Cheap Post Cereal @ Albertsons

Thanks to Holly for pointing this out and Erin @ I am frugal for the details!!! Thanks ladies!!! I also heard there are many more varieties that were not listed at the same price (all Post of course). **Below is all from Erin's blog!**

There is a large variety of Post cereals on sale this week at most Albertsons stores for $1.57 a box when you buy 2 boxes. There is also a great Catalina deal going on where if you buy 5 boxes of Post cereal you will receive a coupon for $5 off your next shopping order. PLUS, there are a few great coupons for $1/2 in the 3/1 and 3/29 SmartSource inserts. Combine all these things together and you have a GREAT deal on some yummy cereals.

Here is how it works:

Buy 5 boxes of Post Cereal (make sure you are getting the ones that are included in the deal)
Use 2 $1/2 coupons from the 3/1 or 3/29 SmartSource inserts
Spend $6.35 plus tax out of pocket
Get a $5 catalina off your next shopping order
Final Price: $.17 each after coupons and catalina!!

And, the best part about this deal is that you can keep rolling your catalina. So, buy 5 boxes of cereal and pay $6.35 out of pocket the first time and then you can keep going back and getting more boxes and pay for them with your catalinas!

Even if you don't have any of the $1/2 coupons this would still be a GREAT deal. Your cereal would come out to about $.65 per box!!!

To see more of Albertson's Deals for the week make sure to check out their deals HERE!

CVS, Albertsons, VONS & Target Trip

I went out last night to take advantage of some deals before some of my coupons expired. Here is what I did!!!

**CVS**

$2.79 - Sally Hansen Nail Polish
$2.79 - Sally Hansen Nail Polish
-2.79 - Buy one get one Sally Hansen
-3.00 - CVS Q from a booklet exp. 3/31 (Both FREE!)

$2.79 - Sally Hansen Nail Polish
$2.79 - Sally Hansen Nail Polish
-2.79 - Buy one get one Sally Hansen
-3.00 - CVS Q from a booklet exp. 3/31 (Both FREE!)**was tempted to do more!**

$0.25 - Filler Notebook clearanced

$0.25 - Filler Shopping list for the fridge

$5.99 - Glade Lasting Impressions (get $1 back in ecbs)
-1.00 - CVS Q from coupon machine
-4.00 - Manufacture's Q from 3/29 insert

$2.99 - Action Scrubbing Bubbles starter kit (FREE)
-2.75 - Internet Printable
-1.00 - CVS Q from coupon machine

$1.99 - Paas Easter Egg coloring kit (get $1.99 ecb back)

$3.99 - Soft Soap refill (buy 2, get $4 ecb's)
-2.00 - Manu. Q from a couple weeks ago
$3.99 - Soft Soap refill
-2.00 - Manu. Q from insert

$5.49 - Veet Shaving Gel (buy $10, get $5 ecb's back)
-2.00 - Veet IP
$5.49 - Veet Shaving Gel
-2.00 - Veet IP

$2.38 - J&J Buddies Soap
-2.00 - 2 $1/1 expired 3/31

-5.00 - $5 off $30 purchase from coupon machine
-9.49 - Ecb's from prior purchases

-0.85 subtotal
$1.70 tax

$0.85 OOP!

Got back $11.99 ecb's!
Saved $51.82

***********Albertsons*************

$8.00 - 8 Barilla Pastas (10 for $10)
-1.00 - Free pasta ~ Not sure where this came from, but makes me happy!
-4.00 - 8 $0.50/1 inserts from LA Times 3/29

$3.00 OOP

Saved $14.52

**************VONS****************

1st transaction:

$14.00 - Kraft Dressings $2 ea (when you buy 10, goes to $1.50)
- 10.50 - Kraft Dressings from 3/29 insert (Ended up being FREE)
$ 4.00 - Aqua Pods water
+ 0.80 - CRV
-1.00 - $1/2 catalina for water
-5.00 - instant savings
$1.25 - cake mix (goes to $0.75 w/ sale)
-0.70 - $0.35/1 doubled (ended up costing me $0.05!
$2.85 OOP, got $2 catalina for next purchase (SAVINGS $36.11!! 93%)


2nd transaction:
$20.00 - 10 aqua pods
$4.00 - CRV
- 5.00 - Instant Savings
- 5.75 - in q's
$12.75 OOP, got $10 in cats (Savings $23.15, 64%)

*************Target**************

we needed some diapers and I wanted to use the $3/1 Huggies Natural Care Products! The smaller jumbo packs were the better deal per diaper!

$9.99 - Huggies Diapers
-3.00 - IP Natural Care
$9.99 - Huggies Diapers
-3.00 - IP Natural Care

$5.49 - Huggies Natural Care refill
-3.00 - Huggies IP Natural Care

$2.00 - Gillette Men's Body Wash (FREE)
-2.00 - P&G insert $2/1 expired today

$0.97 - J&J Buddies Soap (FREE)
-1.00 - J& J Q

$2.20 tax
$18.64 OOP

Saved $13.10!

Albertsons ~ Thank you General Mills!

Finally got to do the General Mills Promo. I did 5 transactions.

I ended up with:

1 box of Cheerios
1 bag of Chex Mix
1 bottle of CoffeeMate
1 bag of Celery
4 boxes of Betty Crocker Warm Delights
8 boxes of Toaster Strudels
6 cans of Pillsbury Grands
2 cans of Cinn. Rolls
12 boxes of Gushers (fruit snacks)
12 cans of Progresso Soup
4 boxes of Brownie Mixes

$38.88 OOP! (ave of $0.75 per item)
TOTAL SAVINGS ~ $139.80 ~ 75%!!

I used each transaction to get the $10 off next purchase. So I still have $10 for next week! I plan on using the soups for easy lunches for me. I have been craving chocolate lately. Sigh. So this should be a good fix.

Quick Albertson & CVS Run

Well, we really needed some chicken breasts for this month...so I hit up Albertsons. Here is what I got.

$6.50 - 4 Huge Chicken Breasts (3.63 lbs)
$6.41 - 4 Huge Chicken Beasts (3.58 lbs) ~ we split them and freeze them in 2s.
$2.85 - Ground Hamburger (just reduced - 1.91 lbs $1.49/lb)
$2.64 - Ground Hamburger (just reduced - 1.77 lbs $1.49/lb)
$2.38 - Ground Hamburger (just reduced - 1.60 lbs $1.49/lb)

$1.00 Kids GUM double pack toothbrush
-1.00 $1/1 any Gum Q (FREE)
$1.00 Kids GUM double pack toothbrush
-1.00 $1/1 any Gum Q (FREE)
$1.00 Kids GUM double pack toothbrush
-1.00 $1/1 any Gum Q (FREE)

$4.24 Oil of Olay 6 pack soap on closeout for 50% off (wish I had a Q!!!)

$1.50 Honey Nut Cheerios (2 for $3)
$1.50 Honey Nut Cheerios (ended up $0.50 ea)
$1.50 Honey Nut Cheerios
-3.00 $3/3 any GM Cereals (THANKS WENDY!)

$1.35 1 Cantaloupe (which was excellent by the way!)

$0.56 tax

$28.43 OOP ( $20.78 was in meat alone!)

$31.59 Total Savings, 47%

$16.49 Bonus Buy Savings
$ 9.10 Preferred Savings
$ 6.00 Manfu. Q's

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So after my Albies Deals I went next door to CVS! I was so tired and it was getting late. I had no brain power to do any math. I usually have a game plan, but this was on the fly. I'm just glad I had my Gift card from Oil of Olay to use! So I had no OOP!

$9.00 (3 glade oil refills/candles refills)
$3.79 (glade, weird, but they printed my ecbs later, was in old packaging w/ free warmer)
-3.00 BOGO glade
-2.00 2- $1/1 candle refills
$19.99 KY
- 5.00 Q
$1.49 CVS Dry Skin (had CRT that was for $1 off, she said she put it in, nope, it did not come off!)
-13.99 Ecbs
$1.57 tax
$11.85 total on gift card ( I should of broke up the transactions, but was just done shopping!)

Got $10.00, $5 & $1 ecbs for next trip.

$28.06 Savings This Trip
$93.93 Year to Date Savings!

Albertsons Deals 2/4-2/10

Here are the deals I see!!!!

8 Hour Sale (1-9pm):

Kellogg's cereals 2 for $3 (the smaller boxes)
-Frosted Mini Wheats 16 oz
-Corn Flakes 12 oz
-Fruit Loops 8.7 oz
Pop-Tarts
Yogo's or Fruit Snacks
Rice Krispies Treats

2 for $1 Sylvania Soft White Light Bulbs

$4.49 Pepsi, Diet Pepsi or Sierra Mist 24 pack

$1.79/lb Fresh Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
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Weekly Sale

FREE Butler G.U.M toothbrushes (10 for $10)
~02/01 RP $1/1 toothbrush

$0.39/lb Cantaloupes

$0.99/lb Italian/Yellow Squash

2 for $4
Quaker Oatmeal Squares
~01/04 RP $0.50/1
=$1.5o each

Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix
~01/04 RP $1.00/2 aunt jemima mix/syrup
=2 for $3

2 for $5
Aunt Jemima Syrup
~01/04 RP $1.00/2 aunt jemima mix/syrup
=2 for $4

$19.99 Huggies "Big Pack"
(ad shows size 3 - 100 diapers, use $1.50 Q = $0.18/diaper size 3)
Price to beat on size 3 = $0.23/diaper
~01/11 SS $1.50/1 huggies diapers

10 for $10 deals:
-Wild Harvest Organic Beans (IP HERE)
-Hunts Tomatoes 14.5 oz
-Hunts Spaghetti Sauce 26-26.5 oz
**HUNTs IP (HERE) print 2 times $1.00/3
-Del Monte Tomatoes 14.5 oz
-Dole Mandarin Oranges
-Lipton or Knorrs "Sides"
~01/18 RP $1.00/3, = 3 for $2
-Pizza Rolls
~IP Here $0.55/1 (push page back to print 2) = $0.45 ea.

HURRY HURRY, Last Day to do the Albertson's Diaper & Wipes Deal!!!

I went today and got 6 packs of Pampers Cruisers diapers (30 ea.) for $20.88...

The breakdown:
$20.88 / 180 = $0.116 per diaper!

I also got the Pampers wipes...

The breakdown:
$16.33 / estimated 1200 (6*200) = $0.014 (rounded)
It's crazy to think we are throwing away a penny a wipe! Time to cut down mommas! The less the better for the pocket and the environment. =)

Total Receipt Savings $90.38!!!

I only spent $37.21...which should've only spent $34, but the cashier didn't scan 3 of my $1 off coupons. I thought she did, but didn't when I looked at the receipt. Oh well! Still a huge deal.

I hope some of you got in the on the deal...you have today left if you didn't!

Just a Quick Note ~ Albertsons Milk/Kelloggs Deal

The Albertsons Cereal/Milk deal:

Free Gallon of Albertsons Milk (With In-ad Q) at the checkout when you purchase any FOUR participating Kellogg's Cereals and/or Cereal Straws.

Now thru Nov 27

Q's to use:
$1/1 Any Kellogg's Product (IP HERE)

$1/1 Kellogg's Rice Krispies, Frosted Mini Wheats or Crispix, Any 10 Oz. +- 11/09 RP

$1/1 Kellogg's Froot Loops, Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Cocoa Krispies, Frosted Flakes, or Cereal Straws, Any 8 Oz. + - 11/09 RP


Participating Products: Kellogg’s® Apple Jacks® Cereal 12.2 oz.; Kellogg’s® Corn Pops® Cereal 12.5 oz.; Kellogg’s® Corn Pops® Chocolate Peanut Butter Cereal 14.7 oz.; Kellogg’s® Froot Loops® Cereal 12.2 oz.; Kellogg’s® Froot Loops Smoothie® Cereal 12.3 oz.; Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes® Cereal 17 oz.; Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies® Cereal 10.53 oz.-18 oz., all flavors; Kellogg’s Raisin Bran® Cereal 20 oz.; Kellogg’s™ Cereal Straws, 8.8 oz., all flavors; Kellogg’s® Frosted Mini-Wheats® Cereal 16oz.-18 oz., all flavors; Kellogg’s® Mini-Wheats® Unfrosted Bite-Size Cereal 18 oz.; Kellogg’s® Grab’N Go Cereal Packs™, 5.3oz.-6.4 oz., all flavors
IN-AD COUPON EXPIRES NOVEMBER 27, 2008

Albertsons Sales ~ in progress

Fresh Turkey $0.99 with in-ad Q
Frozen BOGO w/ $25 purchase

$1.99 Nabisco Snack Crackers
$1.00/2 IP here Nabisco crackers

10 for $10 BirdsEye Steamfresh Vegetables
$1.00/3 BE Steamfresh Veggie or Rice 10/12 SS

$0.44 ea Swanson Broths (14 oz)
$1.00/6 any can Swanson Broth 11/9 SS
$0.25/4 any can Swanson Broth 11/9 SS
$0.35/4 any can Swanson Broth 11/9 SS
(DEAL: use the first Q, buy 6*0.44 ea=$2.64-$1=$1.64 for 6, $0.27 ea!!)

$1.49 Yukon Gold Potatoes (5 lb bag)

4 for $9 Coke, Pepsi, 7 up w/ in-ad Q
w/ min. $10 purchase

BOGO Lays Potato Chips w/ in-ad Q

2 for $6 Johnsonville Breakfast Sausage Links
Buy 2 and get $2.49 (max value) Albertsons Large Eggs @ checkout
$1/2 Johnsonville Breakfast Sausage 11/09 SS

$1.25 ea. Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese (4 for $5)
~ counts towards Kraft deal
$0.55/2 Philadelphia Cream Cheese - 11-02-08 SS
$0.50/2 Philadelphia Cream Cheese - 11-02-08 SS

2 for $4 Knudsen Buttermilk or Eggnog
$1.00/2 Knudsen Eggnog 11/16 RP

10 for $10 Minute Maid Premium Punch

Pillsbury Deal: buy 5 of the below get FREE Albertsons butter (8oz) at checkout
5 for $10
~Pillsbury Grands! Bisuits
$1.00/1 Grand biscuit IP (here) - you should get at least 2

~Pillsbury Pie Crust 15 oz or Ready to Bake! Cookie Dough
$.60/2 Pie Crust (IP here)

~Pillsbury Crescent Rolls or Cinnamon Rolls
$0.35/1 sweet rolls (IP here)
$0.35/1 cinnamon rolls (IP here)

There are a ton in 11/17 SS, I believe

$3.99 Apple, Dutch Apple or Pumpkin Pie (8 in)

$3.00 French's French Fried Onions (2 for $6)
$0.75/1 French's 11/09 SS
$0.50/1 French's 11/09 SS
$0.50/1 French's IP here

10 for $10 Mrs. Cubbison's Croutons
BOGO Mrs. Cubbison's Restaurant style croutons - 11/09 RP
~Deal is 2 for $1

4 for $2 Campbell's Gravy
$0.25/4 Campbell's Gravy, Any Beef, Chicken, Turkey - 11/09 SS

$1 each Zatarain's Rice
$1.25/3 Zatarains Rice, Pasta Mixes or Ready To Serve Sides 09/07 RP
$0.75/2 Zatarains Rice, Pasta Mixes or Ready To Serve Sides 09/07 RP

10 for $10
~Nestle Carnation Evaporated Milk
$0.50/2 Carnation (IP HERE)
$1.00/2 Carnation (IP HERE)
$0.50/2 Carnation 11/02 RP

~Campbell's Condensed Soup
$0.25/4 Campbells 11/09 SS
$1.00/4 Campbells 11/09 SS

~Keebler Pie Shells 6 oz
$0.25/1 Keebler Ready Crust Pie Crust, Any 11/09 RP

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Smucker's Deal: Buy 10 products, Save $5 instantly
~Pillsbury Cake Mix 10 for $10
$1.00/3 Pillsbury Cake Mix, Brownie Mix or Frosting - 09/07

~$3.50 Crisco spray or $2.99 Crisco Shortening sticks
$3.49 Crisco Veggie Oil
$1.00/2 any Crisco product 11/09 RP
$1.00/1 any Crisco product 11/09 RP
$0.55/1 any Crisco product 11/09 RP

~Pillsbury Frosting
$1.00/2 Pillsbury Brownie Mixes or Frostings, Any 11/09 RP
$0.75/2 Pillsbury Brownie Mixes or Frostings, Any 11/09 RP

~Eagle Brand Milk
$1.00/2 Eagle brand milk 11/09 RP
$0.55/1 Eagle brand milk 11/09 RP

~Pillsbury Flour

~Jif Peanut Butter
$0.35/1 Jif PB 11/09 RP
$0.55/1 Jif PB 11/09 RP
$1.00/2 Jif PB 11/09 RP
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10 for $10 Dole Pineapple, Mandarin Oranges, Tropical MF
$1.00/3 Dole Tropical Fruit or Mandarin Oranges 11/09 SS
$0.55/2 Dole Tropical Fruit or Mandarin Oranges 11/09 SS

pg 8 ad...free Albertsons milk w/ purchase when you buy 4 participating Kellogg's cereal and/or cereal straws

My Ralphs and Albertsons Scenarios

There are not a ton of coupon match-ups this week to Albertsons and still some stragglers for me for Ralphs. Here is what I plan to do:

Albertsons:
transaction #1
(taking advantage of the cereal deal & get free milk & $15 OYNO)
4 Cinnamon Toast Crunch($3 ea) $12.00 - $1/2 Q - $1/2 Q = $10.00
2 Honey Nut Cheerios ($3 ea) $6- $1/1 - $1/1 = $4.00
4 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks ($2.50 each) $10 - $.50/2 - $.50/2 = $9.00

The BC fruit snacks Q, one was from Sept. issue of Parents and the other I thought was from this last week's insert.

$23.00 Subtotal

(15.00) Catalinas from last week
$8.00 OOP, get $15 in Cats and should get free Milk Q also!

transaction #2
20 Cans of Hunts diced Tomatos (14.5 oz cans) ($1 each)

**could not find any IP's for this and I used all my MF last month**
I know it's an insane amount of cans, but they have whole, stewed and diced listed in the ad. I love having them in my pantry for adding to rice, casseroles, chilis, soups, crockpot dishes...whatever)

$20.00 subtotal
(15.00) from 1st Transaction
$5.00 OOP, get $10 in Cats

Total OOP $13.00 and will have $10 in Cats & Free Milk Q!
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Ralph's

Mix & Match deal...and I have a $5 off $75 purchase that I want to use

(note prices are before the $5 off mix and match)

$10.50 - 7 Hunt's 28 & 29 oz Tomatos (bigger cans than above)
$ 6.00 - 4 (18 oz) Quaker Oats
$ 6.00 - 4 Dial Hand Soaps
$ 6.00 - 4 Hefty zip bags
$ 8.00 - 4 Viva Paper towels
$ 2.50 - 1 Dan Active
$ 2.50 - 1 Activia ( I like these!)
$ 2.00 - 1 eagle brand milk
$ 3.00 - 1 Lysol spray (use them for sanitizing the trash cans!)
$ 5.00 - 2 Smuckers apricot Preserves
$ 2.50 - Pam spray
$ 5.00 - 2 (24pks) of water
$10.00 - Beef purchase (to use $2.50 off ralphs)
$ 6.00 - Fresh Veggies/Fruit - To get total to $75.00
$75.00 Subtotal

-5.00 $5 off $75 purchase
-1.00 Hunt's shortcuts.com e-coupon $1/5
-1.00 Quaker Oats ($.50/1 doubled) 10/19 SS
- .50 Quaker Oats $.50/1
- .50 Quaker Oats $.50/1
- .50 Quaker Oats $.50/1
- .60 Dial Soap ($.30/1 doubled) 10/05 SS
- .30 Dial Soap $.30/1
- .30 Dial Soap $.30/1
- .30 Dial Soap $.30/1
-1.00 Hefty One Zip ($.55/1 doubled) 09/28 RP
-1.00 Viva papertowels ($.50/1 doubled) 10/12 SS
- .70 Viva papertowels ($.35/1 doubled) 10/12 SS
- .50 Viva papertowels $.50/1
- .50 Viva papertowels $.50/1
-1.00 Danactive ($.50/1 doubled) 08/10 SS2
-1.00 Activia ($.50/1 doubled) 08/10 SS2
- .55 Eagle Brand (no doubling..boo!) 11/09 RP
-1.00 Lysol spray $1/1 11/9 SS
-1.00 Smuckers preserves ($.55/1 doubled) 09/07 RP
- .75 Pam (shortcuts.com) e-coupon
-2.50 off $10 beef purchase(Ralph's mailer)
$ 21.50 in Q's

$75.00 Orginal Total
- 21.50 Manu Q's
- 15.00 Mix & Match (auto Q)
+1.50 CRV
+ 1.78 Tax
$41.78 OOP (estimated due to CRV & fresh produce/meat purchases)

Albertsons Deals 11/5-11/11

Check out I am Frugal (here) to get the list of deals for this week. It's great...you can buy $29 worth of food before Q's and get $15 (3 - $5 catalina q's) off your next purchase. So technically, if you had a ton of matchable Q's, you could roll the deal a few times! Hope this helps! I might try to put my scenario on here later. =)

Albertsons 10/29-11/04 (work in progress)

Here's what stands out to me:

3 day only sale (10/29-10/31):

Coke, Pepsi or 7up ~ 4 for $11 plus CRV
~in-ad Q

$.99 Albertson Russet Potatoes w/ $10 purchase
~in-ad Q


All week sale:

Decent Chicken Sale ~ $.99/lb Split chicken breast with bone-in.
(Great for crock potting and making chicken salad ~ Add some mayo, (possibly slivered almonds, craisins or grapes and enjoy!

Pillsbury Cake Mix ~ 10 for $10
~ Q $.40/1 any cake/brownie or frosting (exp. 11/30)
= $.60 each

Pillsbury Frosting ~ 3 for $5
~ Q $.50/1 any one tub
= $1.17 each

Fleischmann's Yeast ~ 2 for $3
~ Q BOGO (used it yesterday...sorry)
= $1.50 for 2

Ronzoni (includes Smart Taste) ~ 4 for $5
~ Q $1/1 any Smart Taste Pasta
= $ .25 each

Sun-Maid Raisins (mini snacks-14 pk) ~ 10 for $10
~ Q $1/2 any 6 pk or mini snacks (exp. 11/30)
= $.50 each

Albertsons Croutons ~ 10 for $10
~ haven't tried them, but good price

Birds Eye Steamfresh Meal for 2 ~ 5.99
~ Q $1.50/1 (exp. 11/22)
= $4.49 each
I have not personally tried these yet!

Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage ~ 2 for $6
~ Q $1/2 (exp. 11/30)
= $5 for 2

Duncan Hines Oven Ready Brownies ~ 2 for $6
~ $.75/1 note: in freezer section (exp. 11/09)
= $2.25 each

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Cups & Haagen-Dazs ~ 10 for $10
YUMMY!