The savings that is! I've just started really devoting my time to using coupons and finding the deals out there and last night it really paid off! So far in the last two weeks I have saved... are you ready.... $301.94! That is a huge savings compared to what we spent and what we have purchased.
There are a few tricks that I'm going to share with you guys to save you even more than just coupons alone. Fortunately my husband is Native so he has a Indian Status card so we do not pay full taxes, this is not something just anyone can have so this is a added bonus for our family but there are many other ways for you to save a ton on your monthly shopping bills.
If you are a student I highly recommend going to Zellers or any other retailer who sells the SPC card, this alone will save you a bundle. You can use the SPC card at many different retailers and the starting cost is only $10. I mainly use mine at Zellers but when you purchase the card you will find a whole list of places that you can use it or you can look online to find retailers in your area that accept the SPC. Every time I use this at Zellers I save 10% off my bill, even on clearance items! This is huge when you pair it with coupons, clearance and price matches.
Zellers is a great store to price match too, you just bring in the competitors flyer and show them. They will price match to the competitors price so you will then get the lowest sale price that you have found, plus your 10% off for using SPC AND add your coupons to that and you could be laughing!
Here are the weekly deals that I have found:
No Frills has blueberries on sale for their $1.00 sale, pair that with the $1.00 off any fresh berries found on specially marked Kelloggs cereal boxes and they are FREE!
You may also want to check out No Frills sales flyers for other great deals and if you have coupons to match even better! There is $1 Clorox disinfecting wipes, Del Monte fruit twists and Marc Angelo skewers that I know for a fact all have $1.00 off coupons out there to be found! Also the Campbells broths are on for $1 paired with the buy two get $1.00 off your only paying .50cents each! Really good deal!
Zellers is where I did most of my price matching last night for huge savings! This is what I did:
No Frills has Coke and Cristie crackers on special for $1.00 each, I price matched to Zellers and used my SPC card and my husbands status. Before taxes these were now .90cents each the cheapest I have ever seen Coke 2L or Cristie crackers EVER!
Gillette Foamy shaving cream was on special at Zellers for $1.79 pair that with the buy 3 Gillette products coupon save $5.00 found on brandsaver and it came to a grand total of .37 cents for all 3!
And the greatest deal that I found there was price matching the Tide cold water laundry soap 20 loads to Food Basics sale of $4.97 then I paired this with the buy 2 get $5.00 off brand saver coupon for a grand total of $2.47 per bottle before the 10% SPC was taken off!
I also purchased my little coupon helpers (my daughters) each a .99 cent Disney Princess snow globe candy that was on clearance from $4.99!
So I walked out of Zellers with 8 Tide cold water laundry detergents 20 loads, 2 Disney Princess snow globe candies, 10 2L bottles of Coke, 10 boxes of Christie Crackers and 3 Gillette foamy shaving creams for a grand total of $43.82! That's 45 items so I paid less than $1 each! Not to mention that I earned 3350 HBC rewards points to use towards future purchases!
Then I made a stop at Shoppers Drug Mart to check out their clearance and sales. The sales there were not that great for me this week but I did find a few things to make the stop worth my while.
Tostitos are 2/$6 and when you purchase two you get a free dip! I purchased 6 bags and got 3 Con Queso cheese dips for free valued at $3.29 each.
I also grabbed a 6 x 710mL Pepsi pack (not a good deal but I'll tell you why in a minute)
And a Scrubbing Bubbles toilet gel pack that was $5.46 but used my $7.00 coupon I received from the company so I got that for free.
Now the reason I stocked up on the Tostitos and the Pepsi is that the company is running a super bowl special right now that when you spend $20 before taxes you receive by mail a $20 coupon booklet for free products! You just have to have your original receipt, circle the qualifying products and write the upc's for those products on the back. It must be postmarked by February 28th, 2011 to qualify for this offer though. So the items that I purchased were just over $20.00 which included 6x Tostitos, 1 x 6x710mL Pepsi bottles, a Scrubbing Bubbles toilet gel pack and 3 Tostito's dips! I saved $15.33 alone on just the dips and Scrubbing bubbles and will receive $20 of free products in return! On top of the savings I earned Shoppers Optimum points. My numbers are a bit vague as I already filled out the mail in offer so I don't have the receipt but this a great offer if you use these products, just remember all products must be on the same receipt to qualify.
My last stop of the night was at Walmart where we shopped like rockstars and paid very, very little in comparison to what we got! Two shopping carts were overloaded for a grand total of $193.98. Here is most of what we got, some things are not on the receipt because they were FPC's (free product coupons) so they did not scan them at all. I don't think we chose the best cashier because he made a few mistakes with the coupons and was very slow but it was a learning experience for both of us.
Here I got:
2 bags of Natrel 4L milk- paid .47cents each after 2 $5.00 coupons from the company
3x Goodnights boys diapers- $14.97 x 3= $44.91- 2 $4.00 coupons and 1 $2.00 coupon makes it $38.91
2x Spitz salted pumpkin seeds $3.13 x 2 = $6.26 - 2 free product coupons = $0.00
Airwick Freshmatic $7.97 - $7.00 coupon when you buy any Airwick freshmatic product = .97cents
Johnson and Johnson bath set $15.97 - $15.97 = $0.00 used new baby coupon received from company for any free Johnson and Johnson product
Quaker cheddar cheese rice cakes x 10= $5.00 - $5.00 Quaker coupon = $0.00
Edge shaving kit includes 2 shaving creams and a razor = $5.94 no coupon
Skintimate shaving kit includes 2 shaving gels and razor = $5.94 no coupon
Gillette deodorant 3 pack with bonus razor = $4.47 used buy any Gillette deodorant get a body wash for free and used that towards a Gillette body was pack with free razor savings = $4.47
Rice Krispie Squares 30 pack minus $7.98 minus free product coupon = $0.00
Softsoap the big one $5.47 - $5.00 coupon from company = .47cents
Old Spice deodorant $2.57 and used the buy one deodorant get a Old Spice body wash for free body wash was $4.28 so I paid $1.71 for both!
Playtex tampons 72 in the package $14.27 - 2 x $5.00 coupons = $4.27
Pledge Lemon scent $3.97 used a buy one get one free so $3.97 for two! That's only $1.99 each
Two pack Secret deodorants purchased 3 two packs at $3.48 each so $10.44 - $7.00 brand saver coupon that when you buy three secret products you get $7.00 off so for 6 sticks of Secret deodorant I paid .57 cents each
10x Creme eggs for Easter .10 cents each on clearance = $1.00
Schneiders chicken fingers $8.00 -$10.00 product coupon made my total for these - $2.00
Lays chips big bag $3.00 - $3.00 for coupon from company for a free bag = $0.00
Brownie bear paws $2.87 - $2.87 coupon from company = $0.00
Quaker Chewy bars club pack $10.27 - 2 x $5.00 Quaker coupons = .27 cents
2 x Lean Cuisine Cannelloni $3.33 each or $6.66 for both - $6.66 for facebook coupon for one free per person = $0.00
Sponge towels largest package they carry, I believe 18 double rolls $12.97 - $10.00 coupon from company = $2.97
2 x Cinnamon Toast Crunch - $3.97 each x 2 = $7.94 - 2 x $1.00 coupons = $5.94 and these have the free kids movie admissions on them!
16 x Tide Cold water combination of liquid and powder price matched to $4.97 = $79.52 - 8 x $5.00 brand saver coupons of save $5.00 when you buy two so that brought the total down to $39.52 for all 16 boxes/bottles which made it $2.47 each!
16 count Eggo waffles price matched from $4.47 down to $3.00 then used the $2.00 coupon found on the back of specially marked Kelloggs cereals for a total price of $1.00
Then I purchased 7 boxes of Kelloggs cereal 3x Frosted Flakes which had the $5 gas gift card offer on the back which turned out to be expired so I will be calling them on Monday and 4x Fruit Loops which have the $1 fresh berries, $1 bananas, $2 eggos and $1 Smuckers squeeze jam coupons on the back. I priced matched these cereals to the Real Canadian Super Store sale of 2/$6 or $3.00 each for a grand total of $21.00 then I used the buy 3 Kelloggs cereals get $3.00 off so $15.00 for all 7 boxes which would make them $2.14 each with 3x $5 gas offers so $15.00 and 4x $5 Kelloggs coupons $20.00 so I was really ahead by $20.00 just for buying this cereal!
I also got the girls each a baby doll gift pack for $10.00 each on clearance for being such great troopers $20.00
After reviewing my receipt today I noticed that they did not process all of the coupons so I am off to Walmart later today after already phoning in to pick up my $21.98 that they still owe!
So my original total of $193.98 will actually be $172.00. But my grand total of savings yesterday alone was $220.67 and I spent out of pocket $262.80 so I saved almost as much as I spent and I have a house full of goodies! This is not totaling in all of the freebies that I got yesterday because not all were on the receipt. Very good deals to be had, you just have to search, price match and know your prices!
Happy shopping everyone!
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