RITE AID DEALSSince a lot of people do not believe that you can get name brand items and not just junk food with coupons, I decided to post my deals each month. I will post how much I spent, saved, and what items I purchased. My budget for my family of 5 is $200.00 per month.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
My Albertson's Deals
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
My Kraft Deals At Albies (Sept.)
ALBERTSON’S (Kraft Deals)
Saved: $78.16
Items Purchased: 18 (evened out to .40 cents per item, which is great considering I bought 3 Jumbo Packs of Diapers)
I bought 3 Jumbo Packs of Seventh Generation Diapers, 6 Packages of Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs, 5 Bricks of Kraft Cheese, Knudsen Sour Cream, and 3 Tubs of Cool Whip
(The diapers were on clearance for $4.99 a bag and I had $1/1 coupons making them $3.99 per bag, I used the $5/5 Kraft Cheese coupon and a $5.00 catalina making the cheese FREE, I used 2 of the $1/2 and 2 of the $1/1 coupons for the Hot Dogs making them FREE plus $1.00 overage which made my Sour Cream come to .29 cents and then I got another $5.00 catalina back which I used on my diapers, making my total $7.26)
Thursday, April 8, 2010
APRIL DEALS
Spent: $34.30, Saved $123.06, Got 44 Items (evened out to .77 cents per item)
APRIL WEEK 4:
WAL-MART DEALS:
Got 28 Items: 2 Scrapbooking Glue Pens, 2 Degree Deodorants, 2 Benadryl Itch Sticks, 2 Tucks Take Along Boxes, Toy Story Sand Bucket, 2 Bottles of Heinz Vinegar, 1 Box of Special K Crackers, 1 Can of Nestle Nesquick Powder, 2 Worcestershire Sauce, 4 Boxes of Keebler Wheatables, 2 Blue Bunny Ice Cream Sandwiches, 1 Tub of Best Life Butter, 2 Family Size Stouffer’s Lasagna’s, 1 Pack of Land ‘O Frost Lunch Meat, and 1 Box of Simply Go-Gurts
(I used $37.35 in coupons and $5.00 recycling voucher from my water bottles.)
WALGREENS DEALS:
Got 25 Items: 2 Contour Blood Glucose Monitors, 2 Pantene Shampoo/Conditioner in 1, 2 Pantene Styling Gels, 2 Skintimate Shaving Creams, 1 Dermoplast Spray, 2 Packs of Shick Quattro Razors 4 Pack, 4 Nestle Candy Bars, 2 Packs of Stayfree Pads, 2 Tone Body Washes, 2 Packs of Plackers Flossers 90 ct., & 4 Boxes of Bengay Patches
(I used over $98.00 in coupons and RR earned and still ended up with $14.00 in RR’s to use on my next shopping trip.)
ALBERTSON’S DEALS:
Got 7 Items: 2 lb Brick of Tillamook Cheese, 5 McCormick Grill Mates, and 1 Box of Snickers 90 Calorie Ice Cream Bars
(I used a $4.00 catalina I had from my previous cereal purchase and $5.00 in coupons for the Grill Mates.)
SPENT: $10.13, SAVED: $186.00, Got 60 Items (evened out to .16 cents per item)
APRIL LAST WEEK:
ALBERTSON’S: Got 32 Jumbo Packs of Baby Basic Diapers and 10 Packs of Kraft Melt-Downs. Before coupons this would’ve cost me $260.00, after coupons I only paid $118.58 (evened out to $2.82 per item, great price for diapers). I also ended up with a $2.00 off survey on my receipt and now have .60 cents off in gas.
SPENT: $118.58 SAVED: $177.00 #ITEMS: 42
(Albertson's & Walgreens Deals)
Items Purchased: I got 3 Jumbo Packs of Baby Basic Diapers, 3 Boxes of Ziploc Sliders Bags, Four 8 Pack of Juicy Juice Juice Boxes, One 8 Pack of Apple & Eve Juice Boxes, Three 4 Packs of Dannon Light & Fit Yogurt Cups, 3 Packs of Dannon Activia 4 Packs, One 4 Pack of Dannon Dan-Nino Yogurts, 1 Bag of Jelly Beans, 1 Revlon Pedi-Expert Egg Foot File Kit, Revlon Nail Buffer/File, and 7 Collage Photo Prints **(At full price these items would've cost me $102.24)**
SPENT:$6.79 (after $5 MIR) SAVED:$95.45 # ITEMS: 28 (That's 93% savings!!)
**(At full price this transaction would of cost me $132.83, I only paid $16.95.)**
SPENT: $16.95 (after $5 MIR) SAVED: $115.88 # ITEMS: 24 (That's 87% savings!)
Got 24 Items: 5 Boxes of Quaker Pancake Mix, 5 Boxes of Quaker Breakfast Cookies, 10 Boxes of Quaker Granola Bars, 1 Box of Quaker Instant Oatmeal, 2 Jars of Beech Nut Baby Food, and 1 Box of Beech Nut Baby Cereal
Spent: $18.97 ($2.00 of it was tax), Saved $61.38, # ITEMS: 24 (evened out to .79 cents per item)
APRIL WEEK ONE:
K-MART: 2 Dial Nutriskin Body Washes, 2 Right Guard Total Defense 5 Deodorants, 1 Renuzit Crystal Elements Starter Kits, 1 Renuzit Crystal Elements Refill Bag, Quilted Northern Toilet Paper 12 Double Rolls, Gillette Comfort 3 Razors 4 Pack, Gillette Sensor 3 Razors 4 Pack, 1 Oral-B Cross Action Toothbrush, 2 (6 Big Rolls Packs) of Bounty Paper Towels, 1 Pack of Charmin Toilet Paper 12 Double Rolls, 1 Windex, 2 Renuzit Spray Neutralizers, and 1 Gourmet Lollipop.
SPENT: $10.00, SAVED: $62.57, ITEMS PURCHASED: 17 Items
(At full price this would have cost me $72.57, I only paid $10.00 for everything.)
ALBERTSONS: 1 Box of Huggies Diapers, 4 Jumbo Packs of Pampers Diapers, 1 Gerber Graduates Lil Crunchies Snack, 6 Bottles of Gerber Baby Juice, 3 Boxes of Baby Basic Diapers, 1 Thomas the Train Pez Pack, 2 Boxes of Toy Story Fruit Snacks, 2 Packs of Danimals Yogurt, 2 Packs of Easter Cup Cake Cups, 1 Box of Gerber Graduates Crackers, 1 Can of Gerber Graduates Apple Wagon Wheels, 2 Bags of Bagels, Bananas, Oranges, and 1 lb Bag of Carrots
SPENT: $42.22, SAVED: $98.44, ITEMS PURCHASED: 29 Items
(At full price this would have cost me $140.66, I only paid $42.22 which I normally don’t spend this much in one week but I needed to stock up on diapers since my baby will be here in just a few more weeks. It’s better to stock up now when they are a good price then wait until I run out and have to pay normal price for them. So it will also save me in the long run.)
Thursday, March 4, 2010
My March Deals!
WEEK 1 (March 1st): I got 50 items which included: 4 Dreyer’s Ice Cream, 2 Bags of Sunchips, 5 Bags of Goldfish Crackers, 4 Star-Kist Tuna Pouches, 1 64 oz Minute Maid OJ, 2 Bagel Bites, 26 Cans of Old Orchard Juices, 4 Bags of 1 lb Land O Frost Lunch Meat, and 2 Pampers Jumbo Pack Diapers
Spent $22.97 w/tax, Saved $104.57 (evened out to .45 cents per item) & I earned a .20 cents off fuel reward!
WEEK 2: I got 107 Items which included: 15 Boxes of Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, 16 Old Orchard Juices, 12 Healthy Choice Soups, 3 Cans Hunts Tomatoes, 6 Boxes of Orville Smart Pop Popcorn, 10 Cans of Ro-Tel Tomatoes, 1 Marie Callender’s Signature Creations, 6 Dannon Activia (4 Packs), 3 6 Packs of Dannon Daninos, 2 Old Spice Red Zone Deodorants, 2 Gillette Fusion Shave Gels, 2 Gillette Body Washes, 2 Cover Girl Fresh Look Powders, 1 Singing Thomas the Train Toothbrush, 2 Bagel Bites, 7 Hot Pockets, 5 Family Packs of Jose Ole Taquitos, 1 Pack of 12 Double Rolls Angel Soft Toilet Paper, 1 Can Pork & Beans, 2 Hunt’s Spaghetti Sauce, 3 Dannon Collisions, 1 Pack of Charmin Toilet Paper 9 Large Rolls, 2 lb Bag of Mahatma Rice, and 3 Bags of Cadbury Eggs
Spent $23.50 w/tax ($9.34 of that was tax alone), Saved $277.24 (evened out to .21 cents per item) and I earned a .10 cents off fuel reward and got a $2.00 off survey on my receipt.
WEEK 3: 4 Right Guard Xtreme Deodorants, 6 Renuzit Pearl Scents, 4 Renuzit Adjustables, 8 Old Orchard Juices, 1 Kraft Bagel-Ful, 1 Box of Good Humor Bars, 2 Crunch ‘n Munch, 1 Box Keelber Wheatables, Fudge Shoppe Cookies, 2 Boxes of Frosted Mini Wheats, 3 Boxes of Raisin Bran Crunch, 4 Boxes of Apple Jacks, 4 Boxes of Froot Loops, 2 Boxes of Corn Pops, 2 Asian Sensations Complete Meals for 3, A 2 lb Bag of Peaches, 3 Cans of Pears, 1 Smuckers Strawberry Topping, 1 Loaf Sara Lee Whole Wheat Bread, and 1 Can of Maraschino Cherries. (I also got to use my $10.00 catalina at K-Mart on my son’s church shoes and socks, after the $10.00 catalina I only paid .40 cents for both of those items.)
I got 52 items, Spent $31.94, Saved $108.85 (evened out to .61 cents per item) and I earned another .10 cents off fuel reward and still have a $4.00 catalina to use at Albertsons.
WALGREENS DEALS (last week of March)
Items Purchased: 148 Items
(Toy Story Egg filled w/candy & stickers, Toy Story Paddle, Toy Story Kite, Transformers Kite, Raid Ant Traps 8 Pack, 120 Digital Photo Prints, 2 Dulcolax Balance, 2 Gallons Water, Dove Conditioner, Dentek Floss, 3 Easter Cups, Dove Men’s Body Wash, Dove Men’s Shower Tool, 2 Dove Ultimate Deodorants, Walgreens Daily Men’s Vitamins 100 ct., Johnson’s Baby Wash, Desitin, Dove Shampoo, Comet Cleaner, Walgreens Daily Women’s Vitamins 100 ct., and Baking Soda.)
Spent: $3.93
Saved: $110.40
(ALBERTSONS & TARGET DEALS)
ITEMS PURCHASED: 48 Items
(Box of Huggies Pure & Natural Diapers, Huggies Baby Wipes, 3 Old Spice Deodorants, Ruffies Trash Bags, Hefty Trash Bags, 2 Boxes of Target Trash Bags, 3 Battleship Games, 2 Monopoly Deal Card Games, 1 Scrabble Scram Card Game, 2 Monopoly Games, 5 Scotch Lint Rollers, 4 Dozen Eggs, 4 Boxes of Ronzoni Pasta, 2 Darigold Sour Cream, 6 Packs of Tree Top Juice Boxes, 3 Wish-Bone Spritzers, 2 Packs of Sargento Shredded Cheese, Frigo String Cheese 12 pack, and 2 Candy Bars)
SPENT: $31.17
SAVED: $114.64
MARCH TOTAL: Spent $113.52, Got 405 Items, Saved $715.70
My Feb. Deals!
WEEK 1:
Didn’t have time to do go shopping because we spent all week getting moved.
WEEK 2:
Got 50 items, spent $55.46 w/tax, saved over $200.00.
I spent a lot this week mainly because I wanted to stock up on diapers (I have one in size 6 and one more on the way) and chicken since we just moved. This total was actually decent considering over $25.00 of it was spent on just diapers and chicken. Here are some of the items I purchased; Dawn hand renewal dish soap, 24 pack Angel Soft Toilet Paper, 6 bags of diapers (4 Huggies & 2 Baby Basics Jumbo Packs), 8 lbs of chicken, 2 lbs of Sargento Cheese Slices, Fancy Feast & Iams cat food, Rhodes Rolls, 20 cans of Bumble Bee Tuna Fish, 4 cans of Olives, Milk, Oranges, Venus Razor, Olay Body Wash, Air Freshener Refills, and popsicles. I did my shopping at Walgreens, Albertsons, and Price Matching at Wal-Mart.
WEEK 3: I got 8 cans of Old Orchard frozen juice (I price matched them at Wal-Mart and used $1/4 coupons) I got a Swiffer Sweeper Starter kit and a 24 ct. Swiffer Sweeper wet cloths w/Febreze pack (needed a mop and broom, w/coupons this deal was cheaper than paying for a cheap mop and broom). Paid $9.44 for all the items listed above. (Not bad considering the Swiffer items because it evens out to around .94 cents per item. Plus I saved my receipt for the $100.00 P&G mail in form since the swiffer products are part of the deal.)
WEEK 4: I got 8 boxes of Betty Crocker Muffin Mix, 1 Box Lucky Charms, 1 Box of Bisquick, 2 Jumbo pack Baby Basic Diapers, 1 Dawn Foam Pump Soap, 2 Stouffer’s Family Skillet Meals, 4 Old Spice Body Wash, 2 Glade Scented Gel Plug-Ins, and 2 Renu Saline Solutions. Spent $19.56 w/tax, Purchased 23 Items, Saved $87.00 (evened out to .85 cents per item)
FEB. MONTHLY TOTAL: Spent $84.46, Saved $343.00, Items 83
(Since Feb. I have participated in the Idaho WIC program so I have not had to buy as much milk, cheese, produce, and eggs as I normally would since I get these items with my WIC checks.)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
My Jan. Deals
Week 1:
Today at Albertsons I got 21 Items for $8.00 (yes this included my tax, which was $1.05). Some of the items that I purchased were milk, yogurt, fresh fruit, special K cereal, 4 lb of Cheese, etc. So yes you can use coupons and get good deals on healthy items and dairy items.
Week 2:
Today at Albertsons I Bought: 21 Items (4 Yogurt Cups, 32 oz Tub Yogurt, 4 8 oz packs of Shredded Cheese, 5 lbs of Chicken Breast, 4 V8 Fusion Juices, 3 Boxes of Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, & 3 Boxes of Carnation Instant Breakfast 10 ct.
Spent: $7.93 w/tax (tax was $1.87)
Saved: $67.56
Dollar Per Item: evened out to .37 cents per item
Week 4: 10 Items (10 boxes of Quaker Granola Bars) for $4.00 at Albertsons, I saved $39.00! At Smith’s I got 10 boxes of Electrasol, 10 packs of Mission Tortillas and 2 bags of Quaker Quakes. 22 Items for $9.50 (over $2.00 of it was tax on electrasol) saved $75.00
JAN. MONTHLY TOTAL: Spent $29.43, Saved $216.56, Items 74
