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CVS Shopping List 1/20 – 1/26/13

January 19, 2013 by 31 Comments

This deal has expired and may no longer be valid.

If you’re new to CVS, your first step is to learn the ins and outs of the Extra Bucks program and learn how to read this shopping list. For those who use reusable bags, you may want to buy a green bag tag.

And if you regularly purchase beauty products at CVS, I recommend enrolling in the CVS Extra Care Beauty Club, which is free to join. As a member, you will receive $3 Extra Bucks on your birthday in addition to other opportunities for free Extra Bucks. Read this post to find out more.

Remember that this is a starting list of deals for the week. We will update this list as readers leave comments with bargains they found at their local store, we get emails with deal ideas or we read about other deals across the blogosphere. Items that are added throughout the week will be noted as NEW. Items whose final price changes as a result of a new or modified coupon scenario will be noted as UPDATED. At least once this week we will send out a reminder to come back and check this list for the hottest new deals.

Your turn: What other deals did you find this week at CVS?

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About Carrie Rocha

I am passionate about helping people live within their means so they can get out and stay out of debt. I live in Minneapolis, MN with my husband and two little girls.

  • Jill Pearson

    There's a 20% off coupon I have from an email. Does that only apply to regular prices?

    • jo

      yes- it will only apply to non-sale items

  • Brock

    12 Coke 12-packs for $30, getting the $10 back = $1.67 per 12-pack. Seems like a good price to stock up to me!

    • JoAnna

      That it is–especially for January.

      • Sheila

        I just got 12 12 packs! Great price!

  • Alyssea

    I can't find the Clear hair care coupon. :(

  • Intchina

    What do you do when a sales clerk is polite but totally ignorant about how store promotions work in combination with manufacturer's coupons? I had a fairly unpleasant situation at CVS today and I want to do something about it, although I am not sure what.

    Thank you

    • JoAnna

      First try speaking to the store manager. Then an email to corporate if need be. Hope you get the help needed.

  • sheila

    love your website use it all the time thanks here is a coupon for alli

    http://hunt4freebies.com/coupons/10-off-alli-coup…

  • jo

    So suprising as I always have great experiences at my CVS in EP- definately seek out the manager or manager on duty.

    • Intchina

      Unfortunately, I already had a not-so-pleasant encounter with the store manager a couple of weeks back – she was explaining 'at' me how ALL varieties from the circular really didn't mean 'all' when ECB didn't print for an offer. I guess I will just stick to Walgreens… Being frugal is supposed to be a positive thing, not a humiliating or stressful one.

      Thank you all for your advice and input

  • Katherine

    Thanks for the list! You didn't mention the Listerine/Reach/Rembrandt extra bucks deal–Spend $10, get $5 EB's. The limit for that deal is 2. There are $1/1 coupons for Listerine in the 1/6 SS (there were 2 SS's that day, the one titled "Healthy Essentials"). I plan to do that one, but the second part of my comment is: Do you know if I can spend $20(+) on 3 bottles and get $10 EB's? Or do I have to purchase say, 2 smaller bottles at something like $5.39ea. so that each purchase is separate, for each "Spend $10, get $5 EB's" deal? I think the big bottles are around $7 or $8. Also, since I don't believe the Listerine is on sale, you could use the 20% coupon.

    • Katherine

      PS–Carrie, congrats on the great article in the Star & Tribune today!!

    • jo

      $20 total any combination

  • Brenda

    At CVS yesterday a whole slew of Speed Stick deoderant was on clearance for .97. I came home to find the $1 off coupon…MY TIMING IS OFF! :)

  • Amy

    Was there not a Almay coupon in the paper yesterday?

    • anne

      I only recieved 1 insert last weekend and I didn't see any almay q's.

    • http://www.pocketyourdollars.com Laura Wales

      Amy – I did not see an Almay coupon in my home-delivered Star Tribune.

  • Leanne

    Does anyone else think the $10 back on $30 is a great deal when it applies to stocking up on soda, paper towels and toilet paper? I think it is a good price, but am I missing something?

    • Drew

      I was looking at that as well.

      3 packs of the Charmin at $9.99 = $29.97, would that be close enough to $30 get the $10 back?

      If so that would make it $0.42/roll.

      • Leanne

        The 12 pk coke products would be 1.67 each, the same as 3.34 per case which is outstanding, is my math right?

  • JoAnna

    Yep, your math is correct. Great price, especially for January.

  • Kris L

    Stocked up on Sprite and Fanta through this deal. Great price!

  • ella

    There was an article on front page of Tuesday's Star Trib about some research findings regarding an ingredient in antibacterial soaps, deodorants, plaque fighting toothpaste, and many other products. It's called triclosan, and researchers from UM and Minnesota Science Museum have found that it's been steadily increasing in amounts in our lakes and rivers since it first appeared in soaps in the 1960s. The EPA is studying whether when it reacts with our chlorinated treated water, plus sunlight, it creates dioxins that are accumulating in our lakes and rivers, yikes! Soaps and other products without triclosan apparently work just as well at cleaning and reducing germs. According to the article, Canada plans to ban it from consumer products, and Johnson and Johnson is apparently phasing it out in their products. The FDA says there is not yet enough evidence to recommend limiting it's use, but is studying it's health effects. There is also research evidence that this chemical disrupts hormones in animals, and the ability of algae to use sunlight.

    I checked some labels and found it in the liquid soap and toothpaste my family uses. In future I plan to try to avoid products with this ingredient. Perhaps I should post this in open mike.

  • http://www.pocketyourdollars.com Carrie Rocha

    Thank you, Katherine! I think John Ewoldt wrote a nice piece and I'm honored that both he and his editor think the book is valuable enough to their readers to have given it the kind of coverage they did.

  • Jill Pearson

    I got a $25% off coupon in my email today! Helps make some of the ecb deals way cheaper. I know it only goes off regular price but what about bogos? do you get 25% off with bogo or no?

  • http://www.pocketyourdollars.com Laura Wales

    Jill – I believe BOGO pricing is considered a sale price. Whenever I get the % off coupon, I have them scan it no matter what I'm purchasing and then see whatever discount I get. It doesn't change what I purchase.

  • Talonda Brown

    I received a $2 off any 2 hand & body lotions coupon from the print center today which would make the Eucerin deal even sweeter! FREE after ECBs! Also received a $4 off Aveeno facial care coup….love those "random walk in and swipe your card at the coupon center" trips!

  • ashlyh11

    just letting everyone know, if you didnt already, CVS Will be phasing out the green bag tags, sometime around April. they are no longer available in store, and have been recalled due to a quality control issue.

    my guess is people who use them but dont actually have bags… happens a lot at the store i work at.

    • http://www.pocketyourdollars.com Laura Wales

      Bummer. :( Thanks for the heads up, though!

  • ashlyh11

    yYes Laura, any bogo items are considered on sale & nnot valid with percent off coupons. usually if an item has a tag on it then it is considered on sale, and those ccoupons wont work.. not sure about items that are normal price but give ecb's back. i think you can still use % coupons with them, i know my employee discount works on them.