Comments on: Albertsons: Post Cereal deal starts 3/17

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:20:09 +0000

Woohoo!!!!! I bought a total of 72 boxes of cereal (not just for myself, but for other people in my family) paid $3.95 OOP, got a $4 catalina, and saved $246.96!!!! Thanks for the tip!

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:14:23 +0000

I am in Eugene … bummer

I printed the $2 off one box … thats better than nothing

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:54:33 +0000

Julie,

I’m in NE Portland and have some, but they’re only for Honey Bunches of Oats and Just Bunches. Let me know if you’re interested

By: michelle

michelle — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:39:44 +0000

I am very new to this website and these Albertson’s deals. What does Catalina mean?

By: Christin

Christin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:17:59 +0000

Julie,

Where are you?

By: Mimi

Mimi — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:35:01 +0000

If you go to the Post Cereal website and sign up for their newsletter you can get a $2 off post ceral coupon.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:39:54 +0000

I bought coupons online and they never came .. I am super bummed out … can anyone meet me or mail some to me … I only want two or three coupons … I don’t need many

By: Albertsons Deals for March 17-23 | Frugal Living NW

Albertsons Deals for March 17-23 | Frugal Living NW — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:56:23 +0000

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By: rachael

rachael — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:18:32 +0000

If you have 20 coupons like I do it works out like this:
Boy 4 boxes each transaction
1.59 x4 =6.36-2 (1 off2)-2(doubles)=2.36 .67 overage each transaction with total of 10 transactions. You end up with 40 boxes of cereal $6.03 in overage and a $3 cat to use.
Buy 5 boxes each transaction
1.59 x5 =7.95-2 (1 off 2) -2 (doubles)= 3.95 .05 overage each transaction with total of 10 transactions. You end up with a total of 50 boxes of cereal $0.45 in overage and a $4 cat to use.
Buy 6 boxes each transaction
1.59 x6 =9.54 -3 (1 off 2)-3 (doubles)=3.54 .46 overage each transaction but only a total of 9 transactions one of them being with 2 coupons. So a total of 41 boxes of cereal and $4.14 in overage with a $4 cat still to use.

I decided to do the 10 transactions with 5 boxes each to get the most cereal for the coupons that I have. Yes, I had less in overage but I was okay with that.

By: Christin

Christin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:41:47 +0000

So with the Post Deal, I found this to be the best scenario:

4 box scenario:
$1.59 per box X 4 = $6.39
Minus $7 (2 $1/2 boxes Coupons, 2 $1 Doublers, $3 Catalina)
Total of -$.61 money maker
(will need to purchase something for $.61 or more to use the rolling catalina)

However most coupon sites are showing the 6 box scenario which only nets you -$.46:
$1.59 per box X 6 = $9.54
Minus $10 (3 $1/2 boxes Coupons, 3 $1 Doublers, $4 Catalina)
Total of -$.46 money maker
(will need to purchase something for $.46 or more to use the rolling catalina)

Clear as mud? It might be just a few cents difference, but every penny counts!

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:31:17 +0000

Between Albies and Safeway I ended up with 35 boxes of cereal this week!!!!! I was SO excited and so was my hubby Great Deals!!!!

By: Joanna Ruth

Joanna Ruth — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:14:00 +0000

Ooooh okay thanks lol

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:01:13 +0000

Oops! I calculated wrong. It was $1.75 for 29 boxes, so that’s 6 cents/box! : ) I only used 6 doubles too!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:55:16 +0000

Yesterday I did the deal and got 29 boxes of cereal for an average for $0.073/box! I was VERY pleased!!!

By: Robyn

Robyn — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:02:15 +0000

That’s totally hillarious.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:01:11 +0000

In the weekly ads you receive in the “food mailers” on Tuesdays. The double coupons are only good from 3/17-3/20.

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:04:55 +0000

2/28 SS insert — the Portland Metro area did not receive them.

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:03:34 +0000

Yes. I should have put that in the post!

By: Bethany

Bethany — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:59:55 +0000

IMO the best deal is to buy 4 per transaction. This results in 64 cents overage:
4 boxes at $1.59 minus $2 for coupons, minus $2 for doubles equals OOP $2.36, $3 cat. Future transactions $2.36 for 4 boxes of cereal, plus 64 cents worth of whatever else you want- oranges are a good price at Albertson’s this week, so you should be able to get 2 or 3 of them free for each transaction.

By: rachael

rachael — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:27:33 +0000

By the way I just wanted to let you know that the gal helping me in the self check at Albertson’s loved that I was getting such a great deal, she was in awe! I gave her your website and told her I just follow the directions, you do all of the leg work! Thanks so much for the work that you all put into this