Giant Cereal Deal This Week Combined With Kellogg's Fuel For School = Better Than Free Cereal!

Today I went to Giant to use my Kellogg’s cereal coupons that I had been saving up for a really good cereal sale to combine with the Kellogg’s Fuel for School Rebate.

I combined two Giant sales/promotions for this week, along with their Dollar Doubler Coupons to pay $8.95 for 10 boxes of cereal (about $0.90 per box).  I will submit my mail-in-rebate for the Kellogg’s Fuel for School program soon and when I get my rebate check of $10, I will end up getting the cereal for free and netting $1.05 profit!
That’s better than free!

Here’s a picture of my total purchase:

And here are the coupons I used:

My receipt stated that I saved $9.00 in Bonus Card savings, $8.76 in “Personal Thanks Savings”, and $11.19 in “Manufacturer Coupons/Dollar Doubler Coupons”.  My total before savings was $45.41.  My savings came to $28.95, which is a 63% savings.  Include the Fuel for School Rebate of $10 and my total savings will be 85% (after rebate).

Here’s a list of what I purchased with the coupon match-up:

Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes (14 oz.) box & Kellogg’s Raisin Bran (15 oz.) box on sale 4 for $6 (limit one offer per transaction)
Purchased 4/$6
– $1.50/2 IP Red Plum Coupon (no longer available to print, printed back in late July 2009 from redplum.com)
– $1/2 Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes, Frosted Flakes Gold, Fruit Loops, Apple Jacks, Cocoa Krispies or Corn Pops from 8/2/09 Kellogg’s/Keebler insert
= $3.50 for 4  boxes ($0.875 per box)

Kellogg’s Rice Krispies 12 oz. box 4 @ $3.69 = $14.76
– Automatic $4 off when you purchase 4 Kellogg’s Cereals (all varieties & sizes, excluding cups)
– (4) $1 Coupon from VocalPoint mailer (thanks to the ladies from Redemption Unlimited for the tip on signing up for VocalPoint.  I love getting my coupons in the mail from them!  I can’t believe they sent me all those great Rice Krispies coupons in one mailing!)
– (4) Dollar Doubler Giant Coupons (limit of 4 coupons per transaction, and must have minimum total purchase of $15)
= $2.76 for 4 boxes ($0.69 per box)

Kellogg’s Rice Krispies 12 oz. box 2 @ $3.69 = $7.38
– $1 Coupon from VocalPoint mailer
– 1 Free Box of Rice Krispies (11 oz. or larger) from VocalPoint mailer
= $2.69 ($1.345 per box)

TOTAL FOR 10 BOXES OF CEREAL = $8.95

Other items purchased in order to meet $15 minimum purchase (so I could use the Dollar Doubler coupons):

Giant cheese (block) 8 oz. 2 @ $2 = $4
1 bunch Cilantro @ $1.49
Red Onion 0.61 lb @ $1.49 per lb = $0.91
Plum Tomatoes 2.33 lb @ $0.99 per lb = $2.31
Total for non-coupon items = $8.71
(I’m making some homemade salsa for the hubby, and happened to run out of cheese recently)

TOTAL PAID OOP (out-of-pocket) = $17.15 (including tax)
– $10 Rebate from Kellogg’s Fuel For School that I will receive in approximately 8 weeks
= $7.15 for my total purchase (which makes the cereal free plus overage applied to the rest of my grocery purchase)

Woo hoo for free cereal!