Ladies, this is directly copied from an email I received from Rhonda last week. She is trying to get the hang of couponing like the rest of us, and, seriously, if she can do it SO CAN WE!
Liz,
Here are are couple of my grocery savings from last week that you can put on the blog.
#1. Smith's.
The deal was you could buy 8 cereals (per transaction) for $2 each and receive $8 off. Basically, $1 per box. (Would have been cheaper if I had been collecting coupons over the last few months!) I went and bought cereal and cookies (same deal) and thought I was doing good. Then I went home and opened my Rice Krispies and they had coupon books in there with coupons on the same cereal, as well as fruit and milk. So, Cooper and I went back to Smith's and went in and out of the store four times. I used the coupons I had received the night before and bought more Rice Krispies, then we went to the car, opened the boxes and took the coupons out. Back into the store to buy more, different varieties, cereal and the milk and fruit. This is what I ended up with:
36 boxes of four varieties of cereal
7 gallons of milk (they were on sale for $1.50, plus $1 off each)
4 pounds of fresh fruit.
Total: $23.00
#2. Albertson's
Their deal was "buy $25 of participating Kraft products and receive $5 off next purchase and a $20 mail-in rebate."
The bags of grated cheese (lots of varieties) were on sale for 3/$5 (normally $3.99 each). I put 30 bags into my cart and headed to the check out. I split them into two transactions - 15 bags each.
a. First transaction totaled $25.75 (For $60 worth of cheese)
I paid and then received the $5 back and a $20 rebate.
b. Second transaction totaled $25.75.
I handed in the $5 store cash and paid $20.75. I received another $5 store cash and a $20 rebate.
I paid $45 out of pocket (for $120 worth of cheese) and still have $5 store cash to use and have sent in my TWO $20 rebates (one to Richard's office, since you can do only one per address). FREE CHEESE stocked in my freezer!
Rhonda
