I am often asked what I think about Costco, and if it is a good place to stock up. Yes our family does have a Costco Card, we buy much of our gas there as well as some office supplies and other items. The most common items for me to purchase are Granny Sycamores Bread ( AKA the best bread on earth in my opinion… and yes it is one thing I pay full price for) we also by Milk, Eggs, Whipping Cream, Tortilla shells, Buns…. the list goes on. Normally it is just a few items at a time far from the huge bulging carts often seen there.
At one point in my life it was our main “one stop shop” we would go every Saturday, fill up on free samples… as well as fill our cart to the brim with all the stock up deals because they looked and tasted so good. But we soon found we were spending $100-$300 per cart load on impulse buys. Many of the things we bought we could not afford but we were trapped into a routine of buying what we wanted, instead of what we needed.
Often as a couponer we are looked down upon for “stocking up”, if there is a yogurt sale and you buy 24… other shoppers may look down at you or say under their breath ” who really needs 24 yogurts”. Now you know I am all about playing fair and do not like shelf clearing if the store does not have stock. But it is funny how the tone changes when all of a sudden you are at Costco, and it is now fine to bring home a pack of 36 burritos, or 6 lbs of red vines, or a gallon jug of liquid cheese . Really these shoppers are applying the same concept of stocking up at the lowest price point ( just without manufacture coupons).
Once a year we get a rebate check for having a card with Costco, I use it each year to stock up on some of the basics like flour, rice, sugar, butter. Which means I was able to get all the items in the photo above for FREE (saved me a $138).
The cashier will have to reduce the coupon for the Carefree deal to work. The Walgreens Official coupon policy says that you can reduce the coupon down….* The coupon amount must be reduced if it exceeds the value of the item after other discounts or coupons are applied. (For example, a $5.00 coupon for a $4.99 item will result in a $4.99 coupon value).
Before Sale price or coupons this would have cost $63.70
I was able to get it all for $23.07
Last day to get these ROCK BOTTOM prices on Yogurt and GoGurt at Albertsons…. The Caldwell Stadium store has a ton in stock, but they do not want to be stuck with over stock. So they would love to sell you as many as you want. I plan to freeze many of these and use them as summer treats for the kids… at $1.12 a box you can’t go wrong! Makes them $.14 a GoGurt tube!!!
Yoplait Delights, Go-Gurt, or Greek Parfait Multipack Yogurts $1.99/$1.49
Use $0.75/1 Yoplait Greek Yogurt, 4 pk 03/11/2012 SS (if variety is included)
or $0.75/2 Yoplait Go-Gurt, Kids Cup, Trix, Splitz 03/11 SS
You can use 3twice the value (double coupons) per family per shopping trip per transaction. Ask your local store how many transactions they will let you do…. each store will vary a bit on this issue.
They will double any coupon up to the value of $1.00 making that coupon twice its value. SO if you use a .75 cent coupon it will double up to $1.50 or if you use a $1.00 coupon it will double to $2.00.
They will not double a coupon for $1.01 or more.
You do have to pay sales tax on the full sales price of the item, before coupons.
You can NOT get overage from using a twice the value coupon, so if your item is $1.79 and you have a $1.00 MFR coupon they will only double it up to the $1.79 making the item free… but NOT allowing overage.
Albertsons will now allow you to use coupons that say Do Not Double with a twice the value coupon…..Great News!!!
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. Really these shoppers are applying the same concept of stocking up at the lowest price point ( just without manufacture coupons).
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