Albies 7/3 - GM/Unilever Promo

I was really looking forward to Albies 3 day sale because there were some really good deals on things that we use a lot of.

Here is my haul from this morning:

Total OOP cost was $13.28!

1st Transaction:

8 Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal - $2 each

2 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks - $2 each

3 Macaroni Grill Dinner Kits - $3.50 each

Total before coupons and promo: $30.50 (have to spend $30 before coupons for the cats to print)

Used four $1/2 cereal Qs
Used two $.40/1 Fruit Snack Qs
Used one $1/1 Mac Grill Qs

Used two $1.10/1 Mac Grill Qs

Used $5 doublers (you can use the 3 doublers from the Tuesday mailer and the 2 doublers from the Sunday paper at the same time ... at least you can at my Albies)

Used $18 in cats from the Qtips deal posted previously

Total OOP: $.26 and got back $15 in new cats

2nd Transaction:
4 Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal - $2 each
2 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks - $2 each
1 Macaroni Grill Dinner Kits - $3.50 each

4 boxes of Fiber One Bars - $2.50 each

2 bags of Nature Valley Nut Clusters - $2.50 each
Total before coupons and promo: $30.50

Used two $1/2 cereal Qs

Used two $.40/1 Fruit Snack Qs

Used one $1/1 Mac Grill Qs

Used four $.40/1 Fiber One Qs

Used two $1/1 Nut Clusters Qs
Used $5 doublers
Used $15 in cats from previous trans
Total OOP: $3.86 and got back $15 in new cats

3rd Transaction:
2 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks - $2 each
4 Macaroni Grill Dinner Kits - $3.50 each
3 boxes of Fiber One Bars - $2.50 each
2 bags of Nature Valley Nut Clusters - $2.50 each
Total before coupons and promo: $30.50

Used two $.40/1 Fruit Snack Qs
Used one $1/1 Mac Grill Qs

Used two $1.10/1 Mac Grill Qs
Used three $.40/1 Fiber One Qs
Used two $1/1 Nut Clusters Qs
Used $3 doublers
Used $15 in cats from previous trans
Total OOP: $5.12 and got back $15 in new cats

(I would've used another $5 cat on this but at this point the cashier pointed out to me that I was supposed to have to at least pay for all the tax which was fine with me)

4thTransaction:
6 Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal - $2 each
2 Macaroni Grill Dinner Kits - $3.50 each
3 boxes of Fiber One Bars - $2.50 each
2 bags of Nature Valley Nut Clusters - $2.50 each
Total before coupons and promo: $31.50

Used three $1/2 cereal Qs
Used two $1.10/1 Mac Grill Qs
Used three $.40/1 Fiber One Qs
Used two $1/1 Nut Clusters Qs
(out of doublers)
Used $20 in cats from previous trans
Total OOP: $4.04 and got back $15 in new cats

I started with $28 in cats, spent $13.28 OOP and still have $20 in cats to use on future purchases. So in the end this all cost me $21.28 total. Before coupons and promos this would've cost me $219.18!!

Now I usually have my kids with me when I go to the store so I always plan my transactions out beforehand so that I can go in, know exactly what to grab and get out. My kids like to have a job something they are in charge of grabbing and I just tell them how many to get. This trip was really quick and painless. When I am planning out my trip I make a little spreadsheet, clip my coupons together in batches for each transaction and label them so it's really easy when I go to the store. Now it would've been easier if I could've just done one trans with all the fruit snacks in it, one for the cereal and so on but my Albies will only take 2 of each time of IP coupon per transaction so if I have a lot of IPs then I can't put them all together in the same trans so I seperate those out so I won't run into any trouble when I get there. Knowing these little restrictions and planning for them beforehand make things go much smoother at the store and help you get in and out faster and easier.

Now there are a lot more things on promo then the 5 things I stocked up on but these were things that we go through a lot of.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch - the only cereal Brandon will eat

Fiber One bars - Eric eats cereal bars like these for breakfast every morning

Nut Clusters - my favorite afternoon snack

Fruit Snacks - we were all out and of course my kids love them but have learned that I only buy them when they are on a super sale

Macaroni Grill Dinner kits - yummy, easy and nice to have on hand. I was actually watching for a deal on these.

Yeah - now off to reorganize my ever filling food storage room!