After a winter bereft of cereal, I was more than a little jazzed to see such great cereal coupons lately. Most were $1 off. Over the last month, I’ve slowly built up a stockpile.
We now have 30 boxes! Oh my! With five kids eating cereal, it probably won’t last long. I’m hoping to limit them to 3 boxes a week, but we’ll see….
Why did I do this? Well, after sales and coupons, I paid about 50 cents for each box. Three boxes were “expensive” at 88 cents, but several boxes were free. So, I know that my average was under the 50 cent rule. Used to be that I spent $2/box and bought 2 boxes a week. Now, we’re getting more for less.
For me, that’s what couponing is all about.
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It really is great to find cereal deals when you have kids at home. We used to go through a LOT of cereal. Now I have to be careful to not buy too much, since it is just Hubby and me.
LOL We have a whole shelf full of cereal, too, although I’m certain that my average cost was higher than yours. But we’ll still buy more if the price is right!
I’m with you, I have had around 30 boxes and they didnt last long! lol
Right now I only have about 6 boxes, so we are running low.
For me, if I can get them under a buck, I’m fine with that. none of my stores have double or even triple coupons and we only have walmart,winn dixie, and 1 local store, no good ones that run huge deals like some places
Great deals! I try the .50 limit too but lately $1 and under is all I can snag!
When I first saw your post I thought you took a picture of my cabinet! I just re-organized the cereal stockpile after the Tom Thumb deal this week, and we have alsmost exactly the same types of cereal.
My target price is $1 – I am rarely able to get cereal for less than that in the Dallas area. 50 cents a box rocks!
I just wanted to give you a little FYI. Right now I qualify for WIC but that may change so I to stock pile the 36oz of cereal they give us. Durring the school year my oldest eats at school & my husband & I both have milk avoidance issues so often its my 2 year old that eats the cereal. I was worried about it going bad when my dad told me to freeze it. It works wonderfully. I put the unopened box in the freezer & get this…no need to defrost. Now I put mine in a plastic box once opened due to living in the extreme south & bugs. You might have to do that too since the box usually ends up soggy but the ability to stockpile far outweighs the one time cost of a plastic box. Just some food for thought. Thanks.
I am glad someone ended up with more than me! I had 26 boxes from the big coupon buy. I think that I am down to about 15 now.
My kids don’t really eat cereal, but hey, if you can find a great deal – go for it!