If you’re anywhere near a Jewel/Osco, try to work in the Nivea lip care promotion – you’ll make a little $$ and you’ll have wonderful stocking stuffers – but even more importantly, you’ll have an incredible donation for your local food pantry.  Winter is coming and most pantries get food donations, but rarely things like Nivea.

Here’s the deal again for those who missed it the first time:   The Nivea lip care B2G1 is also generating TWO $5 store OYNO cats: 1 for the Spend $20  (Jewel) and one for the Spend $15 (Albertsons).  Run it in multiples of 12 ($2.99 x 8 = $25.65), hand over 6 $3/2 coupons from the 12/2 red plum and get back two $5 store cats after shelling out $5.92 and tax.  Second and subsequent transactions use the mfr AND one $5 store cat to bring your total down to 92¢ and tax.  Remember, Jewel registers don’t like to attach coupons to free items, so the cashier will have to manually enter the coupon value – it’s Jewel policy, but no one’s told the registers.

Newest Jewel gift card promotion is for the gift card mall:  Buy $100 in gift cards and get a $10 catalina.  There are only a few cards included this go-round, and frankly, most of them suck donkey balls.  Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, Spa Finder, Nike Store and Amazon.  Obviously Amazon is hands down the winner here!  Although it’s pretty crummy that you only get a $10 catalina instead of $20 like the last gift card promotion…