Hot Kraft cheese promotion at Safeway

Yay!  What looks like an awesome deal on cheese at Safeway this week!  Can’t wait to find out what all the prices actually are so we can see what items are actually a good deal.

Note that Safeway’s coupon policies have been changing a lot lately, so the best I can tell you is…. be prepared for anything! :)  Some stores are only allowing one of the same coupon per transaction, so that makes it hard to do several of these deals.

Buy 5 Save $5 Cheese Deal

Buy five Kraft cheese products, save $5 instantly at checkout.  Mix and match across all Kraft Cheese, which is evidently over 120 items!  The ad says it includes all Kraft Cheese and Dairy Products, Knudsen Cottage Cheese, Philadelphia  Cream Cheese and Velveeta Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product (excludes 5 oz. KRAFT Spreads and 5.5 oz. Cottage Doubles Cottage Cheese).

No prices are listed in the ad, but here’s the coupons that I could find:

$1/1 Kraft 100 Calorie Packs Cheese Bites – KraftRecipes.com
$1/1 Kraft Deli Cheese 3/21/2010 SS Insert
$0.50/1 Philadelphia Cream Cheese Minis 4/18/2010 SS Insert

Lael said that Philly Cream Cheese Minis are $1.49, so you could use the $0.50/1 insert coupon and get them free! Lael also said they had $0.55/1 coupons hanging right above the product at Safeway, even better. I’m sure there are other great deals; if you’re able to check some prices and leave a comment to help your fellow shoppers out.

By the way, last time Safeway did this promotion, the “$5 instant savings” did not deduct as $5 total, instead, it deducted $1 from each item. If you don’t see $5 come off on your receipt, I would strongly encourage you to closely scrutinize your receipt to see if it took it off the individual items instead of all at once.

Weekend Sale – Deals Good Saturday and Sunday Only

2-Liter Pepsi or 7-UP – $0.69
Rating: 5

American Beauty Pasta – $0.79
Rating: 4

Navel Oranges (8 lb) – $3.99
Rating: 3

Safeway Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, Frozen (4 lb bag) – $1.69
Rating: 3 – if you are partial to frozen, I’d rate this higher.  Personally I feel like they are usually not as good of quality but I know some disagree!

Safeway Variety & Nature’s Cupboard Breads – $1.29
Rating: 2-3 – these aren’t even on sale by much!

Meat, Dairy, and Frozen

Hillshire Farms Sausages – $2.50
Buy two and use $1/2 Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage 4/18/2010 RP Insert
or $1/2 Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage, any – Redplum.com
Net cost at checkout: $2
Rating: 3.5

Jimmy Dean Sausages – $2.50
Buy two and use B1G1 Free Jimmy Dean Sausage 03/28/2010 RP Insert
Net cost at checkout: $1.25 each
Rating: 4-5

80% Lean Ground Beef – $1.99/lb
Rating: 3 – a price we see quite often, but could be pretty good if you’re doing the Classico deal that requires a beef purchase.

Produce

Green or Red Leaf or Romaine Lettuce – $0.99 each
Rating: 3

General Grocery and Household

Classico Pasta Sauce – $1.49 when you buy 3 or more
Buy four and use two $1/2 Classico Pasta Sauce
or two B1G1 Free Classico Pasta Sauce – Coupons.com, no longer available
or $1.50/2 Classico Pasta AND Beef 3/14/2010 SS Insert
Net cost at checkout: $0.75-0.99 for the first two coupons, I’ll let you figure out the total cost on that third coupon since it requires a beef purchase.
Rating: 5 if you are brand-loyal, probably a 4 if you’re not (Ragu sometimes goes lower).

Cinnamon Toast Crunch or Trix Cereal – $1.66
Use $0.55/1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal – Cellfire eCoupon
or buy two and use $1/2 General Mills Cereals – Coupons.com
Net cost at checkout: $1.10-1.11
Rating: 2-3 – I aim to pay $0.50 or less per box for super sugary cereal. There are more coupons available, just nothing higher than $1/2. Check the database for those coupons!

Windex – $1.99 each when you buy 3, plus get a $2 catalina for every 2 you purchase
Buy four and use four $1/1 Windex Multi-Surface cleaner, any – Coupons.com
or $1/1 Windex product – RightAtHome.com
Net cost at checkout $0.99 each, plus earn two $2 catalinas for buying four
Net cost after catalina: free!
Rating: 5 – thanks, Traci, for confirming that the catalina deal is working in Colorado. Don’t know the end dates, though.

Lots more in the ad obviously, but I’m out of time.  What do you see that’s a good deal?

This weekly ad review is part of BeCentsAble’s Grocery Gathering.