My Final ConAgra Purchases

Transaction 1

2 Hebrew National Franks - $11.98 shelf- $5.99 sale

6 Hunt's Ketchup - $15 shelf - $6 sale

1 Wesson Canola Oil - $7.99 shelf - $2.50 sale

-3

 $1.00  MQ (Ketchup)

-$10 CAT

Total Before Sales and Qs:  $34.97  

Total OOP:  $1.49, Earned $10 CAT

Transaction 2

6 Marie Calendar Meals - $25.74 shelf - $15 sale

-3 $1 MQ (Marie Calendar)

-$12 CAT

Total Before Sales and Qs:  $25.74

Total OOP:  $0, Yay!  Ding, ding, ding!!!!  Another $0 transaction!!!  Earned $10 CAT

Transaction 3

6 Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers - $26.94 shelf - $18 sale

-3 $1.00 MQ (Healthy Choice)

-$10 CAT

Total Before Sales and Qs:  $26.94

Total OOP:  $5.00, Earned a $10 CAT

Transaction 4

Bananas - $2.78

Apples - $4.04

2 Kraft Bagelfuls - $4.00

2 Shaw's Milk - $5.18

20 Yoplait Yogurt - $10

3 Kotex Pantyliners - $3.00

-$2.00 Store Q (Yoplait)

-2 $1.00 MQ (Yoplait)

-2 $1.00 MQ (Bagelfuls)

-3 $1.00 MQ (Kotex)

-$10 CAT

Total Before Sales and Qs:  $35.38

Total OOP:  $10.00

All in all, I'd say this was a pretty good stocking up sale.  I used my final CAT to cover a few essentials including some fruit and milk.  At a coupon class I recently taught, I had a girl share that she would never buy the food that qualifies for these kinds of CAT deals.  She preferred organic foods.  There was also another girl that had some kids with severe allergies, so she too was unable to take advantage of these kinds of food CAT deals.  If you are like them and you, for whatever reason, cannot take advantage of these CAT deals to stock up, consider taking advantage of the non-grocery CAT deals and then use those CATS to pay for the specific dietary needs of your family.  Generally, I would suggest that you can get a better deal on non-grocery items at CVS, Walgreens, or Rite Aid, but if it helps you to also lower your grocery bill then it could work better for you to shop those sales at your grocery store.  Anyway.  Just something I have been thinking about that I thought I would share.  HTH!  TTFN!