Jewel has corn flakes for $1.50. but not 1 box with the AA certs. I've been to 3 Jewel. Anyone in chicagoland have better luck find the right boxes of corn flakes at Jewel. The sale ends tomorrow.

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I was in two Jewels on the north side this week, neither one had the promo boxes. Must be holdin' out. Do ya suppose there's a "Cereal Guy" out there hoarding 'em? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

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These links might be useful
http://www.salesmountain.com/default.asp?BID=1037
http://www.shoppinglist.com/?_from=b%3dgoto1

They are both services that let you find out when various products are going on sale in your area. You input the product you are interested in (in this case the cereal) and they will e-mail you when it goes on sale in your area. Worked for me in Saint Louis on a number of items.

To qualify for a RT to Europe you need to buy 400 boxes. Even at $1.50 a box it doesn't seem like much of deal unless you actually would buy the cereal and eat it anyway. Am I missing something?

MVIC:

Thanks for the links. I was able to find 12oz boxes of Kellogg's Corn Flake's for 99 cents at my local Meijer with airmile certificates.

I just posted a recipe for using all those Corn Flakes in OMNI. And, I cleaned off the shelf at my local Walmart this morning - all 12 boxes. They also sell the larger boxes (18 oz size) with certificates, but at $2 a box I'll pass.

Sure, in cold, hard monetary terms the worth of doing this may be questionable. But, as I was quoted in the online WSJ this week, I'm having so much fun doing this! I'm been dubbed the certified neighbor flake (get it?!), I'm able to trade or sell most of what I buy, and with the rest I've started to cook using recipes I found on the www.kelloggs.com website. People at work that I don't even know stop me on campus and call me the Corn Flakes guy! My family and co-workers appreciate the goodies I'm cooking, I do a bit of dad-to-daughter bonding over the stove, and life is good!

Again, I'm not dropping hundreds of dollars at a time. (I go to Foxwoods for that http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cool.gif .) It's an extra $15-30 dollars a week, much of which I get back one way or another. And, I've met people via this board who actually understand that what I'm doing can be useful and fun.

Keep shopping! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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A New York news radion station reported this morning that there was "a shortage of Corn Flakes" in the region due to a frequent flyer promotion. Nevertheless, the one supermarket I frequent has a bountiful supply of Corn Flakes, just none with the AA promotion. ---I take that back. At $2.39/box you can have your flakes and 100 miles too. Not an interesting deal.

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I live in a very rural area and have not found a good price on the cereal yet to justify getting much. My wife kind of likes it. The kids and I don't eat much cereal. Does anyone know of a big city food pantry/homeless organization that might make a deal with me? I would be interested in just having 5-10,000 boxes of the cereal delivered to them, if I could find a distributor who would do that for a reasonable price, and having them send me the coupons. Any ideas would be appreciated!

Check your phone book for the local St. Vincent de Paul Society. They run food banks, thrift stores, etc. They would probably be glad to have your boxes. I have two SVP groups in my area and both are glad to have a good quality cereal. Also, check for a Catholic Center of Concern. Both these groups have large volunteer bases who would probably be glad to have the cereal adn give you the coupons.

Unable to find any boxes here in Tucson other than $3.99 and $4.99 for Cracklin' Oat Bran, which, as far as I am concerned, tastes like sugared sawdust, which I would not even accept free! FEH!

OK - It is 4:00 am and me and one of my employees just got back from Meijer's where they had the Corn Flakes on sale for 99 cents - limit 3 boxes. After we bought 24 boxes (4 trips to the car with 3 boxes each) the cashier asked me how many of the boxes of cereal I wanted to buy. I said all of them! Now, I have 255 boxes of Corn Flakes each with 100 miles now jammed in my car. I'll get a photo and post elsewhere. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Hi there,
Has anyone se the corn flakes for sale in the L.A. area
thanks

This morning my local news reported that Kelloggs was doing a mile promotion. They are on top of things. I guess it must have been a slow news day.

I left work in Lewiston ME last night and headed up to Moosehead Lake - very pretty. For the heck of it I decided to stop in Augusta at the Walmart Supercenter right off I-95.

Jackpot! 33 boxes of 12oz Corn Flakes, waiting for me. Actually, there were about 40 on the shelf, but as I loaded my cart I noticed that some of the boxes had no coupon. So, beware all you Corn Flakes afficianados - make sure the box has the coupon BEFORE you buy it!

I bought 12 boxes yesterday at my local Walmart. Immediately headed for the local food bank. I told the attendant I had some cereal to give him. He didn't mind that it was in bags but not also boxed. Made me feel good to help. I told him there was more on the way... http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif