FREE Coffeemate at Meijer 11/29 - 12/05

The Holiday Flavours Coffeemate is 99c at Meijer this week. Use 50c/1 Q (RP 11/1) and get it for FREE. I've been holding out for a deal on Coffeemate, cause we're completely out.

I haven't posted any Meijer deals lately, because the ad for the past 3-4 weeks were just awful. Let's hope they have a nice sale soon.

FREE Duracell Batteries at Staples - 11/27

UPDATE: This deal will run through 12/26. There is a limit of 2 packs per customer, per week. I'm excited cause I'll be able to score a total of 10 packs. That's 200 free batteries.

Get 40 FREE Duracell Batteries at Staples this Friday (11/27).

20ct Batteries are $12.99 - $12.99 MIR (limit 2)
Use $1/1 Duracell Man Q (this will help cover your sales tax)
Less 10% off one item (in-ad Q)
$1.29 Profit

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

Operation Christmas Child 2010

Nope, the 2010 is not a typo. Above you'll see a pic of free items I've started collecting for next year's Operation Christmas Child. Every year my son's school participates in the programme. They ask for all kinds of donations (empty shoeboxes, gift wrap, tape, gift items, cash for shipping) during the month of October. The students will pack & wrap the boxes, which will be sent to Samaritan's Purse for distribution.

This year, my goal was to collect/purchase 300 buddies. But that goal fell flat when the lovely J&J CAT stopped printing :-( I had a good run while it lasted & was able to collect 100 buddies soaps & loads of other items.

I had a trunkful of gift items (soap, toothbrushes & paste, gift wrap, cellotape, school supplies, HBA items). Unfortunately I didn't take a pic. And momof1anddog from the grocery challenge, donated a huge bag full of items. So I'm sure that the shool's goal to pack 100 boxes, will be met this year.

As you can see above, I've already started shopping for next year's donations. The Uno Cards & soap were free at Kroger. The cellotape I used as fillers at WAGs, so they were free too. I just paid sales tax. I'm planning on going bigger next year. This brings me to the pic below:

You're probably wondering what this is. Well, it costs $7 to ship one box. It's one thing to donate all the items for the boxes (and to try & send even more boxes than this year) - but how will they (the school) pay the high shipping costs? It will be $700 just to ship 100 boxes.

Our state (MI) has been hit hard by the recession and not everyone can afford to donate cash. So I've decided that in order to help cover shipping charges (for some of my donations), I'm gonna start saving all my pennies. It only takes 2c a day (for one year) to ship one box. I started my penny fund one week ago, and I've already saved 49c! That's 7c a day. If I can average 7c-8c per day, I can save enough to cover the shipping for 4 boxes! It might not sound like much, but that's 4 less boxes to worry about.

I urge anyone who's interested, to join me in this challenge. We always get pennies in change when we go shopping. And I know that most people don't like to hang on to change/coins. So why not put those pennies to good use? They will help bring a smile to a needy child somewhere in this world.

Cheap Pepperidge Farm bread at Kroger

There is a Catalina deal where you spend $10 on Pepperidge Farm products, get $3 OYNO. The bread ($3.19) has $1/1 peelies on them. So here's what you can do:

3 x PF Breads = $9.57
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers $2.00 (nor sure of the price, so this is just a guess)
Less 3 x $1 peelies (3.00)
Less $1 crackers (1.00)
OOP $7.57
Get $3 OYNO. so $4.57 or $1.15 each

Also, get FREE Boxed Card games at Kroger this week. The games are BOGOF ($5.69 each). Use BOGOF Q (up to $6.99) from 11/15 USA Weekend.

Meijer CAT deals & Super cheap bacon

Meijer has some GREAT CATALINA deals running this month:

Buy 1(one)I can't believe its not butter stick pack, get $2 OYNO (ends 11/28)

The sticks are $2.19 each
Use $1/1 IP avaiable here, profit of 81c!

Here's how you can get super cheap bacon with your butter. The Smithfield Bacon is on sale (Saturday only) for $1.79. Use 55c/1 Q (SS 10/25). Here's my plan for Saturday.

1 x I can't believe its not butter = $2.19
1 x Smithfield Bacon 16 oz = $1.79
1 x filler 0.30 (I'll prolly get garlic, but you can add any other low priced item)
Less I can't believe Q (1.00)
Less Bacon Q (0.55)
Less $2 CAT (2.00) from previous transaction
OOP = $0.73
Get back another $2 CAT. Rinse & repeat
The only reason I'm using a filler, is because of the CAT. It kinda works like WAGS RRs, where the number of items, cannot exceed the number of Qs used. I've experienced problems at Meijer over this before. So I'm adding filler, to avoid any problems.

Buy 5 or more Stove Top Stuffing or Heinz Gravy get $2 OYNO (11/8 - 12/05/09)

There's a $1/3 Mealbox Q (exp 11/14)
I also found a $1/3 IP about 2 months ago ( can't remember where)
Buy 6 jars & get it at a very low price. Let's hope they're on sale next week.

Buy Kraft Dressing, get OYNO (11/9 - 12/31)
Buy 3 get $2 OYNO
Buy 4 or more, get $4 OYNO

Kroger Mega Event

The Kroger Mega event is so much fun this time around. I am sooooo loving the overage on the Playtex Gloves. Here's what I got (prices are after Mega Event discount):

1 x Garlic Bread = $1.99 (less 40c Q)
3 x Danactive/Activia Yogurt = $5.37 (less 3 x $1 Qs)
2 x Cheez-it = $1.98 (less $1.50/2 Q)
2 x Carnation Milk = $1.00 (less 50c/2 Q)
8 x Scotch sponges = $4 (less 4 x $1/2 Qs)
3 x Playtex Gloves = $1.50 (less 3 x $1 Qs)
1 x Chex Mix = $0.99 (less 50c Q - 50c Shortcuts)
OOP $2.59
Savings $43.07

Then I went to CVS for some Free Candy:

6 x 8ct Hershey Bars = $5.94
Less 6 x $1 Qs
OOP = Zero ($0.00)



Mega Event - Part 2

11 x Playtex Gloves = $5.50 (less 11 x $1 Qs) = $5.50 overage
2 x Chex Mix = $1.98 (less 2 x 50c Qs - 2 x 50c shortcuts/cellfire)
4 x Scotch sponges = $2.00 (less 2 x $1 Qs)
2 x Pepperidge Farm Garlic Bread = $3.98 (less 2 x 40c Qs)
10 x Cheez-its = $9.90 (less 5 x $1.50/2 Qs)
7 x Danactive/Activia yogurt = $12.53 (less 7 x $1 Qs)
4 x Carnation Milk = $2.00 (less 2 x 50c/2 Qs)
OOP $5.69
Savings $95.10

I noticed that one of my $1 Qs didn't scan. But I'm not too worried about it. I'm just happy to get my yogurt at such a low price (we were completely out of yogurt).

Between my 2 trips, I purchased 60 items for $8.28 OOP (Savings $138.17).

Newbies: The Playtex Gloves rings up at $1 and the $5 Mega event discount is deducted at the end (making the gloves 50c each). Therefore, the register will accept your $1 Qs - thus allowing overage.

I Heart Pepperidge Farm

Today was another successful shopping day at Meijer. I specifically went there for the Pepperidge Farm deal (see previous post). The Pepperidge Cookie deal totally rocks. Here's what I got:

15 x Pepperidge Farm cookies = $16.35 (used 15 x 75c/1 Qs)

3 x Breakstone Cottage Doubles = $3.00

1 x Breakfast Sausage = $2.39

2 doz Eggs = $1.69

Used $5 + $3 CATS (the CAT machines were offline the other day. So i got handwritten ones from CS. When the cashier manually input the CATS today, she somehow typed in $5.10 + $3.00).

Less 49c tax (This is the part that stumps me. I don't know why the register deducted tax, cause there's NO sales tax on food items - but I'm not complaining)

OOP $3.86

Savings $54.45

You'll only notice 14 bags in the pics. That's cause DMIL was already busy sampling one bag. She says the Milano Mint is absolutely delicious.

ALL the Pepperidge Farm cookies are on sale - even the Granola ones too. I'm sorely tempted to make another trip tomorrow, because these are gonna make great gifts.