I posted this tutorial a few months ago for a different mega event, but it helps explain how to shop at one if you are not sure.
This current mega event Jan of 2013, is a Buy 5 Save $5.
This is the front page of the ad. It will explain what items are on sale ( although there are a TON more in the store unadvertised) and tell you what your final price will be AFTER the mega event $$ came off at the end.
When you are in the store, make sure to look for the gray and yellow tags and signs letting you know that this particular item is a mega event item. The first price is the price you will pay if you don’t buy 5 mega event items. The lower price is the price you will pay (before coupons) IF you buy 5 mega event items.
I separate the items in my cart by non- mega event items and mega event items so that I can keep track of how many I have. This trip I had 30. I also double count them when I am checking out. The $5 for each 5 items you buy will automatically come off your total when you scan your Kroger card and check out at the register. You can also check your receipt and make sure that you get all the money off that you are supposed to by looking for a <* by each item.
Part comedian, part Dad, part athlete. He will boss around your children while they play ball.
Just as angelic as she looks, this girl could easily raise a Village by herself, and all the children would grow up to be President.
Self proclaimed, she would be a webkinz dog. Because, "they're cute, and puppies are too. And they're sweet and they always get along with other puppies."
This mini-Martha Stewart can handle ANY craft you send her way. She isn't all bows and rainbows, she's got karate kid moves!
Not "Pick-Me-Up" like caffeine, she wants you to pick her up! AND NOW!
Anything that can be destroyed WILL be destroyed!
Practically Perfect in Every Way for now! Nicknamed "The Panda" she is rolly polly and lives by the motto, "the little one, is KING!"
The resident Labradoodle, Miller got his name because Mom won and got to name the baby! Need something chewed up? He'll take care of it. Especially if it's expensive..
King Soopers has finally given the entire list of mega event products on their website!!!
when you click on choose your products for the game they will download the entire list. something I have been begging them for for years
I often use 2 carts when shopping Kroger mega events: 1 for the event items and the other for non-event items. Or if I am just getting a few non event items I will use one of the hand held baskets to place non event items. I usually count as I place mega event items in the basket and re-count before I get to the checkout and once more I have the cashier check the receipt to ensure they all rang up.
I second the hand basket in the cart until you reach a count of five!
i find it hard to remember my counts, now that i’m older.
to make it easier, i check out twice with fewer items.
sometimes, i will just shop dry goods first, check out, put in car; then return to do the dairy & frozen. it gets really hard to remember all the different things to do up there, esp, with clerks rushing me through. i hate they are always rushing customers, because they are timed.
I take my own shopping bag and put all my mega items in it to keep track
For Mega type events, I take my husband and he pushes our second cart where we only put the 5 for $5 items. He enjoys organizing and keeping count, which leaves me open to keep shopping 🙂