Earlier this week I reported the Kraft Catalina was working at both Fred Meyer and QFC, and that I’d opt to do it at Fred Meyer, even though I thought the QFC deal was only slightly better.
Well, I read this post over at Queen Bee Coupons and decided to head back to QFC. Good thing I did – it turned into a money-maker deal for me since my store had the $1/2 Kraft Cheese Blinkies!
Here’s how I worked this deal:
Buy 10 Kraft Shreds for $1.89 each = $18.90
Save $5 instantly (participating product) = $13.90
Use (5) $1/2 Blinkie coupons = $8.90
Receive (2) $5 off-your-next-order coupons
Bottom line: $1.10 money-maker!
What I didn’t know about this deal when I reported it previously is that not one, but TWO $5 OYNO coupons would be generated!
WARNING: Make sure you pay attention to the varieties you select! You are looking for the 8 oz. kinds that are clearly labeled with the promotional tags. I messed this up and selected a 12 oz kind my first go at this. Would you believe the 8 oz bags are $8.59! Holy cow. Fortunately, the store was able to fix it for me, but this could’ve easily been prevented if I’d paid more attention!
Even if you don’t have the blinkies, you’d end up paying $13.90, and getting $10, which would mean a bottom line of $0.39 a bag.
According to Queen Bee Coupons, the price of this cheese AND the Catalina are supposedly good through 8.20, which gives you some time.
As for me, I’m likely to use my $10 OYNO coupons on a QFC sale or loss leader to maximize my savings.
Thanks, Queen Bee Coupons and Coupon Connections NW!
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Angela, what’s a loss leader?
Nikki – GREAT question!!
A loss leader is an item that a store puts on a deep discount. The idea is to entice you into the store to buy other items. For instance, the store may put a box of cereal that normally sells for $3 on sale for $1. These items are typically advertised on the front of the weekly ad or in another splashy way.
It’s called a “loss leader” because in many cases, the store may actually take a loss on the item to give you such a great price. Again, their hope is they’ll make up for it when you come into their store and buy a few extra items. (But you won’t do that, right?!)
Does that make sense? I should perhaps tackle this in a post at some point.
Thanks, that makes sense.
I think the 10/$10 Tillamook cheese is SOOOOO worth the extra money at Fred Meyer
ITA – this is a GREAT price for Tillamook!
Does anyone know a good blog for QFC match-ups?…I have $10 burning a whole in my pocket
@ bfrench ~
Go to http://www.slickdeals.net and they have a Northwest Grocery stores forum. A couple gals on there are excellent resources for the QFC deals and that is where a lot of us bloggers get our info from.
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