Jewel - the GEM of grocery stores!

if you had told me last summer that I would shop almost exclusively at Jewel I would have laughed. Jewel is too expensive! Well yes they are - unless you know how to shop there.

There are SO many deals right now at Jewel, it's hard to know where to start. There is a Spend $25 or More when you Buy Select Kraft, Starkist, Arnold, Brownberry or Oroweat products between 3/4 and 3/22 and get $10 back. This is in the form of a catalina - but those are just like cash.

Some of the products are: Cheese (currently on sale for $2), Planter's trail mix (Currently on sale for $1.25), and South Beach Living cereal bars (also on sale - and possibly on your Avenu). Sashafras did a great job of outlining the cheese deal here.
The trail mix (which would be a great 72 hour kit item) is normally $2.75, on sale for $1.25. Buy 10 and pay only $12.50. Get a $10 catalina back - if you already have a cat, you'll pay only $2.50 for 10 bags or $.25 each. Around Super bowl time, there were Kraft coupon booklets out with $1 off 2, if you have 3 of those - you'll have $.50 overage (Overage is my favorite word. Free is my 2nd favorite word).

This deal DOES NOT stack so limit your buying to $25 (scanning price) each transaction.

The $19.99 4-pack meat deal is back - again, watch for packages priced $4 and under for the best value here.

Ice Mountain water (the 6-pack 700 mL flip top bottle) is on sale for $2.50 each. For every 2 you buy, you get a $2 catalina back so $3 for 12 700 mL bottles, but throw in the $.75/2 coupon from the 2/08 RP and pay only $2.25 for 12 bottles of water - that's under $.19 a bottle! And after you scan the first 2, you will get a coupon for $1 off two which you can use on your next order - less than $.17 a bottle! The $1 coupon only prints for the first 2 so if you want to keep getting them, you need to break up your transactions.

Over at Walgreens, there is a great deal on Huggies this coming week. Spend $25 get $10 back. There are coupons for $5 and $3 at www.coupons.com - make sure you print 2 of each per computer you have access to. The jumbo packs of diapers are on sale for $10 so if you were to purchase 2 packages of diapers and one package of wipes and use 2 - $5 and 1 - $3 coupon, the scenario would look like this:

$26 diapers and wipes
-$2 store discount for purchasing 2nd package of diapers (may have to remind cashier)
-$13 2 - $5 coupons and 1 $3 coupon
=$11
-$10 Register Reward
=$1 for all that!

Remember, Walgreens Register Rewards don't roll or stack.

Happy shopping this week!