[snoopywoman]

I went to Cub today (okay, I REALLY need to stop!) and wanted to get some more bread and milk - and of course needed to spend $25 to do so.

So, I got 8 boxes of Banana Nut Cheerios (we went through one box in 2 days, so I figured I'd better stock up!). Plus 3 bags of Steamers (with my $1 qs, making them .67 each!). And some bananas.

I was really hoping, and I was right, that two catalinas for milk would print out - they did! So, I now have three (I went on Sunday too) catalinas for free milk (up to $4.50!).

So, if you are trying to get your total up to $25.00 in order to use the $1 qs on the front of the ad - you can buy 8 boxes of cereal and a few steamers in order to do so and still get both catalinas for milk.

I spent $25.00 oop (I bought four loaves of bread and the 1/2 gallon of milk and my bananas made me go over a bit) - but got $9.00 back in catalinas on future purchases of milk. Not as good as some deals I've done - but not bad either!

BTW, if anyone wants great deals on Quaker oatmeal - run, DON'T WALK, to your nearest Rainbow foods with some of the $1 qs (including the ones for high-fiber, low sugar or weight-control - they are 5/$10 as well). I could have paid (if I'd been thinking) - $3 for 8 boxes of oatmeal. They had tearpads at the Rainbow in Savage for the $1 off the hf, ls or wc oatmeal. When you double 5 (that's the limit and it's only good on Wednesdays) - you get $10 off. Then use 3 more $1 off qs that don't double - that's $3 more off. You originally paid $16 and get $13 off. You HAVE to buy 8, or the qs won't double (don't ask me why). You can buy more, but I did multiple transactions in order to double more qs.

Sorry to post here - but I thought people might like to know since the Cub deal seems pretty good - but today, the Rainbow deal is MUCH better!

[Kmchamplin]

I think that this is in groups of 4 to get a free gallon of milk as I got 3 catalinas for buying 13 Fiber "pop tarts".

[snoopywoman]

Yes - I got 2 catalinas for buying 8 because if you buy 4, you get 1 catalina. I wasn't sure if you could do two in one transaction - but you can!

What catalinas did you get for buying the Fiber One toaster pastries? I bought a bunch last week during the big sale and didn't get any!

[Kmchamplin]

I received 3 of the milk ones when I bought the Fiber One last week. I was surprised to see them. Though I bought them on Sat around 3pm.

[snoopywoman]

I bought them around the same time actually! I was in Savage - although I think I only bought 3 of them. I wonder how many I would have needed to get in order to get the catalina?

Well, at least I have 3 catalinas for free milk so far this week. And I plan on getting two more with getting more Banana Nut Cheerios! And more $1 bread since I think I can donate it to our school that sends home food over the weekend to kids who need it.