Kroger Mega Event & Giveaway

The Mega Savings Event is taking place at the Kroger family of stores from Aug. 16th thru Sept. 2nd (sale dates may vary by region; you can click here:
http://www.thekrogerco.com/ to see a list of participating stores and click through for local ads).
If you are not familiar with this
promotional offer, here is how it works: when you buy 10 participating
brands (see list below) and use your Shopper Card at check out you
instantly save $5 (or $.50/item). And there is no limit on the number of rewards per
transaction! Look for the double yellow tags in-store

Participating brands include: AMP Energy, Aquafina, Betty Crocker Baking
Mixes, Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, Cascadian Farms Cereals and Bars,
Cap'n Crunch, Cheerios, Cheetos, Chex Mix, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa
Puffs, Dole Juices and Juice Drinks, Fiber One, Fritos, Gatorade, Golden
Grahams, Green Giant, Hamburger Helper, Life , Lipton Tea, Nature
Valley, Old El Paso, Pepsi family of 2 Liters, Pillsbury, Progresso,
Propel, Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Quaker Chewy Bars, Starbucks, Sobe Life
Water, Totino's, Trix, Tropicana, Yoplait and MORE!

I have recieved a $30 Giftcard courtesy of General Mills, PepsiCo and MyBlogSpark. I am in the process of planning my event and you would be surprised at what you can get for $30.

I thought it might be fun to see if I could eat for the day with the sale items.

Breakfast:
1 - Quaker Life Cereal $1.99
-$.50 Mega Deal
-$1 Quaker Life IP (printed this one a while back, don't have link)

2 - Cheerios Cereal $1.99/ea
-$.50 Mega Deal
-$.50 Mega Deal
-$1 $1/2 Cheerios Mfg coupon

1 - Dole 100% Juice $2.49
-$.50 Mega Deal

2 - Yoplait Yogurt $2.49/ea
-$.50 Mega Deal
-$.50 Mega Deal
-$.35 Mfg coupon
-$.35 Doubled coupon
-$.35 Mfg coupon
-$.35 Doubled coupon

Breakfast sub-total = $7.04

Lunch:
2 - Progresso Soup $1.69/ea
-$.50 Mega Deal

1 - Stacey's Pita Chips $2.49
-$1 Stacey's IP (link at MommySnacks)
-$.50 Mega Deal

2 - Fiber One Granola Bar $2.49/ea
-$.50 Mega Deal
-$.50 Mega Deal
-$.40 Fiber One Mfg coupon
-$.40 Doubled coupon
-$.40 Fiber One Mfg coupon
-$.40 Doubled coupon

2 - Gatorade $1.75/ea
-$.50 Mega Deal
-$.50 Mega Deal

Lunch sub-total $7.06

Snacktime
2 - Totino's Pizza Rolls $2.99/ea
-$.50 Mega Deal
-$.50 Mega Deal
-$.55 Totino's Pizza Rolls IP
-$.45 Doubled coupon (if your store doubles fully, you can save another $.10)

1 - 2L Pepsi $1.29/ea
-$.50 Mega Deal

Snacktime sub-total $4.77

Dinner:
1 - Macaroni Grill Dinner Kit $3.49
-$.50 Mega Deal
-$1 Macaroni Grill mfg coupon

2 - Green Giant Canned Vegetables $1.25
-$.50 Mega Deal

1 - Lipton Ready to Drink Tea
-$.50 Mega Deal

Dinner Sub-total $7.98

Total - $26.85. There should be enough left from the $30 gift card to pick up some chicken that you will need for the Macaroni Grill Dinner Kit.

This is just an example of the items that you can get for under $30 during the Mega Deal Event. It seems that the participating items vary by region (or perhaps they just aren't all advertised?) but you can check out Coupon Mommie for a lot of coupon match-ups and Internet printable coupons for the Mega Deal Items. In addition, check at your store for the double yellow tags to confirm what items are included in the Mega Deal event.

Now that I have shown you what you can get for under $30, how would you like a chance to win your own $30 gift card courtesy of PepsiCo, General Mills and MyBlogSpark? They were kind enough to provide me the opportunity to giveaway one $30 Kroger family giftcard to one lucky reader.

In order that you can get it in time to take advantage of the Mega Event, the contest will remain open until Thursday 8/20 at 7 pm. The winner will have 18 hours to reply to an e-mail and provide contact information. If they do not respond, a new winner will be drawn at that time.

How to enter:
For your initial entry, leave a comment letting me know which Kroger family store you shop at and why you like them.

For additional entries:

• Follow me on Twitter (@ABusyMomofTwo) and tweet about the giveaway

• Add my button to your sidebar or my blog to your blogroll. Leave a comment with a link to your blog.

• Sign up to receive my updates through e-mail or RSS feed. Leave me a comment letting me know that you are a subscriber.

• Post about the giveaway on your blog, with a link back to the giveaway. Leave a comment with a link to your post.