There were a bunch of new coupons released this morning, and among them was this one for $0.50 off one Muir Glen Organics product. According to their website, the 14.5 oz cans of Muir Glen tomatoes are priced at $1.19 at King Soopers, which would make them just $0.19 after doubled coupon!
Muir Glen Organics Tomatoes (14.5 oz, select) – $1.19
$0.50/1 Muir Glen Organics printable
Net cost at checkout: $0.19
Rating: 5
Or, you can do a similar deal for tomato paste:
Muir Glen Organics Tomato Paste (6 oz, select) – $1.29
$0.50/1 Muir Glen Organics printable
Net cost at checkout: $0.29
Rating: 5
These have been added to this week’s King Soopers’ list.
$1.25 for Lucerne (half gallon) at Safeway, Fri-Sun Only
Let me first say that I think the King Soopers Fuel points are pretty much just a gimmick. A 10 cent/gallon reward on filling up with 10 gallons is just $0.70 to $1.00 of savings (on about a $35 outspend). Nevertheless, just because it is a gimmick, doesn’t mean that I don’t use the fuel rewards if I get them.
You get 1 fuel reward point for every dollar of groceries “purchased”. They calculate the amount after all Sooper Card discounts, save-instantly discounts, and store coupons, but before any manufacturer coupons.
This means that if you were to buy 5 cans of Tomatoes, using 5 coupons, you would earn 6 fuel points, even though you only spend $1 of actual money.
I figured this all out last month with the General Mill catalina deals. Between the catalina coupons and manufacturer coupons, I was earning 10-ish fuel reward points for just a couple of dollars of actual money spending.
Of course, if I’m wrong with any of this, feel free to correct me.
I think they are mostly a gimmick, too – one that works since most people don’t stop to consider that saving even 10¢ a gallon is not worth driving any extra for most vehicle’s size tanks. (Same with Costco’s gas.) I DO like that they accumulate for more than 10¢ off, though, and when they do the quadruple points for gift card purchases.
King Soopers has changed some stuff with the way their rewards add up and I can’t figure it out. For awhile, it was only what you spend out of pocket that counted towards fuel points – but it sounds like they may have changed. I tried figuring it all out one time and gave up because it was so complicated! But, sounds like you were able to figure out how it worked better than I!