If you are heading out to Giant for the General Mills Cereal Instant Savings and Free Milk deal, keep an eye out for included cereals on sale for $2.50 each.
Without coupons:
Buy (4) General Mills Cereal $2.50 each
use (2) $1.00/2 General Mills cereal here
Get $4.00 off instantly
Pay $4.00
Get $4.50 Milk Coupon onyo
You can check here for all the available General Mills coupons.
Don’t forget to keep an eye on the catalina machine for any other offers that may print for you. You may get this $2/5 General Mills Cereal Coupon.
Has anyone tried this deal and received this coupon?
Thanks, Amanda & Natalie
See all of this week’s Giant Deals.
Caroline says
I know this was last week but I forgot to post and I’m still annoyed so I figured at least maybe Shannon will read it! I went Thursday evening to do this deal in two transactions and get my milk in the 2nd.
First trans:
1 Lucky Charms 2.50
3 Honey Nut Cheerios 7.50
– .50/1 Lucky Charms
– .75/1 HNC
-1/2 Cheerios
-.75 ecoupon
total w tax: 2.36, plus I got the milk catalina
This is where things went wrong. I was at the self checkout b/c there was only one lane open and two people in front of me. The “cashier” at the self checkout showed up next to me as I finished that transaction and said to go ahead and give her the milk coupon b/c it was going to beep at me and make me give it to her anyway. So I did.
2nd trans:
1 Lucky Charms 2.50
1 Kix 2.89
2 HNC 5.00
1 gallon of milk $3.03
-.50/1 LC
– .75/1 Kix
– 1/2 Cheerios
– 3.03 milk
total: 3.61, plus the 4.50 milk catalina
When I was scanning the coupons the screen froze and she said it was because she was doing the milk coupon. Then she walked away. She went to get a manager who used their key on the register and reduced the milk coupon down to the price of the milk.
I know I shouldn’t complain about getting the milk free but the catalina coupons have always scanned at 4.50. And my biggest concern is that the store will get reimbursed 4.50 even though they only took 3.03 off my order. Has this happened to anyone else? I’m hoping my usual store will scan the other one I have for the full amount next time I go in.
Shannon says
Hey Caroline, the cat reads up to $4.50 and alot of cashiers won’t just scan it in and let the $4.50 come off, if that makes you feel any better. I have never received the full amount off the milk. My store always adjusts the value.
colleen says
What a pain in the butt time I had at Giant today trying to get this weeks deals. Thank goodness I only had one of my 4 children with me at the register. I went to self checkout (because in the past when I didnt break my transactions up into 4 boxes, it didnt trigger the catalina). I also had some .75, .50. 85 cent coupons that I had more than one of so I was trying to mix up the transactions, since my store will only double one of the same (and no truly double anyway, I also had a bunch of $1/2 coupons too)! Umm trouble started with transaction number #1, no milk catalina, then transaction #2, no milk catalina. At this point I had a fussy baby in my arms, and CS stepped in!! Thank goodness. they helped me with my transactions, and then counted the catalinas I should have gotten. I ended up with 44 boxes of cereal (about half the 2.50 price boxes, and lots of 3.00 boxes of cheerios and chex), 4 bags of ricola, 2 tissues, 2 wisks, 2 milks, and after all is said in done when adding back the catalinas for milk, basically only a $3 difference for all those items!! not shabby…my 4 kids under 4 go through an awful lot of cereal and milk, and don’t qualify for any assistance, so I love these deals!!
Karyn says
Has anyone else been told that you can’t use the free milk catalina the same day you receive it? I’ve typically gone in and out of the store to do separate transactions on the same day to use my milk catalinas, but yesterday I had all my kids with me, so I decided to just do 3 transactions in a row and use the milk catalinas on the 2nd and 3rd transactions with one leftover for later. When I got to the 3rd transaction, I was told I couldn’t use the milk catalina til tomorrow (customer service confirmed that, but was kind enough to let me do it anyway). I didn’t see this “rule” printed on the coupon – has anyone else heard of this?
Ruth says
You can use the coupon right away. It says one coupon per store visit but if you go outside and return, that’s another store visit. Sometimes the store personnel just want to prove a point and mess with couponers.
Shannon says
umm no, I usually use it on the next transaction!
Ruth says
For this deal, there is also a coupon for 1.00 off any two cheerios cereals exp. 11/5 and the Honey Nut Cheerios are listed as one of the cereals. I forgot which insert it was in and I’m not sure if it was a regional coupon because it is not listed here.
Ruth says
The coupon for the 1.00/2 Cheerios cereal and 1.00/2 any (Fiber One, Chex, Fiber One, Honey Nut Clusters, Oatmeal Crisp, Raisin Nut Bran, Total, Wheaties) was in SS 9/25.
Ruth says
There is also a deal for La Looks Gel, they are 2.49 BOGO, and there is a coupon for 1.00 and you can use 2 coupons, it comes to .98 cents for two large bottles of hair gel.
allie says
Can you use the milk coupon at any store since it says manuf. coupon it?
Traci says
at my store in west chester PA i had difficulties with the cereals that were 2.50. all of those were over 14 oz and the ad says the cereals need to be under 14 oz to be included in the promo. customer service was very helpful and it all got sorted out in the end, but it was a little tricky.
Laurel H. says
I went to the Union Deposit Harrisburg Giant today, to run this deal. I bought 1 Cheerios ($2.59), 3 Honey Nut Cheerios ($2/$5). I used $1/2, $.75/1, $.50/1 coupons. So, this was $10.09, $3 in coupons, $4 off instantly. I paid $3.09 for 4 boxes of cereal and a gallon of milk. I could essentially consider the cereal to be free, with $1.50 off the price of milk. I have never gotten cereal free before. Woot!
Laurel H. says
Am I missing something? Why is the $2/5 Catalina coupon considered a great deal? Isn’t a $1/2 coupon a better deal?
Kylene says
Does this transaction need to be done in sets of 4 only. Or will multiple catalina print offers at the same time. Thanks :)
sharon says
@Kylene,
I did one transaction last night with 12 boxes. It took $12 off plus gave me 3 Free milk catalinas. I also got 1 $2 off 5 cereals. I imagine if I had split my orders into 3, I would have gotten a $2 off 5 coupon for each transaction.
Tammi says
Did anyone purchase the BooBerry, Franknberry, or Count Chocolate, they were on an end cap, with Trix and Lucky Charms but no sign around saying they are part of the deal, and there was no spot on the shelf for them??
Tara says
My shelves were all wiped clean by last night too (thank you to whomever did that!) but customer service gladly wrote me a raincheck for 8 boxes and included the $4 off and the $4.50 off milk. She just told me when I come in to redeem the rainchecks to just get the milk in the same transaction. My kids are so excited about getting lucky charms again since I rarely buy it!
meghan says
Awesome deal! I picked up 3 boxes of lucky charms and a box of honey nut cheerios on sale for 2.50 each. Was able to use a $1 off 3 general mills and a $0.75 off honey nut cheerios (doubled to a dollar) coupon. Plus use the $3 off your next order from oreida fries. I had a grand total of $1 for all 4 plus a coupon for free milk! Loving the free cereal!
Shannon says
nice!
Sharon says
I’m going to apologize in advance to those who are not guilty. But, I gotta vent a little. TO THOSE IN ELDERSBURG who cleared the shelves of all GM $2.50 cereals in less than 24 hours – I am seriously annoyed with you right now. :-( Okay. I’m done. You may resume your regularly scheduled comments.
Andrea says
2 questions.
Has anyone tried to do this twice in one transaction?
And I only started couponing in March and was SUPER excited for this cereal deal the first time around. Is this something that I should expect as an ongoing thing or should I REALLY capitalize on these deals as they come? We’ve got 6 people in our house including 2 almost teenagers) and have the potential to go through A LOT of cereal if I buy the right stuff.
Shannon says
Andrea,
They come every 6-12 weeks — now of course, it could stop at any time, but for the past three years atleast 4 times a year.
Andrea says
Good to know. Thanks!
Ruth says
To get the catalina for the milk, you have to do the transaction one of the time, only one milk catalina will print per transaction.
liz says
Which cereals are 2/5$ and are any adult ones included?
Shannon says
Liz, you’d have to check because it is varying greatly by store.
PS Are you saying Lucky Charms isn’t an adult cereal :)
Donna Spayd says
Yes, the $2/5 printed at the Harrisburg Union Deposit Giant. They also had Cocoa Puffs and the Brownie Cocoa Puffs for I believe $2.69. That was close enough to the 2/$5 that I “splurged”. I also had a coupon or two so that helped.
Sharon says
Neophyte question: This is the first time I’ve printed from Coupon Network. Can I only print the coupon once time per computer?
Kate says
Hi Sharon,
You can usually print the coupon twice. :-)
Sharon says
Hmmm. We had computer-printer communication issues. I’m thinking it must have gotten hung up, ’cause I could only print it once. Oh well.
Alison says
Opps! I meant to write that I also got the milk and the other coupon out of the catalina after the deal was done.
Alison says
I did it at two different Giants in my area of Northern VA and I got the Honey Nut Cheerios but they were on sale for $3. I didn’t see anything for $2.50 but they weren’t marked on the shelf in one store so I did a quick price check. I guess I should look for the other stuff and price check so that I can get some more. I was going to go again tonight after the little one is asleep!!!! It is too good of a deal even at $6 after coupons and instant saving with the milk because our milk is over $4 anyway so I am going to fill the cereal cupboard :)
Rachael says
Exeter Giant spit out that catalina for me today. :)
Kim F. says
Yes, I got the catalina in Altoona but then it flew away! Lol….it was really windy!
Deepa says
I visited 3 different stores in my area…all 3 had Trix and Lucky charms for 2/$5 . Purchasing Trix/Luckycharms did trigger two diff Cats…Save $2 on any 5 and $1.50 on any 3……. in two different transactions in addition to the Milk Catalina…:)
Jenni says
I got the coupon last night at Giant in Trexlertown, PA! They had lots of the 2/$5 cereals on an endcap display and then another display over by the air freshners (weird, huh?!).
Shannon says
Maybe you smell when you eat cereal? LOL weird planogram.
Jamee says
Great word..planogram, i am going to incorporate it into my daily speach now..lol
Jamee says
Too bad i cant spell speech
Shannon says
Jamee,
Planogram — a word that comes from my days working retail. Use it in a sentence please..
Jamee says
Are you serious? Ok…the store’s planogram has the milk on one side of the store, while the butter is on the other side. OR…I don’t need no stinking planogram! LOL
Michele says
My store (thorndale, PA) only gave a $1.50/4 coupon. It only printed out 1 even though I did 3 cereal deals. THe lucky charms and trix were also on sale there 2/$5, as were the honey nut cheerios.
Emily Strassner says
I am up to 16 boxes of cereal and 4 gallons of milk for $12 OOP! I live in State College and my Giant doubles the $1 coupons to $2! I am going back tonight for 8 more boxes. With three kids that love cereal, this is an awesome deal!
joy says
Mine only double up $.75 and only one coupon so I had to do some major math to get it down to the amount I paid. Congrats on your great deal.
Melissa says
Do they double more than one of the same coupon? I have several of the $1 off 2 cereals and I’m wondering if it will be worth it to send my husband. He works in State College but we live an hour away.
Meranda says
No, they only double the first one but it is still a great deal.
joy says
The cereal deal turned out really good for me. I was able to get:
(2) Golden Grahams
(2) Reese Puffs
(2) Cinnamon Crunch
(2) Lucky Charms
(2) Chocolate Cheerios
(1) Kix
(1) Total
(3) Gallons of 1% Milk.
Total oop was $11.68 for everything!
Rachel says
The cereal for $2.50 was cleared out at my store but I bought some other General Mills cereal and received the coupon.
Missy says
Can you use the catalina on top of your gm coupons for additional savings? Or is that too many?
Shannon says
no that is a manufacturer coupon.
Missy says
You are quick. Thank you :)
Shannon says
No problem :)
joy says
I did this deal 4 times at Martins on Sunday and got the catalina for $2 off 5 every time.
Laura says
Are all the General Mills cereals $2.50 or just some?
Shannon says
none may be on sale at your store. They are not advertised in the ad.
chewy tart says
I used a 1/2 cheerios a kix and a lucky charms coupon and my total was $3.60 I then got my free milk cat and the cat pictured above… I did this transaction several times…
Laura says
I have gotten this catalina in the past and I used it on the little cereal cups and IT WORKED!!!
Krista says
How much are the cereal cups? I always throw away that catalina because I didn’t think it was a good deal!
Laura says
Usually they are 5 for 5