Finally, a reason to return to Jewel! After a few months of practically sleeping on a cot in the back, I’ve been in only a few times. Today that changed. Since I was in a hurry and needed to burn a few expiring cats (10/6), I picked up everything in the picture and spent…well, I’ll detail it out for you.
First transaction was for 7 OR popcorn. The shelf tag reads $3.59, but the Preferred Card price is $1.69, so we’re looking at 7 total to get to Skippy’s Magic Number, which for this promotion is $25. Actually, this gets us to $25.13, which is really cutting it close. The actual cost works out to be $11.83, and you then get a $10 OYNO cat. I added 2 Mrs. T Pierogi ($3.45 BOGO) and a small Soft Soap. The Soft Soap was a substitute for the 10/$10 soap oddity sale which is not carried by my Jewel. I had a store coupon cat for $1 off a personal care item, so this was my boy! I picked up 6 more of the sale creamers and used 3 $1 coupons. Total for this transaction was $15.63, so I used 3 of the $5 Wags RRs from the Nutrisse deal and paid out $1.63 in cash. Got the $10 cat, but forgot my pot stamps. I’ll get all stamps next time I’m in.
Next transaction was for 7 more OR popcorn and 2 more Mrs. T Pierogi. Total was $13.64 (which really freaked out the cs person, who couldn’t believe my total could be so high!), but I used 4 of the $3 Aquapod cats and ended up at $1.64. Got the $10 cat, but forgot the pot stamp.
I saw Jill Cataldo’s post this morning about a vitamin freebie at Jewel. Clicked on the link and discovered that this is not a regular manufacturer coupon with a set limit. This is a fantastical unlimited print $4 coupon for the adult gummy vitamins (70 ct) on sale for $3.99. You know what that means! FREE vitamins for the next year. While I’ve never tasted this brand, so far I’ve never met a gummy vitamin I didn’t like. You can healthify yourself into a diabetic coma eating these things. I placed a special order for 48 of them at the $3.99 price so I’ll keep picking them up week after week as they dribble in. Did the same thing with the MotrinPM (150 special order for free) a couple of months ago and the Scotch Brite scrubbing sponges (another couple of hundred – and no they weren’t all for me: I’m not that clean.)
when you place a special order don’t they come in all at once, doesn’t the store contact you to let you know the order has come in and expect you to buy them all at that time?
I understand that you would eventually buy all 48 but the coupon does say “Limit one coupon per purchase per visit”.
Actually, they never come in all at once, just some dribbles over weeks. This applies to special orders from the Osco side, which gets limited stock. So I go in every week or so and pick up whatever they are able to get; these come in packs of 3, so we’ll see how it goes. I didn’t even notice the fine print on use (the printing on this coupon is very faint), but again see no problem. If Jewel enforced it, I’d just run multiple transactions or even go in and out the door (which might be kind of fun – certainly attention-getting!)
Why do I have the giggles so bad about healthifying yourself into a diabetic coma!