Dempster's Great White Bread Taste-Off Contest, Chance to win $10,000

Share your favourite ways to enjoy Dempster’s White Bread by submitting your own unique recipe along with a photo of your creation for the chance to WIN $10,000 in the Dempster’s Great White Bread Taste-Off.

Contest closes on March 22, 2012.

To enter the contest, click here

M&M MAX Member Exclusive Contest - Win a Family Vacation - Ends March 31, 2012

During the month of March 2012, M&M Max Members can enter for a chance to win a Family Vacation to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, approximate value $4000.

2 Ways to Enter:

1. Use your M&M MAX card at participating M&M Meat Shops stores from Thursday, March 1, 2012 until closing on Saturday, March 31, 2012, and your purchase will automatically register one (1) electronic contest entry ballot into the Contest. Maximum one (1) entry per transaction, per day, per household. Gift Card only purchases are not automatically entered.

2. Submit a “no purchase” entry by sending your complete name, address and home telephone number (include area code) and M&M MAX card number (if available), along with a 50-100 word essay telling us why you would like a vacation in Punta Cana, to M&M Meat Shops Head Office “Trip to Punta Cana Contest”, P.O. Box 2488, Kitchener, Ontario N2H 6M3. Limit of one (1) “no purchase” entry per envelope with sufficient postage. To be eligible to win, mail-in entries must be must be postmarked by Saturday, March 31, 2012 and received by close of business Thursday, April 5, 2012.

* Gift Card purchases are not eligible

For complete contest rules, click here

Shoppers Drug Mart Spend Your Points Event (March 10-11)

This weekend you can get up to $200 worth of free stuff at Shoppers Drug Mart, when you spend your Shoppers Optimum points.

It's all happening on March 10 and March 11. Spend 50,000 points to receive up to $100 off, that's an extra $15 in savings, or spend 95,000 points to receive up to $200 off your purchase total, that's $30 extra!

*Taxes are payable on the full purchase price prior to the application of the discount reward. Offer is a reduction off your total pre-tax purchase price of products eligible for point redemption. Points are not redeemable for cash or credit.

Click here to find your nearest SDM location

Free March Break Swimming in AB, ON, QC Through April 15, 2012

During March Break, Tim Hortons Restaurant Owners proudly sponsor March Break Free Swim in the provinces of Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. Free swimming is happening at select pools from March 5 through April 15, 2012.

It's the last day for Quebec, but Ontario and Alberta have a lot of available dates. Click on the links below to see the venues and event dates/times.

Alberta Swimming

Ontario Swimming

Québec Swimming

To view the entire free swim events details, click here

Tim Hortons Free March Break Skating in Ontario (March 9-16)

Tim Hortons is offering Ontarians is select communities FREE skating during March Break, March 9 through March 16. Here's a list of the arenas, event dates and times:

Alliston

New Tecumseth Recreation CentreMarch 13 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
March 14 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
March 15 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Nottawasaga Inn Centre Ice SportsplexMarch 12 11:00 am - 12:50 pm
March 14 11:00 am - 12:50 pm

Bolton

Albion Bolton Community Centre & ArenaMarch 12 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
March 13 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
March 14 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
March 15 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
March 16 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm

Collingwood

Eddie Bush Memorial ArenaMarch 12 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
March 16 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Cornwall

Benson Centre- Pad #2March 12 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
March 13 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
March 14 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
March 15 1:10 pm - 2:30 pm
March 16 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Long Sault ArenaMarch 11 2:30 pm - 3:50 pm
March 12 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm
March 13 2:30 pm - 3:50 pm
March 15 7:00 pm - 7:50 pm
March 16 9:30 am - 10:30 am

Dunnville / Smithville / Cayuga

Cayuga ArenaMarch 12 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
March 13 10:00 am - 11:00 am
March 14 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
March 15 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
March 16 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Dunnville ArenaMarch 12 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
March 13 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
March 14 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
March 15 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
March 16 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
West Lincoln ArenaMarch 09 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
March 12 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
March 13 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
March 14 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
March 15 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
March 16 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Ennismore & Lakefield

Ennismore Community CentreMarch 16 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm
Lakefield-Smith Community CentreMarch 13 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm

Erin

Erin Community CentreMarch 13 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
March 15 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Perth

Lanark Community Centre
March 11 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
March 13 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
March 14 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
March 16 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
March 18 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Perth and District Community CentreMarch 13 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
March 14 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
March 16 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
March 16 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Westport Community CentreMarch 12 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
March 13 9:00 am - 10:30 am
March 14 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
March 16 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Stayner

Stayner ArenaMarch 13 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
March 15 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
March 18 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm 

 

New Tecumseth / Schomberg / Caledon

Beeton Memorial ArenaMarch 13 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
March 15 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Lloyd Wilson ArenaMarch 12 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
March 13 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
March 14 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Tottenham Community CentreMarch 12 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
March 14 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
March 16 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Trisan Centre - SchombergMarch 12 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
March 14 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
March 16 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

See the Tim Hortons site for any schedule changes

Red Plum Canada Coupon Insert (March 10, 2012)

Thanks to our forum member CouponClipper for submitting this photo of the current Red Plum Canada Coupon Insert found in various newspapers in around March 7-11.

There's a big selection of coupons in this RedPlum insert but a few are specific to the Greater Toronto Area as marked:

$1.00 off VH Indian Market Sauce
$2.50 When You Buy 2 VH Indian Market Sauce
$3.00 off Vileda Bee Mop
$3.00 off Vileda Fibro Contact Mop
$2.00 off Vileda Super Twist Mop
$2.00 off Vileda Oskar Broom
$3.00 When You Buy 2 Tide or Downy products
$0.50 off Tide-To-Go or Tide Stain Release
$0.50 off Tide Washing Machine Cleaner
$2.00 off Downy Unstoppables
Buy 1 Get 2nd Extra 50% off at The Shoe Company
$1.00 off Nature’s Bounty Product
$1.50 off any 12oz bag of Seattle's Best Coffee
$1.00 off Tazo Filterbag Tea 24ct or Latte Concentrate
$0.75 off any Lysol all-purpose Cleaner Trigger or Dilutable
$1.00 When You Buy 2 Lysol Toilet Bowl cleaner
$1.00 When You Buy 2 Lysol products (excludes wipes)
$4.00 off a $20 PC prepaid long distance card
$5.00 off any $25 order before taxes at 241 Pizza (There's 2 of these)
Free Medium 1 Topping Pizza wub a Medium 3 Topping Pizza at regular price
Free Large 1 Topping Pizza wub a Large 3 Topping Pizza at regular price
Buy 1 Get 1 50% off Breakfast at Egg Smart*
Buy 1 Get 1 50% off Lunch at Egg Smart*
$2.00 off any breakfast at Egg Smart*
$2.00 off any lunch at Egg Smart*

*Coupons that are only valid in the GTA and/or surrounding areas

For the 2012 Red Plum distribution schedule and newspaper listing, click here

Congratulations To Our February Member of the Month Winner!

It's a pleasure to announce that the lucky Member of the Month winner for February is Centsable! Congratulations on a job well done! Centsable was nominated by her peers to win the $25 gift card and $5 cash rewards prize. Centsable chose an M&M Meats $25 gift card and the cash rewards can be used to redeem for gift cards and other prizes at less than the face value.

Some of the techniques Centsable uses to save money and live a frugal lifestyle include:

- Finding and redeeming free product coupons
- Only using cents off coupons for products she buys anyways
- Keeping coupons organized is the key to saving more money
- Buying machine washable clothing in timeless mix and match styles
- Completing shopping trips at the fewest possible locations and price matching wherever possible

Some of the comments that were received with Centsable's nominations include:

- She has great ideas for saving money
- Very helpful to the members
- Volunteers her time to the site
- Always positive and encouraging
- She is hard working, has some great ideas and contributes a lot to the board

We want you to join our forum too! Click here to register. We have lots of member exclusive goodies and freebies, but you can't get them if you aren't a participating member!

2 Weeks Free at Curves With Avon Purchase

The latest Avon catalogue has an advertisement for 2 weeks free at Curves. To be eligible for the offer, you must make a purchase of any Curves item from pages 118-121 and bring your receipt to a Curves location. You'll receive a two-week pass for yourself and a friend.

Need an Avon Rep? Click here to request an independent agent contact you

Big Donation To Clearview Public Library

On March 7, Freebies Deals And Rewards made a huge donation of new resources to our local library. The Clearview Public Library was the lucky recipient of nearly $3000 in brand new children's books, novels, hardcovers, movies and puppets. This donation lot was accumulated over the years through deals found at promotional sales, using coupons and checking clearance and closeout sales.

32 hand puppets were donated, including Clifford The Big Red Dog, Franklin The Turtle, plus a range of animals and insects. Puppets are great for bringing life to stories! Our library has storytelling for the kids, so these should be a wonderful addition to the programmed events.

 

 There were 40 finger puppets for storytelling enhancement too! From Franklin The Turtle to Canadian animals to the 5 little ducks plus many more. The librarian at our branch made us feel good when she asked if we would mind the library using these in the fundraising auction or as prizes for events. This donation was made to our library to help with needed resources or funding other necessary resources as they see fit. We're just ecstatic that we can make such a contribution!!

 

 The children's books included great authors such as: Mercer Mayer, Dr. Seuss, Robert Munsch, Margret and H.A. Rey, Eric Carle, plus many more. Including partial series such as: Franklin The Turtle, Curious George, The Berenstain Bears, Disney and more totalling 53 kids hardcover and board books, plus 76 kids softcover books.

Another 45 books and novels for older readers were also in this donated lot. Libraries have a vast selection of media types these days, so we also included 34 DVD's, 2 audiobooks and a chunky board puzzle to help children learn the food groups produced by the Dairy Farmers of Canada. 

Since we we're already making the donation of the new resources, we gathered a few books, magazines, and a Nintendo Wii game that have already been enjoyed by us, for others in our community to enjoy as well. It's really great to help out others! The entire lot contained over 275 brand new resources and 11 lightly used resources.

Using your local library to borrow books, movies, games, etc is a superb way to save money. Our library system has saved us tons of cash over the years. We borrow reference books, novels and movies that we would otherwise buy. My husband likes to watch 1-2 movies per day, when he can, so the costs really pile up over a period of time using any other method than borrowing. If you haven't visited your local library in a while, Google them or drop in to see what they have to offer. You might be surprised! Some large cities even have museum passes on loan! With March Break starting tomorrow, this is an excellent time to check out your local library's March Break programming.

Spring Fling at Promenade - Free Fitness, Free Manicures And More (Thornhill, ON - March 12 & 14)

With March Break starting this weekend, the free activities are popping up all around, as well as inexpensive events too! Join Promenade for their 'Spring Fling' from March 12 through March 15. 

Here's the list of spring fling event taking place:

What: Free Family Manicures at Curio Hair + Body
When: Monday March 12, 2012
Times: 1pm to 3pm and 7pm to 9pm
Where: Centre Court
Cost: FREE
Register: Visit Curio Hair & Body at Promenade or call 905.731.3600

What: Cupcake Decorating by Open Kitchens by Richtree
When: Tuesday March 13, 2012
Times: 1pm to 2pm
Where: Centre Court
Cost: $15 per child
Restrictions: Limit 25 spaces
Register: Please visit Guest Services or call 905.764.0020
 
What: Free Zumba Dance by Women's Fitness Clubs of Canada
When: Wednesday March 14, 2012
Times: 1:30pm to 2pm and 2:30pm to 3pm
Where: Centre Court
Cost: FREE
Restrictions: Limited to 25 spaces per session, children ages 6-12, must wear proper footwear 
Register: Visit guest services to register

What: Cupcake Decorating by Open Kitchens by Richtree

When: Thursday March 15, 2012
Times: 1pm to 2pm
Where: Centre Court
Cost: $15 per child
Restrictions: Limit 25 spaces
Register: Please visit Guest Services or call 905.764.0020

REGISTER for these events by visiting Guest Services (located at the Bathurst Street entrance).

Click here to view event details online