Today’s Safeway Trip (episode one)

2 March 2012 2,930 views 9 Comments

Hello all of you blog readers who are only here for the couponing posts! Are you still with me? I know it has been a LONG time since I posted any of my grocery shopping trips, but if you are a Safeway shopper, then you are probably not surprised that I have been missing. There just haven’t been a lot of “run out and shop NOW” weeks, have there? In fact, most of my shopping trips have just been picking up the basics and living off the freezer and pantry stockpile, due to good menu planning. And, it’s not like I have a MASSIVE stockpile, but we do have a bunch of broccoli and other frozen veggies from this summer, lots of applesauce, peaches and pasta from last year, and I’ve been doing a ton of baking from scratch.

The secret is to stockpile when prices are LOW. For example, I stockpiled pasta (mostly free-25¢) a while back, and I’m almost out of our pasta sauce stockpile. I’m down to about 10 jars/cans, which, to a couponer is low. I was down to a single box of cereal (gasp!) until today, so my hubby is going to be overjoyed!

Here’s the picture. Details to follow:

I printed the $5/5 Kellogg’s coupon back when it was available, so I used two of them in this trip. All of the boxes of cereal cost me 99¢ each. By the way, 99¢ a box might be my new stock-up price. It pains me to say that. Feel my pain, couponers? UGH.

The Gluten Free Rice Krispies are on a special price for $1.99 without a coupon. I thought this was kind of a score since my hubby HATES it when I buy “kid” cereals for our boys, and it seemed like that was all that was available in this week’s sales. You’ve got to admit it: “kid” cereals really shouldn’t be fed to kids for breakfast. Not that I never do it, but we all know better, right? We eat them instead of ice cream for dessert! Happy boys, happy daddy, happy mommy! I picked up Frosted Flakes and Frosted Mini Wheats (all 99¢ a box after in-ad and internet printable coupons).

I DID get the Catalina for a free gallon of milk for buying 4 boxes of the Mini Wheats! I’m hoping to go back this afternoon to pick up more Mini Wheats and a gallon of milk or two, plus MORE fruit! My boxes were marked with a “save $5 on breakfast” ad on the front, and inside the boxes I found these coupons:

I’ll be buying 10 more boxes of cereal, using (2) $5/5 coupons, (3) “save $1 on fruit WYB 3 boxes” coupon (attaches to the fruit), the “save $1 on eggs WYB 3 boxes” coupon (attaches to the eggs) and the “save $2 on milk WYB 2 gallons and 2 boxes” coupon (attaches to one gallon of milk), PLUS the free milk Catalina. Hopefully it all works out. I’ll post if it does!

The rest of the purchases are items you can find in your Safeway ad with match-ups at your favorite coupon blog.

My “big” purchase was all of that chicken. The frozen boneless/skinless chicken breasts were $1.99/lb and sold in a 4lb bag for $7.96 bag. I spent $31.84 on chicken, but I won’t have to buy chicken breasts for a couple of months, PLUS it got my subtotal up above $75 so I could use the $10/$75 coupon.

Other “deals” (used loosely!):

carrots $1
apples 67¢/lb
salad - free with coupon from the booklet in the produce section
Kettle chips - 98¢ with MC

Hope that inspires a few of you! It’s just a normal shopping trip for this couponer living off of a budget of $50 a week for a family of four. Totally possible, don’t you think?

What great deals did you find at Safeway this week?

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9 Comments »

Pam said:

Couponing has been pretty boring around these parts too…

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# 2 March 2012 at 3:33 pm

Ruth said:

I have a quick question about the save $10.00 when you spend $75.00 coupon at Safeway… always before, they would scan that coupon first after the club card was scanned. Now my Safeway will only scan it AFTER they have scanned ALL of my coupons and then will scan it if its still over $75.00. The managers say that this is the policy. Did i miss something? There have been notices at the store.Thank you so much! and good job today!

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Kelleigh Reply:
March 2nd, 2012 at 9:44 pm

Here ya go, Ruth! Check out #12:
12. Purchase reward thresholds (if any) will be calculated based upon customer’s final price (after deducting Club Card savings and all other discounts and savings) before deductions for any manufacturer coupons. As an example (and not as an offer), if a $10 minimum purchase is required for a customer reward, a customer’s order at full retail would be $12, a Club Card discount of $1.75 applies, and a manufacturer’s coupon of $1 applies, the customer would be given credit for a $10.25 purchase, and would be eligible for the reward (assuming compliance with all other requirements) even though the customer’s cash payment would be only $9.25. The manufacturer’s coupon would not be deducted from the total for purposes of determining reward eligibility. Purchase reward thresholds (if any) will be calculated based upon customer’s final price (after deducting Club Card savings, and all other discounts)

So, it is after club card and Safeway coupons, but before Manufacturer’s coupons. Here is the link to that page on the Safeway website: http://www.safeway.com/ShopStores/Justforu-CP-RL.page

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Ruth Reply:
March 2nd, 2012 at 10:15 pm

thank you!

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# 2 March 2012 at 9:33 pm

Krista S. said:

Oh how I have missed your “monthly” coupon trips to Safeway! Thank you! I did very well this month too, stocking up on cereal (Honey Nut Cheerios & Frosted Mini Wheats), a bunch of markdown yogurt, Kettle chips, produce: strawberries, carrots, avocados, POM Wonderful juice (raincheck from last month), eggs, Progesso Soups, and more.

I too have had to change my stock-up price for cereal. When we got down to the last couple boxes, my husband even asked me that question since I was refusing to pay so “high” for cereal! We are now good on cereal, but yes could use a bit more pasta. For what it is worth, I LOVE your coupon posts It is nice to see what others are able to do with this crazy, jump through the hoops transaction!

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# 2 March 2012 at 10:20 pm

Brenda said:

Kelleigh,
Are you aware of the Kellogg’s Rebate (purchase 10 cereals, get a $10 giftcard) that’s available? The Gluten Free Rice Krisipies are included in the offer and it doesn’t expire until 4-30. I didn’t realize that the Gluten Free variety was included in the sale, definitely adding it to my shopping list!

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Kelleigh Reply:
March 3rd, 2012 at 8:44 am

Ooh! Thanks, Brenda! I printed out that rebate and then completely forgot about it! Yay!

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# 3 March 2012 at 4:17 am

Dee said:

Kelleigh,
Do I see an onion there?

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# 3 March 2012 at 2:24 pm

Terri said:

Hey, we snack on cereal too! Around 8-9 pm when the munchies come around it seems healthier to have cereal than to have ice cream, cake or etc. Plus it really does satisfy that sweet tooth.

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# 5 May 2012 at 7:48 am