Does your store have shelves with clearance items? Target typically uses the endcaps on the inside ends of the aisles to display their “must-get-rid-of’s.” My Publix has a small, four-sided shelving unit near the registers for these types of items, and I look at it every time I go to the store. I’ve gotten things for great prices this way.
During my visit to the grocery store this morning, I noticed Gillette Shampoo on the clearance shelves…marked down to $1.75.
If you read my previous post about my Target savings, you’ll remember that I found great deals on Gillette products, using coupons from a recent Proctor & Gamble insert. I remembered this as well and couldn’t help but wonder if I had coupons on the shampoo.
When I got home, I took a peek, and sure enough, I found two $1 mfr coupons. In addition, I wanted to buy popcorn that was on sale.
So, I headed back out to the store, coupons in hand.
Here’s what I bought…
The popcorn is B1G1 for $3.09, and I had two $1.50 mfrs when you purchase two larger bags of M&M’s. Not factoring the price of the M&M’s, which I returned after paying for the groceries (I didn’t need them…not for $4+ per bag), I only paid $.09 for both boxes of popcorn. I saved 99% on the popcorn.
AMAZING!
After using the coupons on the shampoo, I found myself paying $.75 per bottle. Not bad, I thought.
I went home, took a picture of my loot, and started straightening up my coupons.
That’s when I came across $.50 Publix coupons…on the Gillette Shampoo!!
Now, remember that you can stack store coupons with mfr coupons on the same item. Had I seen this coupon 30 minutes before, I could have saved another $1 on both bottles.
In addition, Coupon Queen reminded me, via our post-shopping conversation (we like to talk about our deals and compare notes) that I could have gotten two more free shopping bags with the purchase of four items I got during my first trip to the store.
Oy! My brain hurts from trying to remember too many things. Well, really it was my fault for not paying attention to the list on Southern Savers, which clearly stated that my purchase would entitle me to the free bags.
Armed with four coupons, I headed back out to the store…for the third time today. It’s really a good thing that I only live about a mile from the store.
I approached the customer service desk, explained my boo-boo at not having my coupons with me, and they refunded me the $1 and allowed me to get two bags (I paid $.12 tax on those).
My additional savings means that I only paid a quarter for each bottle of shampoo. They are regularly $3.99, so I saved 94% on this purchase.
Total out-of-pocket for the above items? $.80.
I love couponing!
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