I promise this will be the last post about the Festival until next year! I wrote a quick recap on the Frugal Festival blog, including dozens of photos. Thanks for a great Festival!
Wow! The Festival is finally here! We’ll see you this Saturday, June 25 in LA for free food, coupon lessons, and lots of tricks to cut your grocery bill.
You CAN buy tickets at the door, though it’s quicker to get yours in advance through Goldstar.
Please stop by the BargainBabe.com table and introduce yourself!
Julia
aka Bargain Babe

Just two days to Frugal Festival Food! Saturday 6/25 in LA!!!!
Two days to Frugal Festival Food!!! I flew in yesterday and am running today around making last minute preparations for the Festival Saturday. Can’t wait to see you there!
Frugal Festival Food! is all over the news! Check me out Friday night at about 7 p.m. on NBC 4 for a preview of raffle prizes and more!
Winners of The Coupon Wallet swag have been announced!
We compiled a complete list of raffle and door prizes at Frugal Festival Food! this Saturday, June 25, in LA. Yowza!
Did you win one of two copies of “Money-Saving Recipes” in yesterday’s giveaway? Winners have been announced.
Final ONLINE Festival cookbook giveaway is today for “$5 Dinner Mom.” We saved a good one for last.
Today’s cookbook giveaway is for “Money Saving Recipes,” which you can also nab as a door prize at Frugal Festival Food! this Saturday in LA if you get there early (doors open at 11 a.m.)
The winners of Friday’s giveaway of “Wildly Affordable Organic” have been announced!
Test your coupon know-how in the Albertsons and Shortcuts Coupon Challenge at the Festival! Guess what the prize is?

Win a $100 Target gift card in the 11:30 am raffle on June 25 at Frugal Festival Food! Credit: Mattastic!/Flickr
Door prizes are first come first serve starting at 11 a.m. on June 25 at Frugal Festival Food! For a timeline of important Festival events, like the 11:30 a.m. $100 Target gift card raffle, go here.
I totally want to win the cookbook in today’s giveaway! Here’s your chance to win “Wildly Affordable Organic.”
The winners of “Gluten-free on a Shoestring” have been announced!

Win this book today at FrugalFestival.com
WE ARE HAVING A FOOD SWAP AT FRUGAL FESTIVAL FOOD! on June 25 in LA. Wahoo!
Don’t forget to enter your recipe in our contest to win fabulous prizes!
A new site makes saving money on groceries easy and helps you plan your grocery trips.
The winners of yesterday’s contest for “Vegan on the Cheap” have been announced!
Today’s lightening giveaway is for “Gluten-free on a Shoestring.” Don’t miss out!
We are super psyched to announce there will be a food swap at Frugal Festival Food on June 25!!! Make sure to reserve a spot now.

Tips on preserving summer fruit at the Festival!
Want to learn how to preserve summer produce that is ridiculously low-priced? Albertsons specialist Heidi Diller will show you how at Frugal Festival Food! on June 25 in LA.
Today’s book giveaway is for “Vegan on the Cheap.” Contest ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. EST so make sure to comment today for a chance to win.
Comments poured in for yesterday’s contest to win “Poor Girl Gourmet.” The five winners have been announced!
Don’t miss the first ever festival to save money on food! Frugal Festival Food! is June 25 in LA and supports the LA Regional Food Bank. Get your tickets now!
The five winners of “Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half” have been announced on the Frugal Festival site!
Today’s book giveaway is for “Poor Girl Gourmet,” a cookbook that sticks to a $15 per meal budget.Contest ends 11:59 p.m. EST tonight, June 14, 2011.
More free food announced at this year’s Frugal Festival Food! Libertine will be passing out bacon-wrapped tater tots at the in-person event June 25 in Canoga Park. That line is going to be long!

The original pizza salad
The ONLINE Frugal Festival kicks off today with two events:
- A Recipe Contest to win $25 Restaurant.com gift cards, AllRecipes memberships, and a copy of the Frugal Festival eCookbook.
- A Daily Book Giveaway to win Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half. FIVE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW!
I couldn’t help it, but I already entered a recipe for pizza salad, pictured above, into the contest. All details for how to win the Recipe Contest and Daily Book Giveaway are on the Frugal Festival event website. Use the above links to access them.
If you are in LA on June 25, make sure to get tickets to the in-person Frugal Festival Food!
Bummed you can’t make it in person to Frugal Festival Food! on June 25 at Canoga Park High School in LA? No worries!
Frugal Festival Food! is coming to you…ONLINE!
Details on the Frugal Festival blog!
Big news! The Frugal Festival Food! raffle includes a whopping $300 Albertsons gift card. That would feed my family for an entire month!
Plus, the amazing Yozen Frogurt will be handing out FREE samples!!!
Start saving your coupons! We’re going to have a coupon exchange at Frugal Festival Food! on June 25 in LA.
Plus, Homestead Hardware is going to demonstrate how a solar oven works.
Other activities include a coupon class, a recipe exchange, free face painting, fresh fruit samples, a canned good drive for the LA Regional Food Bank, a nutrition IQ class, and a free raffle with 136 prizes worth almost $3,000! Plus, lots more to come!
Want to become an Extreme Couponer? Save tons of money on groceries and toiletries with expert couponer Tia of Tia Saving Cents, who is leading the coupon class at Frugal Festival Food! on June 25 in LA. The class is free and space is limited.
Plus, Starbucks donated two raffle prizes each worth about $30. Coffee addicts rejoice! We now have 136 raffle and door prizes worth almost $3,000!










