Frugal Family: This Week's Bargains

We're all watching our family budgets these days. Whether shopping with coupons or looking for two-for-one deals, we’re taking advantage of all sorts of offers and savings that help us stretch our dollars.

This column will be dedicated to giving you at least five great local deals each week that will help your family’s bottom line, and since we do the scouting for you, you can save time as well as money.

You are a big part of this column. Let us hear about the deals you've seen. Just add them to our comment box.

Then come back each week and see what we've uncovered together.

This week, Frugal Family scoured our local sources to find great deals on sunscreen, coffee, skin-care products, bone-in ham, produce, cleaners, and batteries.

1.
Deal: No Ad or Ocean Potion sun care or Ban solid or roll-on deodorant (1.5 to 3.5 oz.), Buy 1 Get 1 Free
Good Through: April 16

2.
Deal: Selected Vaseline (6.8 to 24.5 oz.), Pond’s (6.1 to 6.5 oz.), or Suave (18 oz.) skin-care products, Buy 1 Get 1 50% off
Good Through: April 16

3.
Deal: Dunkin’ Donuts packaged coffee (12 oz.), $5.99
Good Through: April 16

4.
Deal: Lysol cleaners (all-purpose, bathroom, antibacterial kitchen, toilet, and disinfecting wipes), Buy 1 Get 1 Free
Good Through: April 16

5.
Deal: Store brand alkaline batteries (8-pack AA or AAA, 4-pack C or D, or 2-pack 9-Volt), Buy 1 Get 1 Free with coupon in circular
Good Through: April 16

6.
Deal: Starbucks Coffee (12 oz.), $6.99 with extra-care card
Good Through: April 16

7.
Deal: Selected Jergens, Curel, and Biore lotions and skin-care products, 2 for $15 with extra-care card (additional coupon savings in Sunday newspapers)
Good Through: April 16

8.
Deal: Bone-in shank portion ham, 99 cents a pound
Good Through: April 30

9.
Deal: Fresh romaine hearts (2-pack), 99 cents each
Good Through: April 30

10.
Deal: Baby carrots (1 lb.), 79 cents each
Good Through: April 30