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Walgreens deals for the week of 1/3

January 2, 2010 by


There are so many good Walgreens deals this week that I’ve had a hard time putting this post together! These are not all of the deals for the week. They are just some “highlights.”

FREEBIES: (these items are free after coupons or RRs) remember if you are using a manufacturer’s coupon and a store coupon to give the manufacturer’s coupon FIRST and then the store coupon!

*Bayer Contour meter – $14.99 (UPC 3 0193 715101 9) or Bayer Breeze meter – $14.99 (UPC 3 0193 144001 0) (this is a monthly deal)
Up to $30/1 Bayer Breeze/Contour meter – 10-25 RP

SCENARIO:

Buy both meters, spend $0 OOP, get 2 $5 RRs (one from each meter) and a $3 RR for buying two in one transaction!

*Finish Electrasol detergent – $3.49, get a $1 RR
$2.50/1 Finish/Electrasol detergent – 1-3 SS

SCENARIO:
Buy Finish Electrasol – $3.49

use $2.50 coupon

Spend $.99 OOP, get a $1 RR

*Buy 2 Neosporin antibiotic ointment (5 oz) or Lip Health products – 2/$8, get a $3 RR (this is a monthly deal)
$1/1 Neosporin printable here
$1/1 Neosporin – 1-3 inserts
$3/1 Neosporin lip health printable here
$2/1 Walgreens coupon in the Children’s Activity book

SCENARIO #1:
Buy 1 Neosporin antibiotic ointment – $4
Buy 1 Neosporin Lip Health product – $4

Use $1 Neosporin printable
Use $3 Neosporin printable
Use $2 Walgreens coupon

Spend $2 OOP, get a $3 RR

SCENARIO #2:
Buy 2 Neosporin antibiotic ointment – $4/each

Use 2 $1 Neosporin coupons
Use $2 Walgreens coupon (will deduct $4)

Spend $2 OOP, get a $3 RR

SCENARIO #3:
Buy 2 Neosporin lip products – $4/each

Use 2 $3 printables

Spend $2 OOP, get a $3 RR

*Reach Ultraclean Toothbrush – $3.99
BOGO free manufacturer’s coupon – 1-3 RP
$2/1 Walgreens coupon (in weekly ad)

SCENARIO:
Buy 2 Reach Ultraclean toothbrushes – $3.99/each

Use BOGO free coupon
Use $2/1 Walgreens coupon (will deduct $4)

You will end up with $.01 overage (make sure you have something to cover the overage)

*Revlon Matte Eye Shadow – $4.99
$2/1 Revlon Cosmetics coupon – 12-13 SS
$3/1 Walgreens coupon (in ad)

SCENARIO:
Buy 1 Revlon Matte Eye Shadow – $4.99

Use $2/1 manufacturer’s coupon
Use $3/1 Walgreens coupon

You will end up with $.01 overage (make sure you have something to cover the overage)

*Stayfree Maxi Pads (28 ct) – $5.99
BOGO free manufacturer’s coupon – 1-3 RP
$3/1 Walgreens coupon (in weekly ad)

SCENARIO:
Buy 2 Stayfree Maxi pads – $5.99/each

Use BOGO free coupon
Use $3 Walgreens coupon (it will deduct $6)

You will end up with $.01 overage – make sure you have something to cover the overage!

RR DEALS:

*Buy Colgate dental care (Total Advanced or Enamel Strength Toothpaste or 360 Actiflex toothbrush – $3.49, get a $1 RR
$1/1 printable here
$.75/1 coupons in 1-3 SS insert

*Buy 2 Kellogg’s cereals, 6 pack Special K bars, 8 pack Nutri-Grain bars, or 5 pack Fiber Plus bars – 2/$5, get a $2 RR
$1/2 Special K cereals – 1-3 RP
$1/2 Special K bars – 1-3 RP

*Buy Lunch Essentials – Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Shaved meat or Lunchables or Kraft American Singles – 3/$7.50, get a $2.50 RR
.50/1 Kraft singles – 12-6 inserts

*Spend $20 or more on these participating products, get a $5 RR: Coffee-Mate – 2/$3, Purina pet food – $5.99, Frozen entrees (Lean Cuisine, Stouffer’s, Hot/Lean Pockets) – 2/$5, Nestle candy (Butterfinger Fun Size or Crunch Minis) – 2/$5, Boost Plus or Glucose Control drinks – $7.49, Boost Original or High Protein Drinks – $5.99
$1/3 Lean Cuisine and Hot Pockets on Target.com (these are manufacturer’s coupons with a Target logo)
$2/1 Boost coupons in 1-3 inserts
$1/1 Coffee Mate printable here

*Spend $20 on these L’Oreal products, get a $5 RR: Double Extend Lash Boosting Power System – $24.99, Sublime Bronze Sunless Self-Tanner – $10.49, Go 360 Clean – $6.99, Skin Genesis – $19.99, True Match Foundation Roller – $14.99, EverStrong or EverPure hair care – $5.99, Elnett hair spray – $14.99, hair color – $7.99 or highlights – $9.99
$2/1 L’Oreal EverPure printable here
Check the 1-3 inserts for more coupons to match up with these deals!

*Spend $20 or more on these participating products, get a $5 RR (Spend $5, get a $1 RR): Brita pitcher (48 oz), 3 pack replacement filters, or faucet mount refill – $15, Cleaners: Tilex, Clorox, or Pine Sol – 2/$5

*Buy 2 or more Children’s Cold, Allergy, or Pain Relief – $4.99/each, get a $3 RR (includes Sudafed PE, Benadryl, Tylenol or Motrin)

SCENARIO:
Buy 2 Children’s Cold Tylenol – $4.99/each

Use $3/2 coupon from 1-3 inserts
Use $1 coupon from coloring book (will deduct $2)

Spend $4.98 OOP, get a $3 RR

*Buy Yes to Carrots, Cucumbers, or Tomatoes Body Care – 3/$20, get a $3 RR

*Visine – $3.99, get a $1 RR
$2/1 Visine printable on redplum.com or visine.com

Spend $1.99, get a $1 RR

BOGO FREE DEALS:
*Mead 5 Star Notebook
*Oxford, Penway, or Corner Office binders
*Paper Mate pens or pencils
*Pilot G2 or V5 pens
*Russell Stover sugar free candy

“FILLERS”
*2 pocket folder – $.19 (w/ in ad coupon)
*Ajax cleanser – 2/$1 (w/ in ad coupon)
*Bowl fresh – $.39 (w/ in ad coupon)
*Hershey’s candy – $.49/each (w/ in ad coupon)
*Hunt’s tomato sauce – $.39/each (w/ in ad coupon)
*Morton salt, Deerfield Farms baking soda – 2/$1 (w/ in ad coupon)

OTHER DEALS:
*Bertolli frozen meals – $5.99 – $3.99 after coupon!
$2/1 printable here

*Free 8 pack Duracell AA or AAA batteries ($8.99 value) with the purchase of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs DVD – $19.99
$3/1 printable coupon on redplum.com

$4 Ronzoni rebate here

$12.99 after coupons and rebates

*Quaker Chewy Granola bars – 2/$4 – $1.45/each after coupon!
.55/1 Quaker Chewy Granola bars – 1-3 RP
$1/2 printable on redplum.com

*Palmolive – $.99 w/ in ad coupon – $.74 after coupon!
$.25/1 Palmolive – 1-3 inserts

*Sensodyne Pronamel – $3.49 – $.49/each after coupons!
$1/1 Sensodyne printable here
$2/1 Walgreens coupon (in ad)

The following scenarios are for those are just starting to shop at Walgreens and who have few, if any, RR to spend:

Transaction #1: (if you have 2 Bayer coupons)
Buy 1 Bayer Contour meter
Buy 1 Bayer Breeze2 meter

Use 2 Bayer coupons

Spend $0 OOP, earn $13 in RR

or, if you don’t have the Bayer coupons:
Buy 1 Finish Electrasol – $3.49

Use $2.50/1 coupon

Spend $.99 OOP, get a $1 RR

Transaction #2:
Buy 1 Visine – $3.99
Buy 1 Hunt’s tomato sauce – $.39 w/ in ad coupon

Use $2 coupon
Use $1 Electrasol RR

Spend $1.38 OOP, get a $1 RR

Transaction #3:
Buy 2 Neosporin lip products – $4/each
Buy 1 Hunt’s tomato sauce – $.39 w/ in ad coupon

Use 2 $3 Neosporin printables
Use $1 Visine RR

Spend $1.39 OOP, get a $3 RR

My Plan: I have a $10 RR, a $3.50 RR, a $2 RR, and a $5 RR

Buy Electrasol – $3.49
Buy 2 Neosprorin lip products – 2/$8
Buy 2 Reach Ultraclean toothbrushes – $3.99/each
Buy 1 Revlon Matte Eye shadow – $4.99/each
Buy 2 Stayfree maxi pads – $5.99/each
Buy 2 Children’s Cold Tylenol – $4.99/each
Buy Visine – $3.99
Buy 1 Hunt’s tomato sauce – $.39 (w/ in ad coupon)

Use $2.50 Electrasol coupon
Use 2 $3 Neosporin printables
Use BOGO free Reach coupon
Use $2 Walgreens Reach coupon (will deduct $4)
Use $2/1 Revlon coupon
Use $3/1 Walgreens Revlon coupon
Use BOGO free Stayfree coupon
Use $3 Walgreens Stayfree coupon (will deduct $6)
Use $3/2 Tylenol coupon
Use $1 Tylenol coloring book coupon (will deduct $2)
Use $2 Visine printable
Use $10 RR

Spend $.32 OOP, get a $1 RR (Electrasol), $3 RR (Neosporin), $3 RR (Tylenol), and a $1 RR (Visine)

Some helpful tips:
*At Walgreens, you cannot do a promotion more than once in a transaction and earn Register Rewards.

*You also typically cannot use the Register Rewards earned from a promotion on the same promotion and earn Register Rewards again. For example, if you buy Electrasol and use the RR you earned from buying Electrasol to buy more Electrasol, another RR will not print.

*Typically, you cannot use the Register Rewards earned from a promotion with the same manufacturer and earn Register Rewards again. (all of the manufacturers are listed next to the deal in the coupon match-ups)

*Register Rewards are considered to be “manufacturer’s coupons” and you can only use one manufacturer’s coupon per item. You will have to add “filler” items. The in ad coupons often have good, inexpensive filler items. (there are LOTS of great filler items this week – check out the weekly match-ups for ideas)

*If you are using more than one RR in a transaction, always give the RR with the highest value FIRST. Sometimes strange things happen with coupons and taxes and even if you think you have planned out your scenario very well, you will end up with more overage than you planned for.

*If you are buying items that would result in a “free” item or “overage” when combining a store coupon and a manufacturer’s coupon, give the manufacturer’s coupon FIRST, and the store coupons LAST to avoid beeping/issues at the register! Make sure that you are purchasing enough items in your total transaction to “cover” the overage. You will not get cash back and you will have to add items to cover the overage or they will not take the coupon.

*If your Register Reward doesn’t print for some reason and you have fulfilled all of the obligations for the “deal” (including not using RR from the same parent company to pay) DO NOT let them tell you it is because you used coupons! Chances are they didn’t print because the catalina machine is not working. You have two choices: you can return your items and try again or you can contact the catalina company by doing the following:
*The store will give you a form to fill out and mail in to catalina
*Call 1-888-8coupon, option 3
*Use the online form to contact them: Contact Catalina Marketing (when I have tried contacting them this way, my results have not been very good….your best bet is to call)

This post is part of Becentsable’s Grocery Gathering.

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Savings Saturday: My $40 weekly shopping trip

January 2, 2010 by


This week I combined all of my purchases into one picture. You can see my coupon match-ups and scenarios for CVS here, Kroger here, Target here, and Walgreens here.

My total out of pocket for everything pictured was $37.91. My total savings was $239.70.

I don’t normally include diapers and vitamins in my weekly grocery budget, but they were all free, so I decided to include them in the picture! I plan to take the $2.09 that I have left and buy 3 boxes of Chex cereal at HEB (it is 3/$5 and I have $3/3 peelie coupons which will make it $2 for 3 boxes!)

CVS: I purchased 3 Nature’s Bounty Vitamin C ($11.49/each), 1 Nature’s Bounty Vitamin B-12 ($10.99/each), 2 Nature’s Bounty Vitamin D ($10.49/each), and 2 packages of Gold Emblem cashews (.99 and .49 because they are buy one, get on 50% off).

The Vitamin B-12 and the Vitamin D were free. I used a $5/20 CVS coupon, 4 $5 Nature’s Bounty coupons, and a $1/2 CVS CRT for Gold Emblem nuts along with my $9 ECB from my previous Nature’s Bounty transaction. I paid $.95 OOP (on a gift card). I received a $9 ECB. My total savings was $66.47.

Kroger: I bought 4 Freschetta pizzas ($3.99/each), 3 Lean Cuisine meals ($1.79/each), Roma tomatoes (.58), 3 bell peppers (.50/each) , 2 cucumbers (.50/each), carrots (.74), baby carrots ($1), 10 lb bag of potatoes ($2.77), 2 packages of El Monterey taquitios ($7.99 – BOGO free), and soy sauce.

I used 4 $1/1 Freschetta coupons, a $1/3 Lean Cuisine coupon, and 2 $1 El Monterey coupons. My total OOP was $31.51. I saved $33.28.

Target: I bought a Mott’s apple juice ($1.79), Oscar Mayer lunch meat ($2.79), 2 Ore Ida french fries ($2.59/each), 2 Market Pantry hashbrown potatoes ($2.69/each).

I used a $1 Mott’s Target printable, a $1 Oscar Mayer Target printable, and a $1.50/2 Ore Ida printable. The Market Pantry potatoes were free (there is a promotion this week where you get a free Market Pantry potatoes with the purchase of Ore Ida potatoes). I paid $6.26 OOP. I saved $17.78.

Walgreens: I purchased 2 Schepp’s milk ($2.19/each), 2 boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch ($2/each), 5 packages of Papermate mechanical pencils ($.19/each), 2 packages of Pampers diapers ($10/each), and one Bayer blood glucose monitor ($14.99)

I used the following coupons ($1/1 Schepp’s milk, 2 $1/1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch printables, 2 $2 Pampers coupons, Save up to $30 Bayer monitor coupon – deducted $14.99, 2 $8 RRs, 3 $2 RRs). I paid $.14 OOP and saved $122.17. I received a $2 RR (cereal), $3.50 RR (diapers), and $5 RR (monitor).

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Online and in store deals!

January 2, 2010 by
Here are some online and in store deals if you’re planning on doing some shopping this weekend!


Clinique.com is offering free shipping on any purchase when you enter the code WEEKEND at check-out. You can also choose from a free sample of one of the following here: Men’s Face Scrub Deluxe (.51 oz), Youth Surge SPF 15 Age Decelerating Moisturizer – Dry Combination Sample (.5 oz), All About Eyes Sample (.21 oz), Long Last Glosswear SPF 15 in Air Kiss Sample (.07 oz). Don’t forget to shop through Ebates to get 4% cash back!


Save an additional 20% off your online purchase when you enter the code GAP20 at check-out. Don’t forget to shop through Ebates to get an additional 2% cash back. Print a 20% off coupon for in store use here.

JC Penney – Click here for a printable coupon for $10 off a $50 purchase in store (expires 1/10/2010). Click here for a printable coupon for $15 off a $75 purchase or $10 off a $50 purchase (expires 1/2/2010).

Use one of the following codes (on jcp.com, you can only use one code at a time) to save when you shop online:
*Save 15% when you use the code DECSURV9 at check-out (expires 1/7/2010)
*Save $20 off a $100 purchase when you use the code CAWBLAPC at check-out (expires 1/18/2010)
*Get free shipping with your purchase of $49 or more when you use the code OFFER12 at check-out (expires 1/12/2010)

Don’t forget to shop through Ebates to get an additional 3% cash back!

Get an additional 20% off your online purchase when you enter the code EXTRA20 at check-out and get free shipping when you enter the code NOCHARGE at check-out. Don’t forget to shop through Ebates to get an additional 2% cash back!


Payless – Save 15% off your in store purchase through 1/17/2010 with this printable coupon here. Take $10 off your $50 online purchase through 1/17/2010 when you enter the code 30314 at check-out. Don’t forget to shop through Ebates to get 3% cash back!

The Children’s Place has a number of items with prices starting at just $4.99! Save an additional 10% off your online order when you enter the code NEXTJ78 at check-out. Don’t forget to shop through Ebates to get an additional 3% cash back.

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CVS deals for the week of 1/3

January 2, 2010 by


If you are new to shopping at CVS and would like some tips, check out this article here.

FREEBIES:
*Buy Crave-NX Diet Aid Spray – $7.99, get an $8 ECB (limit 2 per household)

*Buy GE Energy Smart (40, 60, 75, or 100 watt equivalent) 1 pack bulbs – $2.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1.50/1 GE lighting product printable here (this is a manufacturer’s coupon)
$1/1 GE Energy Smart, GE Reveal, or GE Edison Halogen – 1-3-10 SS

These are monthly “bonus pack” deals that are free: (valid 1/3-2/10/10)

*Oust surface disinfectant and air sanitizer – $3.99, get a $3 ECB (limit 6)
BOGO free Oust Surface disinfect & air sanitizer – 1-3-10 SS
$2/2 Oust printable here

*Soy Joy – $6, get a $6 ECB (limit 6 per household)

ECB DEALS:
*Buy Accu-Chek Compact Plus blood glucose monitor – $14.99, get a $10 ECB (limit 1 per household)

*Buy Alli – $39.99, get a $10 ECB (limit 3 per household)

*Buy Aquafina – $2.49, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household)

*Buy Britney Spears Fragrance Curious, Fantasy, Believe, or Circus, get a $5 ECB (limit 3 per household)

*Buy all Colgate manual single pack toothbrushes – $2.99, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Colgate 360 Actiflex toothbrush printable here

*Buy Colgate 360 Sonic or Sponge Bob power toothbrush – $5.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household)

*Buy Colgate Total, Total Whitening, MaxFresh, or MaxWhite toothpaste – 2/$5, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Colgate Total – November & January All You Magazine
$1/1 Colgate Total printable here
.75/1 Colgate Total, Colgate Max White, Max Fresh, sensitive or Kids’ Toothpaste, 4 oz. or larger – 1-3-10 SS

*Buy Degree or Dove Clinical Protection antiperspirant/deodorant – 2/$16, get a $4 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$2/1 Degree Clinical printable here
$2/1 Dove Clinical printable here

*Spend $20 on L’Oreal EverStrong or Healthy Look products, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$2/1 L’Oreal EverStrong or Everpure treatment – 1-3-10 RP
$2/1 L’Oreal EverStrong or Everpure shampoo or conditioner – 1-3-10 RP
$1/1 L’Oreal printable here (must complete consultation)

*Spend $10 on any Nivea body wash, lip care, or body lotion, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$2/1 Nivea body lotion – 1-3-10 RP
$5/2 Nivea body lotion – 1-3-10 RP
$2/1 Nivea body wash – 1-3-10 RP (there was also a printable available previously)
$3/1 Nivea My Silhouette – 1-3-10 RP
BOGO free Nivea lip care -1-3-10 RP

*Buy Playtex Gentle Glide or Sport tampons (36 ct) – $7.99, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
.50/1 Playtex Gentle Glide tampons – 1-3-10 SS
.50/1 Playtex Sport tampons – 1-3-10 SS
$1/1 Playtex Sport printable here

*Spend $10 on PowerBar, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/5 Power Bars – 1-3-10 SS

*Spend $15 on selected Procter & Gamble products, get a $5 ECB: listed in ad: Olay Complete or Age Defying – $8.99, Olay cleanser or daily facials – $5.99, Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, or Pantene family size – $5.99, CoverGirl lip color (Outlast, Shineblast) – $7 (limit 1 per household)
Check your 12-27 inserts for coupons to match up with this deal!

*Buy Rogaine Men’s or women’s – $39.99, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$10/1 Rogaine printable here

*Buy Slimquick – $19.99, get a $5 ECB (limit 2 per household)
$5/1 Slimquick printable here

*Spend $10 on Softsoap antibacterial refill (40 oz) or Ensembles pump or refill (8.3 oz), get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)

*Buy V8 or V8 Splash – 2/$6, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/2 V8 Splash – 1-3-10 SS
.50/2 V8 100% Vegetable juice – 1-3-10 SS

*Buy any WrinkleFree or AcneFree kit, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$3/1 Acne Free Clear Skin system, Sensitive Skin system, or Severe to Clear system 1-3-10 RP
$1/1 Acne Free non-kit treatment – 1-3-10 RP
$5/1 Facelift Wrinkle free eyes, retinol 4X, or 24 hour Facelift – 1-3-10 RP

MONTHLY BONUS PACK ECB DEALS: (these are just some highlights)

Cheerios or Honey Nut Cheerios 2 pk – $7.99, get a $4 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Honey Nut Cheerios printable here

CheezIt Twin Pack – $5.99, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)

Johnson & Johnson Head to Toe wash – $4.49, get a $2 ECB
$1/1 printable here

BOGO FREE:
*Bioluxe shampoo or conditioner
*CVS Pharmacy batteries
*CVS Pharmacy Vitamins/minerals
*GE Reveal, Halogen, or Energy Smart bulbs
$1.50/1 printable here
$1/1 GE Energy Smart, GE Reveal, or GE Edison Halogen – 1-3-10 SS
*Lifesavers bagged candy
*Mars singles
*Post cereals
$1/2 Post Cereals – 12-6 SS
*Sterilite/Rubbermaid storage containers
*Verizon long distance pre-paid phone card

OTHER DEALS:
*All laundry detergent – $3.99 – $1.99 after coupon!
$2/1 ALL LIQUID laundry detergent, 32 load or larger, 1-3-10 RP

The following scenarios are for people who are new to shopping at CVS and have few (or no) ECBs to start with. (These are just ideas….you do not have to follow this exact order and you can skip some items if you do not want/need them): $12.48 in merchandise for $3.98 OOP

TRANSACTION #1:
Buy 1 GE Energy Smart bulb – $2.99

Use $1.50/1 coupon

Spend $1.49 OOP, get a $2 ECB

TRANSACTION #2:
Buy 2 Colgate Total toothpastes – 2/$5

Use 2 $1 coupons
Use $2 GE ECB

Spend $1 OOP, get a $2 ECB

TRANSACTION #3:
Buy Johnson’s Head to Toe Wash – $4.49

Use $1 coupon
Use $2 Colgate ECB

Spend $1.49 OOP, get a $2 ECB

Here’s what I’ll be doing: (my stores start the deals “early” on Saturday, so I will use the $5/20 printable here which expires today in my transactions) – $26.94 in merchandise for $0 OOP

Buy 1 GE Energy Smart bulb – $2.99
Buy 2 Oust surface disinfectant value packs – $3.99/each
Buy 2 Nivea body wash – $5.99/each (according to online pricing)
Buy 1 All laundry detergent – $3.99

Use $5/20 CVS coupon
Use $1.50 GE printable
Use BOGO free Oust coupon
Use 2 $2 Nivea printables
Use $2 All coupon

Spend $10.45 OOP (I will use a $9 ECB from the Nature’s Bounty deal and spend $1.45 OOP which will be on a gift card), earn a $2 ECB (GE), a $6 ECB (Oust), and a $5 ECB (Nivea)

OTHER DEAL IDEAS:
Buy 5 All laundry detergent – $3.99/each
Buy 1 GE Energy Smart bulb – $2.99

Use $5/20 CVS coupon
Use 5 $2 All coupons
Use $1.50 GE printable

Spend $6.44 OOP, get a $2 ECB

If another $5/20 is released:
Buy 1 Crave-NX Diet Spray – $7.99
Buy 1 GE Energy Smart Bulbs – $2.99
Buy 2 Nivea body wash – $5.99/each

Use $5/20
Use $1.50/1 GE printable
Use 2 $2 Nivea printables

Spend $12.46 OOP (hopefully pay w/ ECBs), earn an $8 ECB (Crave), $2.99 ECB (GE), and $5 ECB (Nivea) = total of $15.99 in ECBs

Frequently asked questions:

Do you really do multiple transactions at your stores?

In the past, I usually had $20-30 ECB on hand, so I didn’t have to break up my transactions as much as I did when I first started, but now that I am starting over, yes, I am doing multiple transactions. If you are doing multiple transactions, I recommend that you let the cashier know up front that is what you are planning to do. If there are several people in line, let them go in between your transactions. This gives you time to clip your ECBs and get prepared for your next transaction.

My store was out of all the freebie items first thing this morning. Can I get a raincheck?

This all depends on your store. I have contacted corporate about this before because some stores in my area give rainchecks and others won’t. According to corporate, this is up to the individual stores.

I bought the wrong item or I bought the RIGHT item and my ECB didn’t print. What can I do?

If you bought the right item, show the store clerk your ad and your receipt. They should be able to manually print your ECB at the store. If they don’t know how, you can call customer service and they can add one to your account that will print within 48 hours (you have to wait 48 hours from your purchase time to do this so they can “see” your transaction in their computer).

If you bought the wrong item and didn’t receive ECBs, you can do a return and purchase the correct item. If you paid using ECBs, they will have to give you money on a gift card.

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HEB deals for the week of 12/30-1/5

January 2, 2010 by


I don’t typically post HEB deals, but I was scanning the ads this week and saw a few things that were worth posting:

*Colgate Wave or Total Professional Toothbrush – $.98/each

*General Mills Chex cereal – 3/$5 (with an additional $10 purchase) – 3/$4 after coupons!
$1/2 printable here (also look for $3/3 peelie coupons on the boxes)

*Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, or Dr. Pepper – 5/$12

*Pilgrim’s Pride Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts – $1.20/lb – $3/each for a 2.5 lb bag – $2.45/each after coupons!
.55/1 Pilgrim’s Pride printable coupon here (must register)

*Weight Watchers Smart Ones – $.99/each – $.79 after coupons (when you buy 5)!
$1/5 printable here (you have to register)

MEAL DEAL: Buy HEB seasoned pork or boneless, skinless chicken thighs for fajitas or Hill Country Fare seasoned beef for fajitas, get the following items free: HEB fancy shredded cheese, HEB garden salsa, Daisy sour cream, HEB Homestyle flour tortillas, Tortilla warmer, HEB mixers

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