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 this week's great deals on your next oil change, new shoes for the kids, groceries and color printing services.

1. Oil Change: Holms Service Station 516-868-1123
Deal: $19.96 for an oil change. Includes up to four quarts of recommended oil/grade (synthetic oils are extra with this coupon), and most filters. Plus, a 27-point inspection.
Good through: April 4

2. Kid's Shoes: Stride Rite striderite.com
Deal: Get ready for the spring BOGO sale. Buy any select footwear and receive 50 percent off the second item, of equal or lesser value. See store for details. Can't get to the store? Visit their website and receive 20 percent off your purchase of $50 or more with the code SPRING20.
Good through: April 3

3. Printing Services: The UPS Store theupstore.com
Deal: UPS is celebrating the NCAA Final Four with print madness. Get four color print for a $1 (just $0.25 each.) See store for details.
Good through: April 15

4. Groceries: Stop and Shop stopandshop.com
Deal: With your Stop and Shop card this week, you can

• Get a coupon for a free gallon of milk when you purchase four General Mills brand cereals in the same transaction (Select varieties only, 8.7 to 14 oz. boxes).
• Two for $5 fresh strawberries, blueberries or blackberries
• Two for $4 Yoplait and Yoplait Yo-Plus four-pack yogurts
• Four for $10 Healthy Choice Complete Meals or Cafe Steamers
• $10 for 10 deals, include Brach's Jelly Beans, Stop & Shop Steam Ready frozen vegetables, Stop & Shop kosher cranberry sauce, Rice-a-Roni and more.

*Win free groceries for a year! Just shop between March 25 and April 14 with your Stop & Shop card to be automatically entered to win.
Good through: March 31

5. Dinner Combos: Chicken Carnival chickencarnival.com
Deal: The newly-renovated local eatery is offering coupons for family meal combos, including:

• Super carnival: for $25.99 plus tax get 16 pieces of freshly-cooked chicken – fried, grilled or BBQ, three side orders of cornbread or dinner rolls
• Just chicken: for $23.99 plus tax get 20 pieces of chicken
• Just chicken: for $9.99 plus tax for eight pieces of chicken (Monday through Wednesday).
• Combo pack: for $23.99 plus tax get eight pieces of chicken, eight flame-broiled ribs, two side orders of cornbread or dinner rolls.

See Merrick Pennysaver for coupons.
Good through: April 30