I originally told you about this last week, but I’m reminding you! Today is the last day. See my update at the very bottom to score cheap lunch meat!
After my awesome trip to Albertsons (90% savings) I headed to Safeway to pick up some other great deals. I ended up spending $25.40 out of pocket (71% savings) PLUS I walked out the door with a $10 catalina off my next purchase! Not too shabby if you ask me.
The highlight of the trip was the “FREE” hot dogs after catalina. . . and it’s a little complicated, so let me walk you through it.
Oscar Mayer hot dogs are on sale for $1.99
Check your Safeway Just For U account, you should have a coupon for $1 off Oscar Mayer Meat Franks. “Add” it to your Safeway card. It says one-time use, but this means one transaction. This e-coupon was advertised in the store – so it SHOULD be on everyone’s account.
Buy 10 packages of Oscar Mayer franks 16 oz (I bought a couple varieties) at $1.99 each, in ONE transaction. **Make sure they are 16 oz packages.**
At checkout, the $1 Safeway e-coupon will come off EACH one, making them each $0.99!
Pay $9.91 out of pocket
Get a $10 catalina from Kraft off your next purchase! Pretty sweet, huh?
You can only do this once. The coupon is a one-time coupon, so it’s only going to come off the first time you purchase the franks. Please know that there may not be enough hot dogs at your store for everyone to do this deal. The e-coupon and sale only lasts until 9/4 – so only two days left, so a raincheck won’t benefit you. I’m only telling you this to manage your expectations – I’m not sure how many people will run out and do the deal – have other deals in mind, so you don’t waste a trip.
I hear you can take this catalina and use it to buy other Kraft products, to generate another $10 catalina, this is called rolling a catalina. I have not tried it with this catalina yet.
As a side note – you might be wondering what I’m going to do with 10 packs of hot dogs. Well my son and daughter eat them, so they will go in the freezer. We were completely out, so this is our stock up. We will also be sharing with some friends who can use them.
Other highlights from my trip:
Dole pineapple – $0.89, buy one, get one FREE
$0.50/2 DOLE Pineapple Cans 07/17/2012 Family Fun Magazine, August 2012 (exp 10/31/2012)
$0.50/2 Dole Pineapple, pg. 123 Food Network, JULY 2012 (exp 10/31/2012)
Final price = comes out to $0.20 cents a can!
*stock up price*
Old El Paso taco shells – $1
$0.50/1 Old El Paso taco shell printable coupon
Final price = $0.50 cents
(Thanks, Frugal Find!)
Betty Crocker Fruit snacks – $0.99, must buy 4
Use two $0.75/2 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks 08/05/2012 GM Insert (exp 09/29/2012)
OR Use two (2) $0.50/2 Betty Crocker fruit snack printable coupon
Final price = as low as $0.62 cents
Open Nature sour cream – $1.79
$1/1 Open Nature product tear pad (found near sausage)
Final price = $0.79 cents
Mott’s To Go Applesauce – $2.50
$1/1 Mott’s To Go applesauce coupon
Final price = $1.50 each
Capri Sun – $2.20
$1/1 Capri Sun coupon (no longer available)
Final price = $1.20 each
Lea & Perrin’s Worcestershire sauce – Buy one, get one FREE
$1/1 Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce, 10oz+ 08/05/2012 SS Insert (exp 10/15/2012)
Final price = 2 for $1.75 or $0.88 cents each
UPDATE 9/4 – I went last night and also got Oscar Mayer lunch meat. After the catalina it came to only $1.88 each, which was good enough for me to stock up for back-to-school.
These are currently $3.99 at Safeway. Some of you have a Safeway Just For U price for under $3, I didn’t. EVERYONE should have a $1.11 e-coupon for Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh lunch meat. It’s limited to a one-time use, but WILL apply to all the lunch meats you buy.
Here’s how I made it work
Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh lunch meat – $3.99 each x 10 = $39.99
Safeway Just For U e-coupon for $1.11 off each = – $11.10
Final price = $28.89 out of pocket
Get $10 Kraft catalina back!
It’s like paying $18.89 for all 10 lunch meats or $1.89 each
If you have the Just for U personalized pricing your deal is even better!
(Thank you Heidi and Southern Cali Saver!)
chelley says
Thanks again QB! This was an amazing deal, especially combined with my Just4U personalized prices, the Kraft and Lays BOGO promotion and coupons. I got my 10 hotdogs – my Safeway still had plenty today – and then rolled the catalina and got Kraft singles, shredded cheese and salad dressing, and got another $10 catalina. The only thing I missed was the Open Nature sour cream tear pad coupon. I saved over 70% plus still have one $10 catalina. Love deals like this but I’m running out of freezer space!
Heather says
Yay Chelley! Isn’t it awesome? Let’s hope we have more this fall. 🙂
michele says
can anyone tell me when the kraft catalina ends? I want to go tomorrow and get the lunch meat deal.
Heather says
The Kraft catalina goes until 9/15/12 – but I think the Just For U coupon for $1.11 expires today. Hope this helps! Maybe the next ad will have a sale on the meat? I don’t know.
Kendra says
I went today and got:
10 hotdogs
10 lunch meats
8 Boxes Gushers (Yes I’m 26 with no kids but I LOVE these things)
5 12 count pop (buy 2 get 3 free with just4u coupon)
1 Tony’s Pizza (free with just4u coupon)
1 Mentos Gum (I messed up my order and needed a filler item)
Total Spent: 49.93 and still have a $10 catalina
I realized as I was walking out the door that I did this in the completely wrong order. I should have done the hot dogs first by themselves, then the lunch meat by itself and then a 3rd order with the pop, gushers and pizza. Oh well, I just have to make sure and use the catalina 🙂
Heather says
You. are. awesome! Great job!
NWGardener says
Did the Oscar Mayer 16oz. hot dog deal today and it worked perfectly!! Thanks so much for the great tip!!! You are truly awesome!!!!!
Mada says
Thank you :).
Tammy says
I went to the Safeway on Yelm and picked up the hot dogs at .99 each. However the Catalina did not print! Darn. I don’t know why. I got the 16 oz ones. I was very disappointed. So be advised there may be a problem with the catalina at the Yelm Hwy (Olympia area) Safeway.
Heather says
If you bought 10 hot dogs you SHOULD have received a Kraft catalina. Please call the Catalina company and tell them what you bought and what you should have earned. They will mail you one. Call 1-888-8COUPON, or 1-888-826-8766
Jennifer says
I am planning a trip to Safeway tomorrow to see if they still have some hot dogs but I was looking at the ad and noticed there were Del Monte canned vegetables on sale for $0.79 each (limit 6) I remembered there was a catalina deal for that (it’s $2 when you buy 6, so it would have come out to just $0.45 each), but that catalina expired on 9/2!
Erica says
Thanks for posting about the Lea and Perkins sauce. We were out and I was happy to find such a good deal.
Colleen R says
From an idea posted on your FB page – I had a personalized price of $2.08 for the Kraft salad dressing, and it is also a part of the BOGOF sale. So I got 10 assorted dressings for $10.40, and got the $10 catalina. Considering going back to do the deal again.:) Stocked the freezer with the hot dogs and Deli Fresh yesterday (2 transactions, 2 catalinas). Thanks for saving me so much money!
calder says
Can you update the blog / facebook if you can confirm rolling the Kraft catalina on this one? (Of course, the second transaction will have to be on another Safeway card.) Thanks in advance.
Heather says
I hear it is rolling. But you need to buy other Kraft products with your catalina.
Here are the qualifying items – http://queenbeetoday.com/hot-new-kraft-catalina-offer-save-up-to-10-albertsons-safeway-fred-meyer-qfc/
calder says
Thanks for the reply. I’ll roll it into lunchmeat / salad dressings and see what happens.
calder says
Yes, the hotdog catalina rolls perfectly into the salad dressing sale which produces another catalina 😉 Appreciate your work and site.
Irma says
What salad dressing sale? I need some if you can share 🙂
Thanks,
Irma
calder says
Worked as per instructions in this blog post; Thanks a lot.
Erica says
Great deal on the hot dogs. I picked 8 packs up at Albs the other day (on sale for $2.50 each with $3 meat dept. markdown stickers on them=$0.50 MM) and 1 pack Kraft singles. Obviously, I forgot about the Kraft catalina as I only bought 8 packs of hot dogs + 1 package of Kraft singles=9 items so $5 catalina instead of $10 if only I had just got 1 more package of hot dogs (and there were plenty more!). It was still a $9.22 MM though b/c I received the $5 catalina, had $4 in overage on the hot dogs, and $0.22 overage on the cheese ($1 MQ + $0.50 store Q). I hate when I get a good deal only to realize it could have been better (in this case $5 better)!