Cereal deals at Acme–better than I thought

This is how my cereal deals worked out.

Quaker oatmeal: On sale 5 for $10, must buy 5. I bought 6, so I could use 3 of my $1 off 2 coupons. Paid $8, getting $5 back in rebate. Makes final price $0.50 a box!!!! Woo hoo! Much better than the usual price of $3.50.

Kellogg’s: on sale 5 for $8, must buy 5. I bought ten. I only had 3 of the $1 off 2 coupons left. So final cost at Acme was $13, getting $10 back in rebate. Makes final prices $0.30 a box!

I had to ring up the Kellogg’s separately so that I would have a receipt for each rebate.

TIP: Just go ahead and cut off the UPC codes before you put the stuff away. I didn’t, and had to dig out all 15 boxes, cut the codes, then put away again. But I also usually do the rebates right away so I don’t forget about it. Rebate checks are a nice surprise to get in the mail.

CVS Sept 14-20

A few good things this week.

Purex: $2.99 with $1 ecb. Limit 5. So you can use the $1 off 2 coupon from a few weeks ago. I’m not crazy about Purex but for $1.50 a bottle, I’ll use it.

Revlon and Almay: Both are bogo this week, and there are lots and lots of coupons out there for both. Remember, on a bogo, you can use a coupon for each item, even the free one. This deal will make for some pretty cheap makeup if you need it.

Excedrin Express: $3.99 with $3.99 back in ECBs. If you have any Excedrin coupons, it’s a chance to increase your ECBs.

Sally Hansen: some items giving $2 ECBs back. I’ve often seen tearpads laying around the store, so probably some very cheap or free nail polish.

Cover Girl: Spend $10, get $3 ecbs. If you are one of the lucky ones that gets the bogo coupons in your paper, should be very cheap or free. Philly Inq never has this coupon.

Acme & Giant ads

First, the Acme ad runs Fri-Thurs, the Giant ad runs Sun-Sat. So any Giant deals I post won’t start until tomorrow, and I already posted the ones that started last Sunday.

ACME

Campbell’s Soups: lots of varieties are bogo or 10 for $6.50. Lots of coupons in last week’s paper to match up. Not a fantastic deal, but $0.55 for a can of soup is good. The Chunky microwave bowl soups come to 4 for $5, ok, not great. But a decent price if you pack your lunch. I get so tired of taking sandwiches.

Quaker oatmeal: Ok, this is a deal I’m sorta excited about. We love this oatmeal and lately the regular price for it has been about $3.50-$3.70 per box–ouch! So it’s 5 boxes for $10, with a $5 rebate. Add in your $1 off 2 coupons from last Sunday, and this is a fantastic deal. I wish I had more coupons.

Yoplait: on sale 10 for $4.50, must buy 10. LOTS of coupons available for this–it’s in the paper almost every week and there are almost always online printables. You should be able to get your cost down to about $0.35-$0.37 a container.

Kelloggs: Do you still have the $10 rebate form hanging around? I do! Yay! So buy 10 boxes for $16, get $10 back, making it $0.60 a box. I think I still have some Kelloggs coupons too, unless I used them all–making it even cheaper.

Barilla pasta: It’s 4 for $5 at both Giant and Acme, so with the $1 coupons, $0.25 a box!

Pillsbury: All that refrigerated stuff is on sale, and there were coupons last week.

Wild Harvest: Lots of decent prices, look for printables at Wildharvest.com.

Freschetta pizza: 33% off, not great, but ok if you need it.

Danimals: 30% off, keep checking Avenu every day to see if it pops up, combine with the $1 coupons from a few weeks ago.

Malt O Meal: four for $5, 1 printables at coupons.com or smartsource.com.

GIANT

Meat: $5 off $20 coupon on front of circular. I plan to combine this coupon with the Hatfield pork coupons I have.

Tastykakes: $2 a box, good for lunches.

Snyder’s pretzels: 2 for $5, $1 off 2 coupon a few weeks ago. Those flavored pretzels are like crack to me.

WYB 8 products, get $5 oyno: Eh, not too much included that I’m interested in. Kevin drinks the Mott’s juice and I have coupons, but not sure I want 8 bottles of it. But there are coupons out there for just about every item listed, so might be worth your while.

All in all, I’ll probably go to Acme this week for my deals.

Good deals–CVS, Giant, Acme

I got all my ads yesterday and just briefly perused them. Looks like lots of good deals at both Acme and Giant, plus free stuff at CVS and a chance to increase ECBs. I’ll do the coupon matchups tonight or tomorrow morning–stay tuned.