2/3 - 2/9 Tops shopping: cereal stock-up galore & more!

If you've read my blog for a while, you've probably seen me mention that I try to stick to a grocery budget of $75 or less per week.  I'm pretty sure I'll be within my budget this week, and the biggest portion of it will be dedicated to stocking up on cereal.  We always need cereal (how do kids manage to eat so much of it???) and there is a *great* gas points deal at Tops this week in conjunction with great coupon match-ups to go with the sales prices.  I made 3 transactions today:

Transaction 1

4 boxes Honey Nut Cheerios Medley Crunch - $1.00 each, see note
On sale 4/$10, used 4 $0.75 coupons (double to $1.50) printed from here
Note:  These are part of a gas promo -- earn 200 extra gas points for every 4 select boxes of cereal you buy.

4 boxes Peanut Butter Toast Crunch - $1.00 each, see note
On sale 4/$10, used 4 $0.75 coupons (double to $1.50) printed from here
Note: These are part of the above gas promo.

2 Freschetta pizzas - $3.00 each
On sale 2/$8 (must buy multiples of 2 for the sale price), used 2 $1.00 coupons printed from their Facebook page

The retail cost the this transaction was $44.10 and I paid $14.00 after discounts and coupons, for a savings of 68%.

Transaction 2

4 boxes Cheerios - $1.50 each, see notes
On sale 4/$10, used 4 $0.50 coupons (double to $1.00) printed from here
Note: These are part of the above gas promo.  Activate the $0.50 eCoupon at SavingStar before shopping so you can get some money back.

4 boxes Fiber One 80 Calories Chocolate cereal - $1.00 each, see note
On sale 4/$10, used 4 $0.75 coupons (double to $1.50) printed from here
Note: These are part of the above gas promo.

2 packages Jello Mix-ins - $0.34 each
On sale 3/$4, used 2 $1.00 coupons from the 1/13 SmartSource coupon insert

The retail cost of this transaction was $39.10 and I paid $10.67 after coupons and discounts, for a savings of about 73%.

Transaction 3

2 boxes Rice Chex - $1.50 each, see notes
On sale 4/$10, used 2 $0.50 coupons (double to $1.00) printed from here
Note: These are part of the above gas promo.  Activate the $0.50 eCoupon at SavingStar before shopping so you can get some money back.

2 boxes Peanut Butter Toast Crunch - $1.00 each, see note
On sale 4/$10, used 2 $0.75 coupons (double to $1.50) printed from here
Note: These are part of the above gas promo.

2 boxes Honey Nut Cheerions Crunch - $1.00 each, see note
On sale 4/$10, used 2 $0.75 coupons (double to $1.50) printed from here
Note: These are part of the above gas promo.

2 boxes Fiber One 80 Calories Chocolate cereal - $1.00 each
On sale 4/$10, used 2 $0.75 coupons (double to $1.50) printed from here
Note: These are part of the above gas promo.

2 bottles Simply Grapefruit juice - $0.50 each
On sale 2/$5, used 2 $2.00 coupons printed from here a couple of days ago but I don't see it now :-(

1 dozen Tops large eggs - FREE
Priced at $2.09, used a free product Catalina coupon I found in the parking lot. :-)

The retail cost of the third transaction was $44.59 and I paid $10.00 after discounts and coupons, for a savings of over 77%.

Overall, today I spent $34.67 on $127.79 worth of groceries.  That's a savings of approximately 73%, plus I'm at a gas discount of $3.60 per gallon (that's almost free gas and this is only the start of the 2nd week of the current earning period!).

Believe it or not, I'm planning on buying some more boxes of cereal and a few other deals throughout the week.  Stay tuned for more Tops deals.  Until then, happy shopping!