Safeway's Sweet AirMiles Deals

[operabob]

For those of us highly motivated by AirMiles and other reward programs I highly recommend the movie "Up In The Air" if you haven't seen it.

[cyberjane]

Bob, it looks like you can get, with this weeks Email direct coupon, Crest toothpaste for .80, and 10 airmiles WUB3?? If, so, thats a wicked deal!!

[AEmgee]

Bob, it looks like you can get, with this weeks Email direct coupon, Crest toothpaste for .80, and 10 airmiles WUB3?? If, so, thats a wicked deal!!

The $0.80 coupon is for Crest 75-100ml and the B3G10AM is for Crest PREMIUM 85-130ml (regularly $1.99). I would doubt there is overlap between the two promotions but the coupon is very vague!

[operabob]

Well today is 10% off Tuesday so I'll be buying the cheese and some of the meat I have coupons for.

[shellylynn39]

Hi
I have been reading this forum, and wondering if there are any stores in Ontario that have these deals?
I tried going to the Safeway website and putting in my postal code, but that didn't work.

[Poirot]

Hi
I have been reading this forum, and wondering if there are any stores in Ontario that have these deals?
I tried going to the Safeway website and putting in my postal code, but that didn't work.

I think the only Safeway in Ontario is in Thunderbay.

[operabob]

Is it IGA in Ontario that offers AMs?

Unfortunately not as aggressively as Safeway.

[Giving-Small]

Rexall offers airmiles in Ontario. Not sure which grocery store does.

[operabob]

Might be Dominion.

Are they still around?

[operabob]

Appears to be Dominion/Metro:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominio...8historical%29

[operabob]

Make sure you take advantage of this as these products are often AM offers:

http://brandsaver.ca/

[operabob]

Has anyone tried the toothpaste offer yet?

I was just in Safeway. There are specific ones marked with the email.direct tag and others with the AM tags (on the shelf but not on the product).

All are the same price ($1.99).

It might just go through.

You'd know as soon as you get your receipt.

[TechW]

re: the toothpaste -- saw the email direct tags too and didn't try...
now I'm curious!!

I didn't do too well for airmiles this week: just over 100 --

I shouldn't be upset: I remember that it used to take me months to get 100 AMs!

[hordosr]

going to get some value from my cat litter AM etc and rent a car for a week in MTL...whoop whoop!!

[operabob]

Excellent deal on Dole Pineapple & Juices this week.

Just a few thoughts:

1. Safeway had (and I stress had) a reputation for being over-priced. That is in the past and you'll often find Safeway more than competitive especially when you include the average value of AirMiles offered on heavily discounted manufacturers weekly specials. In fact over the last few weeks it was possible to get more in value in AirMiles than it cost to buy the product.

2. The average value of an AirMiles to the consumer is approximately $0.14. Using an average value helps one determine a comparative value to the same product in other stores. The most popular method of valuing AirMiles I find is to take a product and determine how much it cost to buy an AirMile with it.

This could lead to two products: A costing $0.20 and Airmile and B costing $2.00 an Airmile.

To my mind valuing AMs this way just encourages people to buy as much a product A rather than B. People could end up buying for the sake of getting AirMiles rather than products they use at good prices or can donate to charity cost effectively. But how do you know if A is a good deal.

Jan. 10-16 :


In the following first number is sale price. Second number is effective value based on $0.14/AM). If there is a multiple offer, ie, B3G15 & B6G45 a third number corresponds to the value of the extra offer.

With effective valuing you can compare the relative prices of a product after accounting for the AirMiles against the same product in another store. For example,

If Coca-Cola is $2.00 with 10 Airmiles it has an effective value of $0.60 [$2 - (10 x $0.14)]. If another store is selling the same product for $1 you know the effect of the AirMiles beats that price.

Print off a copy of the following to take comparison shopping.



SS = Safeway Select
Saf = Safeway
Sig =Signature
Sch = Schneider's
GMS = Gourmet Meat Shop
OO = O Organics
ER = Eating Right
ML = Maple Leaf
BC = Betty Crocker
NPG = No Price Given

P.1

B$100G100 coupon[/B]

[B]P. 2

Sch. Pizza Kit B3G10 2.99/2.52

Sch. Big Combo Kits B2G10 3.99/3.29

HL Fillets B2G15 6.59/5.54


P.3

SS Meat Lasagna 2.27kg B2G25 10.99/9.24

ER Lasagna 1.13kg B2G20 7.99/6.59

Saf. Chicken Wings 1kg B2G30 12.99/10.89

GMS Sweet & Sour Pork B2G25 8.59/6.84

Saf. Mini Sausage Rolls 650g B2G20 5.99/4.59


P.4

Nada


P.5

Kellogg's Jumbo Cereal B5G100 6.99/4.19

P.6

Dole Event B6G40:

Fruit Bowls (4 pack) & Fruit in Jars 540ml 3.50/2.57

Tinned Pineapple 398ml & Juice 1L 1.25/0.32

P&G Event B3G15 & B6G40

Bounty Paper Towels/Tide/Bounce 6.99/6.29/6.07

Cascade 6.49/5.79/5.56

P. 7

Centrum/Materna/Caltrate NPG 20% off B3G30 -$1.40/item

Healthy Living Event B2G20 & B4G60:

Jamieson's/Weber's/One-a-Day Vitamins NPG 20% off -1.40/2.10 per item

Aspirin Low Dose/Tylenol Cold 9.99/8.59/7.89

Tylenol/Motrin/Benalyn 10.99/9.59/8.89

P. 8

Nada



Let me know if I've missed anything.

Also, if you do use your AMs for flights instead of products in all likelihood you can set the effective prices lower. However, it is always a good thing to cross reference with an Airlines website prices to make sure. Don't forget you pay the taxes extra.