It’s Friday, and that means it’s time for my quick after-school run to Vons to pick up a few items. I didn’t have much on my ‘list’ today. I STILL don’t have all of my coupons clipped and organized, and I honestly don’t see me getting my act together anytime soon… not this weekend at least! Today I spent a WHOPPING $13.22 for everything in this picture, and per my receipts, I saved $71.19! I’ll take it!
Here’s what I purchased today (over 3 transactions):
2.43lbs Bananas – $1.68
(2) Fresh Express Spinach – $0.99 Each
(1) Fresh Express Shreds – $0.99
(1) Tyson Chicken Nuggets – $3.99
(2) Farmer John Hot Dogs – $0.79 Each (Just4U this week)
(2) Ball Park Hot Dog Buns – $1.99 Each
(15) Oscar Mayer 2oz Lunch Meats – $0.99 Each
(5) Starbucks Refreshers – $1.50 Each
(2) Ocean Spray Juice – $1.67 Each
(2) Kellogg’s 12-pk Pop Tarts – $2.45 Each (my Just4U price)
CRV – $0.45
Subtotal – $45.24 After Sale & Just 4 You Offers
USED: (2) $0.55/1 Ball Park Buns (1 Doubled)
AND: $0.75/1 Tyson Nuggets (Doubled)
AND: $1/2 Farmer John Hot Dogs
AND: (5) FREE Starbucks Refreshers
AND: BOGO FREE Ocean Spray Juice
I had some *magic* happen at the register today. First, I found the 12ct boxes of chocolate Pop Tarts on the clearance cart marked 50% OFF. I didn’t have any Pop Tart coupons with me but these are my boys favorites and they disappear like lightning around here. I was willing to pay 1/2 price for them. They scanned at $2.45 Each, my personalized Just 4 You price. HOWEVER, when she scanned the bright orange 50% OFF stickers… it deducted 50% OFF of the REGULAR PRICE which took off $2.00 Each!!! I ended up getting the 12ct boxes of Pop Tarts for ONLY $0.45 Each with NO COUPONS! My BOGO FREE Ocean Spray coupon deducted the regular price of $3.79 instead of the sale price of $1.67. That made BOTH FREE and gave me an extra $0.45 that more than covered my CRV (tax). The Starbucks Refreshers coupons rang up weird… and they did last week too so I wasn’t surprised. The first coupon scanned and deducted the correct $1.50 from my total. When they tried to scan the next one, it beeped. They did an override to make it go through, and it deducted the regular price of $2.39, also giving me overage to offset my CRV (tax) and then some (I used 2 per transaction). I was mad at myself for not remembering to split my hot dog buns into 2 transactions so both my coupons would double, but I quickly got over that!!! Then there’s this…
There’s a Catalina offer running on Oscar Mayer lunch meats right now, and it’s working on these small 2oz packages!
Buy Oscar Mayer Lunchmeats 5/14/12 – 6/10/12
Buy 3, Get Back $2 Catalina
Buy 4, Get Back $3 Catalina
Buy 5+, Get Back $4 Catalina
This means that if you buy (5) of these Oscar Mayer 2oz lunchmeats you’ll pay $4.95 and get back a $4 Catalina… making them only $0.19 Each! And guess what? It’s ROLLING! You can buy (5) more and pay with your $4 Catalina and still get another $4 Catalina back! WOOHOO! This is why I split my purchase into (3) transactions. I purchased (5) lunchmeats and (2) Starbucks Refreshers in my first (2) transactions and then used those $4 Catalinas to pay for my next transactions.
If you’re just going in to purchase the lunchmeat, your transaction would look like this:
BUY (5) Oscar Mayer Lunchmeat 2oz – $0.95 Each
Pay $4.95, Get Back $4 Catalina
=$0.19 Each wyb 5 – NO COUPONS REQUIRED!
If you’re headed out to Vons this week, be sure to check out all of the Vons Deals HERE!
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