Jewel Deals this week

I chuckle inside when I overhear others say how cheap groceries are at other stores. Don't be fooled by shelf prices. If you're willing to put a little effort into the cause, Jewel is the best bang for your buck.

Time to stock up on Kellogg's cereals (and milk). There are 2 promotions running right now (through Wed) on Kellogg's cereals.

Promotion 1 (ends Wed):
Buy 10 and get and instant $10 deduction. The cereals involved are plainly marked at the store. There are some other items that work for this promotion as well. Nutrigrain bars and Rice Krispie treats are among them. They are on sale for $2.50 a box. When you buy 10, you receive a automatic $10 deduction, so now they are $1.50 a box. Add in some coupons from the 2/22 RP ($1.50 off 2, $.70 off 1) and your total drops. Assuming you have 5 of the $1.50/2 coupons, you would pay $7.50 for 10 boxes of cereal.

Promotion 2 (this one actually runs longer - through 4/12):
If 7 of those 10 boxes of cereal are 12 oz or larger, you will get 3 coupons for 1 gallon of milk (up to $4.69). So you have just paid $7.50 for 10 boxes of cereal and 3 gallons of milk. The cheapest I've seen milk lately is $1.99, so factoring that price in, you are paying about $.15 a box for the cereal. You want to make sure you get 7 cereals but you could get pop-tarts, nutrigrain bars, cheez-its or a variety of other things (just look for the signs) as your other 3 items.

The milk catalinas are generated by 7 or more so while this deal does stack, in order to maximize your milk catalinas, you will want to do it one deal per transaction. This is a good price for cereal - you'll want to stock up for at least a couple of months. Keep in mind, the milk catalinas expire in 2 weeks so assuming you have enough coupons, you'll at least want to do enough transactions to cover your milk needs for two weeks.