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Frugal Family

Marietta Patch provides a selection of great bargains for the whole family each Wednesday morning.

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.

You are a big part of this column. Let us hear about the deals you've seen. Just add them to our comment box. Then come back each week and see what we've uncovered together.

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Spring is blooming with fresh new deals and activities.

This Easter week, Frugal Family scoured our local sources to come up with great deals on Easter candy, hams, groceries, Easter dresses,  shoes and decorations.

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Publix has a great two-for-one sale on many items this week including shrimp rings, strawberries, Oscar Mayer bacon, salad blends, Breyers ice cream, Cool Whip Sorrento Mozarella cheese, Dove Silky Smooth Eggs,  Reece’s Peanut Butter Eggs, Dunkin Hines Brownie mix and Kellogg’s Special K Cereal. Good through Sunday. All locations.

Kroger has a four-for-$11 sale on 12-pack Pepsi products, 10 for $10 on items including Birdseye steamed vegetables, Campbell’s cream of mushroom or chicken soups, Pilsbury cake mixes and Kroger jelly beans. Kroger spiral-sliced ham is $1.79 per pound through Sunday. All locations.

Belk’s big Easter Sales offers 65 percent off red dot tags, 40 percent off entire stock of children’s dresswear , sportswear, playwear, ladies dresses and baby dresses. Two-for-one on entire stock of men’s pants through Sunday. All locations.

Famous Footwear has 40 percent to 50 percent off women’s spring dress shoes/ sandals through Sunday. All locations.

Michael's Arts and Crafts at Town Center is moving, The existing location at 425 Barrett Parkway (next to Olive Garden) is offering 70 percent on most items in store.

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