On Wednesday, I headed to Rite Aid & Safeway to pick up some groceries and refill a prescription. I refilled my prescription for $7.69, and subsequently made a gift card profit that I used to buy $51.88 worth of groceries for $7.09:
I mentioned recently that I’ve been having some knee troubles. My doctor has me on a high dose of Naproxen – which is prescription strength Aleve – to help reduce the pain and swelling. I had originally filled the prescription at the pharmacy in the hospital, and since it was time to refill it, I printed this coupon on Rite Aid’s website good for a free $25 Rite Aid gift card when you transfer a prescription. I’ve talked about these sort of deals before – the last time was when I made a profit filling a prescription at Walgreens. If your prescription is affordable, it can be very worthwhile to transfer your RX to a new pharmacy so that you can take advantage of such offers; the most important thing is to make sure you check the price first, as prices can vary greatly from pharmacy to pharmacy. The cost to refill my Naproxen came to $7.69 – and I got a $25 Rite Aid gift card back for transferring the prescription, earning me a profit of $17.31! Click here to view my receipt.
Gift card in hand, I proceeded to pick up some groceries and household items. Since I knew I would be using a $25 gift card, I made sure beforehand to print off a coupon from RedPlum for $5 off your purchase of $25 or more. This way, I was able to buy $30 in groceries, use the coupon to bring it down to $25, then put the rest on my gift card!
Total spent: Zero out of pocket, put $24.98 on my gift card. And I got $4 in +UP Rewards back towards my next purchase!
Total before coupons: $31.98
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Got:
1 gallon of milk – price: $2.69
1 toilet brush & caddy – my free toilet brush from last year’s Target adventure broke, so it was time for a new one! Price: $8.49
4 pints of half & half – $1.29 each, final price: $5.16
1 shower cap – got this to use with a deep conditioning hair treatment to keep my hair healthy since I’m bleaching it! 😀 – price: $2.19
1 pair of rubber gloves – needed a new pair – price: $1.97
1 dozen eggs – price: $1.49
12 oz bag of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee – on sale for $6.99, used a $1/1 coupon from the 6/27 Red Plum newspaper insert, bringing the price down to $5.99; and I also received $1 in +UP Rewards back.
1 bottle of Colgate toothpaste – on sale for $3.00, used a $1/1 coupon from the 7/11 Smart Source newspaper insert to bring the price down to $2.00; and I received $3.00 in +UP Rewards back, making it free plus $1 profit!
You may be wondering what +UP Rewards are. This is essentially Rite Aid’s version of a catalina – when you purchase certain items, a reward prints out at the bottom of your receipt that can be used like cash towards your next purchase. Click here to read Deal Seeking Mom’s post for more info on this new program.
Since I had $4 in +UP Rewards, I took my purchases out to the car and went back in to do one more transaction:
Total spent: .75 cents out of pocket, and used the last .02 cents on my gift card
Total before coupons: $4.77
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1lb tub of oatmeal – price: $1.99
1 bottle of garlic salt – my new favorite thing to put on food! Price: .79 cents
1 bottle of chicken bouillon cubes – this container is full of bouillon cubes, and its .99 cent price tag made it a MUCH better deal than what I’ve bought at Safeway previously!
6-pack of Top Ramen – price: $1.00
I then used my $4 in +UP Rewards from the last transaction to bring my total down to .77 cents. I used the last .02 cents that remained on my gift card, and then paid .75 cents in cash.
Afterwards, I stopped by Safeway to pick up a few last supplies:
Total spent: $6.34
Total before coupons: $15.13
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Got:
1 Digiorno Deep Dish Pizza – originally $2.50, used one free coupon that I got through Facebook – final price: Free
2.26 lbs bananas – price: $1.56
1 cantaloupe – price: $2.00
4 ears of corn – price: $1.00
10 lbs of potatoes – price: $1.78
1 package of Chavrie Goat Cheese – regularly $6.29, used one free coupon from a recent offer – final price: Free
So I got $51.88 worth of groceries for $7.09 and one refilled prescription for $7.69, making my final expenditure for both groceries and RX $14.78.
