Target: Gift Card Deals

I know this deal was last week, but I wanted to do a post on it so people could see an example of how to take advantage of Target’s gift card deals. Not every deal will work out this well, but it’s good to keep your eyes open for deals that would be good for your family!

So in case you didn’t know about the deal last week, it was this: Buy any 5 Kashi cereals/bars/snacks/frozen items, get a $5 gift card in return. They also had select Kashi items on sale for $2.88. Not bad for a regular everyday shopper, in my opinion.

But not good enough for us serious couponers . So here are a few things that you can do on top of such a deal.

#1- Use coupons. I had coupons for $1/1 Kashi cereal, $1/1 Kashi TLC snacks, and $1.50/1 Kashi chewy breakfast bars. The cereal and TLC coupons came from trading with someone from a different area, and the breakfast bar coupons were printed from online last month. *extra tip- Always print any online coupons you *might* even think you’d like to use- You never know if a good sale might come up before they expire!*

#2- Target just came out with a price matching policy, so if you find a store that is advertising a lower price than them, you bring in the ad and they adjust the price. Luckily, Walgreen’s ( a competitor) had Kashi Cereals $2/5 in their sale ad- .38c less per box. May not sound like much, but when you’re buying several boxes, it adds up. I take the ad with me to the store, check out, then go to Customer Service to have the price adjusted. Also, the Walgreen’s ad stated a limit of 4 boxes at the $2.50 price, so I purchased 4 cereals and one “other” Kashi product.

Ok, so here is what one deal looked like this week:

Spend $2.88 on (5) boxes of Kashi items: Total = $14.40

Using (4) $1/1 Cereal coupons and (1) $1.50 coupon: Total drops to= $8.90

At the register, since I bought 5 items, I was handed a $5 Target gift card (but you aren’t supposed to use it on that immediate purchase).

Then, I went to Customer Service and had the price adjusted down .38c for each cereal ($1.55 because for some reason you get some tax back too):

Total drops to: $7.35 with a $5 gift card.

So then basically I went back and did similar deals all week using the prior $5 gift card, paying out $2.35 each time and ended with 25 boxes of Kashi products and that last $5 gift card. WHEW!

Now, I admit I didn’t do that exact same deal every time- Several times my total was more, depending on coupons used and items purchased. The receipts were very confusing with the gift cards and price adjustments, but from what I purchased I figured out I paid like $16 for those 25 boxes, and still have a $5 gift card from the last transaction. If you want to take the gift card into account, I spent $11 divided by 25= .44c per box of Kashi cereal/snacks.

So see- You can eat organic on a frugal dime! It just takes some time looking through ads and using your resources. Keep your eyes peeled and your minds ready

Here’s to living- Happier, Healthier, more FRUGAL lives!

~FrugalMegan~