Five Deals to Stretch the Family Budget

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 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. After you've read through what we've highlighted here, tell about the deals you’ve seen, or ones we should watch out for.

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

Read on for a great deal on electronics, toys, discounted gym memberships, roller skating and more.

1. Electronics: Radio Shack: radioshack.com
Deal: Radio Shack is offering discounted prices on a number of home and personal electronics.

• All GPS devices are on sale, including brands like Garmin and TomTom

• Free $10 gift card when you purchase select digital cameras, including the GE 14MP digital camera with optical zoom, the Nikon 12MP with 3” touch-control display and others.

• Free $10 gift card with in-store purchase of Pandigital eReader, on sale for $129.99 (Regular $179.99).

Good through: Feb. 26

2. Roller Skating: United Skates of America: usa-skating.com
Deal: United Skates is offering a buy-one-get-one admission deal this week. The deal is valid with coupon only for public sessions. Coupon available in Merrick-Bellmore Pennysaver.
Good through: Feb. 27

3. Groceries: Waldbaums: waldbaums.com
Deal: Weekly specials -good only with Waldbaums card - including

• 40 percent off all Perdue brand chicken products

• family pack fresh 85 percent lean ground beef $1.99
• Fresh Express salad blends 2 for $5
• Jumbo raw shrimp $6.99 a lb.
• $1.99 whole boneless pork loin
• 5 lb. bag Eastern white potatoes or 3 lb. fancy yellow onions $1.49

Good through: Feb. 24

4. Gym Membership: Synery Fitness Club: lifitness.com
Deal: Two great value plans.

• 2 for 1 Jumpstart plan includes: choice of personal training package, two free months, discounted administration fee

• 2 for 1 Enrollment plan includes: one free admission fee

Good through: Feb. 22

5. Toys and Games: Matty's Toy Stop: mattystoystop.com
Deal: Matty's offers specials on toys or boys, girls and babies like select Zhu Zhu Pets starting at $7.99, Disney Princess dolls and accessories from $9.99, Transformers action figures and accessories starting from $9.99 and much more. Free gift wrapping, too.
Good through: Ongoing. Check in-store or online for details.