Jewel - Amazing deals this week (more free ice cream)!

Jewel has a truly fantastic Catalina deal this week - so good that I was able to get everything pictured above for $.59, plus make a $10 profit in catalinas (see the end of my post for more details on this shopping trip)! The promo is, buy $30 worth of select Unilever, General Mills, or Kimberly Clark products, and get $15 back in Catalina coupons. As I have mentioned before, the $30 threshold for these types of deals is based on whatever the products scans at before you scan your preferred card. This is the beauty of Jewel Catalina deals! And, although the deal is advertised as "buy $30, get $15," you can stack up to 3 deals per transaction, meaning that if you buy $60 or $90 worth, you will get back $30 or $45, respectively.

This promotion includes a wide variety of products, and you can get everything from Breyer's ice cream to Chex mix to paper towels for pennies on the dollar.

Here are some of the items that struck as especially good deals, plus some coupon match-ups and sample scenarios. Please note that pre-preferred card prices may vary some by store. Because of the nature of this deal, anything that has a preferred card price of half of less than what it scans for will essentially be free after the catalina. Most of the things on the list below are free (or better!) after coupons and the catalina deal.

Knorr Rice Sides @ $1.89 pre-card/$1.49 preferred. $1/3 printable coupon here or here (note on the second printable: the coupon is on pg. 2; it prints from a Save-a-Lot site, but it should be a manufacturer coupon that you can use anywhere). Also, every time I have bought these, I get a coupon for more, usually something like $1 off 4 or $2 off 8.
Lipton dry soup mix @ $1.99 pre-card/$.99 preferred. I don't think there are any coupons for it, but it's on sale for half of what it scans, so it's free after the catalina!
Green Giant Corn, Peas, or Green Beans, 11-15 oz. @ $1.29 pre-card/$.79 preferred. These make good fillers if you need something cheap to bump your total up over the $30/60/90 threshold.
Progresso Broth @ $2.99 pre-card/$1.49 preferred. Use $.50 coupon from 10/4 insert or printable coupon from Coupons.com.
Progresso Rich & Hearty Soup @ $2.79 pre-card/$1.49 preferred. Use $1/3 printable, $1.10/3 printable from Coupons.com, or the $.50/2 coupon from 9/13 or 10/25 inserts.
Progresso Bread Crumbs @ $2.99 pre-card/$1.99 preferred. Use $1/2 printable coupon from Coupons.com (good on any Progresso products except soup and broth).
Chex mix @ $2.99 pre-card/$1.69 after. Use $.50/1 coupon from 10/25 insert (good only on chocolate flavors), $.50/2 from 10/4 insert, or $.50/1 printables from Coupons.com (there are two, one is good only on chocolate flavors).
Gold Medal Flour @ $3.29 pre-card/$1.99 preferred. Use $.50 coupon from Eat Better America.
Yoplait Yo-Plus, Fiber One, or Delights 4-pk. yogurt @ $3.39 pre-card/$2.49 preferred. Use $1 coupons from 10/4 or 9/13 inserts, $1 printables from Coupons.com, $1.25 printables here and/or here, or $1 printables here, here, and/or here.
Wishbone salad dressing @ $2.49 pre-card/$1.99 preferred. Use $.75 printable coupon.
Breyer's ice cream @ $5.99 pre-card/$2.99 preferred. Use $.75 coupon from 10/18 insert or $1/2 printable coupon (note on the printable: the coupon is on pg. 2; it prints from a Save-a-Lot site, but it should be a manufacturer coupon that you can use anywhere).
Hellmann's Mayonnaise, 22 oz. squeeze bottle @ $5.39 pre-card/$2.99 preferred. Use $1/2 printable coupon (the coupon is on pg. 2; it prints from a Save-a-Lot site, but it should be a manufacturer coupon that you can use anywhere). And, make sure you get the right size and type of bottle - other varieties are included in the sale, but not all have the same pre-preferred price, which could throw off the total you need to get your catalina.
Scott paper towels, 1 ct. Mega Roll @ $1.99 pre-card/$1.29 preferred. Use $1/4 coupon from 11/1 insert.
General Mills Cereal
Cheerios, 8.9 oz. @ $2.99 pre-card/$1.88 preferred.
Cinnamon Toast Crunch, 12.8 oz., or Golden Grahams, 12 oz. @ $2.79 pre-card/$1.88 preferred.
Trix, 10.7 oz. @ $3.09 pre-card/$1.88 preferred.
Use $.55 Cheerios coupon from Coupons.com, $.55 Cinnamon Toast Crunch coupon, $1/2 coupons from 9/27 or 11/1 inserts, $1/3 coupon from 10/4 insert, or $1/2 printable coupon.

And, here are the details from my trip earlier today:

5 Progresso Rich & Hearty soup @ $2.79 pre-card/$1.49 preferred = $13.95/$7.45
5 Yoplait @ $3.39 pre-card/$2.49 preferred = $16.95/$12.45
5 Progresso chicken broth @ $2.99 pre-card/$1.49 preferred = $14.95/$7.45
12 Knorr Rice Sides @ $1.89 pre-card/$.99 preferred = $22.68/$11.88
11 Lipton soup mixes @ $1.99 pre-card/$.99 preferred = $21.89/$10.89
1 can Jewel pears @ $1 (a filler so I could use the full amount of a $5 catalina coupon)

Before preferred card: $91.42
After preferred card: $51.12
Minus coupons:
$4 off $40 purchase (Look out for these coupons - they may either print after your transaction, or you might find them lying around the check-out areas. I found this one in the bottom of a shopping cart.)
(5) $.50/1 Progresso broth
(5) $1/1 Yoplait
(1) $1/3 Progresso soup
(1) $.50/2 Progresso soup
(1) $1.75/7 Knorr sides (coupon received from buying Knorr on my last trip)
(1) $1.25/5 Knorr sides (also received on my last trip)

I then paid with $35 in catalina coupons from previous trips and $.59 in cash ($.47 of which was tax) and got $45 back in cats! And to think that I used to refuse to shop at Jewel because I thought they were too expensive...

Jewel - Great Deal on General Mills Products!

From 10/15 through 10/21, Jewel will be running a promotion on select General Mills products, including certain Betty Crocker, Green Giant, Progresso, Pillsbury, Cascadian Farms, and Totino's items, plus some General Mills cereals: when you buy $25, you get a $10 "off your next order" coupon (OYNO). However, the thing that makes these deals so great at Jewel is that the $25 threshold required to get the $10 coupon is based on the prices before you scan your preferred card. This can make for some truly amazing deals!

In addition to the "buy $25, get $10" promo, there is also an overlapping deal on Pillsbury refrigerated products: buy 4, get $2 off your next order; buy 5, get $3; buy 6 or more, get $4. Items that appear to be included in both promotions are crescent rolls, cookie dough, cinnamon rolls, Grands!, and pie crusts. If you satisfy the requirements of both promotions, you should get both coupons, so you could potentially get back a total of $14 if you buy the right items.

Here are some of what I consider the highlights of the promotion:

2/$4 sale price (pre-Pref. Card price = 2/$9.90, or $4.95 each)
General Mills cereal (selected varieties)
Betty Crocker fruit snacks (selected varieties)
Fiber One toaster pastries
Gold Medal Flour, 5 lb. bag

2/$5 sale price (pre-Pref. Card price = 2/$9.90, or $4.95 each)
Betty Crocker fruit snacks (selected varieties)
Pillsbury Simply Cookies, Ready to Bake Cookies, Chub Cookie Dough, or Pie Crust (selected varieties)
Yoplait Gogurt, Kids Yogurt, Yo-Plus, or Fiber One Yogurt, 4-8 pk. (selected varieties)
General Mills or Nature Valley Cereal Bars (selected varieties)

3/$5 sale price (pre-Pref. Card price = 3/$8.90)
Progresso High Fiber Soup (19 oz.), Progresso Microwave Soup (15.25 oz.), Progresso Rich & Hearty Soup (18.5-19 oz.), Progresso Traditional Soup (18.5-19 oz.)

3/$5 sale price (pre-Pref. Card price = 3/$9.50)
Pillsbury Crescent Rolls, Grands!, or Cinnamon Rolls


As a general rule, my strategy when doing these deals at Jewel is to do multiple transactions, starting with the one that requires paying the least amount out of pocket but still yields the OYNO coupon. Then, in subsequent transactions (usually over the course of several days), I buy $25 worth (based on pre-Preferred Card prices) and use my OYNO coupon (s) to pay for it. If I have done my math right, I usually pay less than a dollar out of pocket after using my OYNO coupons. Then, each transaction yields new OYNO coupons, which I can use on your next transaction. If you want to really stock up and get the most for your money, you can keep on "rolling" your OYNO coupons into the same deal over and over again, until you have sufficiently stocked up on what you need. If you combine this sale with other manufacturer coupons, you can also often create overage, which I use to buy meat and other things that are harder to get good deals on. The last time Jewel had a similar deal, I got a few hundred dollars worth of groceries for a total of less than $20 out of pocket, so these deals can definitely help with your grocery budget! I have outlined a couple scenarios below that I thought might be helpful.

Buy 5 General Mills cereals, including at least 2 Fiber One and 1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch @ $2 sale price/$4.95 shelf price
Buy 1 can Green Giant vegetables @ $.75 sale price/$1.25 shelf price
Use (2) $.75/1 Fiber One printable coupons, (1) $1/2 General Mills cereals printable coupon, and (1) $.55/1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch printable coupon
Total before Preferred Card (shelf prices) = $26
Total after Preferred Card (sale prices) = $10.75
Total after coupons = $7.70
Get back $10 OYNO coupon, for a profit of $2.30!

Buy 5 Pillsbury Simply Cookies @ $2.50 sale price/$4.95 shelf price
Buy 1 can Green Giant vegetables @ $.75 sale price/$1.25 shelf price
Use (5) $1/1 Pillsbury Simply Cookies coupons from 9/13 insert
Total before Preferred Card (shelf prices) = $26
Total after Preferred Card (sale prices) = $13.25
Total after coupons = $8.25
Get back $10 and $3 OYNO coupons, for a profit of $4.75!
Note: There are also $1/2 printable coupons for cookie dough, if you don't have enough of the insert ones

Buy 5 Fiber One or Yo-Plus yogurts @ $2.50 sale price/$4.95 shelf price
Buy 1 can Green Giant vegetables @ $.75 sale price/$1.25 shelf price
Use (5) $1/1 coupons from 9/13 or 10/4 inserts or $1/1 printable coupons from Coupons.com or here
Total before Preferred Card (shelf prices) = $26
Total after Preferred Card (sale prices) = $13.25
Total after coupons = $8.25
Get back $10 OYNO coupon, for a profit of $1.75!

Another thing to watch out for: the pre-Preferred Card price is not always the same as the shelf price that is marked on the shelf above the sale sticker. Sometimes it is listed in very small print, but not always. If it's not listed anywhere, you can find a price scanner at your store (my store has them in the liquor and frozen food sections); the scanner will typically show 3 prices for an item: the regular price, sale price, and preferred price. The amount that counts toward this deal is the middle one, what the scanner calls the "sale price."


Other participating products include:

Betty Crocker cookie pouches @ 3/$5 (pre-Pref. Card price?)
Betty Crocker Warm Delights and Warm Delights Minis @ 3/$5 (pre-Pref. Card price?)
Totino's Pizza Rolls @ $3.49 (pre-Pref. Card price = $3.99)
Pillsbury Savorings @ $3.49 (pre-Pref. Card price = $4.49)
Betty Crocker Traditional Brownie Mix @ $10 (pre-Pref. Card price?)
Betty Crocker Specialty Potatoes @ $1.67 (pre-Pref. Card price?)
Green Giant Boil in Bag Veggies @ $1.99 (pre-Pref. Card price = $2.29)
Green Giant Vegetables @ 4/$3 (pre-Pref. Card price = 4/$5)
Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers (no sauce) @ $2.19 (pre-Pref. Card price = $2.40)
Cascadian Farm All Natural Cereals (selected varieties) @ $3.99 (pre-Pref. Card price = $4.99)

$.20 Ronzoni Pasta at Jewel!

Through Wednesday, Jewel is running a promotion to get $3 off your order instantly when you buy $10 worth of participating products. One of the items is Ronzoni Healthy Harvest pasta, which is on sale for $1/box. There are printable coupons for $1 off 2 at both Coupons.com (mine was on pg. 3 of the coupons) and here. I was able to print 2 coupons from each site by hitting the back button. After coupons and store promotion, each box of pasta is $.20 each! Here's the math for a sample scenario:

Buy 10 boxes of Ronzoni @ $1 = $10
Use (5) $1/2 coupons = -$5
Minus $3 instant savings
Final cost = $2 for 10 boxes, or $.20 each!

That is a great deal, especially for all-natural whole grain pasta! But, to make this deal even better, there is also a Upromise coupon for $1 off 2 boxes of Ronzoni Healthy Harvest, making the final cost $1 for 10 boxes, or $.10 each! The Upromise coupon will not come off at the register, but the amount will be added to your Upromise account if your Jewel card is registered with them. If you don't have a Upromise account yet, you can go here to get started. As I mentioned in my posts here and here, money earned through Upromise can be used to either save for college or pay existing college loans.

You may remember that in previous Jewel posts, I wrote that the deals that generate coupons for money off your next order work off the price before you scan your preferred card. I wanted to point out that this is not the case with the instant savings promotions like this one. These kinds of promotions are based on the sale price advertised in the ad; you will see the discount come off at the register after you scan the required dollar amount.

Jewel Preferred Card Tent Promo - October Schedule

If you've never stopped by Jewel's blue Preferred Card tent when it's in your area, I highly recommend it! The store has a blue tent that they move around from store to store, to encourage people to update the information (address, email, etc.) on their preferred card. When you update your information, you get a book with some really great coupons, including SIX for completely free items:

Free 3 lb. bag of apples
Free Culinary Circle pizza
Free 4-pk. Homelife toilet paper
Free bottle Equaline ibuprofen
Free 1/2 gal. Wild Harvest milk
Free case Jewel bottled water

Personally, unless you absolutely need the items right now, I would recommend holding on to some of these coupons for a while, to see if they go on sale buy one, get one free (BOGO). When Jewel has BOGO sales, the first item rings up at full price, and the second rings up at $0. This means that if you use the "free" coupons when the items are on BOGO sale, you will get 2 items for free! The coupon will take off the full price of the first one, and the second will have already rung up at $0. There are quite a few other coupons too, most of which are manufacturer coupons redeemable only at Jewel.

Here's the tent's schedule for October. Check it out if it's in your area!

Friday, October 2, 3pm-8pm; 145 S. Eastwood Drive, Woodstock, IL 60098

Saturday, October 3, 10am-3pm; 150 W. Main St., Barrington, IL 60010

Sunday, October 4, 12pm-5pm; 890 N. Western Ave., Lake Forest, IL 60045

Monday, October 5, 3pm-8pm; 140 Lake St., Addison, IL 60101

Friday, October 9, 3pm-8pm; 1040 Summit, Elgin, IL 60120

Saturday, October 10, 10am-3pm; 33 E. St. Charles Rd., Villa Park, IL 60181

Sunday, October 11, 12pm-5pm; 423 E. Dundee Rd., Palatine, IL 60067

Monday, October 12, 3pm-8pm; 3535 Franklin St., Michigan City, IN 48360

Friday, October 16, 3pm-8pm; 901 S. Cottage Ave., Normal, IL 61761

Saturday, October 17, 10am-3pm; 2203 E. Oakland, Bloomington, IL 61701

Sunday, October 18, 12pm-5pm; 2103 N. Veteran's Pkwy., Bloomington, IL 61704

Monday, October 19, 3pm-8pm; 3531 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL 60657

Friday, October 23, 3pm-8pm; 446 Washington, Kankakee, IL 60901

Saturday, October 24, 10am-3pm; 6140 Northwest Hwy., Crystal Lake, IL 60014

Sunday, October 25, 12pm-5pm; 7900 N. Milwaukee, Niles, IL 60714

Monday, October 26, 3pm-8pm; 11730 S. Marshfield, Chicago, IL 60643

Friday, October 30, 3pm-8pm; 800 W. North Ave., Melrose Park, IL 60160

Sunday, November 1, 12pm-5pm; 900 Rollins Road, Round Lake Beach

Monday, November 2, 3pm-8pm; 1501 E. Algonquin Rd., Algonquin, IL 60102

Jewel - Great Kellogg's/Keebler Deal (possible $5 profit! + $70 Dell coupon code)

Starting tomorrow, Jewel will be running a Kellogg's and Keebler sale that will end up being pretty sweet after coupons and the Kellogg's Fuel for School rebate. Select Kellogg's/Keebler items will be on sale for $1.50 when you buy them in multiples of ten. Participating items include:

Kellogg's cereal, selected varieties (picture shows Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies, Apple Jacks, and Frosted Mini-Wheats)

Keebler Wheatables, Toasteds, or All-Bran Crackers, 8-10 oz.

Keebler Cracker Packs, 10.4-10.9 oz.

Kellogg's Cinnabon Bars, 7.8 oz. (6 ct. boxes are pictured)

Kellogg's Pop-Tarts, 21-22 oz. (12 ct. boxes are pictured)

Keebler Fudge Shoppe or E.L. Fudge Cookies, 8.5-12.5 oz., selected varieties

Kellogg's Special K Snack Crackers

Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Bars, 6.3-10.4 oz., selected varieties

Kellogg's Rice Krispies Treats, 6.2 oz., selected varieties

There are quite a few coupons for these items. Check out the coupons.com widget in my left sidebar for $1/1 printable coupons for Cinnabon bars and a $.55/1 coupon for Keebler sandwich crackers. There are also printable coupons here for $1.50/2 Frosted Mini Wheats and here for $.55/1 Pop-Tarts. Recent inserts have also had coupons that are good for this deal: $2/2 Kellogg's products with fiber (8/30 insert), $.75/1 Cinnabon bars (8/16 insert), $.55/1 Pop-Tarts (9/13 insert), and $1/2 for numerous products in the 8/2 insert, including cereal, Pop-Tarts, Keebler cookies and crackers, and Nutri-Grain bars. Remember that with printables, you can most likely print 2 coupons per computer by hitting the back button on your browser.

Depending on what you buy and what coupons you have, you could potentially make a $5 profit! Assuming you actually need/want these products, the best scenarios would include only coupons that take off $1 per item: the $2/2 Kellogg's and $1/1 Cinnabon.

Buy 10 Cinnabon and/or cereal and/or Pop-Tarts with fiber @ $1.50 = $15

Use a combination of coupons to take $1 off each box (let's say 3 $2/2 and 2 $1/1 Cinnabon)

Pay $5 out of pocket.

Submit receipt and UPC's for Kellogg's Fuel for School mail-in rebate and get back $10, for a profit of $5!

If you don't have enough of these particular coupons, or prefer to buy different items, you can still get everything for free or at a profit as long as you use coupons that take at least $.50 off each item.

The Fuel for School rebate was in the 8/2 insert, and it is also available here. You get back $10 for buying 10 participating items. To get the online form, go to the lower left corner of the page and click where it says "$80 in savings." You will have to create an account on the Kellogg's website, and then you should be able to download the form. Note: the 2 different rebate forms (insert vs. online) are mailed to different addresses, which makes them different offers, so you should be able to do them each once. Also, there were actually even more Fuel for School rebates this year, and the qualifying items were slightly different for some of them, so it's probably a good idea to check your form(s) before buying.

And, if you will be in the market for a new laptop soon, the deal is even better - in addition to the $10 rebate check, you will also get a $70 coupon code good toward the purchase of select Inspiron and Mini Studio laptops.

Free or Cheap Campbell's Soup @ Jewel

Starting tomorrow, Jewel is running a promotion on select Campbell's, Pepperidge Farm, V8, Swanson, and Prego products: Buy $15, get a coupon for $5 off your next order. When Jewel runs these promotions, the $15 threshhold is based on whatever the item rings up before you scan your preferred card. This can make for some pretty great deals!

The best deals I see in this promotion are a couple different kinds of Campbell's soup.

Campbell's Tomato or Chicken Noodle Soup - 20/$10 sale price; 20/$15 shelf price
Campbell's Select Microwave Soup Bowls - 4/$5 sale price, 4/$8.60 shelf price

Here are a couple possible scenarios:

Buy 20 tomato or chicken noodle soups @ 20/$10 (total shelf price = $15)
Use $1 on 2 printable coupon or $.40 on 4 coupon from 9/13 insert
Depending on the combination of coupons you use, you would pay anywhere from $0 to $8 out of pocket.
Get back a coupon for $5 off your next order, making your final cost anywhere from a profit of $5 to a cost of $3. (Even with a cost of $3, it's still only $.15/can, which is still pretty good!)

Buy 7 microwave soup bowls @ 4/$5 (total shelf price = $15.05)
Use 3 $1 on 2 coupons from 8/30 insert
Pay $5.75 after coupons and get back a $5 coupon
Final cost = $.75/7, or $.11 each

Jewel Preferred Card Tent Promo

ETA 10-5-09: Click here to view Jewel's October blue tent schedule.

If you've never stopped by Jewel's blue Preferred Card tent when it's in your area, I highly recommend it! The store has a blue tent that they move around from store to store, to encourage people to update the information (address, email, etc.) on their preferred card. When you update your information, you get a book with some really great coupons, including SIX for completely free items:

Free 3 lb. bag of apples
Free Culinary Circle pizza
Free 4-pk. Homelife toilet paper
Free bottle Equaline ibuprofen
Free 1/2 gal. Wild Harvest milk
Free case Jewel bottled water

Personally, unless you absolutely need the items right now, I would recommend holding on to some of these coupons for a while, to see if they go on sale buy one, get one free (BOGO). When Jewel has BOGO sales, the first item rings up at full price, and the second rings up at $0. This means that if you use the "free" coupons when the items are on BOGO sale, you will get 2 items for free! The coupon will take off the full price of the first one, and the second will have already rung up at $0. There are quite a few other coupons too, most of which are manufacturer coupons redeemable only at Jewel.

Here's the tent's schedule for September. Check it out if it's in your area!

Saturday Sept. 5, 10a.m.-3p.m., 1759 W. Ogden Ave., Naperville, IL 60540

Sunday Sept. 6, 12p.m.-5p.m., 2540 U.S. Rt. 30, Oswego, IL 60543

Saturday Sept. 12, 10a.m.-3p.m., 107 Avenue of The Cities, East Moline, IL 61244

Sunday Sept. 13, 12 p.m.-5p.m., 2010 First St. A , Moline, IL 61265

Monday Sept. 14, 3p.m.-8p.m., 1312 John Deere Expressway., Silvis, IL 61282

Friday Sept. 18, 3p.m.-8p.m., 4650 W. 103rd St., Oak Lawn, IL 60453

Saturday Sept. 19, 10a.m.-3p.m., 3220 S. Chicago Rd., Chicago Heights., IL 60411

Sunday Sept. 20, 12p.m.-5p.m., 652 Kirk Rd., St. Charles, IL 60174

Monday Sept. 21, 3p.m.-8p.m., 1320 Sycamore Rd., DeKalb, IL 60115

Friday Sept. 25, 3p.m.-8p.m., 1517 Sheridan, Wilmette, IL 60091

Saturday Sept. 26, 10a.m.-3p.m., 860 S. Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington Heights, IL

Sunday Sept. 27, 12p.m.-5p.m., 1177 S. Main St., Lombard, IL 60148

Monday Sept. 28, 3p.m.-8p.m., 1500 S. Lee St., Des Plaines, IL 60018

Super Shopping at Jewel (and other SuperValu stores)!

When I first moved to the Chicago area, I visited Jewel once and pretty much decided to never go there again because I thought they were way too expensive. I still think their prices are higher on a lot of things, but I've also learned one big secret that can make shopping at Jewel very worthwhile, and this is their Catalina deals that are "buy $X worth of certain products and save $Y on your next shopping trip." A good example is this week's "Buy $25 worth of ConAgra/Kellogg's products and save $10 on your next shopping trip." When you buy enough qualifying merchandise, a coupon will print out of the Catalina machine next to the register that is good for money off your next order. What often makes these deals absolutely wonderful is that the $25 qualifying purchase is based on the price of the items before you scan your preferred card. This makes for some truly amazing deals!

To see how this works, check out these deals this week on Wesson oil and Kellogg's cereals:

Buy 6 Cocoa Krispies @ $4.35 (price before preferred card) = $26.10 (if you want another kind of cereal, I would check the price first; this was the only kind I price checked)
Preferred card price = $15 (6 @ $2.50 each)
Minus (3) $2 off 2 coupons from this week's paper = (-$6)
Pay $9, get back $10 coupon to use on your next order.

If you wanted, you could use that $10 to get more cereal (plus $1 of something else as a filler so you can use the full amount of your $10 coupons), which would give you another $10, and the cycle just goes on and on and on...

You could also take your $10 and do this...

Buy 5 Wesson oil @ $5.45 (price before preferred card) = $27.25
Preferred card price = $12.50 (5 @ $2.50 each)
Pay $12.50 (or $2.50 cash + $10 in coupons from a previous order) and get back $10 in coupons
Final cost = $.50 each

It's possible that there are some other great finds hiding in this deal somewhere. If you find any more, let me know...I love to hear about other people's great shopping trips :)

Similar deals also run at other stores owned by the SuperValu chain, including Albertson's, Acme, Save-a-Lot, Shop 'n Save, Bigg's, Cub, Lucky, and probably some others.

In addition to using coupons and taking advantage of "$$ off your next order" deals, another way to save at Jewel is with avenu electronic coupons. Avenu coupons are tied to your preferred card and instantly deducted at the register; they are considered store coupons, so you can combine a manufacturer combine with an avenu discount. Avenu offers are supposedly customized based on your shopping habits, but I'm not 100% convinced of this. Go here to check out your avenu offers.

And, just in case you still aren't sure that Jewel's catalina deals are worth it, I paid a little over $20 out of pocket over the course of a week or two during the last couple deals they had like this, and I came away with over 20 boxes of cereal, 20 cans of fruit, 7 large jars of applesauce, several loaves of bread, 7 frozen pizzas, a couple bags of cheese, numerous cans of vegetables, a couple bottles of syrup, 2 boxes of crackers, 4 bottles of mayo, a package of lunch meat, a head of lettuce, some bananas, several bottles of salad dressing, a couple bags of salad, several packages of hamburger, 4 boxes of mac & cheese, 3 Easy Mac, more yogurt than I could possibly count, 2 Macaroni Grill dinners, 4 packages of onion soup mix, frosting, cake mix, a few Knorr side dishes, 5 bottles of laundry detergent, several packages of Klondike bars, and cartons upon cartons of Breyer's ice cream (I took at least 15 to work and gave several more to friends, and we still have quite a few in the freezer). I will also get $45 back in rebates from Kraft and Tombstone for all this, so I actually made a pretty decent profit!