Cathy at Chief Family Officer shared four great deals at Ralphs this week. If you’re new to coupons, read my post on coupon clipping basics. To take advantage of these deals, you’ll need to have saved the coupon inserts you receive in the mail or with your Sunday newspaper. Here’s a great suggestion for how to handle coupon organization.
Hamburger Helper, Rice A Roni or Pasta Roni $1
Use 75 cents/3 from 3/7 or 4/11 Smart Source
Final price: 67 cents each when you buy 3
Nabisco Snack Crackers or Sunshine Cheez-It Crackers $1.99
Use $1/1 Nabisco Ritz Munchables Pretzel Crisps from 3/14 Smart Source, if included in sale
Final price: 99 cents
Snuggle Fabric Softener $3.99
Use $3/1 Snuggle from 3/28 Red Plum
Final price: 99 cents
Hershey’s or Reese’s Candy Bar 50 cents
Use 55 cents/1 Reese’s Dark Peanut Butter Cups from 3/14 Smart Source
Final price: free
Check out the rest of her deals at Ralphs this week. Thanks, Cathy!
I headed to Walgreens to spend a $25 voucher I received recently for transferring a prescription from another pharmacy. On my way to the store I called a friend who knows I am a bargain hunter.
“You’re going to the drugstore? Are you going to use coupons?”
“No,” I said sheepishly.
“Really?”
“I was too lazy to look through anything but the Sundays coupons,” I confessed.
“Ohhhhh. I’m going to out you on your blog,” he teased.
“Hmph.”
At Walgreens, however, I realized there were a ton of ways to stretch my dollars – without coupons. I bought everything you see in the above picture, which has a retail value of $49.07, for $3.42! Here’s how I did it.
- I first checked the Walgreens store circular for coupons for items on my list (see below). I found two.
- I wasn’t brand loyal. Instead, I started with a general list and took advantage of a buy-one-get-one free sale on batteries and other deals.
- I carefully reviewed cosmetic prices and leveraged a sweet deal on Revlon products, which were 40 percent off. Plus, if I bought $10 in Revlon products I would get a $5 voucher to buy more Revlon products.
- I bought off-brand candy (the gummy bears).
- I bought products on sale (Hershey’s chocolate, beauty tools, polish, batteries, tissues).
- I went back to ask the manager when I noticed a pricing mistake on my receipt and got a refund.
- I quickly used my bonus $5 Revlon voucher before it could expire. (Walgreens Register Rewards have to be used on your “next” purchase, which means you can come back another day or wait in line again. RR are only good for a few days so I like to spend them on the same trip.)
Even if I did not have the $25 voucher, my tab would have come to $28.42 – a 42% discount over the $49.07 retail price. Not too bad for leaving my manufacturer coupons at home.
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Get a free Butterfinger candy bar if you are one of the first 100,000 to fill out a form via the manufacturer’s Facebook page.
Coupon stacking rocks, especially when combining sales with coupons gets you amazing products for free, like this Target scenario for three Seventh Generation products.
Get 80% off at Restaurant.com for a limited time only.
Coming later today on my WalletPop blog: a 30% off coupon for Borders books. Check all the coupons and deals on my WalletPop blog.
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Cathy from ChiefFamilyOfficer shared this week’s Ralphs deals. If you’ve never used coupons, read my post on the basics of clipping coupons. Or fast forward to advanced coupon clipping techniques in my interview with master clipper Erin Gifford of Coupon Cravings.
Farmer John Bacon – $1.97
Use $1 off 1 Farmer John Bacon printable coupon
Final price: 97 cents after coupon
French’s Mustard – $1.67
Use $.50 off 1 Frenchs Classic Yellow Mustard from the 1/24 Smart Source (exp 3/31) or 3/21 Smart Source
Or use $.50 off 1 Frenchs Mustard Spicy Brown, Honey Mustard or Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce from the 1/24 Smart Source (exp 3/31) or 3/21 Smart Source
Final price: 67 cents after double coupon
Welch’s 100% Juice – $2.99
Use $1 off 1 Welchs 100% Grape Juice or 100% Grape Juice Blend from the 2/7 Smart Source
Final price: $1.99 after coupon
The following deal will be available only during the 8-hour sale on Thursday:
Tropicana Pure Premium OJ – $1.88 (limit 2)
$1 off 2 Tropicana Pure Premium or Trop 50 from the 2/21 Red Plum or $1 off 1 Trop 50 from 3/14 Red Plum
Final price: as low as 88 cents after coupon
Read the rest of the deals at Ralphs Cathy found. Thanks, Cathy!
