If you are new to shopping at CVS and would like some tips, check out this article here.
Tag your reusable bag: Buy a Greenbag tag for $.99 at the register, get $1 ECB every 4th visit – limit 1 use per day, per household
If you haven’t already, register your CVS Extra Care card here and you should receive a $4 off a $20 purchase coupon in your e-mail. This also registers you to receive other e-mail coupons!
FREEBIES:
Buy a CVS Pharmacy green bag tag – $.99, get a $.99 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Final Price = Free after ECBs
Buy Thermacare neck or arm wrap (1 ct) – $2.49, get a $2.49 ECB (limit 2 per household)
$1/1 Thermacare printable
Final Price = $1 moneymaker after coupons/EDbs!
ECB DEALS:
*Spend $10 on these products, get a $3 ECB: Smuckers preserves – $3, Jif – $3, Folgers or Dunkin Donuts coffee – $6 (limit one per household)
$1.50/2 Dunkin Donuts coffe – 3-28 RP
$.55/1 Smucker’s fruit spread – 2-22 RP
$1/3 Smucker’s fruit spread – 2-22 RP
$1/2 Folgers, any – 3-28 RP
*Buy Advil caplets or tablets (50 ct) – $3.99, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$2/1 Advil – 1-31 RP
$1/1 Advil printable
Final Price = $.99 after coupons/ECBs!
*Align Probiotics digestive care (28 ct) – $28.99, get a $5 ECB (limit 3 per household)
$3/1 Align – 3-7 PG
Final Price = $20.99 after coupons/ECBs
*Spend $15 on American Greetings cards, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
*Buy Ban roll-on – $4.99, get a $2 ECB (Limit 2 per household)
$.40/1 Ban product – 4-18 SS
$.75/1 Ban printable
Final Price = $2.24 after coupons/ECBs
*Buy Colgate Pro Clinical – $3.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 2 per household)
$1/1 Colgate Pro Clinical toothpaste – 4-11 SS
Final Price = $.99 after coupons/ECBs
*Buy Colgate Total Advanced or Enamel Strength toothpaste (4 oz) – $2.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$.75/1 Colgate Total printable
$1/1 Colgate Total – April All You Magazine
$.75/1 Colgate Total, Max White, Max Fresh, Sensitive, or Kid’s toothpaste – 3-28 SS
Final Price = free to $.24 after coupons/ECBs
*Buy CoverGirl Volume Exact or Lash Exact – $5.99, get a $4 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 CoverGirl product, any – 3-7 or 4-4 PG
Final Price = $.99 after coupons/ECBs
*Buy CVS Pharmacy Pain Relief – $9.99, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Final Price = $6.99 after coupons/ECBs
*Buy CVS Pharmacy Protective Undergarments – $8.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Final Price = $6.99 after coupons/ECBs
*Buy CVS Pharmacy Purelax – $12.99, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Final Price = $9.99 after coupons/ECBs
*Buy CVS Pharmacy Saline Spray or Allergy Relief bonus size – $3.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Final Price = $1.99 after ECBs
*Buy Edge or Schick shave gel – $2.79, get a $1.80 (limit 2 per household)
Final Price = $.99 after ECBs
*Buy Halle Orchid or Halle, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Final Price – varies
*Buy Herbal Essence, Pantene, Head & Shoulders, or Ausssie family size (PSA $5.49), get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Herbal Essence shampoo/conditioner/styler – 3-14 RP, 4-4 PG
$1/1 Pantene Styler/hair spray/treatment – 3-7 PG, 4-4 PG
Buy One Head & Shoulders shampoo, get one conditioner free – 4-4 PG
$1/1 Head & Shoulders shampoo/conditioner -3 -7 PG
Buy one Aussie shampoo/conditioner, get $2 off Aussie styler
SCENARIO:
Buy 1 Head & Shoulders shampoo – $5.49
Buy 1 Head & Shoulders conditioner – $5.49
$1/1 Head & Shoulders shampoo/conditioner
Buy Head & Shoulders shampoo, get conditioner free
Spend $4.49 OOP, get a $2 ECB
Final Price = $2.49 after coupons/ECBs
*Spend $10 on Hershey’s candy, get a $5 ECB: Hershey’s Big Bag – $4/each, Hershey’s singles – BOGO free, Twizzlers – 2/$4, Hershey’s assorted 8 pk – $.88/each, Theater Box candy – 2/$2, Hershey’s bags – 2/$6, Hershey’s Extra large bars – 2/$3, Hershey’s king size – BOGO free, Cadbury chocolate bar – 4/$5, Ice Breakers – 2/$3, Ice Breakers Ice Cubes – 2/$5
$1/2 Hershey’s Kisses caramel or Meltaway chocolates – 4-11 SS
$1/3 Hershey’s Kisses, Reese’s, Hershey’s Miniatures, and York candy – 4-11 SS
SCENARIO:
Buy 4 Hershey’s caramel kisses – $3/each
Use 2 $1/2 coupons
Spend $10 OOP, get a $5 ECB
Final Price = $5 after coupons/ECBs ($1.25/bag)
Submit your Hershey’s UPCs (bags must be 10 oz+) and earn a free movie ticket!
*Spend LaRoche-Posey Anthelios, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household)
*Spend $24.99 on these Olay products, get a $10 ECB: Olay Regenerist Total Effects – $18.99 or Olay Regenerist kits, treatments, or ALL Definity facial care – $24.99 (limit 1 per household)
Buy Olay Total Effects Moisturizer, get free Total Effects Anti-Aging Body wash – 3-28 SS
Buy Olay Total Effects Moisturizer, get free Total Effects facial cleanser – 3-28 SS
$1/1 Olay Facial moisturizer/cleanser – 3-7 and 4-4 PG
$3/1 Olay Regenerist Facial moisturizer/cleanser – 3-7 PG
Final Price = $11.99 after coupons/ECBs
*Buy 2 Kellogg’s cereal or bars (Raisin Bran Crunch, Frosted Flakes, Mini Wheats, All Bran, special K, or Nutri-Grain bars) – 2/$5 and one gallon of milk, get a $3 ECB (limit 2 per household) – reportedly this deal is regional – my area has it, but make sure you check your ad!
$1.50/2 Raisin Bran or Frosted Mini Wheats printable
Final Price – varies
*Spend $15 on Nivea or Eucerin products (includes all Nivea lip, body wash, lotion, creme or Nivea for Men facial care) – limit 1 per household (reportedly the limit is actually 5)
$2/1 Nivea body wash for women printable
$2/1 Nivea for men and Nivea for women body wash – April All You
$1/1 Nivea body wash for women – 4-11 RP
$1/1 Nivea body wash for men – 4-11 RP
BOGO free Nivea body wash – May All You
SCENARIO:
Buy 4 Nivea for Women body washes – $5.99/each
Use BOGO free coupon
Use 2 $2 Nivea body wash for women printables
Spend $7.98, get a $5 ECB
Final Price = $2.98 OOP
*Buy Pampers Baby Dry, Swaddlers, or Cruisers – $21.99, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$2/1 Pampers Swaddlers, Cruisers, Extra Protection diapers – 3-14 RP
Final Price = $14.99 after coupons/ECBs
(There is also a $3/1 Pampers Swaddlers/Cruisers CVS store coupon in the May Parents magazine, so it would be $11.99 after coupons if you have this one!)
*Spend $10 on any Revlon cosmetics or beauty tools, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$3/1 Revlon Color Burst lipstick (must register to print)
Final Price – varies
*Buy Schick Hydro (3 or 5 blade razor system) – $8.97, get a $6 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Final Price = $2.97 after ECBs
*Buy U by Kotex – $4.99, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 U by Kotex printable
$1/1 U by Kotex – April All You magazine
Final Price = $2.99 after coupons/ECBs
BOGO FREE DEALS:
*CVS Pharmacy batteries (limit 6)
*CVS Pharmacy calcium supplements, glucosamine chondroitin
*CVS Pharmacy hair care, skin care, cotton, nail polish, or eye makeup remover
*Dove invisible solid deodorant (PSA $3.49) – final price = $.49 after ECBs
$3/2 Dove printable
*Lumene skin care
*Nature’s Bounty or Flex-a-min (limit 6)
$1/1 Nature’s Bounty – 3-14 RP
*NYC cosmetics
*Rimmel cosmetics
$1/1 Rimmel mascara – 3-14 RP
$1/1 Rimmel product – 3-14 RP
$1/1 Rimmel printable
OTHER DEALS:
*Gold Emblem purified drinking water – $2.88/each
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): $13.94 in merchandise for $3.22 OOP, $2 ECB left to spend
TRANSACTION #1:
Buy 1 Thermacare heat wrap – $2.49
Use $1/1 coupon
Spend $1.49 OOP, get a $2.49 ECB
TRANSACTION #2:
Buy 1 Thermacare heat wrap – $2.49
Buy 1 Green Bag tag – $.99
Use $1/1 coupon
Use $2.49 ECB (adjusted to $2.48)
Spend $0 OOP, get a $2.49 ECB and a $.99 ECB
TRANSACTION #3:
Buy 1 Colgate Total care – $2.99
Buy 1 CVS facial tissues – $.99
Use $.75/1 Colgate coupon
Use $2.49 Thermacare ECB
Spend $.74 OOP, get a $2 ECB
TRANSACTION #4:
Buy 1 Colgate Pro Clinical – $3.99
Use $1/1 coupon
Use $2 ECB
Spend $.99 OOP, get a $2 ECB
If you have a $4/20:
Buy 1 Thermacare heat wraps – $2.49/each
Buy 3 Nivea for women body wash – $5.99
Use $4/20 CVS coupon
Use $1/1 Thermacare coupon
Use 2 $2 Nivea coupons
Use BOGO free Nivea coupon
Spend $5.47 OOP, get a $5 ECB (Nivea) and a $2.49 ECB (Thermacare)
OR
Buy 4 Hershey’s caramel kisses – 2/$6
Buy 2 Thermacare heat wraps – $2.49
Buy 1 Colgate Total – $2.99
Buy 1 Green bag tag – $.99
Use $4/20 CVS coupon
Use 2 $1/2 Hershey’s caramel kisses coupon
Use 2 $1/1 Thermacare coupons
Use $1 Colgate coupon
Spend $11.96 OOP, get a $5 ECB (Hershey’s), $4.98 ECB (Thermacare), $2 ECB (Colgate), $.99 ECB (Green bag tag)
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.
