Fun and Frugal

This may have been my best cereal trip ever!  Don’t pay $4 for a box of cereal again!  Wait until it’s on sale and stock up.  Read below, then run over to Bi-Lo before the sale ends Tuesday, Aug. 4!  Thanks, Jamie from Chattanooga Cheapskate for letting me know about the FREE cereal you can get at Bi-Lo!  My total before savings was $56.73 and my out of pocket (OOP) cost was only $9.37 for everything pictured above, which is about 86% savings!  Plus, I got a catlina for $1 off my next purchase at Bi-Lo and a rebate form catalina for a $10 Kellogg’s/Bi-Lo Back to School Cash Rewards Card!  So if you consider that I’m getting $11 back, then I basically got $56.73 worth of groceries for FREE!  Here’s the breakdown:

• The following Kellogg’s cereals are on sale BOGO (Buy-One-Get-One-Free): Froot Loops ($3.69), Rice Krispies ($3.36), Frosted Flakes ($3.98), and Frosted Mini Wheats ($3.85).  To get the cereal for free, you have to buy the specially-marked boxes that say “$5 Savings Inside” as pictured above.  Before you purchase them, open the box and pull out the coupons.  There are 5 coupons in each box and one of the coupons will be for $1 off a certain Kellogg’s cereal (the kind you are buying).  All of the ones I bought were easy to find the coupons b/c they were down beside the bag of cereal, except for the Froot Loops, I actually had to open the cereal bag to get those out.  I’m sure it goes without saying…if you open a box, please be a good steward and buy it.  (The same goes with peelies – they are only intended for the person who buys the product.)   If you’re fortunate enough to be able to shop at the Bi-Lo’s in Cleveland , Ooltewah, or East Brainerd in TN (see Jamie’s notes on calling several Bi-Lo’s to ask), you can stack the Kellogg’s manufacturer coupons with these $1/1 FLIPS (Food Lion Internet Printables) good for any Kellogg’s cereal, exp 8/4/09.  (Thanks, Southern Savers!)  Remember, you do not have to buy an even amount of BOGO’s – each one will ring up half-price.  To take advantage of two different $10 Kellogg’s rebates, buy 10 boxes so you can do the Kellogg’s Fuel for School rebate.  If you buy 8 (or more boxes) a catalina will print for you to send off for a Kellogg’s Bi-Lo Back to School Cash Rewards card.  Chattanooga Cheapskate has the details here.  I already mailed off my Fuel for School rebate from my Publix trip July 25.
• Peter Pan peanut butter – BOGO at $2.70 – less $.50 printable (print twice), which doubled to $1.00 = $.35/ea.  There is also a $1/1 coupon in the May issue of All You magazine.  And the August All You issue has a coupon for a free box of Crayola 24 crayons when you buy any two Peter Pan peanut butters.  ConAgra (who owns Peter Pan) has a promotion going on at Bi-Lo, where you buy $5 or more in certain Con Agra products (including Peter Pan – details here), then you will get a cataline for $1 off your next purchase at Bi-Lo.  I only bought two Peter Pan peanut butters and it printed my coupon.  I guess it counts the regular price, not the sale price.
• Yoplait Yogurts on sale 20 for $10 or $.50 each – less $.50/6 printable (print twice), which doubled to $1.00 = $.33/ea.
• Yoplait Kids 6-pack (not on sale, but we needed) $2.83 less $.40 printable (which doubles to $.80) = $2.03
• (Not pictcured) 1 Store brand version of Juicy Juice on sale $2.00 (reg. $2.48)
• You can see all the sale items with coupon match-ups here at Southern Savers.  This week’s sales end Tuesday, Aug. 4.

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