If you haven’t really shopped much at Kroger before, this week is a great week to shop. During the Mega Sale, you get an instant $5 off when you purchase 10 participating items. You can do this up to three times (so 30 items) per transaction. You can really see your savings add up quickly!

Please keep in mind that these sale prices are for my area and YMMV so you may want to check out your store’s ad on Kroger.com. I have looked at a number of different bargain blogs and it appears that the same promotional items are working in different areas, but the prices do vary some.

I am going to post the ACTUAL price of items rather than the price at .50 off. I hope that this does not confuse anyone. I know for me, it is less confusing to do it that way as I make my scenarios. You CAN mix and match items. You DO have to purchase ten items to get the instant $5 off.

Here we go:

*Cheeto’s snacks – $2.19/each
*Kraft shredded or bar cheese – $1.99/each
.75/1 Kraft or Polly-O 2% Milk Natural Cheese, Any Shreds, Chunk, String, Cubes, or Slices (DND 5) – check the blinkie machines by the cheese in your store for this coupon
*Kraft mayonnaise or miracle whip – $2.99/each
.75/1 Kraft Mayonnaise, Any 24 Oz. + – 01-18-09 SS
*Nature Valley or Fiber One granola bars – $2.69/each
$1/2 Nature Valley Granola Bars, Any – 01-04-09 GM
$1/2 General Mills Cereals- Basic 4, Chex (any), Curves (any), Fiber One (one), Honey Nut Clusters, Nature Valley Cereal (any), Oatmeal Crisp (any), Raisin Nut Bran, Total (any), Wheaties cereal – 01-11-09 SS
.50/1 Nature Valley Granola Bars, Any – 01-04-09 GM
$1/2 printable here
*Quaker instant oatmeal – $2.69/each
$1/2 printable here
*Quaker Life cereal – $2.49/each
$1/2 Quaker Life Cereals, Any – 12-07-08 RP
$1/2 Quaker Life Cereal, Any – 01-04-09 RP
*Pace picante sauce or salsa – $1.76/each
.50/1 Pace Specialty Salsa, Any – 12-14-08 SS
*Lays potato chips – $2.27/each
*Coffee-Mate Coffee creamer – $2.99/each
.50/1 Nestle Coffee-Mate Liquid or Powder Coffee Creamer, any size or variety – 01-04-09 SS
*Gorton’s seafood or fish fillets – $2.99/each
*Tombstone pizza – $2.99/each
*Daisy sour cream – $1.99/each
.50/1 Daisy Brand Sour Cream, Any 16 oz + – 01-18-09 SS
.50/1 Daisy Sour Cream, Any – 12-14-08 SS
*Propel Fitness water – $1/each
*Glade Aerosol air freshener – .96/each
$1/2 Glade Sprays, Any Excluding Air Infusions – 01-11-09 SS
*Wheat thins /Triscuits – $2.39/each
*Planters peanuts – $2.49/each
*Sobe Life water – $1/each
*Glade candles – $2.24/each
*Cattlemans BBQ sauce/French’s mustard/Frank’s Red Hot sauce – $1.49/each
.75/1 Cattlemans BBQ sauce printable here
.50/1 French’s printable coupon here
$0.35/1 Franks Red Hot Sauce, Any – 01-18-09 SS
*Oscar Mayer franks – $2.99/each
*Snapple anti-oxidant water -$ 1/each
*Cheez-Its – $2.50/each
*Oscar Mayer deli fresh lunch meat – $2.99/each
*Oscar Mayer fully cooked chicken strips – $2.99/each
*Sheba cat food – $1/each
*Solo plastic plates (20 ct) or Solo cups (30-50 ct) – $2.59/each
*Keebler Fudge Shoppe – $2.49/each
*Kelloggs fruit snacks – $2.19/each
*Red Bull energy drinks – $1.49/each
*Tropicana orange juice – $2.69/each
$1/2 Tropicana Pure Premium Juice Products, Any 64 oz. – 01-04-09 RP
*Nestle cookie dough – $2.46/each
*Velveeta cheese – $4.99/each
$1/1 printable from Coupons.com (see the blue link at the top or on the sidebar of the blog)
*Totinos pizza rolls – $2.99/each
.50/1 Cellfire coupon – save here
.35/1 Totinos Roll Snacks, Any – 01-11-09 SS
*Ken’s salad dressing – $1.99/each
*Juicy Juice – $2.53/each
$1/1 Nestle Juicy Juice Products, Any – 01-04-09 SS
*Aquafina water – $3.99/each
*Gatorade sports drink – $4.99/each
*El Monterey taquitos – $4.99/each
$1/1 El Monterey Taquitos, Any – 10-19-08 SS
*Tyson meal kits – $4.99/each
*Good Bites dog treats – $3.39/each
$1/1 Pedigree Good Bites Treats For Dogs, any – 01-11-09 RP
*Rotel diced tomatoes – .90/each
.30/1 Ro-Tel Diced Tomatoes, Any 10 Oz. + – 01-18-09 SS
*Hormel chili with beans – $1
*Pepperidge Farm goldfish – $1.49
$1/1 Pepperidge Farm Baked Naturals snacks – 01-18-09 SS
*Kleenex facial tissue – $1.59
.40/1 Kleenex Lotion Facial Tissue, any package – 01-04-09 SS
*Philadelphia cream cheese – $1.49
*Green Giant Valley Fresh steamers – $1.49
.50/1 Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers, Any – 01-04-09 GM

Other noteable deals:
*Tyson/Kroger/Pilgrims Pride boneless chicken breast or breat tenders – BOGO free
.55/1 printable here
*Blueberries – .99/each!
*Jumbo cantaloupe – BOGO free (my kids will be thrilled!)
*Dole of Fresh Express salads – BOGO free
*Kroger shredded cheese – 3/$5
*Springdale milk – $2.99
*Sara Lee bread – BOGO free ($2.29)

The details for the Kroger P&G instant $5 off when you spend $25 on participating items promotion are posted here. This post also includes links to other participating products and coupon match-ups.

There are new loadable P&G E-saver coupons. Although they are not as good as last time, you can still get some good deals.

Here’s a scenario using manufacturer’s coupons and the new loadable E-saver coupons:

Buy 1 Crest toothpaste – $2.50
$1.50/1 E-saver loadable coupon
.75/1 from 12-28 P&G insert

Gillette Fusion manual – $7.79
$4/1 from 12-28 P&G insert

Swiffer refill – $4.39
$.50 from E-saver
$1 from home mailer

2 Old Spice red zone – $3.89
$1/2 from 12-28 P&G insert
$1/2 E-saver

1 Olay Ribbons – $3.99
$1/1 from 12-28 P&G insert
$1 Esaver

Buy 2 Daisy sour cream – 2/$4
.50/1 printable coupon here (will double if your store doubles)

Cottonelle toilet paper – $1.19
.50/1 manufacturer’s coupon from 12-14 inserts (will double if your stores double)
.50/1 loadable shortcuts.com coupon

Total before coupons = $31.64
Total after coupons = $16.39

Total after instant $5 off – $11.39