My Shopping Trip: A&P, Rite Aid, & Walgreens
Megan & I set out yesterday to do some shopping. Actually I was doing the shopping and Megan was helping me. I really loved the double dip on the A&P (Pathmark too) Buy $25 Get $10 and the Kraft Catalina. We love Mio around here and since I had been collecting $1/1 Mio tearpad coupons along with the new $1/1 Mio Coupon, I really wanted to do a couple of deals. And, I couldn’t resist $0.49 for the Gevalia Coffee since I had 4 of the BOGO Coupons (NLA). I do have a Keurig machine and always look for K-cup deals but it always seems that when I find a great K Cup deal they are usually not on decaf. Since Pat & I drink decaf at night, I thought that this would be a great opportunity to get some coffee in decaf and use our Keurig Refillable Cup for the Gevalia.
So, with that said, I did 2 Mio transactions at A&P and Megan did the Gevalia transactions for me. The deal was that she could have some nail polish (from Rite Aid) and some of the Mio.
At Rite Aid, I really just wanted to roll some of the UP Rewards I had expiring yesterday. This week was the perfect week to do that.
Here is breakdown of what I did:
- Started with: $12 in UP Rewards
- Paid: $33.70 out of pocket (includes tax)
- Ended with: $17 in UP Rewards, $4 in Register Rewards, $10 in A&P Rewards, $2 Kraft Catalina
- Final Cost: $12.70 for 37 items or just $0.34 an item
My plan today, is to head to Stop & Shop and ShopRite. Loving the great deals at all the stores this week!
Here is what I did:
Rite Aid Transaction :
- (4) Rite Aid Hand Sanitizers – $1.00
- (1) Max Freeze Gel – $7.00
- (6) NYC Nail Polish – $0.99
Coupons Used:
- -(1) $2/1 Max Freeze Gel (NLA)
- -$3.00 +UP Reward
- -$3.00 +UP Reward
- -$3.00 +UP Reward
- -$3.00 +UP Reward
- Tax: $0.70
Paid: $2.94
Received: (4) $1.00 +UP Rewards (Hand Sanitizer), $7.00 +UP Reward (Max Freeze), (2) $3.00 +UP Reward (Nail Polish)
Walgreens Transaction 1:
- Glade Expressions – $2.99
Coupons Used:
- -$3/1 Glade Expressions (NLA)
- Tax: $0.21
Paid: $0.21
Received: (2) $1.00 RR
Walgreens Transaction 2:
- Glade Expressions – $2.99
Coupons Used:
- -$3/1 Glade Expressions (NLA)
- Tax: $0.21
Paid: $0.21
Received: (2) $1.00 RR
A&P Transaction 1 (my card)
- (7) Mio Water Enhancers – $3.99
Coupons Used:
- -(5) $1/1 Mio Coupons (tearpad)
- -(2) $1/1 Mio Coupons
Paid: $20.93
Received: $10 A&P Catalina, $5 Kraft Catalina
A&P Transaction 2 (my card)
- (7) Mio Water Enhancers – $3.99
Coupons Used:
- -(5) $1/1 Mio Coupons (tearpad)
- -(2) $1/1 Mio Coupons
- -$10 A&P Catalina from Transaction 1
- -$5 Kraft Catalina from Transaction 1
Paid: $5.93
Received: $10 A&P Catalina, $5 Kraft Catalina
A&P Transaction 3 (Megan’s Card)
- (4) Gevalia Coffee – $6.99
- (2) Skippy Naturals Peanut Butter – $1.99
Coupons Used:
- -(2) BOGO Gevalia Coffee (NLA)
- -(1) $0.75/2 Skippy Naturals PB
- – $10 A&P Catalina from Transaction 2
- – $5 Kraft Catalina from Transaction 2
Paid: $1.48
Received: $10 A&P Catalina, $2 Kraft Catalina
A&P Transaction 4 (Megan’s Card)
- (4) Gevalia Coffee – $6.99
Coupons Used:
- -(2) BOGO Gevalia Coffee (NLA)
- – $2 Kraft Catalina from Transaction 3
- -$10 A&P Catalina from Transaction 3
Paid: $2.00
Received: $2 Kraft Catalina, $10 A&P Catalina
Total Savings including sale prices and coupons: $138.75 which I will be adding to the LRWC Reader’s Grocery Savings Counter. Be sure to add your savings so we can see how much we have all saved in 2012
Here is an update to my Grocery Budget:
- total in envelope as of 7/31: $183.91
- $10.40 shopping trip on 8/2
- total in envelope as of 8/2: $173.51
- $23.75 from various trips
- Added $150 to envelope on 8/3
- $22.02 shopping trip on 8/7
- total in envelope as of 8/7: $277.74
- $0.78 Shopping Trip on 8/8
- total in envelope as of 8/9: $276.98
- $6.27 Shopping Trip on 8/16
- total in envelope as of 8/17: $270.71
- $63.40 for produce/meat at Best Market
- added $150 to envelope on 8/17
- $33.70 Shopping Trips on 8/19
- total in envelope as of 8/19: $323.61
If you’re interested in seeing how we set up our budget envelopes, make sure to check out, How To Set Up a Budget and Stick to It.
How are you doing on your grocery budget?
LRWC Reader Grocery Savings Counter: Be sure to add your weekly grocery savings to the the LRWC Reader Grocery Savings Counter below. You can check out the counter in the sidebar to see how much we have all saved so far in 2012!
