Albertsons Trip 01April2009

Albertsons is having a fantastic sale on Post cereal this week!

Select boxes are on sale for $2.07. If you buy 2, they are discounted to $1.57 each.

If you buy 5 boxes or more, a "Save $5.00 off your next purchase" coupon will print out.

I was lucky to find a $2.00/one box Trail Mix Crunch on Post's website. We're lucky to have three computers in the house. Last night, I was able to print four off of my laptop, but today they placed a limit of 2 coupons per computer.

So off to Albertsons I went, with very little more than a prayer that the shelves weren't completely cleared off ... (and they almost were!)

What I got:

(4) Boxes of Post Trail Mix Crunch (Vanilla Almond flavor)

(1) Box Post Honey Bunches of Oats (Chocolate Clusters flavor)

Coupons I had:

(4) $2.00 off ONE box Post Trail Mix Crunch, any flavor.

My total out-of-pocket spent was (HOLD YOUR BREATH!) ......... $0.35!

TOTAL SAVINGS PERCENTAGE TODAY : 98.6%

The math basics here:

I bought 5 total boxes, so I had 2 multiples of 2, which means 4 boxes were priced at $1.57 each and 1 box was priced at $2.07.

Before coupons, that makes the total $8.35. After the (4) $2.00 off coupons, I spent $0.35.

Clearly, the coupons priced at $2.00 off ONE box created an overage in my favor that the store is actually gaining money on the deal from the manufacturer.

The best part of this whole thing is that I got a coupon for $5.00 off my next shopping purchase. That basically means that I made $4.65 off Albertsons tonight by buying 5 boxes of cereal. Since I do almost all of my shopping at Albertsons anyway, this "in store credit" is just as good as cash to me.

I also recieved a "$1.50 off TWO boxes of Post Trail Mix Crunch" coupon that's an Albertsons store coupon. Since it's a store coupon, I can combine this with my manufacturer's coupons, and thus get $5.50 off my next 2 boxes (because I still have a few more $2.00 off coupons left). Considering that these boxes will be priced at $1.57 each (because I will be buying TWO), I will thus receive a "credit" of $2.36. Obviously, I can use this to my advantage to lower the price on another item that I may purchase on my next transaction.

SCORE!!!!