Robert D. Gibb is post­ing a stun­ning series of arti­cles on Air Miles on the forum. I found the series very use­ful and enlight­en­ing so I’m post­ing it on the blog as well.

Robert D. Gibb is a Con­tribut­ing Edi­tor (DRIPs) at the Cana­dian Mon­eySaver Mag­a­zine.

Note that AM = Air Miles

The Buy 5 Get 50 Air­Miles on House Brands should run the next two weeks on the prod­ucts below.

Not each AM is approx. $0.13 so one prod­uct of 5 gets 10 AMs $1.30. Sub­tract $1.30 from the listed price to see if it’s ahead vs. sim­i­lar prod­ucts else­where. E.G. Cook­ies @$3.00 means you’re pay­ing the equiv­a­lent of $1.70. If you can buy sim­i­lar cook­ies else­where for $1.70 or less then buy them elsewhere.

I chose cook­ies because Safe­way Select is $3.00 for a 350 g bag this week. At the same time Christies are buy ‘1 Get 1 free. The shelf price only shows 2/$7.98 (I think). I would assume buy­ing 2 will work out to $3.99 for 2 or $2.00 each (It’s con­fus­ing so ask).

The house brand appears to have a slight advan­tage if you include the AM bonus, how­ever it might have been 2/$6.98. On buy 1 get 1 that would be $3.49 for 2 or $1.75 each. The AM advan­tage is dimin­ished against this name brand.

Regard­less, here are some eli­gi­ble house brands that are also on sale. If the sale price is greater than a 15% I’ve bold-faced it. Reg. price is fol­lowed by sale price then discount:

SS Mari­nades 3.62/3.00 17%
GMS Meat­balls 14.19/11.49 19%
Stuffed Olives 500ml 3.88/3.47 11%
Select Olives 250 ml 5.08/4.57 10% (Note: This item has sky­rock­eted in price. I recall it at $3.50 last time. I’m start­ing to notice many food items ris­ing)
O Salad Dress­ings 3.89/3.59 8%
Instant cof­fee 200g 6.44/5.49 15%
Mince­meat 700ml 5.29/4.59 13%
Frozen Peas/Corn 2kG 5.38/4.84 10%
Peanuts 2kg 8.62/6.49 24%
Lotions 525ml 4.17/3.44 18%

and of course

Select Cook­ies 350 g 3.50/3.00 14%

OB

good hunt­ing To All!