How I Turned $15.10 into $126.70 at Albertson's - You Can Do it Too!

Yesterday I wrote about my excitement for the catalina promos offered at Albertson's this week.  After some internet investigating, I found out that if you bought Hamburger Helper (10 boxes for $10), instead of receiving $5 in catalinas, the little magical machine was spitting out $7 in catalinas!  I decided to test this out myself. 

I picked three items off their General Mills Promo that I knew I wouldn't use doubler coupons for (doubles (TTV) should be here Sunday,) and headed to the store.   This is what I came up with:

Transaction 1:

10 Boxes of Hamburger Helper (10/$10)
Used 3 $.75/3 coupons
Total spent $7.75
Received $7.00 in catalinas!

Transaction 2:

10 cans of Progresso Soup (10/$10)
Used two $1/4 coupons
Rolled my $7.00 catalina from Transaction 1
Total spent $1.00
Received $5.00 in catalinas!

Transaction 3:

10 Boxes of Hamburger Helper (10/$10)
Used 3 $.75/3 coupons
Rolled my $5 catalina Transaction 2
Total spent $2.75
Received $7.00 in catalinas!

Transaction 4:

10 Boxes of Totino's Pizza Rolls (10/$10) 
Used 5 $.40/2 coupons
Rolled my $7 catalina from Transaction 3
Total spent $1.00

Received $5.00 in catalinas!

Transaction 5:

8 cans of Progresso Soup (8/$8)
2 boxes of Totino's Pizza Rolls (2/$2)
Used 2 $1/4 coupons for Progresso Soup
Used 1 $.40/2 coupon for Totino's Pizza Rolls
Rolled my $5 catalina from Transaction 4
Total Spent $2.60

Received $5.00 in catalinas! 

Total Before Preferred Member Discounts, Coupons and Catalinas:  $126.70
My Total Out of Pocket:  $15.10!!  (plus one more $5.00 catalina to roll on Sunday!)

Keep in mind, you can only take three transactions through the Albertson's line at one time.  Just separate your merchandise with the little divider bars, and pay for each one separately.  Albertson's policy states you have to take your merchandise out of the store before you return to do another transaction.  This may seem complicated, but it's rather easy.  I was in the store a total of maybe 20 minutes, and came out with this:

(photo credit goes to my son, who helped me out because I had to run and see my
grandma at the Care Center - he was being artistic!)

This sale goes through next Tuesday (August 16.)  There are multiple items being offered with catalinas.  If you don't have a sales circular, you can stop in your local Albertson's.  They should have them right inside the front door on display.  I've also read that we should be getting TTV (doubler) coupons this weekend as well!  Let me know how you do!

Need Coupons?  I have seen coupons for many of the items offered in this week's sale here, experiment with zip codes and see what pops up.  You can print two of each coupon right off your own printer!

(look for Hamburger Helper, Totino's, Cheerios or other General Mills cereals, Macaroni Grill, Totino's Party Pizza, etc.)