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If you're looking to buy a fine dinnerware set without spending a big chunk of change, you might want to check out Replacements Ltd.'s huge sidewalk sale June 26-28.

The sale will feature discounts up to 75 percent.

Lenox china and Johnson Brothers pieces will be offered at special discounts. You'll also find deals on other patterns of china, silver, crystal and collectibles, plus bargains in the building's 12,000-square-foot showroom.

Replacements Ltd. is located at 1089 Knox Road, McLeansville. Call 697-3000 or click here for more details.

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For all you summer shutterbugs out there, you might want to zoom in on this deal if you're in the hunt for a new digital camera that also shoots great video.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX150 compact digital camera is $213.54 at www.buy.com (regularly $299). It shoots pictures at an impressive resolution of 14 megapixels.

Jerry Wolford, a News & Record photographer, told me about the deal. His daughter also has a camera and loves it.

"To me, it is the best point-and-shoot camera on the market," Wolford said.

Some highlights pointed out by Wolford: Video quality is amazing. You can shoot in high definition (720p at 24 frames per second). You can also take pictures in 16:9 format.

The camera ranked seventh out of 29 point-and-shoots in the subcompact category in a new Consumer Reports magazine survey. Subcompacts can fit in a purse or pocketbook.

The survey, featured in the magazine's July issue, examined 77 cameras.

Now, what will you do with all the pictures you've taken? Take advantage of a great deal at CVS. Get 50 free prints when you open an account and add your ExtraCare card number.

Details are available at cvsphoto.com. 

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There are some good deals at grocery stores this week. Unless otherwise noted, deals end Tuesday, except for Aldi which ends Monday:

* Buy one Harris Teeter brand ice cream, get two free. The store is also doubling manufacturers' coupons up to 99 cents (limit 20).

* A gallon of milk is $2.49 at Lowes Foods (limit four), which also doubles manufacturers' coupons up to 99 cents (limit 20).

* Split chicken breasts are 97 cents a pound at Food Lion.

* Fruit is on sale at Aldi: cantaloupe ($1.49), Del Monte gold pineapple ($1.69), strawberries ($1.49 a pound), Del Monte bananas (45 cents a pound) and seedless watermelon ($3.99).

* Boneless ribeye steak is $4.99 a pound at Compare Foods.

* $10 off all deli platters at Food Lion that are more than $15 (Saturday and Sunday only).

* Buy one Tombstone frozen pizza, get one free at Lowes Foods.

* 18-packs of Bud Light, Miller Lite and Coors Light are $8.88 at Harris Teeter.

* Buy one Marie Callender's frozen dinner or entree, get one free at Food Lion. 

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