Rite-Aid, Sunday 10/3/10, Monday 10/4/10

I went to Rite-Aid on Sunday to do a quick shop and while I was there I saw a few more deals that were not listed in the national ad. I found the Edge Gel for $.99 cents and the Electrasol on sale for $2.99 with a $2 UP Reward. I was almost out of Electrasol so I was ecstatic to find this sale (please note that the Edge Gel and the Electrasol are only on sale in No. Cal and So. Cal stores). I went to several different Rite-Aids over a 2 hour period so that I wouldn't stock out any of the stores and I did 11 separate transactions. It was a bit of a whirlwind but since I can't obtain most of these items for FREE anymore from my local Publix I decided that it was worth it to stock up on dishwashing detergent, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and diapers. Most of these items will last for the whole year so it was well worth the two hours spent. I didn't have to clip very many coupons for these shops so it was a fairly easy deal.

The below scenarios assume that you will be rolling UP Rewards into your transaction. My shops do not provide every scenario possible nor do they provide every coupon available for each item. For more coupon information please go to southernsavers.com.

Here's the shop:

MONEYMAKERS
18 Crest + Scope Outlast 4oz. $2.69 (sale price)
- $.50/1 Crest Toothpast, 4 oz. Q 9/26 PG
- prints $1 UP Reward
= FREE + after UP Reward
25 Oral B 3D White Vivid Toothbrush $2.69 ea. (sale price)-$1 off Oral B Toothbrush, $128 Inside Clip & Save booklet (Rite Aid coupon)
- prints $1 UP Reward= FREE + after UP Reward

STOCKPILE
6 Edge Shaving Gel $.99 cents ea. (sale price) - B1G1 printable Q
- $1.50/2 Edge Shaving Gel Rite Aid VV printable Q 
= FREE (CA deal only; not in national ad)
4 Suave Body Wash $2.00 ea. (sale price)- $2/2 Suave Body Wash Rite-Aid VV printable Q
- prints $1 UP Reward wyb 2
= $.50 ea after UP Reward
3 Tresemme Hair products $3.50 ea (sale price)- $1/1 printable manufacturer Q (no longer available)
-$1 off Tresemme Hair Care, $128 Inside Clip & Save booklet (Rite Aid coupon)
- $5/3 Rite-Aid VV printable Q
= $.83 cents ea.
9 Huggies Jumbo Packs $7.99 ea. (sale price) - $3/1 Huggies Pure & Natural printable Q or 9/26 SS
- $2/1 Huggies Rite-Aid VV printable
= $2.99 ea.
2 Ester-C $5.99 ea. B1G1 (first one rings up $5.99, second one is free)- $2/1 Ester-C Q from All you magazine
- $2/1 Ester-C Q $128 Inside Clip & Save booklet (Rite Aid coupon)
= FREE
2 Loreal Healthy Look Creme Gloss Color $8.99 ea. (sale price)-$2/1 L’Oreal Healthy Look Hair Color Q, $128 Inside Clip & Save booklet (Rite Aid coupon)
- $3/1 any Loreal Haircolor 8/15 RP
- prints $2 UP Reward
= $1.99 ea. after UP Reward
2 Softsoap Liquid Hand Soap 7.5 oz $1.99 ea. (sale price)- $.50/1 printable Q
- prints $1 UP Reward
= $.50 ea. after UP Reward
2 Fun Size or Snack Size Candy or Snacks $2.50 ea (sale price)- $.50/1 peelie Fun Size Snickers Q (found on another bag of candy in halloween section)
- $1/1 Kit Kat or Reese’s snack size candy Rite-Aid VV printable Q
- prints $1 UP Reward wyb 2
= $1.25 ea. (these would be $.75 ea. if you bought two Kit Kat's and used two of the $1/1 VV Q's)
22 Electrasol Finish Tabs and/or powder $2.99 ea. (sale price)

- no coupons

- prints $2 UP Reward

= $.99 cents ea. after UP Reward (CA deal only; not in national ad)
4 Nivea Lip Care (found by the Nivea Lotion) $2.99 ea. (regular price)

- $2/2 printable Q

- $1/1 Q from Sept. and Oct. All You magazine

- $1/1 Nivea Q from 10/3 RP

- prints $1.99 UP Reward

= FREE after UP Reward
2 Candies $1 for 2 (sale price)

no coupons (filler items)

= $1.00 for 2

Used nine $5/25 printables

Used two $4/20 Q printable from Rite-Aid VV
TOTAL: $508.31
TOTAL AFTER COUPONS: $34.96 ($14.25 + $20.71 tax = $34.96)SAVINGS: 93%


NOTE: I earned $19.38 in extra UP Rewards after my transaction so I actually only paid about $15 out of pocket. I've included a picture of the $128 Inside Clip & Save booklet that you are supposed to get when you get a flu shot. You can also just go up and request a booklet. Just make sure you print off the website page that indicates that there is no purchase necessary. I had to show the pharmacy this printout as they didn't want to give me a booklet. :)

NOTE: My balance is higher than normal but I had to pay quite a bit of tax on all of those items. Unfortunately, the UP Rewards do not apply to tax. :) Keep in mind that the TOTAL of $508.31 indicates what these items would have cost at full price at this drugstore. Most of these items were on sale and I used coupons on almost all of them; this is a prime of example of how to maximize a sale with coupons. These items might cost about $300 retail at Target or Walmart since drugstores charge quite a bit more than regular stores for these items. My balance of $34.96 would still be an 89% savings if I had purchased these items at Target or Walmart.

NOTE: Does anyone know if you can buy a Rite-Aid gift card with your UP Rewards? It says "no prepaid cards" on the receipt but I'm not sure if gift cards are considered pre-paid since you are actually loading them. Please leave a comment if you know the answer to this question. Thanks! I'd rather roll my UP Rewards into a gift card so that I don't have to pay anything out of pocket for my transactions. I'm certain that Brandy knows the answer to this question.