Bargain Mom Reader Trips: Food Giant, Walgreens & Rite Aid

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Check out these shopping trips and how much the readers saved!

RITE AID --

Erica LaStar Robbins

‎1st off dont worry I waited to the last day of the sale and I went to 2 different Rite-Aids and price matched at Wal-Mart although I could have profitted More if I had got the all from Rite-Aid. I bought 20 Carefree Panty liners on sale for $1 and I just $1 coupons. 30 Tylenol Presice on sale for $5 with $5 coupons. I earned 3 weekend warrior +ups of $10 each so if you subtract the $3 that I paid for the coupons (I know alot of you in the chat on Wed always want that cost factored in I still came out on top $27! WooHoo!

FOOD GIANT --

(Today is double coupon day up to a dollar at Food Giant.  This is impressive because Food Giant doesn't accept internet printables.)


Susan Walls Sweatman

I loved my Food Gaint trip today. Although the total doesn't seem impressive I was thrilled. I bought a huge pile of meat, enough for 9 dinners, saved over $7 from the coupons, several bags of chips that I didn't have coupons for and stocked up on sports drinks. I bought 20 32 oz. Poweraid for 50 cents each, that beats the 10 for $...10 deal right now, 15 Lifewaters for 88 cents each. I had 3 $1.50 coupons so that's almost like getting 6 free and 4 Propel water for 50 cents each and $2 off a 4 pack Amp energy drink. I bought candy bars, salad mix, jar of pickles and bags of coupons and paid less than 50 cents and most were in the 18 to 28 cent range. I got pancake mix, toothpaste, a bodywash, country crock, 6 bars of soap and a 2liter Pepsi max for either free or got money back from them. That's fun! I spent $130 and saved $70 with coupons.


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Beth Crider Nicholas
My 58.00 trip to Food Giant!! My total was 121.00 before coupons. The dbl cps up to 1.00 on Mondays!


WALGREENS --

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Curtis Frazier Jr

Walgreens (69% savings)

*3 Gillette Body Wash. 3/$10, used 3/$2 off coupons, and received $3 RR. Made it $1 for all 3

*3 Scotch Magic Tape. $1.99 B1G2 free. Used 3 $1 off coupons. Overage of $1.01 on these.

*2 Colgate ProClinical 2/$6, used 2 .75 coupons and received $4 RR. Made it .50 for the toothpaste (not free, but I'll take it)

...*Gillette Fusion ProGlide Power Razor $9.89, used $4 off coupon from 5/1 P&G insert, and received $5 RR. Made it .89!!! (WOW!)

*Dove Men's Care Deodorant $3.99, received $3 in RR makes it $.99 (the coupon I had didn't match up, but I'll take it for .99)

*Off! Mosquito Repellent Clip on Starter Kit $8.99, used B1G1 free coupon and received $1 RR! (Huge savings here! Go to OffClipOnSavings.com for your buy one get one free coupon)

*Finish automatic dish washing detergent $3.49, used .50 off coupon and received $1.50 in RR. Makes it $1.49

*Hefty One Zip bags ($3.29). These were buy one get one free. The coupon databases listed a coupon for these in the 2/20 issue of Red Plum, but I was unable to find it. Maybe it is not available in our market area.

*Oscar Mayer Lunchables 2/$3, received $1RR when you buy 2.

I then used $9 in RR that were set to expire today. This brought my total out of pocket expense to $26.64 for all of this! I also received $13.50 in RR for my next trip!

The receipt reads as follows:

WAG Coupon Savings: $3.98 (for the magic tape)

WAG Advertised Savings: $23.32

MFG Coupon Savings: $32.99

Your total savings: 60.29!

A few side notes: The Walgreens I went to doesn't put the sale price on all the items that are on sale so I spent quite a bit of time rechecking the sale paper just to be sure I had the right items. Also, I also planned on getting the buy one, get one free Kleenex, but I guess a shelf clearer must have beat me there

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