Daily deals: Kitchen cleaning, Whole Foods, oil change and lawn care

Great deals today from KGB Deals, Living Social, Crowd Cut and Strib Steals.

September 13, 2011 at 2:05PM
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KGB Deals offers two hours of kitchen cleaning for $22 from Tim Doran House Cleaning. If you've purchased 2-4 hours of housekeeping from a daily deal site, you know that such a time allotment does not allow for oven or fridge cleaning. Here's your opportunity to get those chores tackled....by someone else. (Note: this is for Minnetonka residents only.)

Living Social tempts the daily dealster who usually shops at Cub or Aldi but occasionally likes to see apples so shiny you can see your reflection, a deli stocked with something besides fried chicken and potato salad, and an organic produce selection that rivals the conventional. Get $20 worth of merchandise for 410 at Whole Paycheck, er Whole Foods. No $20 won't go far at Whole Foods but after shopping at Aldi, WF is like visiting a

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greenhouse on a winter day. Try the 365 store brand and shop sale items to get the most for your money.

Why aren't there more oil changes and fewer spa treatments on the sites? Crowd Cut comes to your car's rescue with a deal for $12 or $15 in Apple Valley, Shakopee or Roseville. The link takes you to the Roseville deal, but you can click on the other oil deals

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on the Crowd Cut page.

Steals from the Star Tribune helps out the person with a modest-sized city yard of 2,000 square feet or less. For $35 you can get a core aeration and an organic fertilizer from Green Guardian. It's $91 for three weed applications, or $125 for complete lawn

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renovation. Fall is the best time to repair to a lawn.

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John Ewoldt is a business reporter for the Star Tribune. He writes about small and large retailers including supermarkets, restaurants, consumer issues and trends, and personal finance.  

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