Five Ways to Save This Week

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 is 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.

Remember to check with the merchant for additional conditions:

Deal: Stop & Shop has a deal on chicken breasts, $1.99 a pound. And do your kids like grapes? Stop & shop is also having a deal on seedless grapes, 99 cents a pound.

Good Through: This week.

2. GENTLY LOVED BABY

Deal: Gently Loved Baby on Route 28 in Salem, N.H., is offering 50 percent off their item of the week -- winter coats. Visit http://www.gentlylovedbaby.com/  for more information.

Good Through: this week.

Deal: People who have the Yelp app for their smart phone can "check into" Sals on Howe Street and receive a Family Meal Deal for $19.99.

Good Through: This week.

4. MSPCA

Deal: MSPCA is celebrating National Pig Day Tuesday, with a special edition of their Little Bookworms Story Time. They'll read a short story about pigs and then serve up a giant fresh fruit salad for their two current pigs, Bobby and Danielle. So bring along an apple, banana or other fresh fruit to add to the salad. Gather at the the Rogers Family Training & Education Room at 12:30 p.m. for Story Time, but dress warmly for the visit to the Pig Barn. Little Bookworms Story Time is free to the public, and age-appropriate for infants and toddlers.  Learn more about our Little Bookworms Story Time by clicking here: http://www.mspca.org/adoption/methuen-nevins/education-programs/little-bookworms-story-time.html.

Good Through: Tuesday.

Deal: Kohl's Department Store is having a two-day sale Tuesday and Wednesday, with up to 50 percent off men's women's and kids' clothing as well as sheet sets.

Good Through: Tuesday and Wednesday.