CLOSED - Giveaway: $30 Kroger Co. Family of Stores Gift Card

UPDATE: THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

If you haven't heard yet, the Kroger Co. Family of Stores is currently having a Mega Savings Event that will run through September 2. (Dates may vary slightly, based on location.) Here's how this awesome promotion works:

When you buy 10 participating brands (see my list below), you'll automatically save $5 at checkout when you use your shopper's card. There is no limit on the number of rewards you can earn per transaction!

Participating brands include: AMP Energy, Aquafina, Betty Crocker Baking Mixes, Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, Cascadian Farms Cereals and Bars, Cap'n Crunch, Cheerios, Cheetos, Chex Mix, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Dole Juices and Juice Drinks, Fiber One, Fritos, Gatorade, Golden Grahams, Green Giant, Hamburger Helper, Life, Lipton Tea, Nature Valley, Old El Paso, Pepsi Family of 2 Liters, Pillsbury, Progresso, Propel, Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Quaker Chewy Bars, Starbucks, Sobe Life Water, Totino's, Trix, Tropicana, Yoplait and MORE! (Participating brands will be tagged in your local store.)

MyBlogSpark, General Mills, and PepsiCo. generously sent me a $30 Kroger gift card to see how much I could save during the Mega Savings Event. Here's how I did:

Total OOP: $28.03 + tax

(Go here for details, coupons, etc.)

Want to hear the best part? MyBlogSpark, General Mills, and PepsiCo. were kind enough to give me an additional $30 gift card to share with one of my awesome readers!!!

To enter:

Required entry: Leave a comment and tell me which brands you would stock up on and how much you think you can save. Be sure to leave your email address, so I can contact you if you win. (You might want to format it like couponsandcoffee(at)gmail(dot)com to prevent spam.) (1 entry)

For up to 4 extra entries:

1.) Follow me on Twitter (CouponsCoffee). If you already follow me on Twitter, let me know. (1 entry)

2.) Add my button to your sidebar or a link to my blog in your blogroll. Be sure to leave a link back so I can see it. If my button is already on your blog, let me know. (1 entry)

3.) Subscribe to my feed (either via email using the box in the right sidebar or RSS feed) or follow me. If you already subscribe or follow, let me know. (1 entry)

4.) Tweet or blog about my giveaway and leave me a link to your post or add @couponscoffee to your tweet so I can check it out (1 entry)

A few more details:

This giveaway will close Monday, August 24 at noon EDT, and I'll announce the winner later that same day. I'll email the winner, and he/she will have 24 hours to get back to me. If the winner doesn't respond, he/she will forfeit the prize, and a new winner will be chosen.

Open to U.S. residents only. Must be 18 to enter.

My feed and email subscribers will need to come to my actual blog to enter.

GOOD LUCK!!!

(The Kroger gift card provided for this giveaway was generously provided by MyBlogSpark, General Mills and PepsiCo.)