The most cost effective way to shop at Walgreens is to roll Register Rewards - spend Register Rewards on products that trigger more. If you're following my $5 Scenarios, you have a $2 Energizer Register Reward to start this week's shopping.
Check out all of this week's Walgreens deals HERE.
Transaction #1
purchase:
(1) Colgate MaxFresh, MaxWhite or MaxClean toothpaste $2.99
(1) Spring or Easter Pencil with eraser - $0.59 (estimated price - needed as filler to use RR)
use:
(1) Colgate coupon (4/03/11 SS) -$0.75
Walgreens in-ad coupon for pencil -0.34
Energizer Register Reward from last week - $2.00
= $0.49 + tax out of pocket and get a $3 Colgate-Palmolive RR
Transaction #2
purchase:
(2) Aussie or Herbal Essences Hair Care Products $7.00
(1) Spring or Easter Pencil with eraser $0.59 (needed as filler to use RR)
use:
(1) B1G1 Aussie/Herbal Essences coupon (3/13/11 SS) - $3.50
Walgreens in-ad coupon for pencil -$0.34
Colgate-Palmolive Register Reward from previous transaction -$3.00
= $0.75 + tax out of pocket and get a $2 P&G Register Reward
Transaction #3
purchase:
(2) U by Kotex products $7.00
(1) Scotch Packing Tape $3.49 (estimated price)
(1) Spring or Easter Pencil with eraser $0.59 (needed as filler to use RR)
use:
(2) $1 Kotex printable coupons -$2.00
(1) Scotch Packing Tape printable coupon -$1.00
Walgreens in-ad coupon for Scotch Packing Tape -$1.99
Walgreens in-ad coupon for pencil with eraser -$0.34
P&G Register Reward from previous transaction -$2.00
= $3.75 + tax out of pocket and get a $3 Kimberly-Clark Register Reward
Items Purchased
(2) Aussie or Herbal Essences Hair Care Products
(2) U by Kotex
(1) Colgate Toothpaste
(1) Scotch Packaging Tape
(3) Pencils
Total retail before sales & coupons: $26.51
Total out of pocket: $4.99 + tax for an 81% savings
And a $3 Kimberly-Clark Register Reward to start next week's shopping.
If you don't have the $2 Register Reward to start with, you will spend $6.99 with this scenario for a 73% savings.
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Are we allowed to use the -$1/2 Herbal Essence coupon along with the B1G1?
ReplyDeleteLisa- you cannot use a $1/2 because you are already using a coupon on one of them. If you have the P&G coupon booklet from the mail, you could use the $1/1 coupon. Hope that helps. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa B and Tonya - Thanks Tonya for answering Lisa's questions.
ReplyDeleteThis morning I used the herbal essence b1g1 coupon along with the $1/2 coupon out of todays paper and it went through just fine.
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymous - If both the B1G1 and the $1/2 scanned wyb (2) products, doens't mean it's correct usage.
ReplyDeleteIf everyone did that, Walgreens wouldn't have sold enough product to cover the coupons used and they won't be reinbursed. When a store dosen't get reinbused for coupons, the managers get very coupon unfriendly. I don't think anyone wants that to happen.
Thanks for the info. My store had the color wonder on clearance for 99 cents. woohoo free easter basket things. However, every single coupon was beeping and they wouldn't go through. The cashier actually had to manually enter the price of the product after coupon. The register wouldn't even take the pencils ( cashier said it was probably becuase they hadn't been loaded in the computer. You would think with everyone taking register rewards they would want to get their act straight. The cashier was very helpful though which is always a nice surprise at Walgreens :)
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa - I don't know what's going on with the coupons at Wags. I've had lots of beeps and have heard that from others too.
ReplyDeleteUntil Wags gets this fixed, its more important than ever to shop at a store and use a cashier that is coupon friendly.