Walgreens deals for the week of 5/23

Here are the Walgreens deals for the week. Some scenarios are mixed in with the match-ups. If you are new to shopping at Walgreens, make sure you read the FAQs at the end of the post!

FREEBIES:

Buy Colgate Total Advanced or Enamel Strength – $2.99, get a $2 RR
$1/1 Colgate Total Toothpaste – April 2010 All You Magazine
$1/1 Colgate Total Toothpaste – Walgreens Diabetes & You magazine
$.75/1 Colgate Total printable
$.50/1 Colgate toothpaste – 5-23 SS
Final Price = Free-.49 after coupons/RR

Buy Complete Multi-Purpose solution – $7.99, get an $8 RR
$2/1 Complete Multi-Purpose Solution – 5-16 RP
Final Price = $2.01 moneymaker after coupons/RR

Buy Goody Ouchless barette or Flex Tip headband – $2.99, get a $3 RR
Final Price = free after RR!

RR DEALS:

*Spend $15 or more on these participating products, get a $5 RR:  Dove Men’s body wash, Caress body wash, Dove or Degree antiperspirant/deodorant, Degree Fine Fragrance body mist – 2/$7, Dove/Degree Clinical Protection, Dove lotion, Caress/Dove/Lever 2000 bar soap, Vaseline Sheer Infusion lotion, 30 pack Pond’s towelettes – $5.99, Dove hair care, Q-tips, Vaseline intensive care lotion, Suave shampoo or conditioner, 2 pack Caress or Dove bar soap – 2/$6
$1.50/1 Dove Men+Care body wash – 3-28 RP
$1/1 Dove Men + Care product – April 2010 All You Magazine
$.50/1 Caress body wash – 5-23 RP
$3/2 Dove Ultimate Go Fresh deodorant printable
$3/2 Dove Ultimate Sensitive Care deodorant printable
$1.50/1 Dove Antiperspirant/deodorant printable
$1/1 Dove Body Misty or deodorant – 4-25 RP
$.75/2 Degree Men or Women deodorant – 4-25 RP
$1/1 Lever 2000 printable
$1/1 Lever 2000 – 5-23 RP
$2/1 Vaseline Sheer Infusion lotion – 5-23 RP
$1.50/1 Ponds Towelettes printable
$2/1 Dove deodorant printable (good on any)


SCENARIO:
Buy 5 Dove deodorants – $3.50/each

Use 5 $2 Dove printables

Spend $7.50, get a $5 RR
Final Price = $2.50 after coupons/RR ($.50/each)

*Buy 12 pack, 12 oz Coca Cola or Dr. Pepper products – 4/$15, get a $3 RR
Final Price = 4/$12 after RR

*Spend $10 or more on participating Colgate toothbrushes, get a $5 RR (Colgate toothbrushes are 25% off this week)
$.75/1 Colgate adult or children’s toothbrush – 5-23 SS
Final Price – varies

*Buy 2 or more participating HP ink cartridges, get a $10 RR

*Buy Huggies jumbo pack diapers, Pull-Ups, or GoodNites – 2/$18, get a $3 RR
$3/1 Huggies Little Movers diapers printable
$2/1 Huggies Pull-Ups training pants – 5-16 SS 


SCENARIO:
Buy 2 Huggies Little Movers diapers – 2/$18

Use 2 $3 Huggies printables

Spend $12 OOP, get a $3 RR
Final Price = $9 after coupons/RR ($4.50/pack)

*Buy Iron Man muscle rub or spray – $5.99, get a $5 RR
Final Price = $.99 after coupons/RR

*Buy Just for Me! or Soft & Beautiful Botanicals – $4.99, get a $4 RR
Final Price = $.99 after coupons/RR

*Buy Kellogg’s or Keebler cookies or crackers – 4/$10, get a $5 RR (8 pack Kellogg’s Rice Krispies treats, Keebler cookies 11.5-16 oz, or Cheez-It 7.5-9 oz)
$.55/1 Keebler cookies – 4-18 RP
$.55/1 Keebler Pecan Sandies – 4-18 RP
$1/1 Keebler Pecan Sandies printable

SCENARIO:
Buy 4 Pecan sandies – 4/$10

Use 4 $1 printable coupons

Spend $6 OOP, get a $5 RR
Final Price = $1 after RR

*Buy Omeprazole acid reducer (42 ct) – $18.99, get a $5 RR
Final Price = $13.99 after RR

*Buy Pantene hair care (shampoo/conditioner or styling products) – 2/$7, get a $2 RR
$1/2 Pantene products – 5-2 PG
$1/1 Pantene styler, hairspray, treatment – 5-2 PG
Final Price = 2/$3 (after coupons/RR) when you buy stylers or 2/$4 when you buy shampoo/conditioner

*Buy 2 or more participating Poise or Depend products – $11.99, get a $3.25 RR
$1/1 Poise product – 5-16 SS
$1/1 Poise printable
$1/1 Depend Guards for Men – 5-16 SS$1/1 Poise printable
Final Price = $18.73 after coupons/RR

*Buy Prilosec – $18.99, get a $4 RR
$3/1 Prilosec – 5-2 PG
Final Price = $11.99 after coupons/RR

*Buy Scrubbing Bubbles Extend-A-Clean – $7.99, get a $2 RR
$5/1 Scrubbing Bubbles Extend a Clean – 4-11 SS
Free refill WYB Scrubbing Bubbles Extend a Clean printable

SCENARIO:
Buy 1 Scrubbing Bubbles Extend a Clean – $7.99
Buy 1 Scrubbing Bubbles Extend a Clean refill

Use $5/1 coupon
Use free refill WYB Extend a Clean coupon

Spend $2.99 OOP, get a $2 RR
Final Price = $.99 after coupons/RR

*Buy Tide laundry detergent – $13.99, get a $4 RR
$1/1 Tide laundry detergent – 5-2 PG
Final Price = $8.99 after coupons/RR

FILLER ITEMS:
*Big roll bathroom tissue – 2/$1 (w/ in ad coupon)
*Comet cleanser – 2/$1 (w/ in ad coupon)*Encore Gourmet spices – 2/$1 (w/ in ad coupon)
*Geisha mushrooms or Madam Mandarin orange – 2/$1 (w/ in ad coupon)
*G-U-M dental care
*Household gloves – 2/$1 (w/ in ad coupon)
*Hunt’s tomato sauce – $.25/each
*Jell-O regular or sugar free – 2/$1 (w/ in ad coupon) – limit 4
*Morton iodized salt or Deerfield Farms baking soda – 2/$1 (w/ in ad coupon)
*Nestle candy – $.49/each

BOGO FREE DEALS:
*Arm & Hammer dental care
*Banana Boat oil or lotion
$1/1 Banana Boat suncare – 5-23 SS
*Blue Diamond almonds (PSA $3.49)
$1/2 Blue Diamond almonds – 5-23 SS
*Flex-a-min joint health
*Hair styling products – FX or Salon Grafix (PSA $5.99)
*Hawaiian Tropic
$1/1 Hawaiian tropic product – 5-23 SS, 4-25 SS
*Kodak Funsaver camera*Nature’s Bounty Heart Health supplements
*Nature Made vitamins
*Noxzema razors or shave cream
*Organix or Renpure shampoo or conditioner (PSA $6.99)
*Oscar Mayer meat wieners – PSA $2.99
$1/2 Oscar Mayer wieners printable
*Osteo Bi-Flex joint health
*Sunglasses
*Walgreens alkaline batteries (PSA $5.99)
*Walgreens allergy, cold, or sinus relief
*Walgreens digestive relief (anti-diarrheal, gas relief, acid controller)
*Walgreens Gold Seal vitamins
*Walgreens hair care (shampoo/conditioner or styling products)
*Walgreens multi-purpose solution
*Walgreens mouthwash

OTHER DEALS:

*Huggies Little Swimmers – $6.99 – $2 Walgreens instant value coupon = $4.99
$1.50/1 Huggies Little Swimmers printable
Final Price = $3.49 after coupons

*Oscar Mayer lunch meat – 2/$5
$1/2 Oscar Mayer lunch meat printable
Final Price = 2/$4 after coupons

The following scenarios are for those are just starting to shop at Walgreens and who have few, if any, RR to spend: $28.44 in merchandise for $5.45 OOP, $7 in RR left to spend

TRANSACTION #1:
Buy 1 Colgate Total toothpaste – $2.99

Use $1/1 coupon

Spend $1.99 OOP, get a $2 RR

TRANSACTION #2:
Buy 1 Goody hair accessory – $2.99

Use $2 Colgate RR

Spend $0 OOP, get a $3 RR

TRANSACTION #3:
Buy 1 Complete Multipurpose contact solution – $7.99
Buy 1 Hunt’s tomato sauce – $.25

Use $3 Goody RR
Use $2 Complete coupon

Spend $3.24 OOP, get an $8 RR

TRANSACTION #4:
Buy 1 Scrubbing Bubbles Extend-a-Clean – $7.99
Buy 1 Colgate toothpaste – $2.99
Buy 1 Goody hair accessory – $2.99
Buy 1 Hunt’s tomato sauce – $.25

Use $5 Scrubbing Bubbles coupon
Use $1 Colgate coupon
Use $8 Complete RR

Spend $.22, get a $2 RR (Scrubbing Bubbles), $2 RR (Colgate), and $3 RR (Goody)

Here’s my plan (I’m starting out with 2 $4.50 RR and 2 $2 RR):
Buy 1 Complete Multipurpose solution – $7.99
Buy 1 Goody hair accessory – $2.99
Buy 1 Colgate toothpaste – $2.99
Buy 1 Scrubbing Bubbles Extend-a-Spray – $7.99
Buy 3 Hunts tomato sauce – $.25/each

Use $2 Complete coupon
Use $1 Colgate coupon
Use $5 Scrubbing Bubbles coupon
Use 2 $4.50 RR
Use 2 $2 RR

Spend $1.71, get an $8 RR, $3 RR, $2 RR, and $2 RR

*Then I will follow the scenarios in the “newbie” section above to roll my RR back and forth

Some helpful tips:
*At Walgreens, you can use ONE manufacturer’s coupon and ONE store coupon per item

*At Walgreens, you cannot do a promotion more than once in a transaction and earn Register Rewards. (for example, if you buy 2 Colgate, you will only earn RR for one)

*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 the Colgate razor and use the RR from that to buy another one, your RR will not print. 

*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.