I wanted to head out today (since I was out anyway) and finally hit Meijer & Kroger before the "big" winter storm hit. I had a little hiccup at both stores though but I'll explain each below. Today was certainly not a great day to take the kids shopping. They were up at 6:30 am to go to the Target toy clearance and my son let EVERYONE know in each store how tired he was by having flipouts 50% of the time. Sigh. Distractions like that can really mess up your concentration....& probably drive everyone else crazy :) So, had I not been so busy trying to keep our son calm, I think things would have went a little smoother.
Kroger
OOP: $.73
Savings of: $18.90
I went through the Uscan (mistake when using coupons at Kroger since you have to hand them over instead of scanning yourself like Giant Eagle) & I think the cashier was confused by my coupons. I didn't have a lot...11 total, but it took over 5 minutes to scan in those 11 coupons. My husband was there and the kids were flipping out...so it was a VERY long 5 minutes! I had 2 BOGO Sunbird coupons and 2 $1.00 coupons, but somehow my BOGO Sunbird coupons got scanned 4 times and my $1.00 coupons zero. Maybe because the $1.00 would have given overage? Either way...I'm not sure, but it still worked out better than I thought. I also scored a Catalina for a FREE Breathe Right strips! Hoping there may be a CVS deal on them before it expires :)
4 Sunbird seasonings $.76 each
-used 4 BOGO coupons (see explation above)
=4 for FREE
Comforts for baby cotton swabs $.69
-used $1.00 coupon from a Kroger home mailer (adjusted down to $.69)
=FREE
Cheez-its $3.34 (OUCH!)
-used $.50 coupon (DND)
=$2.84
2 Barilla pastas $1.00 each
-used $1.00 off 2 coupon from the 1/8 Sunday paper
=$.50 each
6 Fresh like veggies $.49 each
-used 2 $.50 off 3 coupons (doubled to $1.00 each)
=$.94 or $.16 a can
2 UP2U gum $1.00
-used 2 $1.00 coupons from the 1/1 Sunday paper
=2 for FREE!
-used $4.00 ecoupon previously available to clip on Kroger.com
Meijer
OOP: $4.56
Savings of: $38.94
I had grabbed 3 of the Kikkoman seasonings, but it looks like only 2 got rang up....so I am guessing we lost one while walking around Meijer. I had 3 coupons in my stack though for $1.00 & I didn't notice I didn't really get 3 until I got home. Opps. I try SO hard to make sure I always use the coupons correctly, but as you can see, we all make mistakes. I also picked up one of the Pictionary card games because I have heard that it IS okay to use the $5.00 coupon currently available on coupons.com and I have heard it is NOT okay. I wanted to see if the coupon went through or came up "no vendor found" but my son was flipping out and I got preoccupied so I didn't see when he scanned the coupon. I guess that coupon may be YMMV as I still am unsure if it is okay to see on the card game.
Pictionary $4.99 (price drop)
-used $5.00 coupon available here
=FREE
Coke 20oz $1.59
-used $.99 coupon available here (doubled to $1.59)
=FREE
Juicy Juice $2.99 (impulse purchase to calm the screaming baby :))
2 Kikkoman seasonings $.65 each
-used 3 $1.00 coupons available here (1 went through for $1.00, the other 2 $.65) - read above for error
2 Heluva good dip $1.19 each
-used 2 $.75 coupons from the Sunday paper (doubled to $1.19 each)
=FREE
2 Pace salsas $1.89 each
-used $.50 off 2 coupon available here (doubled to $1.00)
-used $1.00 off 2 Mperk
=$1.78 or $.89 each
**You can often get Chi Chis salsa for free at Meijer, but we were totally out & this is the cheapest I have seen
3 Nabisco variety packs $4.00 each
-used $3.00 off 3 coupon from the 1/8 Sunday paper
-used $3.00 off instantly when you buy 3 select products (Meijer promotion)
-used $1.00 off 2 Mperk
=$5.00 or $1.67 a box
3 Texas Toast garlic bread $2.00 each
-used 2 $.40 coupons from the Sunday paper (doubled to $.80 each)
-used $.50 coupon from a Kroger home mailer (doubled to $1.00)
=$3.40 or $1.13 a box
2 Neutrogena travel size hand cream $1.50 each
-used 2 $1.50 coupons from the 1/8 Sunday paper
=2 for FREE!
***These are seriously the smallest bottles of lotion I have ever seen...not sure who would pay $1.50 for them normally?!
-used $10.00 Meijer Customer Satisfaction coupon from an issue we previously had
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