Math question on BOGO item's

[cbms]

lol

I just wish my Publix would consider Target a competitor! I'm totally jealous of the deals people are getting with those coupons!

[BayshoreGuy]

All these below are BOGO as well.
Oreo Cakesters B3G1
Kraft Salad Dressing B2G1
Kraft Mayo B2G1

Then for the REALLY confusing question ...
Kraft Homestlye Mac & Cheese , I have a B2G1 Free PLUS a B1G1 Free.

Thanks again!

You might want to double check that Mayo coupon for size restrictions. I don't have mine in front of me but I kind of remember not using it at the store because it didn't match up with the sizes that were on sale (BOGO). (I had the Target coupon, I thought it said it was a smaller size and for "All Out " variety. I could be wrong, I'm going by memory or my memory could be going . . .)

[FrugaliciousOne]

Okay, here is the explanation from a math teacher on using their BOGO, B2G1, B3G1 coupons in conjunction.

The main idea is that you have to figure out how many you must buy to get the "deal" per coupon. Once you have that figured out, you have to figure out the least common multiple of the two.

Here's an example:
Dr. Pepper (for me) is advertised as B3G1. So if I were ONLY using this deal. I would have to buy 4 (or multiples of 4) to get the FREE ones. So I could buy 4, 8 , 12, etc and get the deal.

But, since Publix has a B2G1 coupon in the Yellow Adv. Flyer, I have to remember that in order to get this deal, I have to buy 3 (or multiples of 3). So I could buy 3, 6, 9, 12, etc and get the deal.

Since I want to maximize my savings, I have to figure out how many to buy that is a multiple of 4 (to maximize the first deal) AND ALSO a multiple of 3 (to maximize the second deal). So that lowest common multiple is 12.

Since 12 is divisible by 4 (first deal) 3 times I get 3 FREE ones from that deal. Since 12 is divisible by 3 (second deal) 4 times, I get 4 FREE ones from that deal. That means a total of 7 FREE if I buy 12.

On top of that, since all the discounts thus far are store deals, I got really lucky and found MQ peelies $2/2 so I was able to use 6 of those, but I think almost everybody could figure that out.

I hope this helps someone. So much for having the day off...LOL

[nrpeace17]

You might want to double check that Mayo coupon for size restrictions. I don't have mine in front of me but I kind of remember not using it at the store because it didn't match up with the sizes that were on sale (BOGO). (I had the Target coupon, I thought it said it was a smaller size and for "All Out " variety. I could be wrong, I'm going by memory or my memory could be going . . .)

Wowzers, they had the Kraft Lite Mayo All Out squeeze variety in my store for $1 this week, I posted about it in the main forum. Too bad I missed the Target coupon.