P&G Go For the Gold Rebate Scenarios for Shoprite

This week is Round 2 of the Go For The Gold rebate at Shoprite. It works like this:

- Purchase $25 worth of participating P&G products and receive a $10 prepaid visa gift card by mail. The rebate form will print from the catalina machine.

OR

-Purchase $50 worth of participating P&G products and receive a $10 prepaid Visa gift card back by mail AND a $10 catalina good on your next purchase at Shoprite.

As far as I know you should be able to earn the $10 catalina as many times as you want (in separate transactions) but you can only submit for the $10 Visa by mail once. So if you did this last week you probably won't get the Visa again.

This deal is calculating the $50.00 based on the product's shelf price, not the sale price - I confirmed this last night. That makes for an even better deal!

Here are some scenarios I came up with to make the most of this rebate:

Buy:

(2) Charmin Bath Tissue 12 packs - $9.98 ($13.98 Shelf Price)

(3) Bounty Basic Paper Towel 8 packs - $14.97 ($20.97 SP)

(2) Febreze Noticeables - $11.98 ($13.98 SP)

(1) Magic Eraser 2pk - $1.99 ($1.99 sp)

= $38.92 ($50.92 Shelf Price)

Use:

- $1/2 Charmin P&G 12/27

- (3) $1/1 Bounty P&G 12/27

- (2) $4/1 Febreze Noticeables P&G 1/17

- $1.50 ($0.75 doubled) Magic Eraser from Home Made Simple Home Mailer

= $25.42 OOP and get back $10 oyno and $10 Visa gift card via MIR

- Like paying $5.42 after rebate and Catalina!

If you don’t have the Home Made Simple booklet, you could still do this without the magic eraser coupon and you would still only pay $26.92 oop or $6.92 after rebate and oyno.

Depending on how many copies of the inserts you buy you could also do it this way:

Buy:

(2) Charmin Bath Tissue 12 packs - $9.98 ($13.98 SP)

(3) Bounty Basic Paper Towel 8 packs - $14.97 ($20.97 SP)

(3) Febreze Noticeables - $17.97 ($20.97 SP)

= $42.92 ($55.92 SP)

Use:

- $1/2 Charmin P&G 12/27

- (3) $1/1 Bounty P&G 12/27

- (3) $4/1 Febreze Noticeables P&G 1/17

= $26.92 OOP and get back $10 oyno and $10 Visa gift card via MIR

- Like paying $6.92 after rebate and Catalina!

OR if you’re really in need of a good stock-up sale on paper products, you could do this as well:

Buy:

(4) Charmin Bath Tissue 12 packs - $19.96 ($27.96 SP)

(4) Bounty Basic Paper Towel 8 packs - $19.96 ($27.96 SP)

= $33.92 ($55.92 SP)

Use:

- (2) $1/2 Charmin P&G 12/27

- (4) $1/1 Bounty P&G 12/27

= $33.92 OOP and get back $10 oyno and $10 Visa gift card via MIR

- Like paying $13.92 after rebate and Catalina!

That’s only $0.19 a roll for the paper towels and $0.17 a roll for the bath tissue.

Feel free to let me know if you find any other good scenarios or you can post them in the comments!

Making a Change to the Budget This Week

After much deliberation, I’ve decided to raise my grocery budget for this week because of the way my payday coincides with the Grocery store ad schedules. I’ve been starting my budget weeks on Friday because that’s when I get paid and that has worked out perfectly for shopping at stores like Pathmark and Acme that release a new ad that day. I do most of my shopping, however, at Shoprite and I have gotten behind schedule there. I find that most weeks I wait until payday on Friday to go to Shoprite and that usually means I’m rushing there every Saturday evening to try to shop that weeks ad before the sale ends. This takes away from other things I would like to be doing on the weekend and it doesn’t allow me much time to get my shopping trip posted. I would like to have that post up earlier in the week so that my readers still have a few days to run over if they see a deal or transaction they want to try. It’s also made it difficult to stock up on sale items (my store only allows 4 identical coupons per transaction) and usually they run out of stuff I wanted or have far less variety than they would normally have. I’ve been looking for a solution to this problem – other than the obvious, stop procrastinating! – and have decided to give myself some extra money in the budget for this week so that I can go out early and grab the things I need out of this weeks ad. I’m hoping this will make it so that I can start doing all my grocery shopping on a weeknight and be done by the time Friday rolls around. It’s a bit of an investment to make at first, but I think it will help keep me on budget – and on schedule – in the future.

I’m still waiting for some coupons that I ordered, but I’m gonna plan on doing a transaction or 2 at Shoprite tonight and also try to stop at CVS and Walgreens. I’ll report back later with my finds!

Drugstore Deals 1/24 - 1/30

Your drugstore deals this week are courtesy of Charlene over at My Frugal Adventures.

Here are the highlights...

CVS Deals

And the Pepsi/ Snack Foods Deal is back again!
Spend $20 in participating items and get $10 ECB back

Pepsi 12pks 3/$10 (soda prices vary- be sure to check your local ad!)
Lays or Tostitos 2/$7
Gatorade $1.25- use .50/1 G2 from 1/10 RP
2L Pepsi $1.25
Stacys Chips $3- use $1/1 HERE, HERE from 1/24 SS or from RIB magazine
True North Nuts $3-use $1/1 HERE

Plus there is a rebate HERE for $7.50 or $10 back on Tostitos or Pepsi
{Deal Idea}
Buy 6 Pepsi at $20
Get $10 ECB
Get $7.50 rebate back (only in certain states!)
Final Price: $2.50 for 6 12pks of soda! (If you have a $5/20 coupon this is a moneymaker!)

If you don’t live in a rebate state another idea:

Buy 3 Pepsi at $10
Buy 1 Gatorade at $1.25
Buy 3 Stacys or True North at $3
Subtotal: $20.25
Use (3) $1 coupons for True North or Stacys
Use .50/1 Gatorade
Final Price: $16.75 and get $10 ECB back or $6.25 for all that! (use a $5/20 CVS coupon and this is an even better deal!)

Walgreens Deals

Olay Quench Body Lotion $7.99- Get a Free Body Wash with purchase
Use $2/1 from 1/17 P&G
Submit rebate HERE (must be purchased by 1/29- you can do this rebate twice as long as the receipts are submitted together)
Final Price: Both are free!

Pert Plus 2/$5
Get $2 Register Reward
Use $1/1 from 1/24 SS
or Use $1.50/1 from 1/24 SS (Pert for men)
Final Price: As low as FREE- .50 each depending on coupons!

Sure Deodorant $1.50 with in ad coupon
Use $1.50/1 from 1/24 SS (for Men)
or $1/1 from 1/24 SS
Final Price: Free- .50

Rite-Aid Deals

Maybelline Cosmetics 40% off
Use $1/1 adperk coupon for Maybelline Mascara
Use $1/1 from 1/10 RP
Get $2 rebate back
Great Lash is priced at $4.89 online (or $2.93 after discount)
Final Price: $1.07 moneymaker after rebate

Dulcolax $5.99
Use $3/1 from HERE
Submit $5 rebate HERE
Final Price: $1 moneymaker

Click over to her site for the full lists! And be sure to check out the rest of her blog as well - she as tons of awesome deals over there!

Thanks Charlene!!

Grocery Deals

Since I made my return to blogging late in the week, I've decided to link up to your grocery and drugstore deals this week and use the extra time to get a jump start on next week's match-ups.

The Shoprite, Pathmark, and A&P deals for this week can be found at Living Rich with Coupons.

Here are some of the highlights:

Shoprite Deals

Quakes Mini Rice Snacks $.77

$.75/1 from the 1/10 Red Plum

Final Price: FREE

Chobani Greek Yogurt $.77

$1/1 from the 12/13 Smart Source

Final Price: FREE

French’s Brown Deli Mustard $.77

$.50/1 from the 1/24 Smart Source

$.50/1 Printable

Final Price: FREE

Pathmark Deals

Kraft Shredded or Chunk Cheese $1.98
$1/2 Printable
Final Price: $1.48 each when you buy 2

Breakstone Sour Cream $1.00
$.55/1 Printable
Final Price: FREE

Coffee Mate 16 oz $1.00
$1/1 Printable
Final Price: FREE

A&P Deals

Lean Cuisine $1.99 – $2.34
$1/3 Printable
Final Price: $1.67 – $2.01 each when you buy 3

Heinz Ketchup $1.85
$.75/1 from the 1/3 Smart Source
Final Price: $.35

LaYogurt $.33
$1.50/12 from the 1/17 Smart Source
Final Price: $.21 each when you buy 12

This week's Acme deals are courtesy of Devon at Mama Cheaps.

Highlights include:

Acme Deals

Birds Eye Frozen Vegetables: 10/$10
$.50/1 SS 1/10
FREE

Malt O Meal Cereals: $1.49/each
$.75/1 printable
FREE

Colgate Toothpaste or Toothbrush: 10/$10
$1/1 All You January 2010
$.75/1 SS 1/3 (expires 1/23/10)
$.75/1 SS 1/10
$1/1 SS 1/17
FREE

Be sure to check out the rest of their sites while you're there - these are two of my most favorite blogs! Thanks Cindy and Devon!

Kraft Cheese Catalina Deal (possibly) Ending Tonight!

I found out earlier that this catalina is printing at Pathmark. Unfortunately, its gotten so late that by the time I type up the whole deal, it will be too late to make it to the store before closing time for some of you. Luckily, the fabulous Cindy over at Living Rich with Coupons has already done so. She has the whole deal here for those of you who have some free time tonight and want a great price on cheese.

Last Night for Olay Regenerist Rebate - Scenario @ Target

This is up much later in the night than I wanted it to be. I had an unfortunate incident with a computer hacker while I was typing my last post and it delayed me by by a few hours. It's a long story.. and I would tell you. Except then you might not have enough time to run to Target, especially if you're in the Eastern time zone. So I'll skip the story and get straight to the deal.

There's a rebate out for Olay Regenerist products: Buy any 2 Olay Regenerist Facial Moisturizers, Facial Treatments, and/or Facial Cleansers by 1/24/10 (that's today!) and receive $15.00 back.

This week at Target, Olay Regenerist Cleanser is on sale for $5.49 and the deal looks like this:

Buy 2 Cleaners @ $5.49 each = $10.98
- (2) $3.00 off coupons from 1/17 P&G
= Pay $4.98 oop and send in the $15 MIR

Now go! You only have a couple hours :)

Shopping Trip - Week of 1/22

It's been an insanely busy few months and unfortunately my poor blog got abandoned in the shuffle. One of my News Years resolutions was to put it back on my to-do list, and while I'm a few weeks late, there are so many great deals this week I thought it would be the perfect time to start writing again.

I started this year with a goal grocery/household items budget of $50-$75 a week, but we're only a household of 2 so I'd like to stick closer to $50. I realize that's an ambitious goal, but I think I'm up for the challenge. If we go over by a bit it won't be an issue as long as we keep it under $75.

I did 2 transactions at Shoprite this week (technically last week because we went yesterday). That way I could use my $5 catalina from the P&G deal on the same trip. I went mainly for the super cheap Smart Ones meals (which I need now that Cindy inspired me to join Weight Watchers) and for the P&G Go For the Gold rebate deal that Cindy told us about here.


Shoprite = Spent $43.19 oop for about $100 worth of groceries and have an MIR for $10 back for a savings of about 67%.

Transaction 1:

6 Pantene shampoos/conditioners @ 2.99 ea [- (3) $3/2 from 12/27 P&G ] = $1.49 ea or $8.94
1 Gillette Series Shave Gel @ $1.99 [- $1 from 12/27 P&G] = $0.99
2 Always Pads @ $2.99 [- BOGO from 12/27 P&G] = $1.50 ea or $2.99
10 Smart Ones @ $0.99 ea [- $4/10 peelie] = $0.59 ea or $5.90
1 Smart Ones Breakfast [- Free Breakfast wyb 5 Smart Ones from 1/10 SS] = FREE
1 Lay's Potato Chips @ $2.69 (These wandered into the cart cause my beloved boyfriend is an impulse shopper.. no coupon on these) = $2.69
4 9Lives Canned Food 4 packs @ $1.25 [- $1/3 from January All You Mag.] = $1.00 ea or $4.00
2 packs of Chicken Breasts @ $1.99/lb (We really needed these) = $13.64

Final price for this transaction was $41.60 for about $74 worth of groceries. I also got a $5 oyno for the P&G Go For the Gold and I will get a $10 Visa gift card back in a mail in rebate.

Transaction 2:

2 Lysol Wipes @ $1.49 [- (2) $1 from 1/3 SS] = $0.49 ea or $0.98
10 Smart Ones @ $0.99 ea [- $4/10 peelie] = $0.59 ea or $5.90
1 Smart Ones Flatbread [- Free Flatbread wyb 3 Smart Ones from 1/10 SS] = FREE

Used $5 catalina from previous transaction.
Final price for this transaction was $1.59 for about $25 worth of groceries.

Then it was off to Acme for free cereal and frozen vegetables...


Acme: Spent $5.98 oop for $36.49 worth of groceries for a savings of 84%.

5 Birds Eye Steamfresh Veggies @ $1.00 ea [- (5) $0.50 from 1/10 SS (these doubled to $1.00)] = FREE
2 Silk Soymilk @ $2.99 [- (2) $0.75 printables (doubles to $1.50)] = $1.49 ea or $3.98
2 Malt-o-Meal Cereals @ $1.49 ea [- (2) $0.75 printables (doubles to $1.50)] = FREE
2 Hostess 100 Calorie Cupcakes @ $3.oo ea [- (2) $0.75 printables (doubles to $1.50)] = $1.50 ea or $3.00

Total: $5.98 oop

Then I hit up Pathmark for the awesome dairy deals: cheap Kraft cheese and free sour cream and Coffeemate creamers. Also picked up a few essentials we were out of.


Pathmark: Spent $24.43 oop for $64.41 worth of groceries for a savings of 62%. I also got a $5 catalina back for the Kraft cheese that I'm saving for next week.

6 Kraft cheese @ $1.98 ea (- (3) $1/2 printables) = $1.48 ea of $11.88 (after catalina these were $0.65 each!
2 8th Continent Soymilk @ $2.99 [- (2) $2 printables] = $0.99 ea or $1.98
2 Breakstone's Sour Cream @ $1.00 ea [- (2) $0.55 printables (doubled to $1.00) = FREE
2 Coffeemate Creamers @ $1.00 ea [- (2) $1.00 printables] = FREE
4 Francesco Rinaldi Pasta Sauces @ $1.00 ea (no coupon.. we were just out) = $4.00
1 grated Parmesan = $2.79
1 pack of London Broil @ $1.77/lb (awesome price for this!) = $6.78

Total: $24.43 with $5 oyno remaining for next week.

Lastly, I made a quick run to Target cause it was the last day for the Olay Regenerist rebate.
.


Target: $0.00 oop (used gift card I earned a few weeks ago) and will receive a $15 MIR.

2 Olay Regenerist Facial Cleansers @ $5.49 [- (2) $3.00 off from 1/17 P&G] = $2.49 ea or $4.98

I paid with a gift card I earned awhile back, not sure what I got it for right now. I will submit for the $15 MIR wyb 2 Olay Regenerist.

Total for the week: $74.60 oop
Will get back: $5 catalina and $25 in rebates
Cost after rebates: $44.60