My haul at Jewel: 96% Savings + Moneymaker

Big THANK YOU to couponerswanted.com!!

I struck out today with mom (visiting from SC and a fellow super couponer) for a little trip to Jewel.

Total cost out of pocket for all of this: $4

Here's the deal:

4 bottles of Arm and Hammer: $6 (2/$5 sale minus $4 in $1/1 printables)

10 bottles of select Dove shampoos and conditioners: $2 in overage
(double dipping two catalinas at Jewel (unilever buy $30 get $15, and Jewel spend $30 get back $12). Buy 5 spend $22.46 (plus tax) preferred price rings $30.46. You get back $27 in coupons for your next order. That means I spent $52 on ten bottles(includes tax) and got $54 back in coupons toward my next order.

That makes this a MONEY MAKER. I learned there are $1/1 coupons for Dove here, so print these and make it an even better deal.

Dove special good till 8/2 only on the following (good luck finding these). They are regularly $6.99 on sale for $4.99:

7940020680 DOVE GO FRESH THERAPY COOL MOISTURE SHAMPOO CUCUMBER & GREEN TEA 25.4 OZ
7940020681 DOVE GO FRESH THERAPY COOL MOISTURE HAIR CONDITIONER CUCUMBER & GREEN T#1 25.4 OZ
7940040557 DOVE THERAPY INTENSE DAMAGE SHAMPOO REGULAR 25.4 OZ
7940040692 DOVE THERAPY INTENSE DAMAGE HAIR CONDITIONER REGULAR 25.4 OZ
7940099810 DOVE DAILY MOISTURE THERAPY HAIR CONDITIONER REGULAR 25.4 OZ
7940099820 DOVE DAILY MOISTURE THERAPY SHMP AND CNDR IN ONE REGULAR 25.4 OZ

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Did you take advantage of any great savings this week with Jewel and manufacturers catalinas? Post your link below.

Arm and Hammer coupons: 32 loads for $1.50!!!

Jewel is having a super three day sale on laundry detergent. Arm and Hammer is regularly 2 for $17 for the big 32 load bottles. For three days starting Thursday get 2 bottles for $5 (limit 2) and use two $1/1 coupons to make them 2 for $3. That's $1.50 for 32 loads of laundry.

Now, I went to the Armandhammer.com site to try to get these coupons and they wouldn't work. I got a blank screen. My mom printed them from sotuhernsavers.com.

Go to Southernsavers.comSelect Harris Teeter
Scroll down till you see their Arm and Hammer sale
Click the printable coupon link
This WORKED for me.
I was able to print 2 $1/1 coupons. My dad also printed two for me.

Jewel: Kraft salad dressing 95% off

We go through a lot of salad here, so I like to stock up on salad dressing when it goes insanely on sale like it is right now at the Jewel (Albertson's).


Kraft Salad Dressing 16 oz. Selected Varieties

Sale price: $1.67
Coupon: $1.50/1 (5-10 SS)

= $0.17 after coupon

95% savings

Now I am kicking myself I didn't get more of these coupons since I only managed to grab one Sunday paper. You can buy coupons for pennies on the face value at The Coupon Clippers . I have done this and it makes sense when you can get a great deal like the one right now.

Jewel catalina deals

Spend $25 on select products, get $10 off your next purchase.

List of products found here. (Thanks to Saving with Melissa for the link!)

Complete list of brands below (but check for specific items in the link).

• Marie Callender
• Egg Beaters
• Hunts tomato sauce
• Hunts pudding packs
• Orville Redenbacher popcorn
• Banquet dinners
• Kid cuisine dinners
• Rosarita beans
• Peter Pan peanut butter
• Healthy choice meals
• Van camps pork and beans
• Pam cooking spray
• Chef Boyardee
• Rotel tomatoes
• Reddi whiip
• Hebrew national franks

Mad Coupon Saturday

Run run run around to take advantage of sales and expired coupons today. Having fun with it, really!


Jewel:

• cereal for 77 cents a box using $1.77 sale +$1 off Q,
• Strawberries on sale
• three packs of Kotex pads (can you have too many??) + 3 75 cents off Qs
• Thomas English Muffins BOGO
• Milk (free, used last of free milk catalina coupons)
• Impulse York peppermint candy (BOGO for the kiddies)
• Apples, on sale in bag
• Total savings: 56%

Walgreens:

• 4 Crest toothpaste sale (2 for $4) + 4 75 cent off Qs
• Skippy peanut butter (hope I won't get salmonilla!) BOGO +2 40 cent Qs
• Dove bar soap, 2 six-packs, 25% off + 2 $1 off coupons
• Total savings: 47%

Am very happy to see my bill cut in half or more on each trip!

The grocery run

The grocery store is an interesting place at around 8pm at night.

First, the place is nearly empty-- of customers AND employees. The shelves were not well stocked and the lone stocker, a manager, was grumbling that one of his stock guys hadn't come in. I was lucky to be able to get most of the items on my list (I was short a brownie mix because there were only two left, and I couldn't use the walnut version since a) I hate nuts in brownies, and more importantly b) I'd hate having to jab my son with a giant epi pen if he ate walnuts.

So I bought two boxes even though the coupon required me to buy three and worked it out with the cashier.

Did you know they put away the produce at night? As I was scurrying to get strawberries and lettuce, the lone product kid was loading grocery carts with cabbages and grapes to take to the walk in cooler. I'm not sure what you would find if you worked the second shift and needed to buy produce at midnight or 2am. I think your choices would be potatoes and hard squash.

I needed to shop Tuesday night to take advantage of all the 4 day sales. There were tons of BOGO offers on large items like turkey breast and pork loins that I need for the family and Easter and guests this week, plus I had several catalina deals to combine with coupons. I spent about an hour organizing my list, coupons and laying it all out based on store sections to maximize the trip, but still was surprised it took an hour and filled the cart.

At the check out my choices were few. Self Check (can be a pain), the teenager who gets off at 9pm and the senior guy, about 80, who I know from experience is the worlds SLOWEST checker. He scans and then looks at every item before moving it along. I think this old habit comes from days when price stickers were on every item. I think he's convinced the bar code may not actually be correct, and he's looking for the price sticker to confirm it.

I went with teenage boy on aisle 3.

Teenage boy on aisle 3 did not have a bagger. In fact, I did not see any baggers.

Wait, I lie. I did get a bagger eventually. But he only had one arm.

Then came the bill. Hubby had wanted to come to see the spectacle which is checkout for me. I had a stack of coupons almost an inch thick plus electronic coupons stored on my preferred customer card.

Total savings: $130, plus received $6 off my next trip. That was a savings of 47% on 81 items.

Jewel card instant coupons!

Thanks to Saverchic!! I found out that I can load coupons directly onto my Jewel preferred customer card via their website (after I called customer service and updated my 17 year old phone number to my current one).

Here are the deals you can get via the card. (Be oh so impressed how I managed to get these posted neatly off Jewel's website!)

Rubeus Wines
750 ml.
$4.00 OFF

Nancy's Frozen Quiche
6 oz.
$1.25 OFF
Limit 6 per household

Jewel Shredded Wheat, Frosted Flakes or Cocoa Crunchies Cereal
13.75-20 oz.
$1.00 OFF

Newcastle Brown Ale
12-Pack 12 oz.
$3.00 OFF
Limit 6 per household

Jewel Candy
6.25-20 oz. Bags
$0.40 OFF
When you buy 2

Jewel Coat and Bake Mix
6 oz.
$0.40 OFF

Jewel Real Whipped Cream Aerosol
14 oz.
$0.75 OFF Jewel Flower, Alligator, Soccer or Flag Cupcake Cake
13-15 ct.
$2.50 OFF

Jewel Canned Fruit
29-30 oz.
$1.00 OFF
When you buy 2

Jewel/homelife 6 Inch White Paper Plates
100 ct.
$0.75 OFF

Jewel Shredded Cheese
32 oz.
$1.50 OFF
Electronic Coupons
Good through midnight, Thursday, April 9, 2009


Welch's Frozen Juice Concentrate
Any Size,. Any Flavor
$1.00 OFF
When you buy 2
Limit 2 per visit

Dannon All Natural Yogurt
4-Pack Cups
$0.75 OFF
Limit 2 per visit

Tums Antacid
60-160 ct.
$1.50 OFF
Limit 2 per visit

Seattle's Best Bagged Coffee
12 oz.
$3.00 OFF
Limit 2 per visit

Bounty Paper Towels
8 Rolls
$1.00 OFF
Limit 2 per visit

Marie's Homestyle & Buttermilk Ranch Dips
15.5-16 oz.
$1.00 OFF
Limit 2 per visit

Equal Sweetener Packets
100-200 ct.
$1.00 OFF
Limit 2 per visit

Taco Bell Dip Bowls
$0.75 OFF
Limit 2 per visit


Eckrich Smok-y Breakfast Links Sausage
10 oz.
$1.00 OFF
Limit 2 per visit

Dannon Light & Fit Smoothies. (Not valid on Carb & Sugar Control Smoothies)
4-Pack
$1.25 OFF

This and that

I'm hitting the Jewel today for the Kelloggs unadvertised specials. Select cereals are $1.98 and I have three $1/2 coupons. I also could qualify for the Jewel milk catalina special. If you buy 3-5-7 boxes of cereal you get coupons for free milk (actually you get a $4.69 coupon for milk which you can apply to the $1.99 milk so even a bigger discount).

The guest room is coming along and I will post photos as soon as it's done. I ironed all the bed linens this weekend and bought a new shower curtain and bath rug. Got both of these at Walmart and was amazed they all matched the comforter set. The shower curtain came with a year's free subscription to Better Homes and Gardens magazine!

I'll be on Spring Break this week so might be posting less. The weather here is far from spring like--we got 6 inches of heavy wet snow yesterday. But the sun is shining brightly and very warm through the windows and there are no clouds in the sky.