Now, I know not all of my three readers are couponers, so I tend to avoid inappropriate levels of coupon excitement on this blog. Hence the lack of posts. However, there are a few deals out there that non-couponers can also partake in this week. If you're really not interested, just read the bold headings and you can feel good about not completely blowing me off. ;)
Tomorrow (Tuesday) only, Quaker cereal for $1.20 a box!Albertsons has a $3 off 5 Quaker brand products coupon in their weekly ad, available at the front of the store. There are multiple copies, and each has two of these wonderous coupons. The bottom line is that the following cereals (generally about $3.50 a box) are now $1.20 each: Life, Cap'n Crunch and Quaker Oat Squares, in various flavors. That makes the Quaker Oat Squares 7.5 cents an ounce! Matt's favorite cereal in the Malt'O'Meal brand is usually 13 cents an ounce at Walmart, so this is a good deal for any cereal, much less fancy smancy name brand cereal. Also $1.20 are Quaker Chewy Granola bars (yum!) and can o' oatmeal (as opposed to single serve packets) and instant grits. For details,
click here. The grocery week starts over on Wednesday, so I'm a little late on the heads up. Remember that to use the coupon (and thus get the super awesome price), you'll want to buy in multiples of 5. This sale doesn't come around very often, so stock up!
Walgreens, Chips for $1.25 a full bag, Pepsi $0.63/2L or $1.50/12 pack:
Ahh, Walgreens! We have a bit of a love/hate relationship. Normally I wouldn't recommend non-couponers to attempt a Walgreens senario, but there is one exceptional deal to be had.
They have a SuperBowl deal on Pepsi products: Tostitos, Lays, Doritos, Pepsi (naturally), Gatorade, and Mountain Dew. The deal is buy $20, get 10 Register Rewards, which are like a coupon that can be used on anything in the store. So, for example, the chips are all $2.50 each, which is not a bad deal in and of itself. But if you buy $20 worth of chips (8 bags, for those counting), they will give you $10 to spend in the store, effectively cutting the price in half. That's $1.25 for a full-sized bag of chips. Yeah, pretty awesome. The trick is finding something worthwhile to spend the 10 Register Rewards on. They expire after two weeks, so if you are a non-couponer, you might want to buy your $20 of Pepsi products, get your Register Rewards (they always put it in the bag, so don't forget to grab them!) and then do a second transaction of just over $10 to use the Register Rewards on. If it sounds complicated, it is, but only a little bit. You won't be using any coupons other than the Register Rewards, so you shouldn't run into any trouble, but if you have any questions there is a quick tutorial
HERE (scroll down to the Walgreens part) and you can always call me. The Walgreens on Boonville is my favorite, but you shouldn't have problems with any of them if you just want to do two transactions.
Non-couponer senario:Transaction #1
$20 of Pepsi products
Spend $20 out of pocket, get 10 Register Rewards
Transaction #2
$10 of reasonably priced products
(Examples: $1.99 for Kelloggs cereals, $3.99 for Starbuck Frappucino (make sure you show them the store coupon in the ad), VanCamp's Pork and Beans 2/$1 (store coupon, nonperishable protein for the food bank!) 59 cents for Mac and Cheese (store coupon), buy one get one 50% off cosmetics, buy one get one free vitamins, $6.49 for Charmin isn't bad, diapers, etc.)
Use your 10 RR from the previous transaction to pay close to $0.00 out of pocket!
For those who are couponers, here are the other super awesome deals:
Accu-chek Aviva or Compact Blood Glucose Meter $9.99
Use $10/1 coupon from awhile back
Use $9.99 mail-in rebate (in box)
Final Price: FREE plus $9.99 rebate
Vick's NyQuil or DayQuil $5.00
Use $2/1 from 1/17 PG or
Use $1.50/1 from the previous PG
Use Buy 2 Vicks get 1 Puffs free (not sure if this one will work with the other q's, but it's worth a try for free tissue; use last and if it doesn't work, have them take the Puffs off your order)
Buy $20, get 10 RR
Final Price: $0.50 each after RR plus possibly free Puffs
Couponer scenario:Transaction #1:
2 DayQuil ($5 each -$2 q= $3 oop)
2 NyQuil ($5 each - 1 $2q and 1 $1.5q= $3 oop for one, $3.50 oop for the other)
1 Accu-chek ($9.99 - $9.99q = FREE)
2 Puffs (FREE with Buy 2 Vicks get 1 Puffs free coupon, possibly)
$12.50 oop (out of pocket), get 10RR, get $9.99 rebate
Transaction #2:
2 Tostitos ($2.50 each)
2 Doritos ($2.50 each)
2 Lays ($2.50 each)
2 Fritos Dips ($2.50 each)
$20 - 10RR = $10 oop, get 10 RR
Recap:
Value of products: $52.99
$22.50 oop
10 RR for next week
$9.99 rebate in the mail
Money spent after RR and rebate: $2.50
Percent savings: 95%
And that is why I love couponing!
Disclaimer: This is by no means a comprehensive list of deals available or a full coupon match-up.
