
Between seeing all the great deals at Dominick's this week and getting my nifty new chest freezer, I made sure to keep this morning free to do a little shopping. There were so many free things that I couldn't resist getting while the getting was good.
I usually go through the self-check at Dominick's (as my lovely cashier pointed out), but since I had so many product coupons and a few freebie coupons, I wanted to make sure there was someone watching me. I don't like to get stuck at the end of a 20 coupon shop with someone having to go through the coupons I've scanned and products I've purchased one by one. It takes too much time, and that's not something I have! But I was SUPER pleased with how this shop turned out.
Here's what I did (and I'm grouping things by deal):
5 Freschetta Pizzas $4.99 each
1 Michelina's $1 each (I needed a $.05 filler for the Freezer deal)
5 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks $1.99 each (before instant savings)
1 Nature Valley Granola Bar $1.99 (before instant savings)
3 Corn Flakes $1.99 (before instant savings)
1 Quaker Squares $1.99 (before instant savings)
3 Fresh Express Salads $1.99 (before instant savings)
2 Marie's Dressings $1.99 (before instant savings)
2 Oscar Mayer Deli Meat $1.99 each
2 Gallons Milk $1.99 each wyb 2
1 Pace Salsa
1 Nakano Rice Vinegar
1 Little Debbie Cupcakes
Then:
$5 came off for Salad/Dressing Instant Savings Deal (this actually showed up as a change in the price of the item, so don't think that you haven't gotten the discount!)
$10 came off for the Fruit Snacks/Cereal Instant Savings Deal (I had two groupings)
$.80 e-coupons came off for Nature Valley
$1.40 e-coupons came off for Fruit Snacks
I used:
4 $1.25 Freshetta coupons
1 $1 Freschetta coupon
1 $1/2 Fruit By The Foot coupon from mailer
1 $.50/2 Fruit Snacks coupon
1 $.40 Nature Valley coupon
1 $1 Corn Flakes coupon
1 $1.50/2 Corn Flakes coupon
1 $1 Quaker Squares coupon
3 $1 Fresh Express coupons
2 $1 Marie's coupons
2 $1 Oscar Mayer Deli Meat coupons (printable, no longer available)
Free Pace coupon from
sweepstakesFree Nakano coupon
Free Little Debbie coupon
$10 Dominick's CAT from P&G last week
$5 Jewel CAT (they take one competitor coupon)
Final Price: $15.05
I got back $10 Freezer CAT
Total Cost $20.05
I should have gotten another $3.50 CAT for the Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, but I forgot (again!) that Sunkist wasn't included. Apparently I never learn. The deal part of me wants to go back and exchange the products to get the CAT, but the busy mom in me is going to chock it up to a loss. The Sunkist have 100% Vitamin C, so I'm always drawn to them and since I only paid $2.10 for the 5 boxes, I'll let it slide.
You might have also noticed that I threw a couple of freebies into this shop. I have a bad tendency to get freebie coupons and put them away until I see a B1G1 sale. Then I forget about them and they expire. Dominick's accepts expired coupons for up to one year. So during every shop at Dominick's (which isn't all that often right now), I throw in a couple of expired freebie coupons.
Also, while I was doing this shop, I noticed that Nature Valley Nut Clusters are a part of the Buy 5, Get $5 Instant Savings deal! There are $1.50 after Instant Savings. There are a ton of $1 coupons for these (
here,
here,
here, 2/21 SS or $.50 from 1/3 GM) as well as e-coupons (
Cellfire and
Shortcuts). Your first bag should be a moneymaker!