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HyVee: *HOT* General Mills Cereal Deal!

This Hip2Save.com deal was hand-posted on Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 11:16 am.

Through August 31st, all you lucky HyVee shoppers can score super cheap General Mills cereal using the $10/6 in-ad coupon found on page 11 of the weekly ad. Plus, you’ll snag a $6 Catalina coupon at checkout good for your next purchase, so this means you’ll save a whopping $16 which should make your cereal purchase FREE!!!

Check out this deal scenario to get ya thinking…

Buy 6 General Mills cereals for $2.49 each
(keep in mind that this price may vary depending on your location and cereal selection)
Total $14.94
Use the $10/6 in-ad coupon
Use 6 $0.75/1 MultiGrain Cherrios coupons found here, here or here (or use the $0.55/1 Cocoa Puffs or Trix cereal coupons found here or use 3 $1/2 coupons from the 7/11 SS or 8/22 SS or found here or here)
Pay as low as $0.44
Get back a $6 Catalina coupon
Final Cost FREE plus $5.50+ moneymaker!!!

*Even without any manufacturer coupons, the cereal still ends up being FREE plus a $1 moneymaker…what a SWEET deal!

Hy-vee Backpack

If you clip their coupon, from their flyer that came out on Wednesday in the Post, or in the entry way to the store, you can get this backpack for $4.99, if you buy 5 qualifing Pepsi Products. So, I bought 5 - 2 liters for $5. (that is a good price for a 2 liter, and we buy and drink it normally, so I wasn't buying anything we don't use.) The backpack comes with:

• Compass
• Protractor
• 4 Glue Sticks
• Scissors
• 2 Erasers
• 24 Crayons
• 12 Colored Pencils
• 10 Pencils
• 1 Ruler
• 1 Folder

School supplies are cheap, you can by the name brand ones for pennies if you go to all the different stores, but this is the cheapest deal on a backpack I've seen. It's a really nice backpack, and Connor actually picked out a "boy" one. There was a lot of pink ones to choose from. The ad says "limited quantities" so, I don't know if they would do rain checks, so if you want in, I'd go now.

Target Deals

• Herbal Essences Hair Care, normally $2.99, sale, $2.50, use 2 BOGO free from 8/1 PG, final $1.25
• Hello Kitty Band-Aid, 97 cents, used $3 off 3 from 8/1 PG, made 9 cents
• J & J First Aid kit, 97 cents, used $3 off 3 from 8/1 PG, made another 9 cents
• Clean & Clear travel size, 97 cents, used $1 off from 8/1 S, made 6 cents
• Kraft Dressing, normally $1.99, sale $1.50, used $1 off from 6/20 S, final of 50 cents

I had a new guy cashier. He seemed really nice, and was very good with my coupons. Even gave me 20 cents back for using my canvas bags. It would be nice to have a different morning cashier than the regular 2 that I have already pissed off enough.

Dollar Tree

In preparation for the big vacation, I stopped by the Dollar Tree to find some fun things to do while at the cabin. I am always surprised with what I find.

• Pair of Merona (Target) Brand sunglasses, tag for $14.99 on them still
• Scooby plastic placemat
• King Sized bag of M&Ms (Con got to pick out a special "in the car treat")
• 6 pack of Keebler cookies
• Cars puzzle
• Water color paints (they are 97 cents at Target, but that is way across town)
• Scooby coloring book
• Bouncy ball with sparkly water inside
• Boxed candy of Everlasting Gobstoppers (usually on sale for $1 at Target, Walmart as well)

A lot of the stuff is available at other stores, for around the same price, but Dollar Tree is close to where I live, and I find it a fun place to shop. I have long suspected that Target sells their close out stuff to Dollar Tree, as I have seen many things from their Dollar Spot at Dollar Tree. There were several Merona and Xhilaration Brand sunglasses there. Some are pretty wild, but fun. Located up in the front corner of the store, right by the widow on an end cap.