I’m easy to please as the free Trident gum is a highlight for me at Walgreens this week. The Revlon hair color is an amazing rock bottom price too. Be sure to check the candy aisle for Valentine’s Day clearance deals.
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**Note: Walgreens is the one store where an advertised sale like “2 for $4” usually requires you to buy two products. The first one rings at full price and the second product will ring at a lesser price to bring the total to $4, using our example. If you ever question whether you need to buy two to receive a sale price, ask the cashier to scan one item for you. If it rings at full price, then you know you need to buy two products. If it rings at the sale price, then you don’t.
Your turn: What are you buying this week at Walgreens?
Week-Long Coupon Deals
Trident Gum $0.69 (after in-ad coupon)
Use in-ad Walgreens coupon
Plus use $0.75/1 Trident Layers Gum from 2/7 Smart Source insert (Looks like this coupon is for the wrong size. Bummer!)
Final price: Free after coupons
Air Wick Imotion or Freshmatic – on sale 50% off
Use $4/1 Air Wick Compact i-Motion Kit from 2/7 Smart Source insert or
Use $5/1 Air Wick Ultra i-Motion Kit from 2/7 Smart Source insert
Final price: Close to free after coupon
Crest Toothpaste $2.29
Use $1.50/1 coupon from the February Walgreens coupon booklet
Plus use $0.75/1 coupon from 2/7 Procter & Gamble insert
Final price: $0.04 after coupons (Thanks, Tim!)
Blistex and Chapstick 2/$2 (after in ad coupon)
Use in-ad Walgreens coupon,
Plus buy Blistex and use $0.35/1 Blistex Lip Care from 1/17 Smart Source insert or
Buy 3 Chapsticks and use $1/3 Chapstick Original, Cherry or Moisturizer from 1/31 Red Plum insert
Final price: As low as $0.65 each after coupon
Pepperidge Farms Goldfish 2/$3
Use $0.75/1 Select Goldfish Crackers printable
Final price: $0.75 each after coupons
Revlon Colorsilk Haircolor $1.99 (after in-ad coupon)
Use in-ad Walgreens coupon,
Plus, buy 2 and use $1/2 Revlon ColorSilk Product coupon from 1/17 Smart Source insert or
Buy 1 and use $1/1 Revlon Colorsilk Haircolor printable (manufacturer coupon from Target’s website)
Final price: $0.99 after coupons
Chex Mix 2/$3
Use $0.50/1 Chex Mix Chocolate variety printable
Use $0.50/1 Chex Mix Chocolate variety printable
Final price: $1.00 each after coupon
Starbucks Frappuccino drink 2/$4 (after in-ad coupon)
Use $1/1 Starbucks Frappuccino Coffee Drink printable
Final price: $1.00 after coupons
Excedrin Pain Relief $3.99
Use $2/1 Excedrin printable coupon
Final price: $1.99 each after coupon
Lysol Cleaners –on sale buy one, get one free
Buy 2 and use combination of two coupons:
Lysol All Purpose Cleaner Pourable $0.50/1 from 2/7 Smart Source insert or $0.50/1 printable coupon after registering
Select Lysol Cleaners $0.50/1 from 2/7 Smart Source insert or $0.50/1 printable coupon after registering
Select Lysol Bathroom Products $0.50/1 from 2/7 Smart Source insert or $0.50/1 printable coupon after registering
Lysol Wipes $1/2 printable coupon after registering
Final price: Varies depending on what you buy **
**I don’t pay more than $1 for a bottle of cleaning products. I doubt these will be priced that low, but I’ve included them just in case.
***Deal idea*** (Thanks, Deb!)
Buy 2 Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaners at $2.99 total (buy one, get one free)
Use 2 $0.50/1 coupons from above
Final price: $1.00 each after coupons
**This is the cheapest I (Laura) have seen toilet bowl cleaner in a few months.
Smooth Away Hair Remover — on sale buy one, get one free (2/$9.99)
Buy 2 and use two $1.50/1 from 12/13, 1/10, or 2/14 Red Plum inserts
Final price: $3.50 each after coupons
Revlon Superlustrous Lipstick $6.99
Use $2/1 Revlon lipstick coupon from Walgreens February coupon booklet found in literature rack at front of store,
Plus, use $1/1 Revlon color cosmetic from 1/17 SS insert
Final price: $3.99 each after coupons**
**I often wait until I can get lipstick much closer to free before I buy
DiGiorno Pizza 2/$10
Use $1/1 DiGiorno Rising Crust Pizza coupons from 1/24 Smart Source insert
Final price: $4.00 each after coupon
Week-Long Register Rewards Deals
Buy $10 in select candy products, Get $5 Register Reward
***Deal idea***
Buy 7 bags of Twizzlers at $1.50 each
Spend $10.50, get $5 Register Reward back
Final price: $0.59 each after Register Reward
Buy Venus Embrace or Fusion Razor System or Disposable Razor at $8.99, Get $4 Register Reward
***Deal idea #1***
Buy Fusion razor at $8.99
Use $4/1 Gillette Fusion Razor from 2/7 Procter & Gamble insert
Spend $4.99, get $4 Register Reward back
Final price: $0.99 after coupon and Register Reward
***Deal idea #2***
Buy Venus Embrace Razor at $8.99
Buy Olay Body Wash (price unknown)
Use $2/1 Venus coupon from 2/7 Procter & Gamble insert
Plus, use free Olay Body Wash with purchase of Venus Razor
Spend $6.99, get $4 Register Reward back
Final price: $1.50 each after coupons and Register Rewards**
**If you have enough coupons to do this deal three times, then submit your receipts for this $15 Olay mail-in rebate and turn this into a better-than-free deal. Friendly reminder: If you use a Register Reward you earn from this deal to pay for another razor, then you won’t get your second Register Reward.
Buy $10 in select laundry products at $3.99 each, Get $2 Register Reward
***Deal idea***
Buy 2 Tide Stain Release at $3.99 each
Buy 1 Downy Liquid at $3.99
Use two $1/1 Tide Stain Release coupons from 1/10 Red Plum or 2/7 Procter & Gamble insert
Plus, use $1/1 Downy Liquid coupon from 2/7 Procter & Gamble insert
Spend $8.97, get $2 Register Reward back
Final price: $2.32 each after coupons and Register Reward
Buy 1 Bausch & Lomb, Renu or Boston product at $7.99, Get $2 Register Reward
Buy Bausch & Lomb Soothe or Soothe XP Eye Drops and use $3/1 coupon from 1/10 Red Plum or 2/7 Smart Source inserts
Spend $4.99, get $3 Register Reward back
Final price: $2.99 after coupon and Register Reward
Buy 1 Pampers Diapers or Easy Ups at $8.99, Get $1 Register Reward
Buy 1 and use $1.50/1 Pampers Diapers or Pants from 2/7 Procter & Gamble insert
Spend $7.49, get $1 Register Reward
Final price: $6.49 each after coupon and Register Reward**
**I won’t ever pay more than $5 per jumbo pack of diapers (and even $5 is high). I included this deal in the event you need Pampers or you need to use Register Reward
Month-Long Register Rewards
Buy 1 Joint Juice 30ct pack at $10, Get $10 Register Reward
Buy 2 and use buy one, get one free printable coupon (no more prints available)
Spend $10, get $10 Register Reward back
Final price: Free after coupon and Register Reward
Buy $20 in participating Vicks Products, Get $10 Register Reward
***Deal idea***
Buy 4 Dayquil or Nyquil at $5 each
Buy two boxes of Puffs product
Use four $2/1 Vicks product coupons from 1/17 Procter & Gamble insert
Plus, use two coupons for a free box of Puffs with purchase of Vicks product
Spend $12, Get $10 Register Reward back
Final price: $0.50 each for Nyquil or Dayquil, plus two free boxes of Puffs after coupons and Register Reward
Buy 1 Lypsyl products $2.99, Get $2 Register Reward
Spend $2.99, get $2 Register Reward back
Final price: $0.99 each after Register Reward
Buy 1 Johnson & Johnson Cotton Swabs at $2.99, Get $1 Register Reward
Spend $2.99, get $1 Register Reward back
Final price: $1.99 each after Register Reward
Buy 1 Walgreens Mucus Relief 20 ct at $6.00, Earn $4 Register Reward
Spend $6.00, get $4 Register Reward back
Final price: $2.00 after Register Reward
Buy $10 in Select Dr. Scholls products, Get a $5 register rewards (prices start at $10.99)
Use $2/1 Dr. Scholl’s Freeze Away printable
Use $2/1 Dr. Scholl’s Massaging Gel Insoles printable
Use $2/1 Dr. Scholl’s Pain Relief Orthotics Product printable
Spend $8.99, get $5 Register Reward back
Final price: $3.99 after coupon and Register Reward
Buy any Axe products, get free movie tickets
Buy qualifying number of any Axe products (prices start at $3.49), get a code that you enter online to print free movie tickets. Free ticket must be used by May 10 and is accepted at select theaters nationwide
Buy 3 Axe products, get 1 free movie ticket
Buy 5 Axe products, get 2 free movie tickets
Final price: ???
Thanks to Common Sense With Money for putting a starting list of deals together, that I added to based on the forums at A Full Cup.
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YOU ROCK!!! This is fast and amazing. I don;t know how you do it but am glad you do. THNAKS SO MUCH!!!!!! Happy Valentines Day!
Dawn
I tried the Trident coupon today and they wouldn’t accept it with the Walgreens coupon.
I tried it, too. Wrong kind/size.
me three! The Trident layer pack is 14 pieces and the walgreens coupons says it’s for the 18 piece packet.
Same here with the Trident . . . wrong size. Also, I bought 3 Downy liquid but did not get the register rewards. Was it because my total was less than $10 after I used the coupons on the Downy? Manager at Walgreens said some companies do not give out the register rewards if you use a coupon on their product.
I didnt get mine either. I got 2 Tide Stain Release and 1 Downy. So, she tried again without coupons. Didnt work. Then she tried a different register. Didnt work. So then she grabbed 3 completely different products and it didnt work either. Then, she gave up and they gave me $2 in cash.
So, it had nothing to do with coupons or the RR used, since when she rerang it didnt work. I looked on A Full Cup to see if anyone else mentioned it, but didnt see anyone post it yet.
The joint juice coupon is for the online store only.
I used the $2/2 coupon in 1/31S insert and bought 2 bags of Reese Mini peanut butter cups and 2 bags of twizzler. Spent $9 and got $5 in RR. I’ll freeze the peanut butter cups to use in a couple months to make those graduation hats favors for my son’s graduation party. (average $1 per bag of candy)
I am new to coupons and Register Rewards at Walgreens and am trying to figure it all out. What do you use as filler items at Walgreens? I needed something small to add to my order today to have the same number of items as coupons. I ended up adding a Reese’s Valentine’s candy as those are my downfall. But, something cheaper in the future would be nice to know about. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for your help1
Some times I use the little carmels at the check out for $.33 each.
I use the little carmels too for my fillers! I grabbed a few valentine gift bags that were .25 and used as fillers last week.
Monica, I often look through the Walgreens ad and clip in-ad coupons that are less than $.50 on items I could use (candy, pop, mailing envelopes, etc.). Since Walgreens coupons don’t count toward your # of coupons vs. # of items, you can sometimes find good filler items this way.
Is it true that Walgreens coupons do not count towards your # of coupons??? Could this vary by store? This could totally change my Wags shopping experience!!! I swear I’ve tried to use RRs before and the register stopped me because I had already used too many coupons – so I assumed that Wags coupons were counting towards my # of coupons. Guess it won’t hurt to try again sometime.
As far as I know, they do not count towards your coupon count. Register Rewards, of course, do.
Often around holidays like Valentines, Easter, etc they will have pencils for sale or gift bags (the lunch bag style) for 5/$1 or 8/$1 with Walgreens in-ad coupon. These are usually what I get for fillers – just look through your ad and be sure you clip the in-ad coupon.
It is also good to note that when using an in-ad coupon, such as 5/$1, you do not need to purchse all 5 for the deal. If you purchase only one bag and have this coupon, it would be just $0.20.
I use the carmel fillers for .33 cents as well….I’m not a carmel lover but these carmels are AWESOME!
Wondering if smooth away BOGO works with 2 coupons. Has anybody tried? Thanks again for this site.
I forgot to mention that the Lakeville (off 35 and 50) were out of the Venus Embrace refillable system razors.
I didn’t get the Smartsource insert in my Pioneer Press today (nor a P&G insert, if there was one). Did everyone else?
Jennifer – There was only one insert this weekend: http://www.pocketyourdollars.com/2010/02/carries-coupon-insert-picks-from-21410-sunday-paper/
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Last week they counted a walgreens coupon as one item so I had to scramble to get another item. Does this vary by store?
I use Ramen noodles for .39 each for fillers as I can always feed them to the boys later. I did find some 3 for $1.00 chocolate bars too when I needed several fillers.
The Walgreens I go to in Lakeville had a sheet of coupons by the register (I think they were the ones in the Feb book, but I am not sure as I am still new to all of this). There was one for $2 off a Burt’s Bee product, limit 2. I used it on 2 chapsticks that were $2.99 each. A good deal in my opinion.
My walgreens wouldn’t work w/ that. :( I tried 3 different kinds none worked n manager thought it was they were wrong items. It shows a lip shimmer and says burts bees body products so imo all should work if not specified! I wonder if it is still going on I think I will go to a diff walgreens today and try!
FYI-Lysol Toilet Cleaner was $2.99. With B1G1 and (2) .50 cent coupons, the Toilet Bowl Cleaner was $1.00/each. (The Lysol Wipes were $3.89. So, with $1.00/2-that make them $1.45 each. Still not a bad deal as we like to have them around for convenience times.) Thanks Carrie!
I spoke to the manager today at the Walgreens in Andover. She said in order to get your register rewards, you must STILL have the required dollar amount AFTER all coupons are taken off. I purchased (2) DayQuil and (2) NyQuil. Used a coupon for FREE Puffs and also a coupon for $1.50/2. She said because of the $1.50 coupon, I hadn’t spent the required $20 to get my $10 in rewards. (*A $5 reward ticket had printed instead.) Same thing happened with the Lysol products…after coupons I hadn’t spent $10, so I didn’t get my $2 reg rewards.
Wendy, that’s odd. That’s never been my experience before with Register Rewards.
The truth I’ve learned is that management at Walgreens is haphazard. If what this manager said was true, then we would all have noticed it at the register…months ago. I had a manager argue with me about using a $7 Q on three bayer aspirin bottles I purchased using wags raincheck also…he said he would only credit me part of the $7…I responded by asking if he was going to submit the Q for reimbursement at this lesser amount – he stopped arguing at that point.
I get tons of bargains at wags, but wish they would better train their managers. The manager sets the tone of the store.
I don’t know if anyone else has seen this on other websites or not, but there’s a great way to get Crest toothpaste for 4 cents!!! At Walgreens, certain Crest toothpastes are on sale for $2.29. Use the IVC from the February coupon book that is $1.50 off Crest toothpaste (regular, tartar control, baking soda and peroxide toothpastes only). Stack that with the 75 cents off any 4 oz. or largerCrest toothpaste, and you’ve got toothpaste for less than a nickel! :)
Thanks for the tip, Tim!
you’re welcome! I haven’t tried it yet, but I saw it on a site and hope to have success with it this week!
the 75 cents off is in the 2/7 P&G insert. Sorry I left that out! :)
I usually use the holiday candy as my filler. I have 3 kids and each week I got the truffle hearts, sweetarts or pencils as my fillers and by valetines my kids valetines buys were full. other good filler are the “Ravinia knee highs” I think they are like $0.50. The cleaning gloves are really cheap and always good to have around the house. Today I used the 50% off valetine candy as a filler and stocked my freezer.
Also to note I have always gotten my RR even with coupons and never had a problem.
One thing I did learn this week is that RR is good in photo. I had to pick up my son’s science fair project photos and just simply asked the cashier, she did not know but scanned the rewards and it went through.
The Crest toothpaste in North Mankato was $2.79 not the $2.29 mentioned making it 54 cents. But They had the Air Wick i Motion on sale for $3.99 with the $4 coupon was FREE!
Other than my one experience this week with the Downy deal, I also have always gotten my RR even with the use of coupons.
It is so frustrating with the managers make up their own rules. Each visit to each WG that I visit is different. Sometimes they are super friendly (like this week) and others they treat me like I am ripping off the store because I shop their own sales. I keep going back because their sales are way better than any big box store (TG or WM).
I have to say tho, the WG in Shoreview/Oak Park Heights was amazingly nice this week. I am definitely going back. They treated me with respect and investigated the situation before assuming anything. Usually they just claim it was the coupons. But this time they investigated first and found out it was the computer.
I love the Shoreview wags also!
I make my own glass cleaner, daily shower spray, and laundry detergent. So much cheaper than purchasing!
Recipes on my blog.
North Oaks Walgreens is great. They clip coupons and put them near the items, so if you’ve forgotten one or you see a great deal, you can help yourself.
I tried to purchase the Revlon colorsilk but they refused to take the Manufacturer coupon from Targets website. I explained that it was a manufacturers coupon but she said she would get in trouble if she took it. Anyone else have this issue?
Hi, yes I had trouble using the revlon colorsilk coupon as well (Target/Manufacture coupon).
Clerk stated they don’t take competitors coupons. I explained it was a manufacture coupon. She also stated to me not to believe everything you see or read on the internet (((Beep…).
I just want to get this right so it doesn’t happen again at that store. So what is the policy for sure? Anyone know?
Thanks,
Karry
Just got back from M.G.wags and I did the nyquil deal again and this time they were 5.00 each so I only had to buy four and get the two puffs with the coupons listed and it easily printed out the RR. Don’t know why they were 4.49 last week. Oh well–
very frustrating….didn’t find any 2.29 Crest at Wags. So I’ll save the coupons for another sale…at least until the end of the month!
Tim – Did you have them price check the item? Often (and I mean very often) Walgreens does not label their shelves with the sale prices of items even when they will ring up at a lower price. It helps to have a copy of the ad from the paper with you and ask the cashier to price check before you pay.
Oooh thanks! Forgot about that. Supposedly, the deals runs through the 27th, so there’s still plenty of time.
Carrie, Any Axe coupons out there to add to the movie ticket deal?
Brenda – I looked on Sunday when I was putting the list together and couldn’t find any :(
Thanks for putting together all the deals. I’ve never shopped so smart in all my life. But yesterday when I tied to use the $4q on the 50% off Air Wick sale price of 3.99, it didn’t work. I tried to talk the clerk into reducing the q to 3.99 but she wouldn’t do it. What do others do in a case like this?
I have ran into that issue a few times. I usually just ask to speak to a manager. Only because they have experienced this situation more. They can manually over ride the price. It happen to me at Cub when I used the Airwick cpn on a clearanced I motion. She refused the coupon and I explained to her the process to mark it down and she refused so I asked her to ask some one and she did. They explained that they would get reimbursed regardless so she over rode it and I got my I motions:)
FYI- I try to shop at the same Wags and CVS just to keep down confusion.
Does anyone know which Cub Foods stores accept Wags Register Rewards?
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