Walgreens deals....what are YOU buying this week?

[It's A Happy Day]

Recently Walgreens opened up across the street from the CVS I frequent and while I know they have the monthly booklet, I have stayed away because the other store was just too far away for me to justify it. Now that they are across the street AND they offered a $25 gift card for every prescription I transferred, I have $100 in gift cards and looking to roll it to make more/keep it going.

I was able to get the Venus Embrace the last week of February so I could get the rebate on that one PLUS I got a $5 off my next purchase for buying a P&G product then too. So far in March I have purchased the Garnier, the toothpaste, and 1 other item I can't remember right now.

So what other great deals does Walgreens have going right now...what are y'all buying Lets share....

 

[DebMcDonald]

I did the buy 6 items for $20 and got $8 back, plus I had coupons for almost all the items, so I made out extremely well in that transaction, then I did the Ivory soap which was supposed to be free, but unfortunately I used my $4 from my other soap and shampoo and I didn't get the additional $4, but I figure it was still a very good deal.

 

[FoundMyPrince]

We're buying a few months supply of soap. To use the deal over and over, you cannot buy the next order's soap with the coupon, you have the shell out another $4 for the soap, and you'll get another coupon. Since a gallon of milk is near $4, we'll use the $4 coupons rather quickly.

 

[LuckyMamaInDE]

Having a good time with Walgreens this week!

Olay soap 2 bar packs 2/4.00- 2 @ 1.00 coupons=0.00 paid PLUS received $4 register rewards aka RR (did this 3 times with all coupons I had)

Herbal Essences shampoo/conditioner 6/20.00- 2 @ Buy2Get1Free coupons ($6.66 off)=13.33 for 6 bottles PLUS I used $5 RR from purchasing razors PLUS received $12 RR (did this twice, will do one more time today)

Gilette Fusion Phenom OR Venus Embrace razor $9.99-$4 RR from soap and/or HE - $4 manufacturer coupon= 1.99 PLUS $5 RR received


So in short, I've been rolling the razor RR into the HE shampoo. I've been rolling the soap OR HE RR into razors. Repeat!

For the non-rolled $4 RR, I've been purchasing Tampax Pearl tampons, 40ct box. I received $3 off Tampax Pearl catalina coupons last month when buying clearanced Playtax Sport tampons. The Pearls are on sale for $6.99 this week. For each 40ct box, I use one $4 RR and one $3 coupon.

At one store I found some clearanced tampons (the store is moving locations so lots of things are being marked-down) that I combined with sale Kleenex (2.00/2 200 ct boxes, coupon in ad) and used one $4 RR. That was fun.

I will have some $4 RR left for next week, which I will use for Easter candy, on sale PLUS mc PLUS March Easy Saver coupons.

I have some Zest $1/1 coupons that I might use for the 2/$4 get $4 RR promotion, if I can find the soap. I'll donate that soap to our church food/hba closet.

 

[Traveliz]

I did the buy 6 items for $20 and got $8 back, plus I had coupons for almost all the items, so I made out extremely well in that transaction, then I did the Ivory soap which was supposed to be free, but unfortunately I used my $4 from my other soap and shampoo and I didn't get the additional $4, but I figure it was still a very good deal.

I did the buy 6 also - but I think you got back 12.00 --- at least I did! and it makes it even a better deal!

I am going to some other Walgreens today and hoping they have the soap - mine was out but I will pay out of pocket for it to get the extra register rewards. I read on another post that register rewards can be used to purchase gift cards (just not Walgreens ones) and I think I would like to do that with my rewards money.

Liz

 

[lillygator]

where did you get the Olay coupans and what is RR?

 

[It's A Happy Day]

New week, new deals........anything good?

 

[DisneyDawnNH]

Last year I purchased 2 of the $50 Rainforest Cafe giftcards with the RR I received in some great deals.

Right now I am sitting on a few from the deals last week and thinking about grabbing another restaurant gc - has anybody tried this? I know it says on there that you can't buy a walgreens giftcard but it doesn't say no to others.

The trick in the past was you had to have an item for each RR you were using - so if I grab 1 $25 restaurant giftcard, and 6 easter bags (6 for $1.00) I could use 6 RR toward this transaction and 2 bucks in cash without major bells and whistles going off.

Anybody try this?

 

[DebMcDonald]

I did the buy 6 also - but I think you got back 12.00 --- at least I did! and it makes it even a better deal!

I am going to some other Walgreens today and hoping they have the soap - mine was out but I will pay out of pocket for it to get the extra register rewards. I read on another post that register rewards can be used to purchase gift cards (just not Walgreens ones) and I think I would like to do that with my rewards money.

Liz

You're right I did get $12.

 

[Traveliz]

Last year I purchased 2 of the $50 Rainforest Cafe giftcards with the RR I received in some great deals.

Right now I am sitting on a few from the deals last week and thinking about grabbing another restaurant gc - has anybody tried this? I know it says on there that you can't buy a walgreens giftcard but it doesn't say no to others.

The trick in the past was you had to have an item for each RR you were using - so if I grab 1 $25 restaurant giftcard, and 6 easter bags (6 for $1.00) I could use 6 RR toward this transaction and 2 bucks in cash without major bells and whistles going off.

Anybody try this?

I was wondering the same thing -- I know you have to have an item for each RR you use (regardless of the price) and someone else recently said they get the gift cards with the register receipts. I went and looked at our one Walgreens last night and was not that impressed with the gift card selection so might hit the other today.

Liz

 

[HayGan]

I just rolled $61 of RR in to gcs yesterday. My order consisted of

12 Easter pencils (the cheapest thing I could find) - $3
1 Sunday paper - $1.50
1 Wonka egg for DS (he was with me ) - $2.50
1 $10 TGI Friday's gc - $10
2 $25 Gap gcs - $50

Used $61 in RR (15 in total)

Total OOP $6.21

I just started looking at the Walgreens deals. The P&G and Viactiv deals made it a very good week for me to start there! I spent about $30 OOP and got tons of soap/body wash/shampoo/vitamins plus $70 in TGIF/Gap gcs

 

[Free4Life11]

Last year I purchased 2 of the $50 Rainforest Cafe giftcards with the RR I received in some great deals.

Right now I am sitting on a few from the deals last week and thinking about grabbing another restaurant gc - has anybody tried this? I know it says on there that you can't buy a walgreens giftcard but it doesn't say no to others.

The trick in the past was you had to have an item for each RR you were using - so if I grab 1 $25 restaurant giftcard, and 6 easter bags (6 for $1.00) I could use 6 RR toward this transaction and 2 bucks in cash without major bells and whistles going off.

Anybody try this?

Yes you can use them on other gift cards but not the Walgreens. As far as using multiple RR per transaction, YMMV. I have heard that some managers are claiming you can only use ONE RR coupon per transaction. I have had no trouble using multiple RR's, but you are correct in that you have to have the same number of items as coupons.

Tip: If you go to www.hotcouponworld.com they post previews of the weekly ads in their Walgreens forum! :

 

[delmar411]

This is what I'm buying this week:

Trident gum ~ bogo w/ in ad coupon plus bogo manf coupons = free

Russell Stover marshmallow eggs ~ 3/$1 after in -ad coupon plus buy 2 get 2 free manf coupon = .15 for 4

Aquafresh .99 after in-ad coupon plus $1 manf = free

Oust candle 4.99-2.00mir plus 2.00 insert = .99

Glade Fan 4.99-2.00mir plus 3.00 peelie = free

Glade Plugins scented Oil kit = 2 for 4.79 -(2) 2.00 IPs = .79 for 2

I'm rolling my remaining in RR into the FAR items plus milk for the week if it's still $2.89/gal.

 

[smiller]

I just bought the Viactiv vitamins (my favorite!) on clearance for $3.69 -$2 EasySaver coupon -$2 MF coupon = $0.31 overage each (I bought 4). I also got the Embrace to add to my March rebate (I hear you can do/try this) as well as some Listerine for a different MIR I have.

I received a $5 catalina/RR for my next purchase - something I wasn't completely expecting, but was quite a nice bonus!

I'll be going back for my big tub of Cetaphil face cream $7.99 -$1MF coupon and check out the potential clearance on Soy Joy (yet another item I truly like!) since I have so many coupons.

I love CVSing but it usually takes a pretty good monthly rebate to get me to Walgreen's. That might be changing!

 

[It's A Happy Day]

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[JustMickey]

I'm having a hard time getting into Walgreens deals. They hardly seem worth the effort after all the effort I'm putting into CVS deals. I did get some of the free after MIR last month (Garnier Nutritioniste, toothpaste) and I just got some of the April free after MIRs yesterday (Jane blush, toothbrush, and MORE toothpaste). I sent in my MIR from March last week. When can I expect my gift card to arrive? Also, is it really worth trying to get deals on things that aren't free after MIR? I'm already getting a ton of deals at CVS, does anyone here do both?

 

[HayGan]

I used a couple of my RR from the P&G deal last week to get the Aveeno lotions ($2.39 each). When you buy 4 you get $10 in RR. Only thing I really did this week.

I'm really not a big fan of Walgreen's especially now that you can only use 1 RR per order and you can not use them on ANY gift cards. (Just more reasons to shop at CVS.) Plus the fact that because they do not have a loyalty card you have to purchase all items at once. Makes it hard to deal any deal without speniding quite a bit OOP. I will only do a deal there now if it is really good or something I really need.

 

[Colinsmom]

I find that Walgreens is best when you can get overage from using a Walgreens coupon (from the weekly ads or the monthly booklet). In March, Viactiv 50ct vitamins were on clearance for, I think, $3.50. There was a weekly coupon plus a monthly coupon (both Walgreens) that gave you $5 off per bottle. So 1.50 overage *per bottle*!! We have tons of Walgreens around here, so I hit as many as I could (sometimes finding 20 bottles at a time - $30 of overage to spend!) and bought a ton of stuff with the overage, including a lot of the monthly MIR stuff.

CVS has been frustrating me lately because we only have a few stores close by, and they've been sold out of a lot of stuff early in the sale cycle (like, by 10am Sunday). Plus, they cut back on the $/$$ coupons, so it is harder to make great deals. I'm slowly working down my ECBs (have about $150 total on 2 cards right now) and hoping that it picks up again!

This week at Walgreens I got the Reynolds foil (25c after weekly coupon + $1/2 mfr Q), did the Aveeno deal twice and did the Wrigleys gum deal. On the Wrigleys gum deal, you combine the weekly coupon (3/$2, I think) with the monthly coupon (99c off of 3) with the BOGO mfr coupons out there right now. Give the mfr coupons first. I got about $3 overage per 12 packs, I think. It would look something like this (from memory, I'm at work):

1.19 pack of gum
1.19 pack of gum
1.19 pack of gum
1.19 pack of gum
1.19 pack of gum
1.19 pack of gum

Equals 7.14

-1.19 bogo mfr Q
-1.19 bogo mfr Q
-1.19 bogo mfr Q

Equals 3.57

- .99 monthly WAG Q
- .99 monthly WAG Q

Equals 1.59

-1.57 (1.19 * 3 - 2 for the weekly coupon)
-1.57 "

Equals -1.55

Walgreens rebates are duds this month, IMO. March was much better!

 

[maggiew]

I went this morning and got:

$1.59 Reynolds Wrap
$1.59 Reynolds Wrap
$1.59 Reynolds Wrap
$1.59 Reynolds Wrap
$2.79 Aveeno Lotion 2.5 oz.
$2.79 Aveeno Lotion 2.5 oz.
$2.79 Aveeno Lotion 2.5 oz.
$2.79 Aveeno Lotion 2.5 oz.
-$3.36 Walgreens coupon for Reynolds Wrap
-$1 manu. coupon for Reynolds Wrap
-$1.50 / 2 manu. Coupon for Aveeno
-$1 manu. coupon for Aveeno
-$1 manu. coupon for Aveeno
-$8 RR from P&G deal last week
-$2 RR from P&G deal last week
Subtotal -.34
8% sales tax 1.13
Total .79

And I got back $10 RR for the Aveeno. The Reynolds Wrap was 4 for $3 with the Walgreens coupon. Plus I had a $1/2 Reynolds Wrap coupon. I wish I had another, but oh well. It ended up being .50 each for the foil.

Maggie