And no, I don’t mean just a deal for card-carrying Quakers, ha ha. This is why I get excited about oatmeal deals. First, I’ve been eating Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Maple & Brown Sugar, for almost 40 years. I just love it. And my hubby and kids love it. If we eat it, on a chilly morning like today: I eat 2 packets, Hubby eats 4, 4year old eats 2, 1 year old eats 1. That’s 9 packets a day and there are only 10 packets in a box! If I paid full price for it, that’s almost $130/month, just for oatmeal.

So, I won’t pay more than $1 a box and anything less than that is my stock up price. This is the time to stock up on oatmeal as it doesn’t really go on sale much during spring/summer months.

The Superfresh/A&P chains have a buy $20 worth, get $5 back. Working on shelf prices. If you’re lucky enough to have a store that has $4.19 and up for shelf price, get five to hit the $20 threshhold. Then, it’s on sale for $2 per box, so without coupons, you’ll pay $10, get $5 back. Use the $5 certificate to complete any further transactions, and you’ll pay $5 cash out of pocket, get $5 back.

There aren’t too many coupons out there to go with this unfortunately. There was a $2 printable if you can find it. In boxes of oatmeal, if you have any in your pantry, there are $0.75 coupons in some boxes and they will double. And, there might be coupons out for other products in the Quaker family. All Quaker cereals are included such as Life, not just the oatmeal. But good luck, and $1 per box is a good deal for this even without coupons.

Here’s a LINK that may get you some printables, I’m having trouble loading it. But you can always check out my friend Heidi’s site at Printable Coupon Spot.

And when you’ve got all the cereal you need, look for the Swanson chicken broth deal. I plan on rolling my catalinas into that, it’s hard to find deals for it.  And make sure you pick up a 1/2 of butter for $0.99. Unfortunately limit is 1, but it sure is better than Acme’s sale price. The Earthbound organic salad is a good price, so are the chicken breasts and the steaks.

Definitely Superfresh for my weekly trip this week!

Here’s a decent unadvertised deal:

McCormick Grinders is offering a catalina deal right now. Buy 2 get $1.50 on your next order, buy 3 get $3. It has been running at the national chains and I can confirm it is working at Acme. I bought 3-salt, pepper (the multi-colored peppercorns) and Italian seasoning. I only got $1.50, so not sure which variety is NOT working. I should have gotten $3.

But…at Avondale, there are $1 off 3 tearpads hanging in front of them. Buy 3 for $4.50, use the $1 coupon, so $3.50. Get $3 back, so $0.50 for 3! I am definitely going back for more this week, we use these a lot and they have long expiration dates.

If you don’t shop at Acme or Supervalu, check your stores. I know I saw it on HCW at both Kroger stores and Albertson’s.