Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Savings Guide for: JANUARY


What to look for in:
Sales/Deals
With the Super Bowl just around the corner, look for bargains on Pepsi and Coke products, chips and dips, cheese, beer, crackers, snacks, hot dogs and wings, frozen appetizers, and pizzas. The diet trend is in full swing with the start of a new year, so look for low-fat, low-carb specials: granola bars, diet frozen meals, diet cereals, yogurts, diet sodas and drinks, and Slim Fast shakes. Also look for bargains in the medicine aisles, including vitamins, fish oils, cold remedies, and chapstick.

Oatmeal (it’s National Oatmeal Month!)
Quaker products

Diet foods and products
New Year, New You type promotions
Healthy Choice
South Beach
Lean Cuisine
Yogurt
100 calorie packs
Special K, K20, Right Bites, Smart Start
Diet aids
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Winter Health
Cold Medicines
Pain Relief
Health products
Vitamins
Soup, Chili, “warm you up” type foods

Super Bowl party foods
 

Pepsi
Coke
Soda
Chips
Dips
Cheese
Sandwich items
Crackers
Snacks

Cleaners/household items (winter cleaning, organization, storage)

White sales/home items

Furniture


Organizers such as Rubbermaid totes, shelf organizers, planners, filing cabinets, etc.

Special promotions introducing new product lines, especially
 

Hair color
Make up
Beauty products
Bath products

Clearance items:
 

Calendars, planners, anything dated items (these go “out of date” quickly after 1/1)
Christmas/Hanukkah/New Years party supplies
Wrapping paper, ribbons, bows
Ornaments
Candles
Winter clothing, coats, gloves, hats, boots, etc.
Computers and other electronics
Home Gym equipment and gear
Toys
Fall merchandise
Furniture
Home appliances (i.e, cookware)
Bed and bath linens
Rugs
Sports equipment

Occasions:
 

January 1 – New Year’s Day
January 1 – 7 is National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
Super Bowl Sunday

Other Promotions this month:
 

Bread Machine Baking Month
National Candy Month
National Egg Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Meat Month
National Oatmeal Month
National Slow Cooker Month
National Soup Month
National Wheat Bread Month
Prune Breakfast Month

Produce in Season:
 

Anjou Pear
Blood Orange
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celeriac/Celery Root
Celery
Chard
Collards
Fennel
Grapefruit
Green Cabbage
Greens Including Stir-fry Mix
Haas Avocado
Kale
Kiwi
Kumquat
Leeks
Lemons
Mandarins/Tangerines
Mushrooms, Wild
Napa Cabbage
Navel Oranges
Onions, Green
Rhubarb, Hothouse 
Savoy
Spinach
Sunchoke
Cabbage
Papayas
Tangelos