Is your head spinning yet? Jewel shows shoppers their love once again by offering shoppers not one, not two, not even three, and no, not four either… but FIVE simultaneous high-value Catalina deals running at once! Since we have so many promotions going at the same time, I’m going to outline these for you here with names, dates, and values:
General Mills “Spend $20, get $7” – running through 3/3/10
Notes: Double-dips with Catalina deals on Fiber One bars and BC Fruit Snacks
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C.H.I.L.L. Out And Save “Buy 10, get $10” – running through 3/24
Notes: Double-dips with YourBucks deals on Hot/Lean Pockets through entire sale
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ConAgra / Georgia Pacific / Snapple “Spend $25, get $10” beginning 3/4 and running through 3/10
Notes: Scheduled to hit the ad this coming Thursday … and a huge, high-value Catalina deal on ConAgra. One of our BEST seasonal sales for shopping big and stocking up!
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P&G / Kraft “Spend $30, get $10” beginning 3/3 and running through 3/10
Notes: Also hasn’t started yet, but wanted to give you a heads-up… also has GREAT potential for big stockups (remember how much cheap Kraft cheese we took home during the last big one?)
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YourBucks Catalina deals (ongoing) through 5/4
Notes: Currently in second round of offers – MANY products totally free after YourBucks! EVERYONE should be doing this deal. (I giggled when I was at Meijer this week, and my Meijer cashier almost hugged me over the counter because she was having so much fun with YourBucks… at Jewel!)
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Better sharpen your scissors… it’s going to be a fun week. (On 3/3, ALL of these deals will be active in the same day!)
Tallgal6 says
I think I am going to need it when I am trying to figure out all of my Jewel shopping trips :o)
lizzyg says
I have to admit, I am new to the catalina game… YB has seemed easy enough and I LOVE it.. but I’m totally nervous about trying the others! Wish me luck!!! BTW, This site totally helps out, I’d be lost without it!
Resurrection Praiser says
I’m trying to avoid getting dementia by keeping my brain sharp by figuring out deals like puzzles (as per the latest AARP magazine). What’s so funny is that I had just said my head was spinning to my husband, and then I saw your post.
I need to remember my mantra: “You don’t have to get every deal.”
But aren’t these GREAT!!!!!!!!!! How I pity those people who don’t want to coupon and “can’t be bothered.”
love2teach says
My husband and I just got back from a Jewel trip. Went rather well- three dif. transactions. He said we need to hold a poker game using catalina’s – nice idea! CRAZY, but nice.
mdresnin says
Does anyone know if you can combine these deals in one transaction? I’m just wondering if using a couple of these Cat deals would total $60 to get the $6 YB Cat.
Thoughts?
DiamondCass says
this is utterly amazing! Two weeks ago I had no idea what a catalina is… now they are my FAVORITE thing EVER :)
Thanks Jill for all your hard work!!
dhc says
Jill,
thanks for keeping us all updated. I have to admit, I’m a coupon junkie and all these catalina deals are not helping. My husband wants me to start a couponer rehab center in our neighborhood :0
anyway, what are some steps/ways to prepare for these upcoming deals. Do you look at the lists of things and begin to think what would be good to stock up on for the family and then start looking for coupons that match?
stealfinder says
I don’t recall ever seeing a cat deal for beer, but I do now!
“Purchase 2-12 packs of Miller High Life or Miller High Life Light and get $5 off your next shopping trip. The coupon will print with your cash register receipt. 2-1-10 – 2-28-10.”
Ahhhh . . . The champaign of beers!
(p.s. I got this from Kitty on Mashup Mom’s site, but I’ve seen it in many places.)
saving for vaca says
Jill, thanks so much for all of the work I know you are doing right now. My head hurts, I know that I should be clipping away and I’m stuck here at my computer hoping someone can kick me into action! LOL It is so hard to keep all of this straight and to know where to start. Thanks for always explaining things in a way that the most novice couponer can understand.
I have learned so much from this site and always come back to it when I need to calm down and look at the big picture. so thank you so very much for all that you do!
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Tallgal6 says
I got something today at the checkout at Jewel that says this deal runs between 3/4/10 and 3/10/10. So are there two sets of info for this deal? I am confused as Jill’s date range is much longer. Anyone know why the dates I got would be so different?
DiamondCass says
OK. I am pretty new to the super-couponing thing so I only have 2 previous shopping trips to compare today’s to… However I’ve quickly become (cringe) obsessed with this blog and the EASY way to save!!
I decided to run my first wave of GM deals today. Everything in the store was labelled with a “buy $20 save $7” tag. (I still checked the skus, thank you very much to this blog!) Before I get into the amazing cats I got, a few compliments to Jewel (Yes I will probably even be calling to commend them!)
** They were 100%, shelves empty, sold out of the $.89 Suave that generates a $2 YB. The associate not only told me when the next shipment would come in, but wrote me a rain check for the sale price in case I don’t make it back before the sale’s over!!!
** She also offered to write me a rain check for the 17 oz Cinnamon toast crunch which I was planning to use towards the GM deal. However (TIP TO NEWBIES LIKE ME!!) I passed an endcap display and found the qualifying 17oz box.
** Another associate answered my questions about hot dogs (I had an avenu coupon for the Jewel brand, which I guess my Woodstock branch doesn’t carry)
** Not to mention all the others that kept stopping to say hello to my 2 year old. I’m always bringing her from now on, happy associates = more happy to help you. haha.
** I used the self-checkout for the first time with coupons, and the associates were more than happy to help, even when I added one or two products after we started scanning coupons, to reach $50 for the YB$5.
OK. So here’s what I ended up getting:
$2 YB cat for 26oz Ragu pasta sauce
$7 GM for buying $20
$3.50 GM for buying 5 fruit snacks
$3 for buying 2 johnson’s baby products ****
BONUSES!! / Double Dips!!
Save $1.50 on any 3 GM cereals
Save $2.50 on any 3 desitin/johnson’s products
****FYI to those who are doing the $3YB on Johnson’s or desitin: There is a green 5oz tube of Johnson’s NO MORE TANGLES Leave-in conditioner that had a SAVE $1 NOW coupon taped to the top. The price at my jewel was $4.29 pre-coupon.
I did not get the $5YB cat for spending $50, I think because she did coupons THEN added a few more products. I should have checked my total before I scanned my coupons (I was a little overexcited because…)
Some poor, unknowing customer had left 3 catalinas in the self-checkout!!!!!!! SO I ended up taking home:
$10 OYNO of $100+ (from Jewel preferred card)
save $1 on 2 pkgs Oscar Mayer deli creations
Save $5 on 2 cans any size Enfagrow Premium (I think someone else blogged about this earlier)
I am pretty sure with all these catalinas going on, I will put that $10 off $100 to good use!!! And, I have a pregnant girlfriend who will be reaping the rewards of the Enfagrow and save $2.50 on Johnsons/Desitin that I earned today :)
I was literally laughing OUT LOUD in the car on the way home. Thank you again Jill! Your website is right: Stick with you and I will NEVER shop the same way again!!!
pwill69 says
I want to know how Jewel is going to manage to keep the shelves stocked on these items. Seriously! Looking for an .89 bottle of Sauve is going to become the same thing as looking for those Go-Go Pets at Christmas… We are going to need to start trading tips on when the truck is coming to the local Jewel.
icoupon2 says
Ok…I made it 24 hours before I had an addictive relapse. So…my name is Joy, I am a coupon cutting (only when I’m ready to use them), deal chasing, pantry/storage rearranging coupon addict.
Ok, now seriously, I have been trying NOT to look at all 5 of these cat deals. I am out of room! :( Freezers are bursting, when I put away my Ragu and Hormel last night the lazy susan actually groaned when I tried to spin it closed. I have body wash tucked in every corner of the house, boxes of Ziplocs in the blanket chest, laundry detergent under the bed, I’m thinking about putting the Christmas tree BACK up so I can string some more popcorn and free up some space in the cabinet. Fruit snacks have become an “honorary food group”. I just had a long talk with the dog about ramping up his Kibbles&Bits consumption. I’m not sure why he thinks its unreasonable for a 17lb. dog to tackle a bag that equals his body weight!??! I just shipped a box full of Fusion razors, body washes, toothpastes, deodorants etc. to my sister just to have room to get the Jewel and Target bags of free stuff off the dining room table so we can eat!
And I’m so thankful to Jill for having this “problem” LOL! :)
onceuponacoupon says
I knew I should have bought 2 freezers!!!!!!!!!!!
brc says
If you become a fan of Wheaties Fuel on Facebook you can print two $1 off coupons to add to your savings on this cat.
onceuponacoupon says
First of all a big thanks to Jill for not only working all these deals but answering all of our questions. THANK YOU!
Obviously I want to work as many of these as I can and as cost effectively as I can, but I don’t want to be buying a lot of food we don’t or won’t eat. I’m more than happy to donate to the food pantry, and I do regularly, but I want to make sure I’m getting what we need to. So…my question is even if I don’t follow all of the scenarios and buy things that are eligible and that we use, are these cat’s still a good deal? I don’t have coupons for everything but I’m only buying the things that are on preferred price.
Thanks for any help, it will make this a lot easier for me!
tammidunc says
Has anybody tried this deal today? I know it’s supposed to start today, but the Jewel ad I got said it starts tomorrow. Anybody get it to work today?
davestamm says
Just got back from one last trip to Jewel N. Riverside.
I carefully added all my stuff as before / it was 42.87, but only got one $7 cat. Customer service gal got the rules sheet out which said – because of a software glitch – some stores were going off of the SALE PRICE while others tallied from the preferred card / non-sale price. So the sale price of my stuff only added up to $24 or so… not the $42.
But her RULE SHEET didn’t specifically say WHICH THE IS CORRECT WAY it’s supposed to work.
This was my third trip on this deal / it worked every other time using the preferred card / pre-sale price.
Can anybody confirm the exact rules. Are they posted anywhere for me to read?
Thanks
icoupon2 says
These are my RULES:
I treat others as I would want to be treated.
I remember that while I consider Jill to be a Goddess (of coupons!) she is in fact a Human Being. What she does for all of us, she does out of the goodness of her heart. She is not obligated to be at my disposal 24 hours a day/7 days a week.
I use ALL of the information and tools Jill has so generously provided me before posting/demanding answers to questions she has already answered multiple times.
I believe what Jill tells me. While we are all special in our own way, I am not so special that the parameters of the various deals do not apply to me. If Jill tells me to buy ABC, I do not expect to go buy XYZ and still get the dirt cheap pricing or the catalina back.
If a particular deal does not work out, I realize that with all the deals that HAVE worked out, I am still ahead of the game, and I say a silent prayer of gratitude.
I remember that store employees are also human beings, they do not have magical powers, they can’t make a catalina appear by waving a wand. It is never their fault if it didn’t print. They are not out to get me, in fact, they would prefer it if it HAD printed, rather than face down an irate customer. These are just my rules. For what its worth.
Murphwoman says
I always check to see if the Cat’s stack at least 2 high (meaning that you can get 2 in the same transaction). IF, that is the case, then I calculate to when the sale price is enough to earn two Cat’s and the regular price is enough to get one. THEN I make my purchase, KNOWING full well that I may get EITHER 1 or 2 Cat’s. I believe as Jill has stated that this is not the same across the board & we should shop AT OUR OWN RISK. Catalina’s should be treated as a reward and not something that we are entitled to. If people are not satisfied with answers on this forum do not blame Jill….do an internet search on the deal you are looking for to find your answers. There are other sites & blogs out there that may help you. Jill is only one person and she started this site to spend time with her young kids at home. Bothering her is defeating that purpose. This is only my opinion, but I felt it had to be said.
Thank you Jill for all you do. I loved your class last year & truly appreciate what you do for us.