Giant and Safeway Deals - My Mom is the Best Edition

My mom came over this morning to watch my kiddies while I went deal shopping. Thanks Mom! You are the best! First stop was Giant to score some cereal and juice boxes on the cheap. :)

Giant is running a promo on General Mills Cereal. Buy 6 General Mills cereals and get $10 off instantly. They are also offering 2 OYNO milk catalinas when you buy 6 General Mills cereals. Awesome! Here is what I did:

Bought:

(1) Cinnamon Toast Crunch, $3.39 each
(1) Corn Chex, $3.49 each
(1) Kix, $3.59 each
(2) Honey Nut Cheerios, $3.59 each
(1) Lucky Charms, $3.59 each

Total: $21.24

Coupons Used:
-.75/1 X 2 Honey Nut Cheerios (found these coupons in my Ziploc sandwich bag boxes), doubled
-.75/1 Kix MQ printable, doubled
-.55/1 Lucky Charms MQ printable, doubled
-$1/2 Various GM Cereals MQ printable
-$10 WYB 6 GM Cereals store discount

Total after coupons and discount: $4.64!!!

Plus I received 2 OYNO catalinas for up to $4.50 on a gallon of milk! Woo hoo! While I was at Giant, I also got two 8-packs of Apple & Eve Fruitable juice boxes for 50 cents each. :)

Next stop was Safeway....can I just tell you how much I love e-coupons? Combining e-coupons, paper coupons, sales and promotions can score you cheap and free stuff. Here's how I did:

(4) Betty Crocker Potatoes, 99 cents each WYB 4
-.25/1 X 3 Betty Crocker Potatoes 3/28 SS (there are also some printables out there but I have reached my print limit)
-.40/1 X 2 Shortcuts e-coupons
-.40/1 X 2 Cellfire e-coupons
Final Price: 86 cents for all 4 or 22 cents each!

(2) Lays Kettle Chips, on sale $2.49 each
-$3.29 BOGO MQ printable (coupon automatically took off the non-sale price....who am I to argue?)
Final Price: $1.69 for 2!

7-Up 2 liter, on sale 69 cents each
-.55/1 7Up 2-liter Safeway e-coupon (click "load to card" on the left and login)
Final Price: 14 cents :)

(3) Kraft Singles, $2.99 each
(2) Kraft Cheese Blocks, $2.99 each
-$5 Safeway Store Discount WYB 5 Kraft Cheese products
-$1/1 X 3 Kraft Singles from Safeway "Make it Tonight" booklet (found in the store)
-$1/2 Kraft Block or Shredded Cheese Blinkie (found it at Harris Teeter)
Final Price: $5.95 for all 5 or $1.19 each

(2) Windex Multi-Surface Cleaners, $3.50 each
(2) Windex, $3.50 each
-$6.04 Safeway Store Discount WYB 4
-$1/1 X 2 Windex Multi-Surface MQ printable
-$1/1 X 2 Any Windex MQ printable (no longer available)
-$1/1 Safeway e-coupon
Total: $2.96 for 4 plus I received (2) $2 OYNO for buying 4 - looks like Safeway paid me $1.04 to bring home 4 Windex products :)

(2) Ball Park Angus Beef Franks, on sale $2.50 each
-.75/1 X 2 Ball Park Angus MQ printable, doubled (no longer available)
Final Price: $1 each

My total before coupons and sales was $73.15. Total after $14.57!! That's a savings of 80%!! I'll take it. :) Plus I still have $4 in OYNO to use next week.

Safeway - $115 worth of groceries for $28 bucks!

**not pictured 3 six packs of Coke.

I had another great Safeway trip this morning even though a couple of things didn't work out. They wouldn't take a Safeway coupon for the coke with a Safeway SuperCoupon. No problem...I like to follow the coupon rules. I just wasn't aware of this one so I learned something new today. :) I also had an e-coupon not work...no problem. Still had a great shopping trip! Here is how I did:

(10) Assorted Rice-a-roni and Pasta Roni, 75 cents each
-$1/3 X 2 Rice-a-roni/Pasta Roni MQ (I only had 2 Q's but you could use 3 if you have it)
-$3/10 Rice-a-roni/Pasta Roni Safeway Q from "Make it Tonight" booklet
Final Price: 25 cents each

(1) Lucky Charms Cereal, $2.00 each
-$1/1 Lucky Charms Printable
-.55/1 Shortcuts e-coupon
-.55/1 Cellfire e-coupon
Final Price: FREE plus 10 cents overage!

(2) Post Raisin Bran Cereal, $2.50 each
-$2/1 Raisin Bran printable MQ (no longer available)
Final Price: 50 cents each

(2) Nature Valley Granola Bars, $2.99 each (I messed up here - bought the wrong ones!)
-.40/1 X 2 Nature Valley printable MQ, doubled
-.40/1 X 2 Cellfire e-coupon
-.40/1 X 2 Shortcuts e-coupon
Final Price: 1.39 each - UGH! I usually get these for FREE. :(

(2) Progresso Soups, $1 each
-.75/2 Safeway Q from "Make it Tonight" Booklet
-.50/2 MQ, doubled
-.50/1 e-coupon
Total: FREE plus 25 cents overage!

(2) Nabisco Macaroni and Cheese Crackers, 99 cents each
(1) Nabisco Saltine Crackers, $1.29 each
-$2/2 Nabisco Crackers printable
-$1/1 Nabisco Cracker MQ
Total: 9 cents each!

(3) 6-pack Coke, $3 each
-$2/2 Coke Safeway Q
Total: $2.33 each

(2) Campbell's Select Harvest soup, $1 each
-$.50/2 Campbell's MQ
Final Price: 50 cents each

(2) Campbell's Tomato Soup, .50 each
(2) Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup, .50 each
-$1/4 Campbell's Condensed Soup printable
Final Price: 25 cents each

(2) Pillsbury Orange Sweet Rolls, $2.49 each
(2) Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls, $2.49 each
(2) Pillsbury Crescent Rolls, $2.49 each
-$2.40 in Various e-coupons (a couple of my e-coupons didn't come off - this should have been more)
-.95/1 X 4 Pillsbury Sweet Rolls, doubled
-.50/1 X 2 Pillsbury Crescent Rolls, doubled
-$2 OYNO from last Pillsbury Deal
Final Price: 16 cents each PLUS $4 OYNO!

(2) Green Giant Boxed Frozen Veggies, $1.69 each
-.50/2 X 2 Shortcuts e-coupon
-.50/2 X 2 Cellfire e-coupon
-.50/2 Green Giant Veggies printable, doubled
Final Price: 19 cents each

(2) Kraft Cheese Singles, $4.99 each
-$3.50/1 X 2 Safeway SuperCoupon
Final Price: $1.49 each

4-pack Fiber One Yogurt, $2.50 each
-$1/1 X 2 Fiber One Shortcuts e-coupon
-$1/1 Fiber One Cellfire e-coupon
-.50/1 Fiber One MQ, doubled
Final Price: FREE plus $1.50 overage!

(2) Smithfield Bacon, $2.99 each
-.55/1 X 3 Smithfield Bacon MQ, doubled
Final Price: $1.89 each

(2) 1 pound containers of strawberries, $1.99 each

My total before sales and coupons was $115. My total after was $28.30! Plus I can now mail away for the $20 Kraft Back to School Rebate!

Safeway Trip 1/9/10

Another fantastic Safeway trip! I went just to grab the "deals." My hubbie did our main shopping trip at Wegman's this week for produce, milk, bread and meat. We stocked up on 90/10 ground beef for $1.99 per pound. Only spent $38 bucks and some change...I think my deal chasing ways are rubbing off on him. Ok I digress....this post is about Safeway....hahaha...here are the deals I snagged today.

(4) boxes of Nature's Valley granola bars, $2.50 each
-$4/4 Safeway SuperCoupon (found in Safeway ad)
-.40/1 X 2 Cellfire E-coupon
-.40/1 X 3 MQ printable, doubled
-.50/1 MQ from sample I requested, doubled
Total: FREE + 50 cents overage!!! AND I received a catalina of $2.50 OYNO for buying 4 boxes! Made 3 bucks on that deal. :)

(2) Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, $2.00 each
-.40/1 X 2 Cellfire E-coupon
-$1.50/2 Safeway E-coupon
-.40/1 X 2 printable MQ, doubled
Total: 5 cents each!!!!

(4) Honey Nut Cheerios/Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, $2.49 each
-$3/3 Safeway Instant Savings
-.55/1 Shortcuts e-coupon (Cinnamon Toast Crunch)
-$1/1 X 2 MQ printable (Honey Nut Cheerios)
-$1/1 MQ printable (Cinnamon Toast Crunch)
-.55/1 MQ printable, doubled (Cinnamon Toast Crunch)
Total: 58 cents each :)

(5) Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, $.40 each
-$1.09 Buy 3 Get 1 Free (cashier gave me full price off, not sure why)
Total: 18 cents each

(1) Dole Mandarin Oranges, $1 each
-.50/1 MQ printable, doubled
Total: FREE

(3) Progresso Soup, $1.25 each
-$1/2 Safeway e-coupon
-.50 X 2 Cellfire e-coupon
-.50 Shortcuts e-coupon
-$1.10/3 MQ printable
Total: 5 cents each

(2) Welch's Grape Jelly, $2.00 each
-$1/2 Welch's Grape Jelly MQ, 1/3 SS
Total: $1.50 each

18 count Lucerne Eggs, $2.89 each
-$1.91 Safeway SuperCoupon
Total: 98 cents

2 Smithfield Bacon, $3.49 each
-$3/2 Safeway SuperCoupon
Total: $1.99 each

(1) Progresso Chicken Broth, $3.19 each
-.50/1 Shortcuts e-coupon
-.50/1 X 2 Cellfire e-coupon
-.50/1 MQ printable, doubled
Total: 79 cents

Total before coupons: 67.44
Coupons/Promotions: 52.79
OOP: $14.65 (79% savings)

This was a great stock up trip. Not to mention that I received $2.50 OYNO for buying 4 granola bars. Can't wait to check out the Safeway deals next week. :)

Safeway Deals

I have never been a big Safeway shopper but they have recently had some awesome deals that I have taken advantage of. Safeway is unique in that you can load digital coupons onto your club card AND they can be used in conjunction with a "paper" coupon. I have known about this for awhile but have not tried to take advantage of it. I was inspired to give it a try the other day when my friend told me how much she was saving at Safeway (thanks, Lisa!). Some examples of the great deals I got using e-coupons and paper coupons together.

Bisquick Baking Mix, $2.59 each
-.60/1 Cellfire E-coupon
-.60/1 Shortcuts E-coupon
-.60/1 MQ from insert, doubled
Total: 19 cents!!!

(2) Green Giant Frozen Boxed Veggies, $1.29 each
-.50/1 X 2 Cellfire E-coupon
-.50/1 Shortcuts E-coupon
-.50/2 printable MQ, doubled
Total: 4 cents each!!!!

As you see, you can load e-coupons from different sites. When you purchase an item all the e-coupons loaded on your card for a particular item will be used. So if you have 3 different e-coupons loaded, they will all apply to one item. You can still use a paper coupon for the item as well. This is a great way to pick up some super cheap products. I was also able to get 2 cans of Dole Tropical Fruit for 25 cents each and 3 boxes of Chex Cereal for $1 each. :)

If you are a Safeway Club Card holder, you can load coupons to your card from Softcoin, Shortcuts, PGeSaver, and Cellfire. Safeway even has e-coupons on their site, which is where I found the e-coupon for the Dole fruit. I am loving Safeway e-coupons and can't wait to take advantage of them again.