General Mills and Nickelodeon’s The Penguins of Madagascar teamed up to bring the action-packed fun of these crazy little penguins to your very own breakfast table.

Inside specially marked boxes of General Mills cereals, you’ll “commence operations” with one of five characters from The Penguins of Madagascar; Skipper, Rico, Kowalski, Private or King Julien. Each participating cereal contains one character launcher with mission details outlined on the back of the box including:

• Dive In, Soldier – Set an empty plastic cereal bowl on the table and try to pop your launcher into it. Wear a helmet or you’ll be squid bait.
• Longest Propulsion Launcher – Challenge your troops to see who can launch their character the furthest. Go long or go back to the zoo.
• Target Practice – Create a landing zone with a spoon and try to strategically drop your character into the sweet spot. Hit the target or go back to the drawing board.
• Clear the Wall – Do you have enough projectile pop to push your launcher over the top of the box? Proceed launchin’ troops, earn those wings!

Each character is unique and has their own specific role, and together, they’re a team with lots of character. With five character launchers to collect, make a splash this summer and try to successfully complete all of their missions.

My kids absolutely LOVE this cereal! It does not stay around my house very long when I bring it home. I must also confess I too love the fruity goodness this cereal offers! SSSHHHH! Don’t tell anyone.

Ok, now onto the good stuff!

THE GIVEAWAY:

General Mills and Nickelodeon, through MyBlogSpark, will give one Get Groceries Free reader a Penguins of Madagascar prize pack, including:

• (1) box Trix cereal
• (1) Penguins of Madagascar launcher
• (1) The Penguins of Madagascar movie, The Penguins of Madagascar Operation: DVD Premier.

How do you win???:

To win you need to complete the main entry and then you have up to three more entry opportunitites!

Main Entry:

• Leave one comment (with your email address included) telling me who your child’s favorite character form Penguins of Madagascar is!

Other ways to enter:

•  “Like” Get Groceries Free on Facebook:

Head over to Facebook and “Like” Get Groceries Free! Please say “Hello” when you get there! Be sure to pop back over and leave a comment (with your email address included) to earn your entry!

• Share with your friends on Facebook:

When you come back over here from Facebook click on the “Share” button at the top of this post and share this giveaway with your friends! Leave another comment (with your email address included) to gain another entry!

• Subscribe to the Get Groceries Free Feed:

Subscribe to the Get Groceries Free feed. For this entry to count you MUST verify the the subscription! Feedburner will send you an email and you need to click on the link included in the email for this entry to count! Then you need to come back to this post and leave a comment (with your email address included) to earn the entry!

• Follow me on Twitter:

Follow Get Groceries Free on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway! Make sure you copy us on your Tweet by adding @freegroceries. Come back here and leave a comment for your entry!

• Join my Google Friend Connect:

In the left sidebar you will find my widget for my Google Friend Connect. Join me there and come back here and leave a comment letting me know you did! Don’t forget to leave your email address in your comment!

• Follow my blog on Networked Blogs:

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• Make a post on your blog about the giveaway:

Make a post on your blog about this fantastic giveaway. Come back here and leave a comment with the link to your post!

• Join me on my community in BlogFrog:

Become a member of my community on BlogFrog! Not only can you learn about great deals from other members but you can also share your great find with us!

Giveaway ends August 20, 2010 at MIDNIGHT!

Each activity counts for one entry so you should have a comment for each entry with your email address included. It is very important you leave your email address so that you can be contacted if you are a winner. Also, be sure to leave a link whenever needed so it will count!

If a comment does not follow the rules I will delete it so that those who do follow the rules get a fair chance at winning! If I do not have a way to contact you I WILL DELETE YOUR MESSAGE!

One last thing:

GOOD LUCK!!!

Save $10 on the purchase of James and the Giant Peach Blu-ray Combo Pack with this coupon! I just printed mine and the coupon expires on 08/17/2010. Walmart currently has this combo pack for $24.96 making the price after coupon $14.96! Please let me know if you find a better deal!

If you are wondering how many papers you should prepare to buy on Sunday morning here is a sneak peek of what you can expect.

You can also print coupons from these great sites:

• Eat Better America
• RedPlum
• SmartSource
• Coupons.com
• Pillsbury
• Box Tops 4 Education
• Betty Crocker
• Kraft
• Boodle
• Brands2LiveBy
• CoolSavings

You can also load these coupons on your store loyalty cards. *The stores in your area may not participate in these programs.

• CellFire
• UPromise
• P&G eSaver
• ShortCuts

If you are interested in purchasing coupons from clipping services instead of buying papers here are the services I use and recommend.

• Coupon Clipping Crew
• The Coupon Clippers
• The Coupon Master
• Manufacturer Coupons
• My Coupon Hunter

If you want to know where you can find some of the great deals to use those coupons on here are a couple of places I visit regularly:

• A Full Cup – Store Shopping Lists
• Hot Coupon World

Happy Couponing!

This weekend, August 06 – August 08, Sam’s Club will be hosting a Nationwide Open House. All non-members will be able to shop at their local Sam’s Club without paying the normal 10% service fee or purchasing a membership!

If you want to get your back to school shopping done this is the time you will want to do that. Here in NC we are also having the Tax Free weekend this weekend! Pick up that laptop, printer, those pens, ect.! While you are there have a sit down for a slice of pizza, pretzel and a drink at their snack bar! Plus, college bound students may want to check out the Sam’s Club collegiate membership. It’s just $15 for new members. Visit Sam’s Club Online to find a store near you!