Anyone shop CVS? Rite Aid?

[mommyof3princess27]

I have a CVS and a RA right down the road from me. Well a Walgreens too but the manager and cashiers are not so nice so i dont go there. Anyway out of CVS and RA-which has better deals lately? I am trying to get back into couponing. I built up a nice stockpile last year from RA and was rolling about $80 ecb's a week and I got burnt out anyway my stockpile is dwindling and now I need to save money for disney so I wanted to start again. What store do you shop? Do you stockpile? How many papers do you buy?

What about Target? DO you shop there? My Target HATES couponers and will have the security guard follow you around the store

 

[North of Mouse]

I really like CVS - was just there today, bought two Nivea lotions, two Nivea lip treatment and a Oral B battery toothbrush - out of pocket $4.00 plus tax $5.00 Store Coupon for $10.00 spent on Nivea products, plus I had $5.00 Q, $3.00 Q from paper for Nivea products, $3.00 Q for toothbrush, plus $2.00 store coupon. Don't like the hassle of Rite-Aid single check rebate so don't shop much there. I have a very good Walgreens, so do pretty well there. Just love to coupon, keep my sis & hubby (in another state with no competition or double or triple couponing) supplied with most paper products , lotions, deodorants, toothpastes, etc because it is just dh & I to buy for. Also carries over in the non-perishable grocery also. I am thrifty enough to pay for a lot of out Disney vacations I only get one paper, but will sometimes buy another if the coupons make it worth it to me. Don't do a lot of shopping at Target as they do not double coupons, but do occasionally hit some sales that make it worth it to me, but never have I found anyone watched because they are using coupons - they must have had some bad experiences

 

[bearzabout]

I like CVS the best. Last year, my total savings were close to $400. I only spent $30 in the 4th quarter but saved hundreds. I got nearly $100 worth a free stuff over Thanksgiving from CVS and Walgreens.

The Riteaid near me is always sold out of advertised sale items. I hate them.

To make life easy, go to Clippin with Carie.com and click on the CVS and Walgreens link. She posts links to coupons you can print (usually 2 per computer) and lists what is free and cheap each week. You can print your list from her site.

Today, I got 4 Nivea lip balms and two boxes of Skinny Cow 6 count chocolates for a total of 75 cents.

She will let you know what coupons will be in the upcoming paper so you don't waste money buying papers with coupons you won't use.

If you sign up on CVS's website, they will email coupons that you can automatically send to your card every week or two. I combine these $5 off $20 or $25 purchases with sale items (free gift card if you spend $30) for some great savings. A few weeks back, I got 36 rolls of Scott TP and 12 choose a size Scott paper towels for a total of only $10.

Carie has great info on good deals from Target.

I use a 5x8 envelope for CVS that has my CVS card, coupons for sales that week, gift cards and extrabucks so I remember to use them. The key to using them is staying organized!

 

[blessedby3]

I shop CVS and get tons of stuff for free or for pennies!! On the day after Thanksgiving, they literally have dozens of free stuff. Combined with coupons, CVS will pay you to take the stuff out of the store. It will take an initial investment to get started, but once you have bucks you can roll them into more bucks. I only buy stuff with my bucks that will give me more bucks back. If you use them on non buck stuff, then you will just spend them and not get any more bucks back. Then you would have to start over again.