Link Love: What's Free at the Drug Stores

I wish I had time to go through the adds and analyze the sales and coupons for all the drugstores. So I am very thankful that Moms Need to Know has produced a list of what is free this week. I am definitely going to pick up some $1.49 laundry detergent at CVS this week!

Just a tip, if you are going to purchase laundry detergent at Walgreens, do two checkouts. For the first, get the products that are free after register rewards (using your money to purchase). Then second, purchase your detergent with the register rewards that you just received plus your coupons. In other words, spend the same money twice!

Lunchtime Shopping - Kroger & Rite Aid

Crystal the Coupon Momma had a great post about a super deal for Easter Candy at Rite Aid. So last night I decided to try it at lunch today, though I do not have her exact coupons. I remember several years ago when I was buying candy for three kids' Easter baskets that it cost me around $60 and I thought I was getting a deal. Things have really changed, fortunately!

8 Hershey's Candy Bags, regularly 3.99, on sale 1.99
1 Reese's Mini Eggs Bag, regularly 3.99, on sale 1.99
-(2) $2/3 Hershey's Candy SS 3/14 or printable
-$1/2 Hershey's Kisses (All You, February 2010)
-(3) $2/3 Hersheys/Reeses Candy In-Ad Coupons
Final Price: .77 ea

2 Lifesaver Jelly Beans, regularly 2.49, on sale 1.50
-$1/2 MF Q from Kroger Mailing
Final Price: $1 ea

-$5/$20 Rite Aid Coupon PRINT (available by watching videos)

Total before sales/coupons: $44.67
OOP: 5.38 (3.91 + tax, saving 88%)

Kroger was next door so I stopped in to see if they had any Bumble Bee Tuna as the Kroger I visited yesterday was out. Keep in mind that this week is the Kroger March To Savings Mega Event. When you purchase eight participating items, you will get $4 off instantly at checkout. See all the included products at Southern Savers. The sale is through Saturday with a chance that it will continue on through next week (mega events often are for two weeks).

16 Bumble Bee Albacore Tuna Pouches, regularly 1.79, on sale .99 (.49 Mega Price)
-(2) $1/5 IP Qs printable
-(3) $1/2 MF Qs 02-21-10 SS
Final Price: .18 ea

2 Snickers Candy Bars, regularly .79, on sale .50
-.50/2 MF Q 02-21-10 RP, doubled
Final Price: Free

Total before sales/coupons: $30.08
Coupons: 6.00
Sales: 20.58
OOP: $3.50 (saving 90%)

Favorite Deals of the Week 9/2/09

Kroger:

Buy 3 Participating Items Get a 24 pack of Kroger Water (some stores get milk)

(there are numerous participating products but many are not on sale I am only listing sale items)

Kellogg’s Cereal, 12-27.5 oz $3 ea
Fruit Loops, Smart Start, All Bran, Special K, Frosted Flakes, Corn Flakes
-$1/2 Kellogg’s Special K And/Or Special K Bliss Cereal Bars RP 7/12
-$1 off Kellogg’s All-Bran Cereal or Kellogg’s All-Bran Fiber Products June All You Magazine
-$1.50 off Kellogg All-Bran, Raisin Bran, or Mini-wheats printable -$2/2 Kellogg’s Cereals with Fiber RP 8/30
Final Price: 1.50 - 2.50 ea

Keebler Chips Deluxe or Sandies Cookies $2 ea
Keebler Fudge Shoppe Cookies $1.75 ea
-$1/2 Keebler Cookies RP 8/02
-$2 off Milk wyb (2) Keebler Cookies “Fuel for School” booklet
Final Price: $1.25 - 1.50 plus $2 off of milk

Special K Bars $2.50 ea
-.75/1 Special K Chocolate Pretzel Bars printable
-$1/2 Special K Bars RP 7/12
Final Price: 1.75 - 2.00

Kellogg’s Fruit Snacks and Yogos $2 ea
-.50/1 Kellogg’s Yogos printable
Final Price: $1 ea

Other Deals:

Seedless Black Grapes .99¢ lb

Breyers Ice Cream, 48 oz, $2.27 ea
-$1 off Breyer’s Ice Cream “Raise your Hand for Savings” booklet or RP 7/12
-.25/1 off Breyers Unilever eCoupon
-$1/2 Breyers printable
Final Price: use $1 off with eCoupon makes it $1.02

Kroger Cheese, Bar, Shredded or Sliced, 6-8 oz, $1.25 ea

Kroger Sandwich Bread White or Wheat $1 ea

Pepperidge Farm Goldfish, 6-8.7 oz, $1 ea

Lay’s Potato Chips, 10.5-13.75 oz, $1.99 ea
-$1/2 Lay’s Potato Chips July All You Magazine
Final Price: 1.49 ea

Weber Grilling Spices, 2.5-2.75 oz, $1 ea
-$1/1 MF Q from booklet
Final Price: Free

Hunt’s Ketchup, 24 oz, $1 ea
-$1/2 Hunt’s Ketchup September All You Magazine
-$1/2 Hunt’s Tomato Ketchup SS 6/21
-.20/1 Hunt’s Tomato Ketchup SS 6/21
Final Price: .50-.60 ea

Tylenol 8 Hour Pain Relief 24 ct $2.99 ea
-$2 off Tylenol 8 hr 24ct SS 8/23, 7/26
-$2 off Tylenol coupon on boxes
Final Price: .99

Bounty Paper Towels, Single Roll, $1 ea
-$1/2 Bounty PG 8/02
-.25/1 Bounty Towels Or Napkins PG 8/30
-.25/1 Bounty printable
Final Price: .50 ea

Purex Liquid Laundry Detergent 24-32 Ld., or 52 ld Liquid Fabric Softener $2.50 ea
-.35/1 Purex Laundry Detergent Liquid Or Powder SS 8/16
-.50/1 Purex Natural Elements printable
Final Price: 1.50 - 1.80 ea

Cottonelle Bath Tissue 20 Double Rolls $9.99 ea
-.25/1 Cottonelle Cellfire eCoupon
-$1/2 Cottonelle 4pk or larger SS 7/26, 8/23
-.50/1 Cottonelle 4pk or larger SS 7/26, 8/23 or printable
Final Price: $8.74 or .43¢ per roll

Thanks to Southern Savers for this information. Check out her site for complete deal match-ups!

Rite-Aid:

Post Cereals are B1G1
-$1/2 Post Cereals printable (Rite Aid store coupon)
- $2 off Honey Bunches of Oats with Pecans printable
(use 2) Total = get both boxes FREE

Reeses Candy bars .50 ea
-.55/1 Reeses Candy Product, any SS 8/23
Final Price: Free

Cottonelle 12pk or Viva 8pk $9.49
-$3 off Cottonelle or Viva in ad coupon
-.50/1 Cottonelle SS 7/26, 8/23 or printable
-$1 off Cottonelle 12pk June or August All You Magazine
-$1 off Viva 6pk July All You Magazine
-.60/1 or .85/1 Viva SS 8/16
-.40/1 Viva printable
Final Price: Use in-ad coupon and $1/1 MF Q to make it $5.49

Check out Southern Savers for complete Rite-Aid Deals.

Food Lion:

There are not too many great deals at Food Lion this week, especially since they have not renewed (as of yet) their house brand FLIPs. Check out Southern Savers for the complete list of deals. Here is one that is really great.

Fresh Chicken Leg Quarters .39¢ lb
-$5 off $20 from Meat Department printable
(if they had it available, you could stock your freezer with 51 lbs of chicken for $15)

Publix:

Barber Foods Stuffed Chicken Breast, 8-10 oz, $4.99 BOGO
-$1 off any Barber Foods Chicken printable (their are two different coupons here)
Final Price: $1.49 ea

Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dip, 12 oz, $2 BOGO
-.75/1 Heluva Good! Dip or Cheese SS 8/23
-.50/1 Heluva Good! Dips printable (IE) or printable (FF)
Final Price: Free

Kraft American Cheese Singles, 12 oz, $2.69 BOGO
-.75/2 Kraft Singles Kraft Food & Family Magazine Sept ‘09
-$1/2 Kraft Singles RP 8/09 -$2 off Bread wyb Kraft Singles and Oscar Mayer Deli Shaved Meats printable
-$2 off Bread wyb Kraft Singles and Oscar Mayer Lunch meat (any) printable
-$1 off any Kraft Dairy Product July Ladies Home Journal
Final Price: .35 - .97 plus discount on other combination of products

Popsicle Ice Pops, Fudgesicle or Creamsicle, 21.6-39.6 oz, $3.99 BOGO
-$1 off any Popsicle product “Raise your Hand for Savings” booklet
-.75/1 Popsicle product printable (Target)
Final Price: use together makes it .24¢ ea

Mrs. Paul’s Fish, 8-11.4 oz, or Clams, 8 oz, $4.49 BOGO
-$1 off Mrs. Paul’s item “Toss for Cash” booklet (Publix Q, not in FL version)
-$3 off Mrs. Paul’s item printable (no longer available)
-$1.50 off Mrs. Paul’s item printable (no longer available)
Final Price: Free - 1.25 ea

Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Cake Mix, 17.52-18.25 oz, $1.75 BOGO
-$1/2 Duncan Hines products “Toss for Cash” Booklet (not in FL version)
Final Price: .37¢ ea

Mt. Olive Pickles, 16-46 oz or 4 pk, $2.79 BOGO
-.50/1 or $1 off Mt. Olive product SS 8/16, 7/19
-.75/1 Mt. Olive products SS 8/16, 7/19
Final Price: .39 - .65 ea

PAM Cooking Spray 5-6 oz can, $3.39 BOGO
Final Price: 1.70

Lawry’s 30 Minute Marinade, 12 oz, at $2.79
-.50/1 Lawry’s Marinade RP 8/30, 7/26 (exp 9/06)
-$2 off FL Chicken or Beef WYB 2 Lawry's FLIP (exp 12/1/09)
Final Price: .39¢ ea plus $2 off of meat WYB 2

Kraft Chunk Cheese or Shredded, Cubes or Cracker Cut, 6-8 oz, $1.66 ea
-$1/2 Kraft, Cracker Barrel or Polly-O Natural Cheese RP 8/09
-$1.50 off Salad wyb (1) Kraft Shredded Cheese and (1) Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Strips printable Final Price: 1.16 ea

Smucker’s Uncrustables Sandwiches, 8 oz box, $2 ea
-$1/2 Uncrustables RP 8/09 -.75/1 Uncrustables RP 8/09
-$1 off Uncrustables printable
Final Price: $1 - 1.50 ea

Kingsford Match Light Charcoal, 13.5 lb bag, $7.99
-$2 off Kingsford Charcoal “Get Grilling” flyer Free KC Masterpiece Sauce wyb (1) Kingsford Charcoal tearpad
-$2 off Kingsford Charcoal and (1) KC Masterpiece Sauce RP 6/21
-$3/1 FLIP
Final Price: 2.99

Pepsi 12 Packs, 4.00 B3G2 Sale
-B4G1 HG Hill in-ad MF Q
Final Price: 5 for $8

See Southern Savers for complete match-up.

Harris Teeter:

Smithfield Bacon $2.50
-$3 off Smithfield Bacon printable
Final Price: Free

Boston Butt, .88 lb (cheaper than HG Hill)

French’s Worcestershire Sauce $1 ea
-.50/1 French’s Worcestershire Sauce printable
Final Price: Free

Cantaloupe .99¢ ea

Sweet Corn .25¢ ea

Ginger Gold Apples .79¢ lb

Sorrento String Cheese, $2.66 BOGO
-$1 off Sorrento Snack cheese SS 8/23 or printable
Final Price: .33¢ ea

HG Hill:

Check out my post here for deals. Of particular interest is the following:

Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs, 4 for $5
-$1/2 MF Q SS 8/23
Final Price: .75 ea (Great Price!)

Ground Chuck, 1.69 per lb

Pillsbury Grands 5 for $5
-.35/1 MF Q SS 7/12
-$1/3 MF Q SS 7/12, SS 8/9
-.40/3 MF Q SS 9/8
-$1/1 IP Q (Firefox) HERE
Final Price: FREE - .73 ea

A1, 2 for $4
-$2/1 MF Q SS 8/16
-$1 off of Beef WYB A1 Tearpad
Final Price: FREE plus $1 off of beef

Idaho Potatoes, 5 lb bag, 1.49

Rite Aid Prescription Transfer Coupon

In case you may looking for this, here is a Rite Aid Prescription Transfer printable coupon. I have used similar ones in the past at Rite Aid, CVS and Kroger.

Rite Aid $5 off of $25 Coupon

"Rite Aid takes $5 off in-store purchases of $25 or more via this printable coupon. That's not as good as its more common $5 off $20 coupon, but it's the only active RiteAid coupon we could find. Coupon expires May 31."

-Deal News

Rite Aid $5 off of $25 Printable

Click here to print your coupon. Valid for Friday and Saturday Only! March 13 & March 14.

Rite Aid $5 off of $25 Printable

Go HERE to print your $5 off of $25 purchase at Rite Aid. This coupon is good until 3/31/09.

Deals I Like This Week

Harris Teeter:
Good week to stock up on seafood and cereal.

Gorton’s Fish - select varieties - $6.99 B2G3
Final Price: 2.80 each when you get 5
If shrimp is included in sale, there is a MF Q $1/1, use 5 Qs and final price will be $1.80 each
Also, if you wait until this Sunday, -.40/1 Gorton’s product SS 3/1 (upcoming) which will make it about $2 each.

Sea Pak Crab Cakes or Butterfly Shrimp, $3.84 BOGO
-$1/1 MF Q (02-08-09 SS)
Final Price: .92 each

Danactive or Activia, 1.99
-$1/1 MF Q
Final Price: .99 each

Kellogg's Frosted Flakes 14oz, Corn Pops or Fruit Loops 8.7 oz - $3.38 BOGO
-MF Q .70/1, doubled (02-22-09 RP, HT doubles up to .99)
Final Price: .29 each

Publix:

Progresso Soup $1.25 ea
-$1.10 off any Progresso printable (IE) or printable (FF)
-.25/1 off Progresso Light SS 2/08
-$1/4 Progresso Soups SS 01/04
-$1/2 Progresso Soups printable or printable(IE) or printable (FF)
-$2/4 Progresso Soups printable
Final Price: Varies, .15 each if using the first printable
You can use the Italian Sale Coupon as well - $5/20 items.

Mueller’s Pasta, (excluding Lasagna and Jumbo Shells), $1.49 BOGO
-.55/2 IP Q (SS 1/04)
Final Price: .47¢ ea
If whole grain is included in sale, there is a .55/1 coupon which will make them .20 each

Classico Pasta Sauce, 10 to 24 oz jar, $2.39 BOGO
-$1/2 IP Q printable
Final Price: .47¢ ea

Kraft Deluxe Macaroni & Cheese Dinner or Kraft Velveeta Shells & Cheese, save up to $1.99
-$1/2 IP Q printable (IE) or printable (FF)
Final Price: .49¢ ea

Betty Crocker Supreme Brownie Mix, or Dessert Bar Mix, 2.69 BOGO
- .50/1 MF Q, doubled
Final Price: .34¢ ea

Pam Cooking Spray, 5 or 6 oz can, $3.39 BOGO
-.35/1 MF Q, doubled
Final Price: .99 each

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Spread, 2 pk, 15 oz tub, 16 oz ctn, or or Spray 8 oz, $2.39 BOGO
-.40/1 MF Q , doubled
Final Price: .39 each

Birds Eye Voila! Meal, 21 to 23 oz bag, $4.99 BOGO
-IP Q $1/1 printable
Final Price: $1.49 ea

Dove Ice Cream, 3.49 BOGO
-$2/1 Q from inside packages if you are lucky enough to have them
Final Price: Free or 1.75 each

Bell Peppers $1.99 lb (50% off, one bell pepper weighs about 1/2 lb so about $1 each which is a good deal, particularly on the red peppers). These are good to chop and put in freezer for recipes.

Del Monte Tomatoes, $1.39 BOGO
-$1/2 MF Q (RP 2/08, no salt variety)
-.40/1 MF Q (RP 2/08, no salt variety)
Final Price: Free to .19 each

Yoplait Yogurt, (Trix pictured) 6 pk, 4 oz cup, $2.79 BOGO
-.35/1 MF Q (SS 1/04 - exp 2/28)
-.75/2 or $1/2 MF Q (SS 2/08)
-$1/2 Yoplait Yogurts printable
Final Price: .69 to 1.02

Kraft Shredded Cheese 8oz Shreds, Bars, or Cubes $1.66 ea
-.75/1 Kraft 2% Cheese in store blinkie (exp 2/28)
Final Price: .91 each

Green Giant Canned Vegetables, 11 to 15.25 oz can, $1.29 BOGO
-$5 off 20 items Italian Sale store coupon
Final Price: .39¢ ea if you buy 20

Suave Naturals Shampoo or Conditioner $1.25 ea
-$2/3 MF Q (RP 1/11)
-$1/2 MF Q (RP 1/11)
-$1 off Suave printable (Food Lion)
Final Price: Free if you stack MF Q with Food Lion Q

Crest Whitening Toothpaste w/Scope, $2.45 ea
-$1.50/1 MF Q (PG 01/18)
-$1 off any Crest Toothpaste, Rinse etc. Store Coupon Simple Ways to Save Flyer
Final Price: Free if you stack MF Q with Publix Q

(MUST do by Friday) Revlon Beauty Tools or Cosmetics reg. price
-$2.50 off any Revlon Beauty Tool or Cosmetic Green Advantage Buy Flyer (exp 2/27)
-$1 off any Revlon Beauty Tool SS 2/08
-$2 off any Revlon Color Cosmetic product SS 02/08
(just using store coupon makes nail files and clippers free, add in man. coupon for overage or to make other products FREE) If you use this Revlon deal with the Italian Sale Publix Coupon, purchasing Progresso with coupons, you could virtually bring your OOP to near zero.

Thanks to Southern Savers for this information! Check her out for other Publix Deals!

Food Lion:

Gain 2X Detergent 24-32 oz $3.99 ea
-.50/1 MF Q (PG 1/18 - exp 2/28)
-$1/1 MF Q Mailed
-$1/1 IP Q printable
Final Price: $2.99 - 3.49 ea

Edy’s Ice Cream Buy More Save More Deal
Buy 1-2 = $4.99 ea
Buy 3 = $3.99 ea
Buy 4 = $2.99 ea
Buy 5 = $1.99 ea
Buy 6 or more they are $4.99 ea

Thanks to Southern Savers for this info! Check her out for more Food Lion Deals.

Rite Aid:

Sweet Sue Chunk Chicken, on sale .99
-.75/1 MF Q
Final Price: .24 each

Sunsweet Prunes, 2 for $5
-$1/1 MF Q
Final Price: $1.50 each (Great for Pioneer Woman's Prune Cake)

If You're Going to Rite Aid Today...

Rite Aid has a $5 off of a $20 purchase printable coupon that expires today. You can make some money with their rebate program plus the $5 coupon. You will have to be willing to have delayed gratification and you must submit your receipts online after you make your purchase in order to get the rebate, though it is really easy. It is really nice getting those checks in the mail! Here's a possible scenario.

Rite Aid $5/$20 for Feb. 6 & 7

Today and Saturday ONLY use THIS Rite Aid printable Coupon and get $5 off your $20 purchase! Coupon Expires Feb 7th!

Here are a few Rite Aid Tips:

• Some Rite Aids will take printable coupons, some will not, YMMV.
• An SCR is a Single Check Rebate and is the Rite Aid form of discounts. This is a form of saving money through delayed gratification. You buy the products, submit the receipts online and they mail you a single check. You must wait until you have submitted all your receipts for the month before you request the check as they will only give you one chance for the month. You will receive a post card check in the mail that you can deposit in your bank. If you forget to request the check, they will eventually send you one anyway after a cut off date.
• Just FYI, Walgreens' rebate system is similar only they send you a Walgreens' Gift Card that you spend at Walgreens. I personally like the Walgreens' version better as you don't have the step where you have to deposit the money in your bank to respend it. Also, with the Walgreen's Gift Card you can repurchase the new rebate items and have that money put on a gift card for the following month (thus respending the same money over and over). With Walgreens, you get 10% added to the gift card by choosing the gift card as your method of reimbursement (you could choose a check).
• Sometimes Rite Aid has great deals for their SCRs, like this example. Other months not so much. Your goal is to purchase a product at or below the rebate amount. You can do this usually with coupons combined with their weekly sales.
• HERE is more detailed information about the Rite Aid rebate/coupon program.
• Check the Rite Aid website for a list of current rebates.

Here are my possible scenarios to use your $5/$20 purchase (based on my coupons):


Check out Deal Seeking Mom for other scenarios and tips.

Rite Aid Scenario 10/26 - 10/28

To get most of these rebates, you must shop by Tuesday. Go HERE for the internet coupon for the Citre Shine products. The scenario is a money maker unless your are in a high tax state like me. Of course you won't see your money until the beginning of the next month (Dec.). See last post for explanation. Click on picture to enlarge.

Free After Rebate Items at Rite Aid

Justine at Justine's Grocery Brags has listed all the free items after rebates that Rite Aid is offering in November. That is over $84 worth of products. If you can part with the money now, you will get it back in December (think easy Christmas saving account with benefits) and get all the great items listed. However, many of the items have a specific time in which you have to purchase them so look at the list carefully. If you have a coupon for any of the items, you will make money. After you purchase something, go to the Rite Aid website, set up your free account, and input the information from your receipt. Once you have finished submitting your receipts for everything you want to purchase for the month, finalize your rebate request and they will send you checks for all your items. They come to you looking like a post card so don't throw them away. Deposit the money in your account! Cool, huh?

Rite Aid Scenario 10/12 - 10/18

I don't often shop at Rite Aid, but so far it has been a great experience. A couple of months ago, I purchased a few items at Rite Aid using a prescription transfer gift card. It was a great deal then but it got even better. Last month they sent me two checks. I did not apply for my Single Check Rebates (actually did not know I purchased qualifying products) but they sent me a nice letter saying that I had bought them and they issued those checks based on my purchases. I am not exactly sure how they knew what I had purchased. There is a place on their website where you can submit your receipts, but I had not for those. So this week they have a bunch of items that are free after the Single Check Rebate (SCR). It gets even better if you have a coupon (overage). Here is my shopping list. You can go to I Heart Rite Aid for links to the internet coupons (IPs) that I am using. If you have a prescription to be filled that you don't mind transferring to Rite Aid, you can get a $30 gift card. You can use it to make similar purchases as I describe below and still get a check next month for purchasing these products. See bottom of this page for definitions of abbreviations. Click picture to enlarge.


Thus, for all my purchases, the final cost (after SCRs) to me will be $1.22 (before tax, of course).

Rite Aid 7/16/08

So I tried Rite Aid today for the first time for my lunchtime trip. Chief Family Officer first mentioned how great the deals are and that they send you rebate checks. All you have to do is go online and enter the information (three numbers) from your receipt. So I am giving it a try. Here is what I did:

Transaction 1:

Refill a prescription, transferring it from another drugstore. I used the coupon in the weekly advertisement that said if you transfer a prescription, they give you a $30 gift card. Prescription was $10 and I would have spent that anyway. And the great thing is, they were fast.

Transaction 2:

10 Vive Pro Shampoo/Conditioners, regularly 4.99 on sale BOGO - 5 MF Qs BOGO, thus free.
4 Lysol Neutra-Air 10 oz, regularly 2.99 on sale BOGO - 2 MF Qs BOGO, thus free.
3 Electrasol Pwrbal, regularly 4.99 on sale 2.99 - 3 MF Q $2.25/1, making them .74 each
2 Coppertone 30 SPF Spray, regularly 9.99, on sale BO get O half off - 2 MF Q $1/1, making them 6.50 each

So my subtotal was $15.20 and with tax it was $20.09 which I used my gift card from transaction #1 to pay with. And on top of that, I submitted my receipt online and should get back $2 for Electrasol and $5 for the Coppertone.

Just a note, someone mentioned online that they were going to purchase ten Sunday papers this last weekend for the great coupons. I had never done that before so I tried it. I bought them at Publix along with a few other things and used their $5 off of 35 deal to help pay for them. I have yet to locate a store in my area that sells them cheaper during the week (I have checked with several stores so far including Walmart and no luck). Anyway, this trip more than made up for that purchase and I still have many more great coupons to work with.

I think I will be going back to Rite Aid. This cashier was very nice and did not have any problems with any of the coupons. I basically purchased $96.81 worth of products by transferring a prescription, shopping the sales, using coupons, and I get money back and still have ten dollars on the gift card. Very cool.