Monday, October 13, 2008
Free Vegetables at Albertsons
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Rite Aid Oct 12 - 18th Freebies
☺NeilMed Nasaflo Neti Pot $10.99
-$10.99 Single Check Rebate #116 (valid only on purchase made 10/12 -
10/18/08) Final price FREE
NeilMed Pediatric Sinus Rinse Starter Kit $4.99
-$4.99 Single Check Rebate #118 (valid only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08)
Final price FREE
Ayr Saline Nasal Rinse Kit $6.99
-$6.99 Single Check Rebate #117 (valid only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08)
Final price FREE
Simply Saline Sinus Kit $6.99
-$6.99 Single Check Rebate #119 (valid only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08)
Final price FREE
Theraflu Warming Relief Liquid $3.99
-$3.99 Single Check Rebate #120 (valid only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08)
Final price FREE
Excedrin Express Gels 20 ct $3.99
-$3.99 Single Check Rebate #121 (valid only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08)
Final price FREE
Triaminic or Vapor Fan $3.99 -$3.99 Single Check Rebate #122 (valid only on
purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE\
Comtrex Cough & Cold or Cold & Sinus $3.99 -$3.99 Single Check Rebate #133
(valid only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE
Bee M.D. $2.49 -$2.49 Single Check Rebate #134 (valid only on purchase made
10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE
Nexcare Microvex Cold Sore Treatment $8.99 -$8.99 Single Check Rebate #135
(valid only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE
Zucol Coldcare $5.99 -$5.99 Single CheckRebate #131 (valid only on purchase
made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE
Sambucol Immune System Booster $7.99 -$7.99 Single Check Rebate #132 (valid
only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE
Children's Advil $3.99 -$3.99 Single Check Rebate #123 (valid only on purchase
made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE
Children's Throat Cooler $2.99 -$2.99 Single Check Rebate #124 (valid only on
purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE
Mentholatum Cherry Chest Rub for Kids $2.99 -$2.99 Single Check Rebate #125
(valid only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE
Little Colds/Little Noses Saline Mist or Decongestant Plus Cough $3.99 -$3.99
Single Check Rebate #126 (valid only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final
price FREE
Simply Saline Allergy & Sinus Relief or Baby $3.99 -$3.99 Single Check Rebate
#127 (valid only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE
Simply Saline Nasal Mist Cold Formula $4.99 -$4.99 Single Check Rebate #128
(valid only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE
Hyland's Sniffles 'n Sneezes 4 Kids or Cough Syrup $3.99 -$3.99 Single Check
Rebate #129 (valid only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE
Breathe Again Adult or Child Nasal Spray $7.99 -$7.99 Single Check Rebate #130
(valid only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE
Buckley's Cough Mixture or Chest Congestion $3.99 -$3.99 Single Check Rebate
#140 (valid only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE
4 Way Nasal Spray $3.99 -$3.99 Single Check Rebate #141 (valid only on
purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE
Sucrets Throat Lozenges or Ice $2.99 -$2.99 Single Check Rebate #142 (valid
only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final price FREE
Chloraseptic Max Sore Throat Spray or Max Wildberries Lozenges $2.99 -$2.99
Single Check Rebate #143 (valid only on purchase made 10/12 - 10/18/08) Final
price FREE
Arm & Hammer Essentials Cleaner and Degreaser Kit 2/$5 -TMF mail in rebate up
to $3.50 (S#1 10/15) Final price FREE
Monday, October 6, 2008
Walgreens & Rite Aid Freebies thru Fri 10/10
Rite Aid Freebies thru Sat
☺*Ascensia Breeze 2 Blood Glucose Monitor $14.99
-$14.99 in pack rebate
Final price FREE
☺Zone Nutritional Bars 5/$5
-$1 c/o (S#2 9/7)
Final price FREE
☺Crest Whitening Rinse 16 oz $3.99
-$3.99 Single Check Rebate #167 (valid only on purchase made 10/5-10/11/08)
Final price FREE
☺Powerade 5/$5
-$1 c/o (S 7/132)
-.75 c/o (S 6/8)
Final price FREE
Walgreens Freebies thru Sat
Crest Toothpaste 6.4 oz $1.99
- $1 ES c/o
- $1 (P&G 9/28)
Final price FREE
L'Oreal Cleanser $6.99
- $6.99 Easy Saver rebate
- $1 (RP 9/21)
Final price $1 profit
Rimmel Lasting Finish Foundation $7.49
- $1 (RP 9/14)
- $7.49 Easy Saver Rebate
Final price $1 profit
Extreme Energy 6-Hour Shot $3.99
- $3.99 Easy Saver Rebate
Final price FREE
Glade Wisp Flameless Candle $5.99
- $3 RR
- $5 Printable
- $5 (S2 9/7)
Final price $2.99 PROFIT
Glade Air Fresheners
(3 pack Plugins Refills, Glass Scents, Scented Oil Candle Refill, Carpet/Room Deodorizer, Candle, PlugIns Gel Holder $1.99
- $1 Easy Saver rebate
- coupons in (S 8/24, S 9/28, S 9/14, S9/7)
Final price as low as FREE
Week of October 6th
Purina Whisker Lickins Cat Treats on sale $1 - coupon for $1 Redplum 9/14 = Free
Albertsons Large Eggs $1.29 = 46% off
Darigold Yogurt on sale $.50 / $.50 off 3 coupon next to product = $.33 ea
Toothpicks on sale $.39
Gala apples $.88/lb
DanActive Yogurt drink on sale $2.00 - $1.00 coupon off in 9/21 Smart Source = $1/4 drink
DanActive Yogurt on sale $1.50 - $.50 coupoon in 9/21 smart source = $1/4 yogurts
Best Deal of the Week - Suave Shampoo on sale for $1.49 - use a Fred Meyer coupon on sale for $.79 and there is a $1.50 coupon off 2 - making the final price $0.04 cents per bottle!!
The flyer has alot of buy 10 participating items and get $5 off which I am going to do 10 items but everyone will have different items they may want to consider for this deal.
Remember if they are out of shampoo to ask for a raincheck and buy it next time you are there.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Friday, February 1, 2008
QFC Deal
Game Day Essentials Promo -
"Buy 9 and Save $6.00 instantly in a single transaction with Advantage card"
Kraft Mac N Cheese
4/$3 = $.75 ea
$.75 x 9 =$6.75
$6.75
- $6.00
equals $.75 for NINE boxes! $.08 each!
Safeway Deal
SaraLee is running a promotion at safeway between, the ad says 1/25--2/10.(the catalina actually says until 2/17....)
Buy ANY 5 particpating SaraLee, Hillshire farms, Jimmy Dean and Ballpark products and get a $10 OYNP(on your next purchase) coupon.
so buy 5 of these, 5x $2.50 = $12.50 and you get $10 coupon back. so your NET is $2.50 for 5 items.,,,
then buy another 5 items(have them in line with you) use your $10 coupon from previous transaction, and you pay $2.50, and get another $10 coupon...
loop this as many times as you want.
Albertsons Deal
Tabasco is on sale for 10 for $10. Making this item $1.00 each. Then there is a coupon blinkie right there on the shelf... The coupon is for .75 cents off Tabasco. Making this deal apprx .25 cents a bottle.
McDonalds Superbowl weekend Deal
50 nuggets for only $9 on superbowl weekend.
Deal seems to be nationwide.
Walgreen's good deals (1/29/2008 8:07:40 PM):
I got:
3 Kleenex, 89¢ w/ in-ad coupon, -.50/3 c/o
2 Dawn detergent, 99¢ each w/ in-ad c/o - $1/2 c/o
3 Peppermint patties, 3/99¢ w/ in ad c/o
1 Cinnamon toast crunch cereal, on sale for $1.99
1 Garnier Fructis shampoo $3.99 - $1 c/o (& 3.99 rebate)
2 Revlon color stay makeups for $3.29 (clearance, regularly $11.99 or something like that) -$3 easysaver coupon taken off each one.
2 Revlon bronzer $3.19 each - (1)$1 ss coupon. (I forgot this was not Color stay so that $3 did not come off. I actually had other $1 coupons I could have used but I just wasn't thinking.)
The neat thing about this is that ALL REVLON IS BUY 1 GET 1 50% OFF, even clearance!
So the four Revlon items, $3.29, $3.29, $3.19 and $3.19 =$12.96 - $6 Esaver coupon= 6.96 - $1 ss c/o= 5.96. Then another 50% off each second one, so another $1.65 and $1.60 off, so I only paid $2.71 for all four makeups that would have been over $40. Also I had a $4 RR coupon from last week, plus I bought the $2 chapstick and got the $2 RR for that, so I also had $6 off. I paid $5.84 plus tax for 13 things (Saving $62.49). Plus I will be getting $3.99 back for the Garnier shampoo and the Revlon items count towards the offer for the vacation cash.,
Rite Aid Deals (1/29/2008 7:31:47 PM): If you have the right coupons/forms there are two extra good deals this week at Rite Aid.
Sunkist 12oz Pistachios are on sale 2/$5. Buy 4 for $10. Use two $2/2 coupons. I found them on tearpads at Albertson's. Add the Heineken MIR for $9.99 wyb $10 worth of nuts and it makes them all free plus about $4 profit. Heineken forms were at Smith's and on the trading board.
Target
Electrasol tabs -If you still have some Electrasol 3-in-1 tabs coupons for $2.25 they expire on Feb.3. use it at Target.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Couponing Basics
The next step would be to become aware of the store policies regarding coupon use. Do they accept competitor coupons? Do they limit the number of coupons you can use? Do they allow you to use a store coupons and a manufacturers coupon on the same product? It can be disappointing to put the work into organizing your coupons only to find out it won’t ring up right. I am always aware when checking out to stay on top of what deals I am aiming for, and if it doesn’t ring up right, I will stop the process to see why. It could be I bought the wrong size or the wrong quantity and the clerk will usually work with me to try to make it right. Its just easier for me to deal with it right then than to go home and have to look over my receipt to try and figure out why it didn’t work. I generally use self check, if available, because I want to make sure my coupons work and I don't want a huge line getting irritated behind me. I also try not to go at a peak shopping time. I will alert the clerk on duty that I am trying to work a promo/coupon and may need help. If I am patient and prepared they generally are happy to help.
First you need to get the Sunday paper. It has two major inserts each week. Vlassis
When the grocery flyers come out on Tuesday, I look them over to see what is on sale that week. I look up those products at thecouponmom.com in their coupon database to see if any coupons have been issued for these products. If you do not have online access it would make more sense for you to clip your coupons and file by store layout category. I generally go for the big promos. For instance, last week Albertsons was having a Quaker promo. This week, it is a General Mills promo, etc.
I belong to several user groups online with like minded savers who will post messages about what is on sale. The groups I belong to are thecouponmom.com, thegrocerygame.com*, refundcents.com*, afullcup.com and slickdeals.net, freecycle.org, and WA good deals alert. The message boards help me to be aware of promos and coupon deals going on that I might not be aware of. Most of the websites are national, so not all content will apply to my state, but I glean what I can from others . Thegrocerygame.com and refundcents are paid sites, the others are free.
Be on the lookout at the store for additional savings. Be alert of "blinkies" in front of products (a blinking coupon generator) or specially marked packages. One week Oscar Meyer deli fresh sandwiches were on sale for $1 and in front of the product was a blinkie with coupons for $1 off making them free. If the product on sale is sold out ask for a raincheck. A raincheck can work to your advantage. It will give you more time to gather more of the coupons for the sale item. Also, don’t forget to gather your ‘catalina’ tapes. A Catalina is a machine at checkout that will spit out additional coupons for future use. For instance, they recently had a promo if you bought 4 boxes of cereal you got a free milk. If you didn’t buy a milk in that transaction, the Catalina machine would spit out a coupon for a future visit for a free milk. One more tip on catalinas, if they spit out during the transaction, they can sometimes be used on that transaction. Just because it says on a future visit doesn’t always mean you can’t use it on your current transaction.
I usually shop at Albertsons because they accept up to 8 other store coupons. So if Fred Meyer or Safeway has a high value coupon I want to use, I use it at Albertsons when I go do my charity shopping. It saves me trips to different stores.
Forget brand loyalty. If you have a high value coupon for a product that you have not tried before, buy it anyway. Someone can use it even if it ends up not being a product you would not normally buy. I have tried dozens of different toothpastes, shampoos, deoderants, etc. Some were disappointing while others I would buy again without a coupon.
Stock up! Don't wait until you need a product to buy it. Stock up when prices are rock bottom. If toothpaste is on sale for $1 and you have a 75 cent coupon, buy it even if you don't need it. When you do need it, it will be $2.50/tube. You will start to notice trends in sale items. Just about every type of product will be on sale within an 8 week period. When I first started doing this I felt like I had to buy 10 boxes of cereal because they were on sale and combined with a coupon were only $1. Only to discover, that if I waited, the sale would come around again. That’s where the price list comes in handy. I start to get a list of what I have paid for items and will check if it’s really worth stocking up or not
Some examples:
Last week: Albertsons had a Quaker promo. The items were on sale for $1.50/each. If you bought 10 items, they would instantly take off $5. That made the items $1.00 each. I looked to see which Quaker coupons I had and found 10 coupons for $1.00 off. That made all the items free. I also had a try me free coupon for a lemonade and picked that up also. My total for $55 worth of groceries was 0.11 cents!! The week before we spent $27 and saved $155! Not all weeks will have sales that combine with high dollar coupons. This week for example, on the General Mills promo we got $214 worth of groceries for $69. Still a significant savings of $145, and a lot of food for donation.
Once you've gotten the hang of couponing, you may want to explore refunding. Its another fun way to save or get free items. Every week Walgreens and Rite Aid have free after rebate items. I check the ads and pick up those items. Once I get the rebate money back, I use it to keep buying rebate items and the chain continues each week. I haven't paid for many toiletries in a long time. Manufacturers will often issue try me free, or rebates on new products they are promoting. You may have to wait a month or more for your rebate, but you would have spent the money anyway and now the rebate goes right back in to your grocery budget. I always try to combine a coupon with a free after rebate item. You still get the full rebate amount back, but its less out of pocket to begin with.
Keep it honest, know your stores policy on coupons and have fun! If you're gonna have a hobby, why not make it one that blesses others.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”. Margaret Mead