The following transactions were run between 10 – 10:15, so it’s possible that other UPCs have now been entered into the system – we can only hope!  Also, except for the Puffs, I only tried one or two of the items, not all the varieties/scents shown in the ad and marked with shelf tags.  Without further ado:

Tide 150 oz.  – NO

Bounty 12 ct  NO

Charmin bath tissue – NO

Puffs, all varieties – YES.  Note that both the ones in the ad (124-180 ct) and the smaller size (96 ct) Puffs Basic are on sale for $1.79.  In fact, they look so much alike that I accidentally grabbed the wrong ones at first!  Be certain you’re grabbing the larger boxes – oh, and there aren’t any cubes as part of this promo, so don’t even try them!

Dawn – YES

Cascade – NO

Bounce – NO

Downy liquid – NO

Downy Unstopables or Gain Scent Boosters – NO

Bounty Napkins 200 ct – YES

Swiffer Sweepers or Dusters – NO

Mr. Clean – YES

Iam dry cat food 5-5.7 lbs – NO

Iams dry dog food 16.3-17.5 lbs – NO

Febreze air fresheners both cans and cars – YES

The Lisle Jewel will be issuing $5 cash/credit for those transactions that don’t work, but my best advice is to only stop in for those items that are guaranteed to work and wait on the others…otherwise you’re gonna be for a long wait at customer service, kwim?

Okay, here’s the picture of the ad once again so you can follow this in pictures.  Only shelf tags received for this sale (on Jewel items) were for the Bounty, Charmin and Tide – the hugely overpriced items in which we have no interest. Now I can see a store posting an ad disclaimer for one or two or even three items, but to claim that only three items are part of this instant savings?

In the past, when something similar (though not on as large a scale) has happened, Jewel has honored all those items pictured, but these are new owners.  However, because they are new owners, can they really afford the shitstorm of bad – and I mean really, really bad – publicity when first the media and then the Attorneys General start looking into bait and switch or whatever they’re calling it now.  Hey, everybody, come on in for these great deals.  Hey, everybody, 12 of the 15 products pictured in the ad really aren’t part of the deal; they’re just showing all the cool stuff that P&G manufactures…and even though we all approved this ad beforehand, we didn’t pay close attention to all those pesky details

yeah, right.

Dollar General sells Clairol Balsam hair color for $3 – that’s their every day price, so no need to rush out. Use the $2 coupon from 8/11 rp and pay a buck. Wait until Saturday for the $5/$25 coupon or buy something and it will print on your receipt. I bought five boxes, used five $2 coupons and a $5/$25 printed on the receipt, good tomorrow. So I will return and buy nine boxes ($27) less $18 in coupons, less $5 store coupon and pay $4 plus tax. I like having a hair color reserve for PITA and her friends, so it’s worth paying the buck.

Then on to Ultra where we encountered what I thought (hoped) was a large breakfast sandwich, ’cause blogging builds up an appetite!  Alas, the box said “product enlarged for detail.”   How depressing.

Then on to the stuff we really came for:  charcoal, Bayer aspirin and shaving gel/foam.   Kingsofrd charcoal is on sale for $6.48 with a $2 store coupon in the ad.  Stack with the $2 mfr coupon in the new Jewel ad.  There isn’t any limit, but you will need an Ultra store coupon for every bag purchased.  Weird.  

Many varieties of Bayer were on sale for $1.88, so I grabbed 16 boxes and paid with a $2 expired coupon.  Unfortunately, they reduced each and every one by .12.  sigh  The Gillette shaving creams are also on sale for $1.88, so I used the $6/3 coupon from 8/11 rp.  Customer service wanted to see the coupon because it was over $3.  At first they were going to reduce the value to match the items, but it turned out that two of the cans rang at $2.19 (really odd, because I bought 3 cans of each variety!), so that would have taken up the overage and they left the coupons as they were.  Remember that Ultra has a 12 like coupon limit unless the coupon indicates a lesser amount, as these Gillette ones do (4 like).

Some of the Food4Less locations have a huge display of Gillette shave gels/foams for $1.78 – even cheaper, but this is definitely a ymmv and you may or may not encounter resistance with the 4 like coupon wording.

My advice?  If at all possible, head over to Walmart for a price match.  I’ve been very pleased with all the employees of any of the Walmarts I’ve actually shopped (the store in Villa Park was a creephole and I walked out without buying anything).

I’ve done a bit of extra walking up and down the Jewel aisles in search of the best use of those $1/2 EE coupons from the 8/25 rp and found pretty much what I expected.

Lots of canned vegetables and beans for 69¢ to 89¢.  Yeah, I know frozen is better, but with only one large upright freezer (though my new refrigerator has a much larger freezer section, it’s not the same), I have to optimize my use of that space – canned works much better because there’s no urgency in use…and they do well in flood conditions.  don’t ask.  The EE version of Rotel is on sale for 69¢ – paying 19¢ a can after the coupon is a stock up price for me (they have both the mild and medium).

The single rolls of EE paper towels are $1 – the BIG rolls are $1.49.  120 ct  packs of casual napkins are 10/$10, which will probably be where I put my coupons.  EE bleach comes in three sizes:  gallon for over $3(!), the smaller one (is it even a 1/2 gallon?) is $1.69 and there’s this tiny little one for 99¢.

What EE products are you planning to stock up one?  There are probably lots of things I missed or didn’t consider a good deal – prove me wrong!  shame the guacamole isn’t EE…’cause I’m sure sucking down containers!