With everything that happened this month, I haven’t had a chance to post here very much. I have yet to post the results of my coupon road trip, or my January budget totals. But those can wait until another day, because I have to share the good deals that I snagged last night at Safeway’s special 4-day sale:
Total spent: $2.66
Total before coupons: $55.44
View receipt #1
View receipt #2 – some items rang up wrong in the first transaction, so this is the receipt for my refund.
There were some great coupons in this week’s Safeway sales flier. First, there was a coupon good for $10 off a $50 purchase. This coupon does not exclude the use of manufacturer’s coupons in conjunction with it, so what this essentially means is that you can redeem $40 worth of “free product” coupons, purchase $10 worth of items that you do not have coupons for, and get the whole thing for free. You see, manufacturer’s coupons are the same as cash to the store, since they are reimbursed for the full amount by the manufacturer, plus a shipping and handling fee. So it doesn’t really matter weather the $40 worth of merchandise is paid for with cash or a coupon, as the end result is the same for the store. Because of this, I horde my free product coupons until I have enough to use with one of these promotions. Of course, it is up to each store to set their own coupon policy, and I have heard that some Safeways make it their policy not to allow any other coupons in conjunction with the $10/50; but this is what my store’s policy is. Do note, your $40 worth of groceries must be after all Safeway store discounts, which includes club card savings and in-store Safeway-sponsored coupons.
Now that you know my strategy, here’s what I got:
.74 lbs of organic, fair trade coffee – Price: $5.91. Just in time, we were almost out!!
One 2-liter bottle of Pepsi – used a coupon from the Safeway ad, good for one free Pepsi with any $10 or higher purchase! Final price: Free after coupon.
1 jar of Planters peanuts – used a free product coupon that I won playing Kraft’s So Good Together On Game Day instant win game (now expired). Final price: Free after coupon.
1 box of Frosted Mini-Wheats – used one Safeway store coupon to bring the price down to .99 cents, stacked with one .70/1 Kellogg’s cereal coupon from the 2/22 Red Plum newspaper inserts, which then doubled. Final price: Free plus .21 cents of overage after coupons and doubles.
1 box of Ritz crackers – used a free product coupon that I won playing Kraft’s So Good Together On Game Day instant win game (now expired). Final price: Free after coupon
2 cans of Select Harvest Clam Chowder – on sale for buy one, get one free, used one free product coupon that I received from this text message promotion. Final price: Free after coupon and sale!
2 jars of Star olives – used two free product coupons that I received for signing up for their newsletter a while ago – click here if you’d like to sign up. I have no idea if they are still sending out free product coupons, but they do say that you will receive “valuable coupons” for signing up, so it’s worthwhile nonetheless. Final price: Free after coupons.
One 20 oz Dr. Pepper – used one free product coupon that I received from Axl Rose. Final price: Free after coupon.
One 2-liter of Diet Dr. Pepper – used one free product coupon that I received for signing up on their website. Final price: Free after coupon.
1 bottle of Cascade – used one free product coupon that I received in the Home Made Simple coupon book. Final price: Free after coupon.
1 bottle of Clorox 2 – On sale for $7.79, used one free product coupon that I won in a blog giveaway at Family Musings. The coupon’s maximum value was $6.00, making the final price $1.79.
One 8oz package of Kraft shredded cheese – used a free product coupon that I won playing Kraft’s So Good Together On Game Day instant win game (now expired). Final price: Free after coupon.
1 lb of butter – used a coupon from the Safeway ad, which brought the price down to .99 cents. That’s a great deal for butter; I would have bought more, but it was limit one with a $10 or higher purchase.
1 roll of bandage – no coupons or special sale here, I just needed it! Final price: $3.59
There was all kinds of wackiness during the first transaction, with some items ringing up at the wrong price, hence the second receipt for the return. I goofed the first time and got the wrong size of Clorox, which came up $9.69 instead of $7.79, so I went back and exchanged it; the computer also didn’t read one of my coupons.
This 4-day sale is pretty good even without a bunch of free coupons, so I hope my local readers get to check it out! I’m going to be out of town until Sunday, but leave me a comment if you get any good deals during the weekend – I’d like to hear how everyone else did!
