Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Best Safeway Trip Ever!!

I am so excited about our excursion to Safeway this morning! We scored even better than I thought. I did a dumb thing and split my transactions wrong, but that didn't make much difference except I couldn't use up my Catalinas on this trip. Here's how it all worked out:

Transaction #1:

2 Nature Valley Sweet n Salty Granola Bars @ $2.49 each = $4.98
3 Fiber One Bars @ $2.49 each = $7.47
1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch, 12.8 oz = $2.49
1 Cheerios, 8.9 oz = $2.49
1 Nature Valley Nut Clusters = $2.49
1 Mission tortilla chips = $2.50
1 Tide Mountain Spring 50 oz. detergent = $6.99
1 Pillsbury Refrigerated Lava Brownies (YUM!) = $2.49
2 Lucerne 18-ct. eggs @ $1.89 each = $3.78
1 Danonino yogurt = $2.00
1 package of pork loin ribs = $1.84
1 bag of black seedless grapes = $2.24

Subtotal: $44.25

- $8 from their "Buy 4 Save $4" General Mills promo
- 2 $0.50/1 – Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut Granola Bars (both doubled for $2.00 off total)
- 2 $0.50/1 Nature Valley ecoupons (not sure which site these came from...they were a nice surprise!)
- 2 $0.50/1 – Fiber One Chewy Bars – (coupons.com) (both doubled for $2.00 off total)
- $0.50/1 Fiber One eCoupon (surprise again!)
- 2 $0.55/1 – Cinnamon Toast Crunch, eCoupon
- $0.55/1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch, eCoupon (surprise!)
- 2 $0.55/1 – Cheerios Cereal, Original, eCoupon
- $0.55/1 Cheerios, eCoupon (surprise!)
- $1.00/1 – Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters
- $3.00/1 Tide detergent coupon from P&G mailer
- $1.00/1 Tide Safeway in-ad coupon
- $1.20/2 Lucerne 18-ct. eggs Safeway in-ad coupon
- $1.00/1 Danonino yogurt coupon (from the newspaper...not sure of the date)
- $0.55/1 pork ribs coupon on the package

Total: $6.86 (I think more came off than what I wrote down because the math doesn't work out, but $6.86 + tax is what I paid)

Then, a $3.50 Catalina printed from the cereal/bars/nut clusters.

Transaction #2:

4 Betty Crocker Fruit Rollups @ $1.99 each = $7.96
2 Sobe Lifewater @ $1.00 each = $2.00

Subtotal: $9.96

- 2 $0.50/2 – Betty Crocker Fruit by the Foot, Gushers (both doubled for $2.00 off total)
- $0.50/1 Betty Crocker Fruit Rollups, eCoupon (surprise!)

Total: $0.47 (once again, the math doesn't work out quite right, but I noticed the checker took $1.49 off for the BOGO coupon because the Sobes were $1.49 non-card price).

Then, a $2.00 Catalina printed for the Betty Crocker Fruit Rollups!

My grand total out of pocket was $7.33 for ALL of the above! If you take the Catalinas into consideration, that would bring the total down to $1.83!!
(Thanks to The Krazy Coupon Lady for the Catalina-producing matchups)

1 comment:

  1. Good job! I wish I felt confident with the Catalinas... how do you know which stores offer them and what products trigger them? and the dates? I've done a couple, but some are advertised at the store and others aren't. I'm always nervous about triggering them as otherwise it's not worth it, lol!

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