New 2 Box Cheerios

May 22, 2012 By 59 Comments

What’s so exciting?

  • New 2 box Cheerios contains two individual boxes, making them easier to store and easier to pour!

Not to mention…

  • By reducing the amount of air in each individual bag, these enhanced containers fit 10% more cereal than before and use less packaging
  • While each box contains more cereal, packaging material has been reduced by over 200,000 lbs, saving 1,000 trees and taking 130 Cheerios trucks of the road, decreasing CO2 emissions

 

 

We love Cheerios at our house. I admit I don’t buy a lot of cereal at Sam’s Club (where we are members) because of the cereal box sizes. So I was thrilled to see this exact packaging at Sam’s Club on a recent trip there! I hope this packaging continues with other cereals as my cupboards just won’t hold those big boxes!

We are excited to offer one of our readers (2) new 2 box Cheerios packaging (four boxes)!

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Disclosure:  Cheerios® cereal, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark.

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Kroger General Mills and Milk Promotion

November 23, 2011 By

Have you heard?

Until November 26th, with the purchase of any four participating General Mills products*, you will either receive free milk (up to $3; limit of 2) or to receive $3 off your shopping order**
Look for some of your favorite participating General Mills products like Cheerios, Pillsbury Ready to Bake Cookies, Nature Valley Bars and Fiber One Bars!
*Excludes General Mills meal and baking products including; Betty Crocker, Old El Paso, Progresso, Hamburger Helper, Macaroni Grill, Wanchai Ferry, Yoplait
**Promotion varies based on store location; check your local Kroger store for details (Cash Offer: Mid South, Delta, Mid Atlantic, SW Louisiana stores, Central Missouri stores and Dillons Missouri stores)

 
Did you know that the Kroger Family of Stores isn’t just the Kroger stores? You can find savings at Kroger, Ralphs, King Scoopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith’s, Fry’s, QFC, Baker’s, Owen’s, Jay C Food Stores, Hilander, Gerbes, Food4Less, Fred Meyer, Pay Less Supermarkets and Scott’s food & Pharmacy stores!!

What do you stock up during sales like this? We like to stock up on cereal and ready to back cookies for the holidays coming up!!

You can follow Kroger on their website, on Twitter, and like them on Facebook!

I have been given the opportunity to give away a $25 Gift Card to the Kroger Family of Stores!

Details:
This drawing will end Tuesday, December 6th at 11:59pm EST. The winner will have 48 hours to reply with their address. You must include your email address in your comment or have it in your profile so you can be contacted if you are a winner! You must complete the Mandatory Entry for the additional entries to count.
This giveaway is open to US residents only!
So how do you enter?
Mandatory Entry: Tell me which General Mills product is your favorite
Additional Entries:
1) Follow us on Facebook HERE. Worth two entries so leave two comments here! (Psst … we love comments on Facebook so maybe you can leave us one!)
2) Follow us on Twitter. Leave a comment with your twitter name.
3) Tweet about this giveaway with this tweet:

RT #Win a $25 #kroger Gift Card  @simplybudgeted http://bit.ly/uwNThA ends 12/6 #giveaway #groceries #giftcard #myblogspark

Leave a comment with the URL for your tweet. (One Tweet per day until end of giveaway!!)
4) Subscribe to the daily email here at Simply Budgeted. It is at the top of the sidebar!;) Please a comment. (worth 5 entries!)
Disclosure: The Kroger gift card, information, and giveaway have been provided by Kroger and General Mills through MyBlogSpark.

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Progresso: Souper You Debut

January 20, 2011 By

** This giveaway has ended. Thanks to all who entered! The winner is comment #24! **

I recently had the chance to review Progresso soup thanks to My Blog Spark!

Details …

Available in 40 delicious flavors with 100 calories or less, Progresso® Soup can help curb your hunger, making it easier for you to stick to your weight management plan all year long. With hearty ingredients like pasta, beans, corn and rice, and flavor-packed vegetables like tomatoes, carrots, and peppers, Progresso Soup varieties with 100 calories or less offer a good source of fiber and a full serving of vegetables.

To help kick off a new outlook on the New Year, Progresso is excited to announce the return of the “Souper YouTM Debut” contest!

How do you enter?
* Go to Progresso on Facebook to learn more and enter the contest
* Submit your essay (200 characters or less) telling Progresso why you love their soups that contain 100 calories or less, and why you deserve a chance to win a trip to NYC for a full fashion overhaul
* In addition, please submit a photo of yourself that visually reinforces the theme of your essay

Once the 10 finalists are announced, you can visit Progresso on Facebook from March 30th through April 13th to vote for your favorite.

Check out Progresso’s Facebook page for a $1 off 4 cans of soup coupon! Plus you can follow them on Twitter @Progresso!

My thoughts …

We eat a lot of soup in the winter months. I stock up on soup with sales and coupons until I run out of room and I get fussed at for my stash! I am really excited to see the Light version of the soup from Progresso! When we pull out a can of Progresso soup for lunch, I know we will be full and not looking for something else to an hour later. This is a great testament for their soup in my opinion!

I am pleased to announce that My Blog Spark and Progesso are offering up a gift pack as a giveaway!! The gift pack will include a coupon for a free can of soup, a yoga mat, a water bottle, and a set of aerobic bands which includes a sport headband and two sport wrist bands!

Details:
This drawing will end Friday, February 4th at 11:59pm EST. I may pick the winner using Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to reply with their address. You must include your email address in your comment or have it in your profile so you can be contacted if you are a winner! Please make sure I can see your email address!!! You must complete the Mandatory Entry for the additional entries to count.
This giveaway is open to US residents only!

So how do you enter?

Mandatory Entry: Tell me which flavor of Progresso Soup you would most like to try! (HERE is a link to their Light soups!)

Additional Entries:
1) Follow me on Twitter. Leave a comment with your twitter name.
2) Tweet about this giveaway with this tweet:

RT #Win a @Progresso Soup Gift Pack at @simplybudgeted! http://bit.ly/gPUznR #giveaway #healthy #fitness #myblogspark ends 2/4

Leave a comment with the URL for your tweet. (One Tweet per day until end of giveaway!!)
3) Add my blog button to your blog. Button is in my sidebar! Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link.
4) Follow me publicly through the Google Friends Connect on my side bar. Leave a comment with your name that you subscribe with.
5) Subscribe to my blog using the Subscribe To option on the sidebar. Leave a comment stating you subscribe.
6) Leave a comment in the most recent Wednesday Random Post and/or the most recent Mamavation post! Leave a comment here with what you did. (4 entries possible)


NOTE: I was sent a “Souper You Debut” gift pack in support this review by Progresso through MyBlogSpark. No other compensation was received. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

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Pound for Pound Challenge

June 7, 2010 By
** Thanks for entering!! Comment #52 is the winner! **

Details …
Do you know that Kroger and General Mills are partnering for the Pound for Pound Challenge?

Go to the Pound for Pound Challenge to make your pledge to lose weight and to get more information and to find tools to change your life for the better. It is free, easy and only takes a minute to make a change that can help you and help the hungry in your local community.

Through June 30, 2010, for every pound you pledge to lose, the Pound For Pound Challenge will donate 14¢ to Feeding America® – enough to deliver one pound of groceries to a local food bank.

We have just recently started eating Yoplait Greek Yogurt (recently as in the past two months!) My husband has found it to be great for cooking and making recipes with that he normally uses maynoisse! For Memorial Day, we even had a Greek Yogurt Cole Slaw … talk about healthy eating there! Are you a Yoplait Greek Yogurt eater too? If you aren’t, I am telling you that you are missing out … big time!
I am excited to offer one of my readers a $30 Gift Card to the Kroger Family Stores!

Details:

This drawing will end Wednesday, June 30th at 11:59pm EST. I may pick the winners using Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to reply with their address. You must include your email address in your comment or have it in your profile so you can be contacted if you are a winner! Please make sure I can see your email address!!! You must complete the Mandatory Entry for the additional entries to count.

This giveaway is open to US residents only!

So how do you enter?
Mandatory Entry: Tell me how much have pledged to lose with the Pound for Pound Challenge -OR- how you are spreading the word about the Pound for Pound Challenge!


Additional Entries:
1) Follow me on Twitter. Leave a comment with your twitter name.
2) Tweet about this giveaway with this tweet:

#Win a $30 Kroger Gift Card @simplybudgeted! http://bit.ly/a49W4r #giveaway #groceries #giftcard ends 6/30

Leave a comment with the URL for your tweet. (One Tweet per day until end of giveaway!!)
3) Add my blog button to your blog. Button is in my sidebar! Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link.
4) Follow me publicly through the Google Friends Connect on my side bar. Leave a comment with your name that you subscribe with.
5) Subscribe to my blog using the Subscribe To option on the sidebar. Leave a comment stating you subscribe.
6) Add my button to your blog. Button is in my sidebar! Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link. If you already have my button, leave a comment.
7) Leave a comment in any or all of the Simple Budgeting posts. Leave a comment here with your comment number over there!

NOTE: I was provided with a gift card, information, and giveaway to support this post from Kroger Family of Stores and General Mills through MyBlogSpark. No other compensation was received in exchange for this post. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

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General Mills and Lower Sugar

January 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

We are all looking for lower sugar levels in our lives so I am excited to share some details that General Mills provided me when they sent me their VIP coupons through My Blog Spark!
General Mills announced a commitment to further reduce sugar in cereals advertised to kids under 12 to single digit grams of sugar per serving.

Did you know that ready-to-eat cereal eaters consume less fat, less cholesterol and more fiber than non-cereal eaters? Cereals also deliver important vitamins, minerals and other essential nutrients, making cereal a top source of key nutrients in children´s diets.

Other cereal benefits:

  • Ready-to-eat cereals, including presweetened cereals, account for only 5% of sugar in children´s diets.


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  • Ready-to-eat cereal is the No. 1 source of whole grains in a child´s diet today.


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  • More frequent cereal eaters tend to have healthier body weights and lower Body Mass Index measures.

Studies also demonstrate the benefits of eating breakfast. A 1998 study showed that children who eat breakfast tend to perform better at school. Compared to children who skip breakfast, children who eat breakfast score higher on tests, are less likely to miss class or be tardy, have fewer reported discipline problems, and make fewer trips to the office.

For more information about kids and cereals, please visit Cereal Health and Wellness.

Right now if you visit here you will find a $1 off coupon for one of four General Mills cereals. If you choose to participate we will also provide you with VIP coupons for 4 boxes of General Mills cereal to help your family come together at the breakfast table every morning.

If you family is a big cereal family like mine is, snatch up this coupon and pair it with a great sale for a bargain breakfast deal.

Note: I was provided with VIP Coupons and this information from General Mills through My Blog Spark. No other compensation was received. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this post are my own.

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Winners of $10 Stop & Shop Gift Cards!

September 9, 2009 By

Congratulations to JC and k-team who won the $10 Stop & Shop Gift Card Giveaway provided by My Blog Spark and General Mills! JC won with the extra entry option to follow me on Twitter. Are you following me on Twitter?! Following me on Twitter is not only a great reminder of the giveaways here but you get notice of my new blog posts too. Plus it is an extra entry in my giveaways that can pay off for you like it did for JC! k-team won with the mandatory entry that was super simple in this giveaway!

The winners have 48 hours to reply to claim their prizes. An email has been sent from simplybudgeted at gmail dot com to notify you that you are the winner!

There were 60 comments and comment numbers 42 and 48 were the random numbers generated by random.org.

There is still one other giveaway going on right now so be sure to enter that one too!
TWO Busy Babe Planners ends Sept 14th

I am working on several reviews right now that have giveaways associated with them. Another tip will be headed your way soon too! Check out the two tips I have posted this week:
End of Summer Bargains – Follow Up!
Halloween Costume Deals … what are yours?

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$10 Stop & Shop Gift Card Giveaway!

September 2, 2009 By

** This giveaway has ended! Thanks for entering!! **

Do you have a Stop & Shop in your area? If so, this giveaway is for YOU! You can check here to see if there is one near you.

My Blog Spark has provided me with the following information about a new promotion at Stop & Shop!

General Mills and Stop & Shop are teaming up to give families a great
way to stock up and save, as they gear up for back to school. Here’s why
shoppers should shop at Stop & Shop’s big Back to School Event.
Great
sale pricing on the participating General Mills brands: Cheerios, Lucky Charms,
Reeses Puffs, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cookie Crisp Sprinkles, Cookie Crisp, Fruit
Snacks, Old El Paso Dinner Kits, Pillsbury Strudel, Pillsbury Scrambles, Green
Giant Boxed Vegetables, Yoplait Yo-Plus Multi-Pack, Fiber One Yogurt Multi-Pack,
Pillsbury Refrigerated Cookies, Pillsbury Crescent Rolls, Pillsbury Sweet Rolls
and Yoplait Delights

Additional savings for you or your school,
depending on which Stop & Shop location you shopIf your Stop & Shop
store sells gasBuy four (4) participating General Mills items and you’ll
automatically earn 100 points on your Stop & Shop card

For every 100 points earned, you’ll save 10¢ per gallon of gas (Please
note: Total discount cannot exceed price per gallon)
Just swipe your Stop
& Shop Card at the pump to redeem your Gas Rewards

If your Stop & Shop store doesn’t sell gas
For those Stop & Shop locations without gas stations, don’t worry –
you’re not left out of the savings – if you buy five (5) participating General
Mills products, you will receive 20 Bonus Box Tops for your school

So the details on this giveaway …

My Blog Spark and General Mills have offered one of my blog readers a $10 Stop & Shop gift card. But wait there is more … there aren’t Stop & Shops in Virginia so My Blog Spark has agreed to let me giveaway my gift card too. That means there will be TWO winners!!!

This drawing will end Tuesday, September 8th at midnight EST. I will pick the winners using Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to reply with their address. You must include your email address in your comment or have it in your profile so you can be contacted if you are a winner! Please make sure I can see your email address!!! You must complete the Mandatory Entry for the additional entries to count.

So how do you enter to win a $10 Stop & Shop gift card for yourself?

Well here are your entry opportunities. There are a lot of them so the more you enter, the better chance you have to win!

Mandatory Entry: Tell me how far the closest Stop & Shop is from your home. Yes, you can approximate! That should be super easy for all of the Stop & Shop shoppers! (You can check here if you don’t know.)

Additional Entries:
1) Follow me on Twitter. Leave a comment with your twitter name.
2) Tweet about this giveaway with this tweet:
RT: Win one of TWO $10 Stop & Shop Gift Card! @simplybudgeted http://tinyurl.com/mtj579 #giveaway ends Sept 8th
Leave a comment with the URL for your tweet. (One Tweet per day until end of giveaway!!)
3) Blog about this giveaway and provide a link to the blog post. Leave a comment with the URL to the blog post.
4) Add my blog to your blog roll call. Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link.
5) Follow me publicly through the Google Friends Connect on my side bar. Leave a comment with your name or account name.
6) Subscribe to my blog using the Subscribe To option on the sidebar. Leave a comment stating you subscribe.
7) Enter one of my other giveaways or leave a comment on one of my other posts. Leave a comment here letting me know which one. (Must be a new entry/comment dated after this is posted. Click the giveaway link at the top to find the other giveaways happening right now!)

More tips and giveaways are coming soon so keep following me to get first notice of them!!

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Winners of Medela Giveaway and Kroger Gift Card Announced!!

August 22, 2009 By

Congratulations to chrissyb who won the Medela Gift Pack Giveaway! Our winner has 48 hours to reply to claim her prize. An email has been sent from simplybudgeted at gmail dot com to notify you that you are the winner!
There were 63 comments and comment number 22 was the random number generated by random.org.

Congratulations to Charity who won the Kroger $30 Gift Card Giveaway provided by General Mills, Pepsi Co, and My Blog Spark! Our winner has 48 hours to reply to claim their prize. An email has been sent from simplybudgeted at gmail dot com to notify you that you are the winner!
There were 275 comments and comment number 270 was the random number generated by random.org so Charity won for following my blog! Are you following my blog? If not, get your extra giveaway entries by following me through Google Friends on my sidebar!

There is still one other giveaway going on right now so be sure to enter it too!
Smart Mom Jewelry Gift Set Giveaway ends August 24th

I have several other giveaways coming soon so if you subscribe to my feed, follow me through Google Friends, or follow me on twitter, you will be one of the first ones to know about these other great giveaways!! My tip for the one giveaway is that if you don’t have a Twitter account, you need to get one for one of my upcoming giveaways so get yourself over to Twitter and sign up!! I promise that you will want to enter that giveaway so be ready!!

Also take a minute to read my tip on Children’s Consignment Sales that I posted this week and let me know your children’s clothing bargains. I am still tagging and at the same time trying to get ready for my oldest child’s third birthday party!

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Kroger $30 Gift Card Giveaway!!

August 17, 2009 By

**This Giveaway is CLOSED! Thanks for entering!**

What is more of a budget stretcher than a $30 Kroger gift card to help with your weekly grocery trip?! Thanks to My Blog Spark, I have been given a $30 Kroger gift card to give to one of my readers. This giveaway lines up perfectly with the Mega Savings Event at Kroger that is happening Aug 16 – Sept 2. If you don’t have a Kroger by you, check here to see if one of their affiliates is in your area!

My Blog Spark has provided the following information on the sale:
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. 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!

Here are some great examples of different product combinations for breakfast, lunch, dinner or anytime that are at a great price point:
Breakfast: Cheerios, Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Pillsbury Toaster Strudel, Tropicana Orange Juice and Yoplait
Lunch: Nature Valley Granola Bars, Cheetos, Fritos, Progresso Soup, and Gatorade
Anytime: Betty Crocker Baking Mixes, Tostito’s Chips & Salsa, Totino’s Hot Snacks, Pepsi 2 Liters
Dinner: Hamburger Helper, Green Giant, Pillsbury, and Lipton Ready-To-Drink Tea

I have also received a $30 gift card from General Mills, PepsiCo, and My Blog Spark and the challenge to see how much I can save in one shopping trip during this sale. I have my shopping list made and am very impressed with it. I hope to make it Kroger Tuesday or Wednesday. Once I do, I will post my haul and savings here in this post so check back for an update!!

****** UPDATE STARTS HERE ********
A night later than I hoped but my Kroger trip was completed tonight by my most excellent shopper of a husband. He took my list and coupons to Kroger tonight.

Picture of purchased items:

Items purchased (if a coupon was used, it is noted):

15 SoBe Waters/Teas – 1 BOGO coupon
1 Tostinos Pizza Rolls – 1 $0.35 coupon that doubled
2 Wanchi Ferry Frozen Entrees – 1 $2 coupon, 1 $1.50 coupon
1 Tropicana Orange Juice
1 Yoplait Yogurt Kids – 1 $0.40 coupon that doubled
2 Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls – $0.40 coupon that doubled
2 Pillsbury Grands Rolls – $1 coupon
2 General Mills cerals – $1 coupon
2 Betty Crocker Brownie Mixes – $0.75 coupon
2 Betty Crocker Cookie Mixes – 2 $0.40 coupons that each doubled
1 Tostitos
1 Fiber One Bars – $0.40 coupon that doubled
3 Hamburger Helpers – $0.75 coupon
2 2-liter Sierra Mist
3 Quaker Quake Rice Cakes
Mega Savings Earned = 4 ($20)
Total Kroger Savings (includes Mega Savings) = $53.50
Total Coupon Savings = $10.94
Total Precentage Saved = 65%

****** UPDATE ENDS HERE **********

This drawing will end Friday, August 21st at midnight EST. I will pick a winner using Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to reply with their address. You must include your email address in your comment or have it in your profile so you can be contacted if you are a winner! Please make sure I can see your email address!!! You must complete the Mandatory Entry for the additional entries to count.

So how do you enter to win a $30 Kroger gift card for yourself? Well here are your entry opportunities. There are a lot of them so the more you enter, the better chance you have to win!

Mandatory Entry: Tell me how much you think you can save during this promotion if you win the $30 gift card! Simple, huh?

Additional Entries:
1) Follow me on Twitter. Leave a comment with your twitter name.
2) Tweet about this giveaway with this tweet:
RT: Win a $30 Kroger Gift Card! http://tinyurl.com/omuobk @simplybudgeted #giveaway ends Aug 21
Leave a comment with the URL for your tweet. (One Tweet per day until end of giveaway!!)
3) Blog about this giveaway and provide a link to the blog post. Leave a comment with the URL to the blog post.
4) Add my blog to your blog roll call. Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link.
5) Follow me publicly through the Google Friends Connect on my side bar. Leave a comment with your name or account name.
6) Subscribe to my blog using the Subscribe To option on the sidebar. Leave a comment stating you subscribe.
7) Enter one of my other giveaways or leave a comment on one of my other posts. Leave a comment here letting me know which one. (Must be a new entry/comment dated after this is posted. Click the giveaway link at the top to find the three other giveaways happening right now!)

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Coupon offer: Fiber One Yogurt $1.00 Off

July 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I don’t normally do coupon posts but I am going to make an exception here and may make others in the future so I need your feedback on this!

I have been given a coupon good for a $1 off New 50 Calorie Fiber One Yogurt compliments of MyBlogSpark to share!

Get the Fiber One Coupon: Here.
(I was able to print the coupon twice!)

If you grab this coupon, take a minute to leave me a comment saying you did. Then I can know if I should do these posts in the future (assuming I get more coupons like this!)
If the coupon doesn’t work for you, please let me know that too!

Enjoy!

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