May 12th - Schnucks, Jewel & Kroger

Got more General Mills cereals & Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks at Schnucks. I got:

5 Regular Cheerios
4 Fruity Cheerios
2 Lucky Charms
4 Fruit Gushers
15 Fruit Snacks

Total cost $33.80
Paid with:
$10 gift card
2 $3 cats (from previous trip)
$17.80 OOP (cash)

Walked away with:
(15) $3 cats
(6) cats for 1 PAIR of movie tickets

Went into Kroger for a sale on meat & produce. Here's what I came away with:
6 pkgs of boneless skinless chicken breasts ($1.77/lb - each package 2-4 lbs)
8 ears of sweet corn

Paid a total $24.03 OOP (cash)

Also went to Jewel-Osco. They have a beverage promo going on right now. Buy $20 of participating products (determined by regular price - not sale prices) and receive a cat for $5 off your next purchase. They also have a Con Agra deal going on where you buy $20 of participating products (regular price - not sale price) and receive a cat for $10. Between these deals I got:

4 Hebrew National beef hot dogs
12 2 Ltrs of Coke products
2 Smuckers ice cream toppings

Paid $5.86 OOP (cash) after coupons. I also received $15 worth of cats to use next time. In addition - I will send in the receipt on a Smuckers mail-in offer for $4 off movie rentals. So in the end - they paid me to take this stuff home!

May 10th, 2008 - Schnucks & Meijers

My mom alerted me of a deal at Meijers (actually she did the shopping for me) while she was shopping there.

They had Kraft Pasta Salad mixes on sale for 4 for $4. Each box had a peelie coupon for $0.50. The Meijers in town doubles coupons up to $0.50 - making each box FREE! She picked up 8 boxes for me. These will come in handy this summer when we go to potlucks, picnics, etc. The only thing you have to add is the mayo.

I also went to Schnucks because they had a General Mills/Betty Crocker cereal & fruit snacks deal going on. Here's the details: Buy any 2 and receive a $3 cat. There was also a movie deal on the same products: Buy any 5 and receive a cat coupon for 2 free movie tickets to any Warner Bros film. I took full advantage of both of these deals, sale prices, AND coupons and did great! Below are the details of what I got and what I spent:

5 boxes Fruity Cheerios
4 boxes Regular Cheerios
8 Fruit By the Foot
3 Fruit Gushers
19 Fruit Snacks

Spent $40.65 OOP
Have $30 in cats to use on anything in the store on my next visit.
Have 7 pairs of movie tickets (14 tickets total)

So in the end I ended up paying $10.65 for 14 movie tickets ($0.76 a ticket!!) and got free cereal & fruit snacks!

Actual cost would have been a lot cheaper (I would have been paid to take the stuff after the cats) if I would have bought all fruit snacks instead of mixing in the fruit by the foot & fruit gushers (these were not on sale).

May 8th, 2008 Jewel & Wal-Mart

Went to both Jewel & Wal-Mart last night. Here's what I got:

Jewel
12 Fiber One granola bars
4 Pop-Secret popcorn
2 Reese's Puffs cereal
2 Lucky Charms
cereal
2 Mac & Cheese popcorn seasoning ($1.50 each on sale)

Paid $2.22 OOP after Avenu, coupons & the instant savings on the General Mills deal.

Wal-Mart

Baby Gummy Bears
1 pr character socks
Kids fuzzy slippers (clearance)
2 pr kids sandals (clearance)
Cream Cheese (not pictured)
6 pk Bagels (not pictured)
1 Cheese Danish (clearance)
1 Peach Turnovers 4 pk (clearance)
2 Seasoning Salt (clearance)
Grape Jelly
Parmesan cheese
Big bag of french fries (not pictured)
Salsa
Sunflower seed kernels
3 lb Gardetto snack mix (clearance)
4 bananas
1 10oz can of espresso

Spent $36.26 OOP

Jewel 5/7/08

Did another round of the General Mills deal at Jewel.



8 Fiber One bars
4 Fruit Roll-Up
2 Fruit Stackers
2 Plastic Spoons
2 Reese's Puffs
2 Chex Chocolate
2 Chex Strawberry
2 Fiber-One yogurt 6 pks (not pictured)


Paid $5.72 OOP

Jewel 5/4/08

Jewel has a special sale on select General Mills products this week. When you buy 10 items you get $10 deducted from your bill automatically.

My friend and I made a quick trip to Jewel (after we left Walgreens) and I did 3 orders and got the following:

2 Scotch Brite toilet scrubbers (used Try Me Free coupons)
2 fresh pineapples (on sale for $1.99 each)
1 Dark Chocolate Chex Mix
1 Pop Secret Popcorn
10 Fiber One bars
6 Caribou bars
1 Lucky Charms
1 Reeses Puffs
2 Strawberry Chex
2 Chocolate Chex
6 Cinnamon Toast Crunch

I paid $3.60 OOP after coupons and instant savings.

Here's a visual of the items: