Vitamin – 50 ct.+
3. Cereals and Oatmeal
Expect to see sales on all-natural cereals, oatmeal, and granola. January is National Oatmeal Month, so you’ll see lots of great deals on whole grain oats, quick oats, and instant oatmeal packets. You can expect to see many new cereals launch in January as well. Every time a new cereal launches, we almost always get coupons, as the manufacturers want you to buy and try the new brands. Keep your eyes peeled!
Stock up prices for cereal and oatmeal at Safeway with sale and coupons:
- General Mills Cereal 8.9-15.2 oz. (pictured Lucky Charms, Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Honey Nut Cheerios) $2.00
- Print and use $.75 off 1 Cheerios Coupon
- Download the $1/2 Just for U digital coupon
- Final price = $1.00
- Kashi Cereal 10-16.3 oz. $2.49 when you buy 5 or more, mix and match
- Signature SELECT or Kitchens Cereal 11.2-21.6 oz. $1.79
4. Healthy Beverages
We’ve seen a flood of new healthy beverages emerge over the last few years with shelf space being devoted to kombucha, coconut water, watermelon water, yogurt drinks, and other probiotic beverages in the produce and dairy aisles. Since many of these beverages help with a post-workout recovery, you can expect to see great sales on these healthy beverages in January. Additionally, you can also expect to see great deals on orange juice and grapefruit juices this month.
Stock up prices for natural and healthy beverages at Safeway with sale and coupons:
- Activia Probiotic Dailies Yogurt Drink 8 ct. 3.1 oz. bottles $4.49
- Load Just for U Digital Coupon for $1.00 off 1 Activia Dailies
- Final Price = $3.49
- Atkins Shakes 4 pk, 11 oz. $5.50
- Print and use $2/1 Atkins product
- Or print and use $1/1 Atkins product
- Final price = as low as $3.50
- Ensure Nutrition Drinks 6 pack, 8 oz. $6.99 when you buy 5 or more, mix and match
- Print and use $3/1 Ensure Multi-Pack
- Final price = as low as $3.99
- Gatorade Thirst Quencher 6 pack, 12 oz. $2.99
- Kombucha selected varieties 10% off
- Life Wtr Water 23.7 oz. $0.99
- O Organics Kombucha 16 oz. $2.99
- Signature SELECT or refreshe Purified Drinking Water 24 pack, 16.9 oz. bottles $0.99 with the Just for U digital coupon available Friday – Sunday, limit 1
- Signature SELECT or refreshe Soleil Sparkling Water Beverage 12 pack, 12 oz. cans $2.00
- SlimFast Shakes 4 pk, 11 oz. $6.99 when you buy 5 or more, mix and match
- Print and use $1.00 off 2 Slim Fast Products Coupon
- Print and use $1/2 SlimFast products
- Final price = as low as $6.49
- Svelte Protein Shakes 11 oz. 20% off
5. Cold and Flu
We are in the thick of cold and flu season, especially when the kiddos go back to school and are exposed to all the germs floating around and bringing it back into your home. Heads up, you’ll save a lot of money if you opt for store brands as the wholesale price is significantly lower, as is the markup.
Stock up prices on cold and flu medicines with sales and coupons:
- Mucinex 4-6 oz. or 12-20 ct. $11.99
- Download the $2/1 Just for U digital coupon
- Or clip and use $2.00/1 Mucinex, Any (Limit of 2 Like Coupons in Same Shopping Trip) – SS 12-09-18, exp. 01/20/19
- Or clip and use $2.00/1 12 Hour Mucinex, Any (Limit of 2 Like Coupons in Same Shopping Trip) – SS 12-09-18, exp. 01/20/19
- Or clip and use $2.00/1 Children’s Mucinex Product, Any (Limit of 2 Like Coupons in Same Shopping Trip) – SS 12-09-18, exp. 01/20/19
- Final price = $9.99
- Puffs Facial Tissue 48 ct. $0.99
- Clip and use $0.25/1 Puffs Facial Tissues, Any (Includes Multi-packs; Excludes Puffs To Go Singles; Limit of 1 identical coupon per household per day) – PG 12-30-18, exp. 01/12/19
- Or download the $0.25/1 Just for U digital coupon
- Final price = as low as $0.49
- Theraflu Cough and Cold Relief 6-20 ct. or 8.3 oz. $6.49
- Clip and use $1.00/1 Theraflu Product, Any (No More Than 4 Identical Coupons Can by Used for the Same Product in Same Transaction) -RMN 12-09-18, exp. 01/15/19
- Final price = $5.49
- Vicks Nyquil or DayQuil 12 oz. liquid or 24 ct. caplets $8.49
- Download the $1/1 Just for U digital coupon
- Or clip and use $1.00/1 Vicks Product, Any (Excludes 8 Count DayQuil & NyQuil, VapoRub, VapoInhaler, VapoCOOL Drops, Sinex, ZzzQuil, PURE Zzzs and Trial/Travel Size; Limit of 2 Identical Coupons Per Household Per Day; No Cash Back) – 12-30-18 PG, exp. 01/12/19
- Or clip and use FREE Vicks Vapocool Drops wyb Nyquil or Dayquil – 12-30-18 PG, exp. 01/12/19 [Up to $3; Limit of 2 identical coupons per household per day; No cash back]
- Final price = $7.49 or $8.49 + FREE Vapocool Drops
6. Frozen Pizzas
Sales on frozen pizzas will continue through the month of January and we will see some super hot deals on pizza at the end of the month for the SuperBowl.
- Tony’s Pizza 18.56-20.6 oz. $3.00
- Totino’s Party Pizza 9.8-10.9 oz. $0.99 when you buy 5 or more, mix and match
- Totino’s Pizza Rolls 15 ct. $0.99 when you buy 5 or more, mix and match
7. Frozen Appetizers and Frozen Chicken
Expect to see the lowest prices of the year on quick & easy frozen appetizers. With the Super Bowl scheduled in February, you’ll see some stellar promotions on these items towards the end of the month.
8. Super Bowl Foods like Chips, Dips, and Pop
The SuperBowl is on February 3rd this year, so toward the end of the month we will see a lot of sales on chips, dips, salsa, and pop. You’ll also see great prices on avocados for anyone who wants to make their own guac as well as ground beef for chile and Velveeta for queso. Whether you watch for the game or tune in for the commercials, there will be plenty of snacks that will save you some serious cash.
- Pace Picante or Salsa 16 oz. $2.00 – if you have last month’s printable, it’s only $1.00.
- Signature SELECT Salsa 24 oz. $2.00
- Bugles Snacks 7.5 oz. on sale for $1.00 through 1/8
- Print and use SAVE 50¢ ON TWO when you buy TWO BAGS any 3.7 OZ. OR LARGER Chex Mix™…
- Or download the $0.50/2 Just for U digital coupon
- Final price = as low as $0.50 after paper coupon, $.75 with digital coupon
- Chex Mix 8.75 oz. on sale for $1.00 through 1/8
- Print and use SAVE 50¢ ON TWO when you buy TWO BAGS any 3.7 OZ. OR LARGER Chex Mix™…
- Or download the $0.50/2 Just for U digital coupon
- Final price = as low as $0.50 after paper coupon, $.75 with digital coupon
- Doritos Tortilla Chips 9.25-11.24 oz. $1.99 when you buy 3
- Fritos or Cheetos 7-9.25 oz. $1.99 when you buy 3
- Kettle Brand Potato Chips 6.5-8.5 oz. $1.99 when you buy 3
- Signature SELECT or The Snack Artist Potato Chips 7.75-8 oz. $1.50
- SunChips Snacks 7 oz. $1.99 when you buy 3
- Tostitos Original Tortilla Chips 9-14 oz. $2.50
9. Safeway Store Brands
In January, you will see a lot of sales on Safeway’s brands. Keep your eyes peeled for stellar prices on O Organics, Open Nature, Signature SELECT, Signature Kitchens, and more.
10. Seasonal Produce
January seasonal produce includes kale, leeks, onions, citrus fruits (i.e. grapefruit, oranges, and clementines) as well as various root vegetables including potatoes, beets, carrots, parsnips, and turnips. Talk about perfect timing for some delicious soups, smoothies, and healthy savory dishes.
Also, make sure to keep your eyes peeled for non-grocery deals, such as gym memberships, fitness equipment & clothing, holiday & winter clearance items, linens, towels, airfare, 2018 vehicles, and furniture.
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