Meijer through 10/25

Okay, we've got all our drugs and toiletries this week...how about some FOOD! Last week I mentioned Meijer's Mealbox Coupons and all the great free and cheap items you can get with them. Well, this week a bunch of the mealbox coupon items are on sale! Personally I would buy extras of the profit food to make up for the cost of the non-profit food to have the lowest out of pocket. Print all your mealbox coupons from this website. In the box on the right, click on "specials" and you'll have 3 pages of coupons to print out!

• Taco Bell Dinner Kit or Salsa $1.50 off. The picture on the coupon is for 12 hard tacos which are around $1.30 and the salsa is $1.85. So you can make a profit of $.20 or pay $.15 for salsa!
• Jell-O gelatin or pudding $1.50 off 2. Gelatin is $.64 for a profit of $.22! I forgot to look at pudding, but I would assume it's around the same price
• Breakstones Cottage Cheese $2 off any 2. Those cute little Breakstones cottage cheese with the fruit on the side are $3 for 3.33, for $.11 each!
• Smucker's Uncrustables $1 off 2 MB, .75 MQ. Uncrustables are 1/2 off this week! So they're about $1.49 (x2) minus $1 off 2 MB minus 2 - .75 off = .25 each! I don't think you can make 4 PBJ's for .25!
• Mrs.T's Pierogies are half price at $1.24. Use the $1 newspaper coupon and they just .24 each!
• New York Garlic Toast/Sticks (yum) 2 for $4. Use 2 $.40 newspaper coupons (doubled) and the $1 off 2 MB for $.60 each!
• Miejer Kettle Chips are 3/$5 this week, use the $1 off MB coupon and they're .66 each!
• Meijer French Toast Sticks are 3 for $6. Use the $1 off 2 MB and they're $1.50 each!
• Rosetto frozen pasta is 1.2 price at @ $2.09. Use the $1 off 2 MB and they're $1.59 each!
• Dean's Ice Cream is also half price this week at $2.74, use the $1 off 2 MB coupon and they're just $2.49 each!

Here is a super picture that someone else took-total cost $4.82!

Walgreens through 10/25

It's a great week for sales and getting things for free or making a profit! This Friday and Saturday are double dip days at Walgreens so that is sure to bring even more excitement (post coming later). Also, if you want to wait until Friday to do these deals to see if there's a $ off $$ coupon, I wouldn't blame you!

Free after Register Rewards:
Oral B Indicator toothbrush $4.49 (it's not marked in the store, but it is still producing the RR)
Alka-Seltzer Cold $4.99 (don't buy the cherry, the RR machine didn't like it)
St.Ives Elements Cleanser $4.99, Print $2 coupon and get a $5 RR for $2.01 profit!

Free after RRs and coupons:
Buy 3 get $8RR:Theraflu, Benefiber, Maalox, Tylenol, etc.

Here is a deal I worked up yesterday:
1 Theraflu Warming Liquid $4.99
2 Benefiber 16 ct stick pack @ $7.99 (it's not in the ad, but it works b/c it's benefiber).
Total: $20.97
Coupons:
$5 off Benefiber sticks from Easysaver catalog (page 22 or 12 online)(this will multiply for $10 off)
$2 off Benefiber sticks from newspaper
$2 off any Benefiber from this Sunday's newspaper (there are TONS of these floating around)
$2 off Theraflu from this Sunday's newspaper.
Out of pocket: $4.97
RR recieved: $8
Mail in Rebate for Theraflu from this Sunday's paper: $2.99 (price minus coupon)
Profit: $6.02!

Free after rebate-October (this is your last week):
Extreme Energy 6 Hour Shot $3.99
L'Oreal Cleanser up to $7.99 (use $1 newspaper Q)
Rimmel Lasting Finish Foundation up to $7.49 (use $1 newspaper Q)

Remember, rebates are always profitable because you can use manufacturer coupons & you get 10% back. These three items would give you a profit of $3.16.

CVS through 10/25

It's a great week for sales! I am posting as early as possible this week, because you'll probably want to get out there soon before everything is gone (i.e. I did not have good luck at CVS last night, but hopefully they will restock!)

Sun/Mon Only

• Pumpkin Pail $.99, free after ECB
• Brachs Candy Corn/Fall Mix $1.29, free after ECB
• Glowsticks $.99, free after ECB (this is what I really wanted!!!)

The rest of the week still looks great:

• Powerade 32 oz. $1.69, free after ECB (use $1 or $.75 coupon for profit!)
• Butler (GUM) toothbrush 2 pack $3.99, free after ECB
• Touch of Gray $8.29, $7.71 profit after ECB & Mail in Rebate, does your dad need it?
• Excedrin Express Gels 20 ct $1.99, free after Printable Coupon and profit after mail in rebate from 10/19 paper!
• CVS bar soap (singles) $.99, free after ECB
• Colgate Maxfresh toothbrush/paste $2.99, free after ECB & $1 Maxfresh coupon
  

If you buy (find) everything and use all the coupons and mail in rebates you will profit $10.71.

There is also a good baby deal this week. Buy $25 in Huggies/Johnsons etc. get $10ECB. Coupons available, $2, $1.50 & $1 off Huggies/Pullups diapers, $.50 off Huggies wipes, $1 off Johnson's Bedtime products, $2 off Johnson's 2-in-1 Shampoo, $2 off 2 No More Tangles, $1 off Johnson's Lotion/Oil, $1 off Johnson's Lotion, click HERE for even more!

Meijer - no sales or newspaper coupons needed

Meijer Mealbox is a terrific website with a lot great resources for planning meals, making grocery lists and finding recipes. In addition to these things are Meijer printable coupons, and they may be used with manufacturer coupons. I didn't buy anything that was on sale - the items listed are regular price so you DO NOT have to run to the store this week...just before the coupon expires. There are many deals available with these coupons, but, here are the free (or super cheap) ones:

• Taco Bell Dinner Kit or Salsa $1.50 off. The picture on the coupon is for 12 hard tacos which are around $1.30 and the salsa is $1.85. So you can make a profit of $.20 or pay $.15 for salsa!
• Breakstones Cottage Cheese $2 off any 2. Those cute little Breakstones cottage cheese with the fruit on the side are $3 for 3, i.e. free.
• Jell-O gelatin or pudding $1.50 off 2. Gelatin is $.64 for a profit of $.22! I forgot to look at pudding, but I would assume it's around the same price

Here are some mealbox (MB) & manufacturer coupon (MQ) combinations for which I do not know the cost of the product, but it's still got to be a good deal!:

• Skippy PB $1 off 2 MB, .40 (doubled) MQ
• Ziploc Zip & Steam $1 MB, .40 (doubled) MQ
• New York Garlic Bread/sticks $1 off 2 MB, .40 (doubled) MQ
• Farm Rich frozen snacks $1 off 2 MB, .75 or $1 printable MQ
• Kashi entree/pizza/waffles $1 off 2 MB, $2 printable MQ
• Birds Eye Veggies $1 off 2 MB, .35 (doubled) MQ or $1 off Voila printable
• Pepperidge Farm frozen bread $1 off 2 MB, $1 off 2 MQ
• Tyson Box/bag chicken $1 off 2, $1 off MQ
• Smucker's Uncrustables $1 off 2 MB, .75 MQ (they're still a little pricey though, you may want to wait for a sale)

And then there's a bunch of Meijer brand items that I'm sure are a good price when combined with a sale.

The fine print on each coupon says one per transaction, but I have a feeling if you go through the U-Scan you may run through as many as you want.

Walgreens and Robitissin

It's another slow week on the drug store front. There is one great deal at Walgreens that may help you stock up for winter colds and make you some money in the process.

Robitussin & Dimetapp are $3.99 this week, and if you buy 3 of them you get $10 register rewards back.

Here is a $2 off Robitussin coupon & here is a $2 off Dimetapp coupon. Go through the registration process a few times (or more!) for a total of 3 coupons for each transaction.

It will look like this:
3 Robittusin/Dimetapp @ $3.99 = $11.97
minus 3 - $2 off coupons = $5.97 out of pocket (+ tax)
receive $10 Register Rewards for a profit of $4.03

Repeat...

Walgreens - better late than never, right?

I have been avoiding Wags this week because I didn't find anything too interesting in the ad. However, SC Johnson released some GREAT coupons yesterday via their website Right at Home - which has made this a great week for cleaning supplies and I've added in a few other deals that are worth looking into!

• SB Automatic Shower Cleaner Kit $19.99. Use $10 off coupon & submit Wags rebate for $11 = $1 profit . p.s. if you already have the kit, buy it for the 2 refills that come with it!
• SB cleaning spray 16 oz. and/or Windex glass or multi-surface $2.50. Use $2 off coupons & submit Wags rebates for $1.10 = $.60 profit each
• Fantastik, Shout and/or Windex wipes $2.50. Use $1.50 off coupon & submit Wags rebate for $1.10= $.10 profit each
• Glade Flameles Wisp $5.99 (pick up 2 if you can find them) Use Buy one get one free coupon and $5 newspaper coupon and your paying $.99 for two fancy shmancy candles THEN a $3 Register Reward pops out for a $2.01 profit. p.s. you can get the $3 RR for just buying one, but why not go ahead and get the other one free!

Some other good deals that you can use your "profit" on

• Eggs $.99 (can you believe that!)...this is not in the ad is was blinking on the sign outside the Wags by my house...I would assume it's everywhere...
• Quilted Northern TP 6 pack $4. Use $1 off coupon and tear out the $1 off coupon from the EasySaver Catalog and it's just 33 cents each for some BIG rolls
• Coffeemate creamer is 2 for $3. Print 2 $1 off coupons to make them .50 each! (Your probably have to buy 2)

Okay so let's say you buy one of everything (each of the cleaners and 2 creamers) - you will end up with a profit of $.52 after all rebates!

SB = Scrubbing Bubbles
Rebate amounts include the 10% Wags gift card bonus

CVS this week

There are a lot of great deals at CVS this week. It's just too bad there's not a $ off $$ to go with it! However, now you can do all your shopping in one trip - however you can still split your trips up and reduce your out of pocket by recycling those ECBs!

Bic Soliel Razor $5.99
Glaceau Vitamin Water 32 oz (make sure it's the big one) $2.29
Regular Colgate tbrush, tpaste, or Aquafresh $.99
Colgate MaxFresh with beads (make sure it has beads!)$2.99
Always Infinity 14-18 ct $4.98
CVS Bar soap (singles) .99

Total Cost (if you bought everything): $18.23

Coupons used:
$2 off Soleil Razor
$1 off Colgate tpaste (newspaper) or .75 off Colgate tbrush (newspaper) or.75 off Aquafresh
$1 off Colgate MaxFresh

Out of Pocket: $14.23 + tax
ECBs received: $14.27
Profit: yes, technically, but you'll be paying tax

Other good deals (they aren't free, but you could spend your ECBs on them!):
Small bags of Purina for cats & dogs are $1 off - probably $6 - $8. Here is a coupon for $4 off Purina
Propel/Gatorage 6 packs 2/$8 (receive $2 ECB)
Bounty Basic $5.99 - use .25 newspaper coupon
Mennen (men or women) $1.99 ($1 ECB each) buy 2 in order to use .50 newspaper coupon.

Walgreens $5 off $20

Another Friday, another $5 off $20. The coupon again reads, that your total must be $20 after manufacturer and Wags coupons, so you will be spending $15 (at least) out of pocket but you can find hope in getting register rewards and/or rebates back.

Here is what I did today:
5 Softsoap body wash @ $3.49
Fusion razor $8.99
Oral-B Toothbrush $4.49

Total: $30.93

Coupons:
$5 off $20 coupon
$1 off Softsoap from Monthly EasySaver book (will muliply for $5 off)
$1 off Softsoap printable (sorry only one per household)
$4 off Fusion from newspaper
.75 off Oral-B from newspaper

Out of Pocket: $15.18
Register Rewards Received: $18.50 ($10 Softsoap, $4.50 Oral-B & $4 Fusion)
Profit: $3.32

Note: If you don't have the $4 Fusion coupon, then I would switch out the razor for a one of this months free after rebate items, otherwise you'll end up paying a few $$ instead of getting it for free (after rebates and RRs).

CVS & Walgreens this week

It's a light week at the Drug Stores this week. However, take a slow walk through the middle aisles of your CVS, you may come up with some amazing 50%-75% clearance items.

CVS
Colgate Total toothpaste $2.50
Colgate 350 Toothbrush $2.50
Covergirl foundation $5.49
Dawn Hand Renewel $1
Milk? $3.65 (buy anything you need to make it to $15...$3 of it will be free anyway!)

Total: $15.14

Coupons (in this order):
$3 off $15 CVS coupon
$1.50 off Colgate total from All You or $1 off from newspaper
$.75 off Colgate toothbrush from paper
$1 off Covergirl
$1 off Dawn hand renewel

Total out of pocket: $7.89 + tax
ECBs received: $8.79
profit: $.90


Walgreens
Oral-B Toothbrush $4.49 (yup that's all I got for free stuff this week, unless you want to start diving into the October free after rebate items)

Total: $4.49 + tax

Coupons:
.75 off Oral-B

Out of Pocket: $3.74
Register Rewards Recieved: $4.50
Profit: $.76