Ran a last couple of the doubler transactions – only took cereal and almonds and you see here both transactions.  First one was for six cans of Blue Diamond almonds, which dropped to 50¢ a can after doubling the $1 coupon, 1 lb bag of organic baby carrots (free with cat PITA found), organic bananas (free with cat PITA found), Essential Everday (free with cat PITA found) and a quart of Dean’s heavy whipping cream (they substituted this for the light cream that was on sale but out of stock).  Total OOP was $6.82, which I paid for with my rapidly declining balance Jewel gift card.

Second transaction was easy peasy:  Four boxes of Cheerios and one of Frosted Toast Crunch (ugh).  After the doubles I paid $1.60 from the Jewel gift card.

Use the two $1 Cherios Peanut Butter, the two 75¢ off Dulce de Leche Cheerios and any other coupons you can pull from the various inserts.  Click on the Find Coupons page on top to see other IPs from Smart Source, etc.

If you have access to more than one computer, you can buy five cereals for $10 and use the Jewel doubler coupon (last day) with the $1 Cheerios PB to get it for FREE.  If you have only one computer, work out your own numbers – hey, maybe your family hates the Peanut Butter flavor anyway, and you only want the Dulce de Leche ones.

If your store doesn’t have any more of the doubler coupon ads, print out two copies from the Jewel Facebook site.

Stopped in at Jewel for a few Irish Spring deodorants and some pickles for PITA.  Pickles were $2.19, so .69 a jar after the doubler coupons.  I don’t know where I got the idea they were $1.69…but life will go on paying .50 more.  So basically, I paid a buck because I had a $1 Lean Cuisine cat that PITA found.

While there, I found out that the Lisle Jewel had decided to put a stack of the ads with the doubler coupons over by the door for people to help themselves.  They had originally been kept behind the customer service counter and handed out pretty liberally.  Beth also emailed me that the Jewel Facebook site has 3 doubler coupons on a page that can be printed twice (this link goes right to the print site).  If you’re nowhere near the Lisle Jewel and your local Jewel either never got the ads or they’re miserly about giving them out, print your six coupons (per computer).

I’m not too thrilled about this latest double coupon non-promotion – the prices, for the most part, are way too high to make it good even with $2 off!  Having said that, there are a couple of EXCELLENT deals to grab with both hands:

Activia yogurt four packs.  The price dropped to 2/$4, so using the $1 from 1/15 S (Tylenol cover) will make it free.  This is probably our favorite yogurt, so it’s stock up time.

Blue Diamond almonds are on sale for 2/$5.  Use the $1 from 1/29 S for 50¢ nuts.  Given the paucity of deals and coupon values lately, another grab with two hands deal.  I grabbed five cans of these yesterday and will definitely be taking more.

Irish Spring deodorant is on sale for $1.99, so use the $1 in 1/29 S and it’s FREE.

Suave deodorant is on sale for $1.50, so use the .75 coupon from 1/6 rp and it’s FREE.

VLASSIC pickles are $1.69 (I’ve read), so use the .75 from 1/29s for .19 jars.  I’ll probably get a few jars of these, since PITA is a pickle fan.

Since I’m limited (slightly) by the five coupons per person per day rule, I’m stocking up mostly on the yogurt.  Each order of five will be .09 as a low tax item.  I can live with that.

The organic baby carrots were paid for with a FREE cat that PITA found – go PITA!  Keep an eye on the clearance carts because there was a ton of Pedigree Good Bites and Purina chews.  I took the clams and bamboo shoots.  And we always get tortillas when they’re fresh – and El Milagro is our favorite (insert space for product sponsor here).

I’m bumping up this entire post because there are some readers who might have missed it last night.

Here are the coupons in the booklet that comes with the freezer this year – All coupons, both store and manufacturer, have expiration dates of 6/30/2012.  I’ve listed them as they appear in the book, so Free follows Save $ in no particular order.  S indicates STORE coupon and M is MANUFACTURER coupon.  Remember, store coupons reduce the amount on which we pay taxes while manufacturer coupons are just another form of payment, so tax on the full amount.  The freezer will sell for $159.99 and Jewel puts the value of their coupons at $160.  I believe the freezers will be available for sale starting February 5 (Sunday), since that’s when they always start.  Check your local store to see how many they will be getting.  As always, any mistakes or omissions are undoubtedly my own fault.

S 1 FREE Farm Fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts, tenders or wings 3 lb box
M 1 FREE DeGeiorno pizza dipping strips or Italian style favorites pizza
M 1 FREE On-Cor family size entree 28-32 oz
M 1 FREE Kellogg’s Eggo waffle: which & fluffy 6ct or waffles 10 ct
M 1 FREE Jamba smoothies 8 oz
M 1 FREE Old Orchard apple, cranberry or pomegranite juice 12 oz
S 1 FREE YoSickle 12 ct
M Save $1 Sunkist soda 2L reg or diet, any flavor
M Svae $1/2 Minute Maid pure squeezeds juice 59 fl oz.
M Save $2 on 1 Sister Schubert’s product 11-16 oz
M 1 FREE Equal sweeteners: classic packets 230 ct;
Saccharin or Sucralose packets 100  ct or Sucralose granulated 9.7 oz carton
M 1 FREE Pasta Prima either pasta 8 oz or sauce 7.5 oz
M 1 FREE Floresta frozen pasta 11-13 oz
M 1 FREE Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauce 24 oz
M 1 FREE Kraft grated Parmesan cheese 8 oz
M 1 FREE Kraft Jet-puffed marshmallows 8 oz.
M 1 FREE Lance cracker packs 6-14 oz
M 1 FREE Bon Cuisine crab rangoons, shrimp spring rolls or shrimp wontons 8-12 oz.
S 1 FREE Sylvania sofe white double life light bulbs 4 ct
M 1 FREE Santa Fe salsa or con queso 16 oz
M 1 FREE Hidden Valley salad kit 4.1-4.9 oz
M Save $1 on 1 L’Oreal Paris cosmetics product
S Save $5 on 1 Finish Quantum: Powerball 45 ct; 3-in-1 Powerball 60 ct or Gelpac 60 ct.
S Save $5 on 1 Woolite laundry detergent 100 fl oz.
S 1 FREE Shoppers Value breaded chicken or meatball 26-28 oz frozen
M Save $2 on 1 Energizer MAX brand batteries: 4 pk AA or AAA; 2 pk C or D or 1 pk 9 v
S Save $5 on 1 MoneyGram money transfer
M Save $1 on 1 Sunkist soda 2L, reg. or diet, any flavor
M 1 FREE Better Oats oatmeal 5 c5
M 1 FREE Mom’s Best naturals cereal 11.5-16.5 oz
M Save $2 on 1 A-1 steak sauce 10 oz larger
M Save $2 on 1 Green Mountain K-cut portion packs 12 ct box
M Save $2 on 1 Davoi coffee 10 oz
M 1 FREE Langers juice 64 fl. oz.
M 1 FREE Fla-vor-ice freezer pops 16 ct
M 1 FREE Sparkling Ice 17.1 oz bottle
M 1 FREE Ciao Bella Adonia frozen Greek yogurt (new product available in March)
M 1 FREE Edy’s shakes or smoothies 7.6-8.1 oz
M 1 FREE Better Croker parlor perfect 7.2-9 oz
M 1 FREE Hunt’s diced tomatoes 14.5 oz: fennel & red pepper or spicy red peppers
S 1 FREE Ocean Spray canned cranberry sauce 8-14 oz
M Save $1 on 1 Palmolive dish liquid 25 oz
S FREE 1/2 lb DeLusso deli meat or cheese
S 1 FREE Stockman & Dakota pub burgers frozen 36 oz.
S Save $5 on any Gift Card Mall purchase
M 1 FREE Ziploc Perfect Portion brand bags 75 ct
M Save $3 on 1 L’Oreal Paris Age Perfect or Revitalift Skincare product
M Save $2 on any American Greeting card
S 1 FREE SuperChill 12 pk, 12 fl oz cans
S 1 FREE Jewel spring water 24 pk 16.9 fl oz
S 1 FREE Essential Everday or Jewel sugar free drink mix packets 10 ct
S 1 FREE Maruchan 12 pack 36 oz
M Save $1 on 1 Barber Foods stuffed chicken breasts
M Save $1 on 1 Steak-eze Angus Philly steaks 15-21 oz frozen
M 1 FREE Louis Kemp crab delights or lobster delights 7-8 oz package
S 1 FREE Mentos Up2U gum 14 ct package
M 1 FREE Wolfgang Puck Italian sauce 16 oz
S 1 FREE M&M candy 8 oz package (stand up pouch)
S 1 FREE International Delight iced coffee 64 oz (NEW ITEM)
M Save $1 La Tortilla Factory tortilla or wrap 11.5-17.5 oz
M Save $1 1 La Banderita flour tortillas 10 ct
M 1 FREE Banquet fruit pie 7 oz
M 1 FREE Fisher dry roasted peanuts 14 oz
S Save $1.50 Dannon Activa multiack yogurt 4 or 12 pk
M Save $2 on 1 Snapple tea or juice drink 64 oz
M 1 FREE DeWafelbakkers pancakes or waffles 18-60 ct
S 1 FREE Bar-S Classic Corn Dogs 3 lb box, frozen

Surprisingly enough, none of my eight delivered papers contained any grocery ads – NONE!  I don’t recall this ever happening before, but the Goddess isn’t unhappy in the least because it’s too much work to try to find a deal at Jewel within the next few days.  I’ve read comments on other sites about “deals” that just aren’t.  If you find yourself buying things for more than you’re used to paying “’cause you have the doubler coupons,” then Jewel corporate has won and we’ll be seeing more of these non-deals and stupid Win Big promotions in the future.

If you do get anything really, really good, though, pretty please shoot me an email with pix and I’ll be thrilled to post.

To add to their non-sales lineup, Jewel has introduced a non-coupon book.  While there are a lot of $1 coupons…they’re store coupons and Jewel won’t double them.  Pick up a book or two – the Lisle Jewel had a cardboard display by customer service/SCOT lanes and I’m sure you can find them at other stores.   Frankly, it seems that the book is mostly recipes, pretty folks doing fun stuff…and lots and lots of booze rebates (probably why they all look so happy).