Meijer

Last week was my best week at Meijer and I never got a chance to blog about it! Donny was home when I got back from my big trip and he carried all my bags to the basement before I got a chance to take a picture of my good finds. I had almost $100 in coupons! I got $160 worth of groceries for $67. If only I could repeat that every week!


We don't need much in the grocery department this week. Donny is going camping this week and the kids and I are headed to Myrtle Beach on Sunday so I will just be stocking up on a few sale items and enough fruit and veggies to get us through the week. We mostly buy our meat at a Market in Addison, a trip we will need to make as soon as we get back from vacation!


This weeks stock up prices-

$2 Organic Strawberries

$2 Cantalope

$1.67 Blueberries

$2.67 Ore-Ida Fries or Hash Browns-$1.00/1 Sweet Potato Fries coupon (from 5-22 SS)

Buy 3 Ore-Ida potatoes, get 1 free
$1.25 each when you buy 4 and use 3 coupons

*on my quick stop by Meijers before the tornado sirens went off, I checked and carpenter road was already out of sweet potato fries! Hopefully they restock by morning. 

$1.69 Glad Cling Wrap 200 sqft
-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
-$1.00/2 Glad coupon (from 5-22 SS) 
$0.69 each when you buy 2 with coupons


$2.00 Dole Fruit Crisp
-$0.50/1 Fruit Crisp coupon (from 4-3 SS)
$1.00 after coupon


$1.79 Weight Watchers Smart Ones products
-$3.00/10 Smart Ones printable coupon
Buy 10 in one transaction, save $4.00 instantly at the register
$1.09 each after coupon and $4 register coupon


$0.99 Parkay Margarine 
-$0.50/1 Parkay printable coupon
Free after coupon


$2.59 Smart Balance Milk, half gallon all varieties-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
-$1.50/1 Smart Balance coupon (from 5-8 SS)
$0.59 each when you buy 2 with coupons
Anyone ever tried to freeze smart balance milk? Hmm, I think I have a dozen coupons. 


$2.50 Jell-O Ready to Eat Pudding or Gelatin, 6 pk-$0.55/1 Jell-O coupon (from 5-15 SS)
-Buy 2 Jell-O Ready to Eat 6 packs in one transaction, get 1 free instantly at the register
$1.30 each when you buy 3 with 2 coupons

50% OFF Pompeian Olive Oil
$2.85 Pompeian Olive Oil, 16 oz-$1.00/1 Pompeian printable coupon
$1.85 after coupon

You can print two per computer!

$2.00 Daisy Cottage Cheese, 16 oz all varieties-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
$1.50 each when you buy 2 with coupon
*we don't like Daisy cottage cheese but seems like a decent price if you like it!


$3.49 Eggland’s Best Organic Eggs, dozen (price drop through Jun 19)-$0.50/1 Eggland’s Best coupon (from 1-30 SS or 5-1 SS)
$2.49 after coupon


$0.98 Softsoap Elements Liquid Hand Soap, 7.5 oz (price drop through Jun 5)-$1.00/3 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
$0.65 each when you buy 3 with coupons
*if you don't drugstore coupon, this is a great price!


$2.27 Green Works Bathroom Cleaner, Toilet Bowl Cleaner,  or Dish Soap
-$1.00/1 Green Works printable coupon
$1.27 after coupon

Today's Drugstore Deals

G wanted to model for today's picture :-)

I was solo shopping today which really just isn't as fun as shopping with my sister so I did a couple stores and called it a day. I attempted to pick up G from my moms and head to Meijer but the tornado sirens were going off in Ypsi so I decided to head home in case we needed to take cover!

Walgreens has 4 free after RR items this week and CVS has two free after ECB deals so it wasn't a fantastic week but decent. We are going to Myrtle Beach next week and won't be shopping, heading to the drugstores to "roll" my coupons was essential today!

Walgreens
At Walgreens I did three transactions between 2 stores with a total out of pocket of $7.28. I bought-

2 90ct. bottles of Applied Nutrition Calcium ($10 get $10 RR)
6 boxes of Ecotin 81mg aspirin (.99 with in ad coupon and I had $1.50 coupons so I made $.50/box)
2 Illy Cappacino ($2, get $2 RR)
2 Goody headache powders ($1.50, get $1.50 RR)
2 boxes of Wheat Thins ($2, get $2 RR)
6 pack of Scott Naturals Paper Towels (on sale for $3.99, have $1 off coupon)
4 Degree Deodorant (buy 4/$15 get $5 RR, had buy one get one free coupons)
2 Right Guard Deodorant (on sale for BOGO free and I have BOGO Free manu. coupons, both free)
1 Pretzels and cheese sticks (Gavin was with me for the third transaction so this was his $1 addition)
2 bags popcorn ($.25, Used as fillers)

Have you seen those giant daily pill containers that you probably think are a funny gag gift? My mother's daily vitamins and pills don't fit in one of those.........seriously. That makes vitamin and aspirin deals  a big bonus around here, I supplied her in calcium and aspirin for a few months today. I am fairly sure my grandmother also takes calcium and I am hoping to hit one more walgreens tomorrow to stock her up too. The calcium is free after RR and I have plenty of RR to roll into the pills so that I just have to pay tax on them. The Wheat thins aren't listed in the ad as free but Walgreen's didn't receive enough stock on the Ritz Crackerfuls and substituted Wheat Thins, Ritz or Triscuits. If there is not sign at your store stating the substitution try having a cashier scan Wheat Thins, Ritz or Triscuits, if they ring up $2 they are on sale and should print the $2 RR without problem.

CVS-I did 3 transactions today and my total OOP was $1.74
My out of pocket is usually slightly higher at CVS since Extra Bucks don't pay the tax for the items purchased but today the ECB's were subtracting the tax. I won't question the CVS gods and say a little pray that it continues this way because spending less than $2 for everything I got today works out to be less than $.05 an item.

8 Loofahs (clearance for $.74 and we use them so I bought all they had)
Package of Baby wipes (needed for our vacation next week)
2 Revlon Nail Polish (Part of buy $10 get $3 Revlon deal, used $2 off Revlon color cosmetics coupon)
4 bags candy (part of candy deal buy $10 get $3, used 2 $2/2 coupons)
13 Candy Bars (sale 2/$1, buy 2 get $1 ecb. Limit is 1 per card but I bought extra)
2 Boxes of Preparation H wipes ($4 get $4 ecb, used $2 off printable coupon making it a $2 $ maker)
4 boxes kleenex (on sale 3/$4)
2 herbal essence (buy 3 for $5.98 get $2 ecb, used $1 off coupon on each bottle)
2 Crest toothpaste ($1.99 each, get $1ecb, limit 2)(I wouldn't usually buy toothpaste that's a $1 loss but Crest with peroxide and baking soda was included in this deal and it's Donny's preferred toothpaste so I sucked it up and took the $2 loss on two tubes!)

I also used 2 $5/$25 coupons that can be found in the printable coupon thread in the drugstore forum on slickdeals.net. The coupon will beep that it isn't for your card but 9 times out of 10 the cashier will enter it manually without question. Even if it's emailed to you, it will most likely beep not for card. CVS hasn't perfected the coupon issuing just yet!  Today the coupon I used actually printed with Donny's full name and it beeped not for card.

On a funny note, I saw the loofahs were on a clearance shelf but when I scanned them they rang up full price so I had put them back on the shelf. While I checked out I asked the cashier if they were supposed to be 75% off or if they had just been placed on the wrong shelf. She asked another cashier that knows me from my usual shopping at CVS. The second cashier went back to check and came up carrying the whole container of the loofahs. She said, "They are $.74, do you want them all?" I laughed and said of course I did and commented on how well she knew me :-)

Great week to start couponing at Meijer!

Meijer has 3 great ways to save besides shopping it's weekly ad; mealbox, mperks and manufacturer coupons.

Meijer Mealbox coupons-
www.meijermealbox.com
Under specials are coupons that you can print. The coupons change every week on Sunday.

Meijer Mperks-www.meijer.com
Scroll to the bottom of the page and it says mperks. It's really easy to register and there are around 100 coupons you can "clip" to your cell phone number. You don't have to print them, just "clip" the coupon online and during checkout use the credit card pad to hit the mperks button and enter your cell phone number. They give you $2 of your first order when you sign up too!

Mperks and Mealbox can't be used together on the same item, it's one or the other but they can be combined with a manufacturer coupon. Basically, it's one meijer coupon and one manufacturer coupon per item.

The third is manufacturer coupons which you can print online from several sources, www.coupons.com, or www.smartsource.com or get in the Sunday local newspaper. The couponing rule is that each week you should buy a paper for each member of your household, so if there are 4 members of your household, buy 4 papers. There are 4 of us so I bought 18 papers......how do you like that math?  :-)

Here is the list of what I got at Meijer today-

Dozen eggs
Nabisco 12 pack snacks
3 Kool-aid boxes of juice pouches
Ice Cream
4 Hidden Valley Salad Dressing
7 Carefree pantiliners
2 apples
3 kiwi
Lettuce
Cantaloupe
Honey Dew
Pineapple
5 Corn on the cob
Cucumber
4 Kraft mac n cheese
6 bottles hair gel
2 Duncan Hines Brownie mixes
2 Lawry's seasonings
2 Lawry's Marinades
Super pretzels bites
pizza sauce
2 Chi Chi's tortillas
2 Dixie Paper Plates
2 Packages Dixie to-go coffee cups
Italian sausage
Hot dog buns
4 boxes Planters Nut-rition bars
3 Old Orchards bottles of juice (2 apple and one cranberry)
2 Yoplait Fruit Smoothies bags
2 Boxes of 38 Glad Force Flex Kitchen trash bags
Reynolds Aluminum foil

Total $60.89
Total coupons Used $52.50
I almost saved 50%!!!

Here's some match-ups for what I purchased.

25% OFF Lawry’s Marinade 12 oz, Seasonings 2.9-16 oz or Garlic Spread 6 oz (reg $1.59-3.49)
$1.19 Lawry’s Seasoned Salt, 4 oz
$1.64 Lawry’s Seasoned Salt, 8 oz
$2.24 Lawry’s Marinade, 12 oz
-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
-$0.50/1 Lawry’s Marinade or Spice Blend coupons (from 5-15 RP), use 2
FREE – $.44 each after coupons 


$1.09 Duncan Hines Family Style Brownies, 19.27-21 oz
-$0.50/1 Duncan Hines coupon (from 4-10 SS or printable)
$0.09 after coupon

$2.50 Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing, 16 oz -$1.00/1 Farmhouse Originals coupon (from 5-15 SS)
Bonus: Buy $10 or more in Hidden Valley, Kingsford or Glad Products in one transaction, get a $3.00 checkout coupon valid on your next order. Limit 1 offer per transaction.

Buy 4-$10
Use 4 $1 off Coupons from 5-15 SS
Pay $6 and get $3 catalina good on your next purchase at Meijer

(I actually paid $4 and got $3 but the mealbox coupon in no longer available)

$1.67 Old Orchard Juice, 64 oz bottle all varieties
-$0.50/1 Old Orchard printable coupon or $1.00/1 Cranberry Naturals
$0.67 after coupon*

Buy 2 Old Orchard Juice and 1 Cranberry Naturals Juice = $5.00
Use 2 $0.50/1 Old Orchard coupons = (-$2.00)
Use 1 $1.00/1 Cranberry Naturals coupon = (-$1.00)
Use 1 $0.75/3 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon = (-$0.75)
$0.42 each when you buy 3 with coupons

$2.00 Planters Nut-rition or Nut Bars, 6.15-8 oz box
-$1.00/2 Meijer mPerks digital coupon (limit 1 use)
-$0.75/1 Planters coupon (from 3-13 or 5-15 SS), use 2
$0.75 each when you buy 2 with coupons

I bought four. I paid $1.25 each for 2 boxes and $.75 each for two boxes

B1G1 Dixie Printed Bathroom Cups 5 oz 100 ct, Plates 24-48 ct, Ultra Plates 20-30 ct, Bowls 24-35 ct, Cups 54 ct, Ultra Cups 54 ct or Grab N Go Cups 14 ct (reg $2.39 – may vary by location)
-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
$0.95 each when you buy 2 with coupon

You have to purchase 4 items to use the coupon since they are buy one and get one free. If you purchase four the coupon will deduct $.50 from the two Dixie items that you paid for. 

$1.50 Aunt Millie’s Family Style Hamburger or Hot Dog Buns
-$0.55/1 Aunt Millie’s coupon (from 4-17 RP)
$0.95 after coupon

$2.00 Cole’s Garlic Breadsticks, 9 oz (price drop through May 22)
-$0.50/1 Cole’s Breadstick printable coupon 
$1.00 after couponI didn't buy these since I had already printed two coupons and used them last week but thought I would add them since they are a good deal. 

$2.50 Yoplait Fruit Smoothies, frozen (price drop through Jun 5) 
-$1.00/1 Yoplait Smoothies printable coupon, use 2
-$1.00/2 mPerks coupon (limit 1 use)$1.00 each when you buy 2 with coupon

These are tiny! I would never pay $2.50 for one!

Reynolds Wrap $3

-$1 Reynolds Wrap (5-15 SS)

$2 after coupon

$1.67 Kool Aid Jammers, 10 ct pouches
Bonus: Buy any 3 Kool-Aid Jammers  in one transaction, get a checkout coupon valid for 1 Nabisco Multi Pack (12-15 ct) FREE on your next order. Limit 1 offer per transaction.

Total is $5 for 3 boxes of juice pouches and a nabisco snack pack. The coupon for the snack pack prints after you pay for the Kool Aid Jammers so just check out twice!

$6.49 Glad Waste Bags, select varieties
-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
-$1.00/1 Glad Force Flex printable coupon use 2
$4.99 each when you buy 2 with coupons
Buy $10 or more in Hidden Valley, Kingsford or Glad Productsin one transaction, get a $3.00 checkout coupon valid on your next order. Limit 1 offer per transaction.

Buy 2 Glad Bags @ $6.49 = $12.98
Use 1 $1.00/2 Meijer coupon = (-$1.00)
Use 2 $1.00/1 Glad coupons = (-$2.00)
Pay $9.98, get a $3.00 checkout coupon valid on your next order.
$3.49 each after coupon and checkout coupon savings

The Glad deal is the same as the HIdden Valley deal so you can't do both in the same transaction. Pay twice. Don't use the first $3 catalina coupon to pay for the second transaction, these coupons don't "roll", meaning if you pay for another glad deal with a previous glad catalina coupon, you will not get another coupon. Just check out twice and use those $3 coupons for your next trip to Meijer or check out three times and use both coupons on the rest of your groceries.

$0.99 L.A. Looks Gel 20 oz – Mega Mega Hold, Sport X-Treme Hold, Wet Look, Power Spikes (price drop through May 29)
-$1.00/1 L.A. Looks coupon (from 5-15 SS)

Free after coupon

FREE bottled water at Meijer

$1.00 Ice Mountain Aquapods, 8/11 oz bottles (price drop through May 29)
-$1.00/1 Ice Mountain printable couponFree after coupon
You have to "like" them on FB then the coupon option should appear on the left. Use the back button after the first one prints to get two prints per computer/fb account. 

Walgreens

Walgreens and CVS are both having pretty sorry weeks. There are two things worth noting at Walgreens this week; razors and Tylenol Precise.

Walgreen's shoppers program is called Register Rewards,  you purchase a listed sale item and the catalina machine will print a coupon for the amount stated in the sale. The coupon can then be used for anything in Walgreens (with a few exceptions). The program at Walgreens can sound complicated but once you have done it a few times it becomes common sense.

For May and part of June Walgreens has Gilette Fusion Razors on sale for $9.89. That is the handle and one or two blades depending on which package you purchase. The coupons in the 5/1 newspaper had a coupon for $4 off the Gilette Razor and Walgreens is giving a $5 Register Reward(RR). Walgreens RR's don't always roll, meaning the RR won't work to purchase another Razor and get another $5 RR BUT for this razor it is rolling! That's a big bonus in the world of Walgreening!

Example-
Buy Gilette Razor $9.89
Use $4 coupon
Pay $5 and get $ RR

Then-
Buy Gilette Razor $9.89
Add a small filler (pencils are usually $.25 or some other small items)
Use $4 coupon
Use $5 RR from previous transaction
Pay $1ish depending on filler item and tax rate and get $5 RR

Repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat.......

The coupons can be purchased on Ebay. The price for them has gone unusually high because of the Walgreens sale but they still come out to be a good deal. The filler items in the second transaction is because Walgreen's registers require you purchase an item for each manufacturer coupon and the RR is considered a coupon so you have to add a small item. This week I am adding the Kleenex that's on sale, we use crazy amounts of Kleenex here and when I add a filler I always try to make it something we will really use and not just a wasteful filler. If you have a sweet tooth, this week is also $.49 bags of Walgreens candy which make a cheap filler too! The coupons in Walgreens ad for the week don't count towards the required items vs. coupons total, they are store coupons, not manufacturer.

The second deal at Walgreens is a bit easier to understand than the razor deal! Tylenol Precise has a Walgreens $3 off coupon that you can locate in the May coupon book. The Monthly coupon books are in the same wire rack as the sale flyers each week.   Last weeks coupon inserts contained a coupon for $5 off Tylenol Precise (the coupon was regional so not everyone got it). Use both coupons and you get Tylenol Precise for free. Tylenol Precise has muscle rubs or heating pads. You only need one Walgreens coupon even if you are purchasing several Tylenol. Coupons are fairly reasonable on Ebay right now. I have also heard(although not confirmed) that Tylenol Precise is $4.75 at Walmart, making it free with the  coupon too! If the Commissary sells this I am guessing it will be free there as well plus tax free! The coupon is only good for one week though so act fast! If you purchase on Ebay, you can locate coupons close to your home by changing distance on the left side of the screen. I set mine to within 200 miles of my home and received my coupons in one day! I will be able to get 20 Tylenol for around $4 plus tax. My grandmother loves the heating pads so this is a great deal. Going by the Walmart price ($4.75) it's a $91 savings!

Happy Couponing!

Good deal on swim diapers! They will probably sell out fast!

Amazon has a great deal on swim diapers, they will probably sell out pretty fast so order quickly! If you don't have amazon mom, sign up now! It gives you free shipping on thousands of kid related items and amazon is tax free! Sign up for subscribe and save, wait until the diapers arrive, then log back into amazon and cancel it. It's super easy to cancel and amazon doesn't bother about it at all. I have ordered a canceled dozens of times!

Also-if you don't see the coupon the first time, keep refreshing and eventually the coupon will come up.

Amazon has 24-ct size 3-4 Pampers Splashers Diapers or 22-ct size 5 for $5.84 when you checkout with Subscribe & Save + join Amazon mom + available $1.50 in coupons. Shipping is free. Thanks cavalnova

1. Sign into your amazon account
2. Join Amazon Mom (free to join)
3. Click here for coupon page (Note: for some coupon may appear on item page)
4. Click on "Save $1.50 on Pampers Splashers Diapers
5. Click on 24-ct Size 3-4, or 22-ct Size 5 Slashers Diapers
6. Click on "Save $1.50 with this Coupon" and click "Clip this coupon" button on the product page
7. Select "subscribe now" (right side of page)
8. Checkout, total should be $5.84 with free shipping