I used to think catalina was a type of salad dressing....
Just a quickie to share my glee...I participated in my first grocery "catalina" today. Apparently a catalina is that little coupon machine that spits out register coupons at the check out. This was a deal on cheese I learned online. Kraft was running a special if you bought so much, you got $10 back, and if you bought X number of packages, you got another cash coupon back.
It went like this:
7 bags of shredded Kraft cheese (regular price = $4 x 7= $28)
On sale, it was 2 for 4, so I spent $14 ($2 x 7)
Jewel grocery/Kraft catalina required me to spend $25 (regular price) so I was covered, even though the cheese was on sale
Since I bought 4+ bags, I got an additional $3 coupon
total cost for 7 bags of cheese: $14
total coupons received from grocery store: $13 (good for ANY groceries, not just cheese and no min purchase
Total out of pocket: $1
I could have bought 35 bags of cheese for $5 and gotten $50 off my grocery bill (assuming 5 separate transactions at 7 bags each) and donated them to a food bank if I knew one near here that took perishables.
Slightly crazy I know. But simple and hey CHEAP. By the way, am freezing the cheese....
3 comments:
Nicely done! :)
Where do you find out about catalinas? Do you need to sign up somewhere or is it just in participating grocery stores?
They are advertised in the store papers and I find out about them on the blogs I have linked at left. The catalinas are tied to stores, so you need to find a blog that covers what are in your areas. Start with frugalcouponmom.com. She has a lot on her site and I know she has Publix as she is in Tampa.
This site, scroll way down, tracks Pulbix coupons and sales via bloggers:
http://www.becentsable.net/2008/08/becentsables-original-grocery-gathering.html
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