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 will be 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.

1. KROGER

Deal: Kroger brand cream cheese $1.00  for an 8-ounce package or Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese for $1.49 at local Kroger stores. Just in time for all those Super Bowl recipes! Offer valid through Feb. 6.

2. BIKRAM YOGA

Deal: $20 for a week of unlimited yoga at Bikram Yoga on Center Street in downtown Northville. This is for new students only ... but the studio is open seven days a week and you can go all you want that first week! Offer valid idefinitely.

3. POPPY SHOPPE AT TWELVE OAKES

Deal: Get a jump on Valentine's Day with $10.00 off your holiday order of roses at the Poppy Shoppe at Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi. Just mention this advertisement in Hour Detroit Magazine to get the deal.

4. AMC LIVONIA

Deal: Discount movie concessions. At the AMC Livonia 20 movie theatres on Haggerty Road you can buy a concession voucher for $4 which is worth $5 in concessions. One voucher per ticket and it can only be purchased at the box office.

5. PAPA JOHN'S PIZZA

Deal: Papa John's is giving away free pizzas every 45 seconds on Super Bowl Sunday. Beginning at 10 a.m. ET on Feb. 6, every customer who places an order online will be eligible to win a free $45 Papa John’s gift card. The 45-Second Giveaway runs through Super Bowl XLV, ending at 9:59 p.m. Eastern.

And there's more: If the game goes into overtime Papa John’s is also giving away a free large pizza to everyone who registers in advance for Papa Points.