Showing posts with label stockpiling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stockpiling. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Grocery Game at Walgreens and CVS 3/13 - 3/19

Back by popular demand, Casey, who saves a TON of money each week at Walgreens and CVS, has her top picks of the week for us. She always laughs about how they pay her to take stuff out of the store. Now you can follow in her footsteps and laugh right along with her :) There are a ton of deals at both stores each week but the deals listed below are exclusively what Casey, the coupon queen, feels are at a worthy stock-up price.

Walgreen Deals 
How to Shop Walgreens 101
Full Ad with Match-Ups
Register Reward Rolling Scenario


Casey's Picks for the Week - 

Ajax Dish Liquid
Use the in Ad coupon first which makes it $0.89
Use $0.50 off any Ajax Dish Liquid from the mailsouth Home mailer (Comes in your mail usually on Wed. or Thurs.)
Makes it $0.49

Assorted General Mills Cereals $1.99
(picture shows Wheaties, Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Cheerios)
$1/2 General Mills Cereal Smart Source Insert 3/6/11
$1/2 General Mills Cereal (printable)
$1/2 General Mills Cereal (printable)

Clorox Wipes, Tilex, Pine-Sol, Clorox Toilet Cleaner $1.99
$1/1 Tilex Product (printable)
$1/1 Pine Sol Product (Printable) Makes it $0.99

Dial Gold Liquid Hand Soap
Use the in Ad Coupon first making it $.99
$0.35/1 Dial Bar Pack or Liquid Hand Soap Red Plum Insert 3/13/11
Makes it $0.64

Dial NutriSkin Lotion $4.99 With $3 Register Reward back
$1/1 Dial NutriSkin Lotion Red Plum Insert 3/13/11
Makes it $0.99

Herbal Essence $2.99 with a $1 Register Reward back
Buy 1 Herbal Essence Product get 1 Styler Free Smart Source Insert 3/13/11

CVS Deals
How to Shop CVS
Full Ad with Match-Ups
ECBs Rolling Scenario

Casey's Picks for the Week -

Crest or Oral B Pro Rinse, Certain Crest Toothpaste or Glide Floss $3.49
Get back $2.50 ECB’s
There have been several coupons in the paper, but I personally don’t ever buy toothpaste unless it is free or a money maker. So I personally would only buy it if you have the following coupon:
$1 off Crest from the 2/27 P&G Insert

Clean and Clear Body Wash $2.99
$2/1 (printable) (You can print twice by hitting the back button)
$2/1 (printable) (You can print twice by hitting the back button)
I usually get body wash for Free to $.99 so great deal especially if you are starting out!

Maybelline Spend $10 Get $4 ECB’s
Prices I see:
Eyeshadow $3.99
Mascara $5.29
Eye Studio $9.99
$1.50 off any Eye Studio Product (printable)
$1 off 1 Maybelline Mascara 3/6/11 Redplum
$1 off 1 Maybelline Eye Shadow or Mascara 2/6/11 Red Plum
Not that great of a deal in my opinion b/c this past week you could get free makeup by Rimmel at Target but go for it if you like Maybelline

Thanks again, Casey! You Rock!! 
:)
Posted by ~Briony at 2:09 AM 0 comments
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Saturday, March 5, 2011

Grocery Game at Walgreens and CVS 3/6 - 3/12

I have a really awesome friend, Casey, who saves a TON of money each week at Walgreens and CVS. She always laughs about how they pay her to take stuff out of the store. She has graciously agreed to share her favorite finds of the week with us. There are a ton of deals at both stores each week but the deals listed below are exclusively what Casey, the coupon queen, feels are at a worthy stock-up price.

The only thing I would add to Casey's list is that honey is on sale this week at Walgreens. There is a coupon in the weekly flier allowing you to buy up to 3 32oz bottles of Walgreens pure honey for $3.99 each. This equals out to about $0.12 per ounce which is a pretty decent price for honey. Since we don't use white sugar in our house, we go through a lot of honey.  The weekly flier is the one that shows all of the items that are on sale for that week. It can be found at the front of the store or in the Sunday paper. 

Walgreens Deals
How to Shop Walgreens

It looks like a slow week at Walgreens but here are some of my favorite deals:

Pediacare Children or Infant $5 off
(At my store Children’s was priced at $7.49 and Infant’s was priced at $5.99)
-$3/2 Printable
As low as free to $.99 each

Coffeemate Creamer BOGO
(Price Varies Should be around $2.49)
-$0.75/1 Printable (you should be able to print two)

Select Aquafresh toothpaste $1.99
-$1.00/1 Printable (you should be able to print two)

Always Leakguard Pads or Dri-Liners Plus $2.99 With a $2 Register Reward Back
-$0.50/1 Coupons in the 2/27/2011 P and G Insert

There are lots of other deals at Walgreens this week but many are more than what I like to pay for these items. Here is my scenario for this week.

Transaction 1:
Buy 1 Always Leakguard Pads - $2.99
Use 1 $.50 off coupon (2/27 P&G or buy them online HERE)
Pay $2.49 + Tax OOP (Or use Register Rewards from Previous Week)
Get back 2 Register Rewards

Transaction 2:
Buy 2 Coffeemate Creamers BOGO - Projected Price of $2.49
Buy 2 Pediacare Children’s  - $4.98 or less
Use 2 $.75 off coupons
Use 1 $3.00 off coupon
Use 1 $5 off Pediacare Walgreens Coupon (found in the weekly ad at the front of the store)
Pay with Register Rewards from 1st transaction and you will pay around $1 with tax

Your total out of pocket will be around $3.50. Normally just one bottle of Pediacare is that! WHOOOHOOO!

Some things to keep in mind with register rewards.
  1. They are treated like manufactures coupons. So lets just say you have three profusion razors and you hand your cashier three manfacturer's coupons for those items. You will not be able to use a register reward to pay the difference because you wouldn’t be able to use 4 manfacturer's coupons on three razors. So you need what we call a filler item. (I usually look to pencils or something else really cheap.)
  2. Also register rewards will not roll on the same product. For instance, if you did the Always pad deal and then turned around and did it again and used that register reward to pay for it, IT WOULD NOT PRINT ANOTHER ONE. Which is like throwing money away. So if you wanted to do several of the pad deals or Pediacare deals you need to rotate. So Transaction 1 could be Pads, Transaction 2 Pediacare, Transaction 3 Pads,  Transaction 4 Pediacare.
CVS Deals:
How to Shop CVS

There is nothing decent at CVS this week! Seriously the only good deal is on Easter Candy and I don’t think that goes well with the THEME of your blog…LOL!

Thank you, Casey!!! You Rock!!!!
Posted by ~Briony at 5:41 PM 2 comments
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Monday, February 28, 2011

Super Stockpile 2/27

Another great week of Italian Days at Publix. I deliberately didn’t buy any 14.5 oz cans of tomatoes last week figuring they might be BOGO this week and I was totally right! Plus I LOVE the Green Giant Broccoli Steamers since I put broccoli in practically everything and the steamer packages are so easy to make. There were some great produce sales this week too. Here are some stock-up ideas:

Zucchini and Yellow Squash ($1.49/lb) – Shred and freeze it in 1 cup portions using the medium/large portion method. Cut it into slices or chunks and freeze using the flash freeze method.

Red, Yellow, and Orange Bell Peppers ($2.49/lb) – Slice or cut into chunks and freeze using the flash freeze method.

Strawberries (16oz pkg 3/$5 or $1.67 each!!) and Peaches ($1.99/lb) – Cut up or slice and freeze using the flash freeze method.

Grapes ($1.69/lb) – Rinse and let dry. Throw them all into a freezer bag and freeze.

Italian Days – Your best bets for taking advantage of the Italian Days sale this week are the 14.5 oz cans of tomatoes, tomato paste, and Green Giant Steamers

Scenario 1 -
Items Bought:
6 Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers 11 to 12 oz, BOGO $2.39
8 Hunt's 100% Natural Tomatoes 14.5 oz can, BOGO $1.27
6 Hunt's Tomato Sauce 8 oz can, 6/$2
1 Multigrain baton (or other bakery item) $1.89

Coupons Used:
1 -$5/20 Italian Days Items Publix Coupon (printable)
4 -$0.50/1 Green Giant Vegetables (printable)
1 -$0.50/2 Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers (exp 3/5/2011) (printable)
2 -$1/4 Hunts Tomatoes 14.5 oz or larger Publix Coupon Italian Days Coupon Found in Stores
1 -$1.50 off Publix bakery bread wyb 6 Hunt’s tomato sauces or pastes Publix coupon Italian Days Coupon Found In Store

Price Before Coupons – $16.19
Price After Coupons - $2.69
Total Savings Including Sales – $26.29 or 91%

Scenario 2 –
Items Bought:
6 Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers 11 to 12 oz, BOGO $2.39
8 Hunt’s 100% Natural Tomatoes, 14.5 oz can, BOGO $1.27
6 6oz cans Hunt's Tomato Paste, 3/$2
1 Multigrain Batons from the Bakery, $1.89

Coupons Used:
1 -$5/20 Italian Days Items Publix Coupon (printable)
4 -$0.50/1 Green Giant Vegetables (printable)
1 -$0.50/2 Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers (exp 3/5/2011) (printable)
2 -$1/4 Hunts Tomatoes 14.5 oz or larger Publix Coupon Italian Days Coupon Found in Stores
1 -$1.50 off Publix bakery bread wyb 6 Hunt’s tomato sauces or pastes Publix coupon Italian Days Coupon Found In Store

Price Before Coupons – $18.23
Price After Coupons - $4.73
Total Savings Including Sales – $26.29 or 85%

Scenario 3 -
Items Bought:
8 Hunt’s 100% Natural Tomatoes, 14.5 oz can, BOGO $1.27
6 Hunt's Tomato Paste 6oz, 3/$2
6 Hunt’s Tomato Sauce 8 oz can, 6/$2
2 Multigrain Batons from the Bakery, $1.89

Coupons Used:
1 -$5/20 Italian Days items Publix Coupon (printable)
2 -$1/4 Hunts Tomatoes 14.5 oz Italian Days Coupon (printable) Found in Store
2 -$1.50 off Publix bakery bread wyb 6 Hunt’s tomato sauces or pastes Publix coupon Italian Days Coupon Found In Store

Price Before Coupons – $14.90
Price After Coupons - $4.90
Total Savings Including Sales – $16.16 or 77%
Posted by ~Briony at 2:07 AM 0 comments
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Super Stockpile 2/20

I am LOVING the Italian Days sale at Publix right now. I wait all year for this and I buy all of my canned tomatoes, chicken broth, and beans for the rest of the year. When I realized that Italian Days was starting I actually ran around the house squealing…until Matt reminded me that it was 11:30 at night and our kids were sleeping. I’ve already been to Publix 5 times and I’ll probably go another 10 more before the sale is over :)

There were some really great sales in produce this week. I bought 8 big sweet onions ($.99/lb), 6 red bell peppers ($2.49/lb), and 6 green bell peppers ($1.49/lb) just to feed my freezer stash. I chopped them all up and dumped them into 3 different gallon-sized freezer bags (one for each different veggie). Once they are frozen, I break them apart with my hands or by lightly banging the bag on the counter until I have a big bag of individual pieces instead of a frozen chunk. I throw the bags back into the freezer and then, when I need diced onions or chopped peppers for a recipe, I can just scoop them out of the bag with my measuring cup without having to get a cutting board or chef knife dirty.

I also bought 3 bags of grapes ($1.69/lb). Did you know you could freeze grapes?! I was really excited to find that out. I pull them off the vines, wash them, and again just toss them all into a gallon-sized freezer bag. I'll take a few handfuls out and set them aside when I'm getting the boys' lunch ready and by the time they're done with the main part of their lunch, the grapes are defrosted and ready to eat. You can actually eat them frozen too, which the boys love to do in the summer (cut them in half first because they're a choking hazard).

Here are some of the deal scenarios I’ve done so far on the canned/packaged items:

Scenario 1 -
Items bought:
  • 8 Cartons Progresso 100% Natural Broth Chicken 32 oz carton, BOGO $2.59
  • 6 28oz cans Hunt's Tomato Sauce, BOGO $1.89
  • 6 boxes Green Giant Frozen Vegetables. 10/$10
  • Multi Grain Baton from the bakery, $1.89

Coupons Used:

Price Before Coupons - $23.99
Price After Coupons - $10.99
Total Savings Including Sales – $32.99 or 75%

Scenario 2 –
Items Bought:

  • 40 cans Progresso Beans 15 to 19 oz, 3/$2

Coupons Used:

Price Before Coupons - $26.67
Price After Coupons - $1.67
Total Savings Including Sales - $39.60 or 96%

Scenario 3 –
Items Bought:

  • 8 Cartons Progresso 100% Natural Broth Chicken 32 oz carton, BOGO $2.59
  • 12 Hunt's 100% Natural Tomato Sauce 8 oz, 6/$2
  • 2 Multigrain Batons from the Bakery, $1.89

Coupons Used:

Price Before Coupons - $18.14
Price After Coupons - $3.14
Total Savings Including Sales - $28.48 or 90%

Scenario 4 –
Items Bought:

  • 8 Cartons Progresso 100% Natural Broth Chicken 32 oz carton, BOGO $2.59
  • 6 28oz cans Hunt's Tomato Sauce, BOGO $1.89
  • 6 28oz cans Hunt's Crushed Tomatoes, BOGO $1.89
  • Multigrain Baton from the bakery, $1.89

Coupons Used:

Price Before Coupons – $23.59
Price After Coupons - $11.09
Total Savings Including Sales - $34.20 or 76%

Scenario 5 –
Items Bought:

  • 4 Cartons Progresso 100% Natural Broth Chicken 32 oz carton, BOGO $2.59
  • 6 28oz cans Hunt's Crushed Tomatoes, BOGO $1.89
  • 2 6oz cans Hunt's Tomato Paste, 3/$2
  • 4 cans Progresso Beans 15 to 19 oz, 3/$2
  • 4 boxes Green Giant Frozen Vegetables. 10/$10

Coupons Used:

Price Before Coupons – $16.18
Price After Coupons - $5.18
Total Savings Including Sales – $26.89 or 84%

Scenario 6 –
Items Bought:

  • 8 Cartons Progresso 100% Natural Broth Chicken 32 oz carton, BOGO $2.59
  • 12 6oz cans Hunt's Tomato Paste, 3/$2
  • 2 Multigrain Batons from the Bakery, $1.89

Coupons Used:

Price Before Coupons – $22.14
Price After Coupons - $12.14
Total Savings Including Sales - $11.32 or 48%

Scenario 7 –
Items Bought:

  • 6 28oz cans Hunt's Crushed Tomatoes, BOGO $1.89
  • 6 28oz cans Hunt's Diced Tomatoes, BOGO $1.89
  • 8 cans Progresso Beans 15 to 19 oz, 3/$2

Coupons Used:

Price Before Coupons – $16.67
Price After Coupons - $5.67
Total Savings Including Sales – $13.42 or 70%

By doing the above scenarios over the past few days I’ve gotten 36 cartons of chicken broth, 12 28oz cans of tomato sauce, 18 28oz cans of crushed tomatoes, 6 28oz cans of diced tomatoes, 10 boxes of frozen veggies, 52 cans of beans, 12 8oz cans of tomato sauce, 14 6oz cans of tomato paste, and 5 fresh baked breads, $236.78 worth of food, for less than $50. That’s a savings of $186.90 or 79%. Now do you understand the running-around-the-house-squealing hehehe :)

Posted by ~Briony at 11:00 PM 5 comments
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