I wanted to share a few of my thoughts on the lists with you if I could and highlight any deals:
- Walgreens & CVS lists - Now that both the Walgreens and CVS lists are live at Grocery Smarts, I will NOT be doing my usual Walgreens and CVS line-up post every Sunday. If I see any screamin' deals, I will highlight them but I will not be doing a complete coupon match-up.
- Diaper Deals - For any of you looking for diaper deals, I would head to Vons this week (and the next). When you do the math on buying a box of Huggies with the Living Well promotion and the printable coupon, a size 4 diaper is $.15 and size 3 diapers are $.13. A good price! Some of you may gravitate to Walgreens this week thinking the Register Reward is a good deal. It really isn't. You only get $1 RR per diaper package, so if you do the math the price per diaper is actually better at Vons.
- Vons Living Well promotion - The Living Well promotion at Vons (Buy $30 select products, Get $10 coupon for your next shopping trip) is running through 5/5. From looking at both the ads and the sale tags at the store, I am under the impression that the sale prices listed in the ad (and reflected on the tags) will run through 5/5 (it says that on the sale tags anyway), so there will be an extra week to take advantage of the sale prices. Check the Vons list at Grocery Smarts on Wednesday to make sure, but I don't anticipate changing too many of the sale prices on the LW items.
To get the best deals during the Vons promotion, 1) try to keep your LW item total as close to $30 as possible. For example, I went the other day and bought 1 box of Huggies, 2 boxes of Electrosol, and a filler item (like Sun Chips) to hit the $30 mark. 2) Then take your $10 coupon and do a second transaction (and a third and so on....) You can roll (it's a fancy coupon term) your coupons into multiple transactions. In my shopping trip, I did a second transaction exactly like the first (box of diapers, 2 boxes of Electrosol, and a filler). Then I did a third transaction, using my $10 coupon to buy other non-LW items (strawberries, toilet paper, etc.) This will save you the most money!
ALSO for any of you holding the $2.50 Electrosol coupon in your hand, now is the time to buy. With the sale and coupon, you can get the Electrosol for $.17!!! Make sure to check out the full list, because there are ALOT of 4 and 5-star items as part of the promo.
Happy shopping everybody!!
4 comments:
What is the living well promotion?
Sooo.. I went tonight and spent $30.41 before coupons and my $10 Catalina did not print. The store manager and the customer service rep I spoke to both told me that the $30 had to be before coupons. But I can't find anywhere on Vons flyer or website that says that. They told me to call Catalina, which is closed right now.
So I'm confirming with you -- you used coupons and still got your $10?
Thanks!!
I assume they told you it had to be $30 AFTER coupons and that's why it wouldn't print? It is $30 BEFORE coupons, because that's what triggers the catalina machine. It worked for me. I DID spend $30 THEN used my coupons, so one transaction I did today totalled a little under $20 after coupons THEN I got my $10 catalina. I am sorry that the manager is not working with you. Hopefully the catalina company will be able to reimburse you.
Thanks, Sarah. I thought I was going nuts! :-) I swore your post said you had used coupons.
I think it is the way Vons scans in free item coupons (I used 3 of them) -- they show up as $0.00 to Catalina.
I did call Catalina and for anyone whose coupon is not printing, CALL THEM! They will send you a coupon.
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