Walgreens $5 Scenario - Week of 8/29/10

The most cost effective way to shop at Walgreens is to roll your Register Rewards from week to week.

If you are following my Walgreens $5 Scenarios, you have a $4 P&G Register Reward from last week to start with.


Check out all of this week's Walgreens deals HERE.

Transaction #1
purchase:
(1) Breathe Right Strips, 10-pack $4.00
(1) Carmex Moisture Plus Lip Balm $2.00
use:
(1) Breathe Right coupon (4/11/10 RP) -$1.50
Register Reward from last week -$4.00
= $0.50 + tax out of pocket and recieve a $4 GlaxoSmithKline and $2 Carma Laboratories RR

Transaction #2
purchase:
(1) Breathe Right Strips, 10-pack $4.00
(1) Pocket folder $0.69 (needed as filler to use RR)
use:
(1) Breathe Right coupon (4/11/10 RP) -$1.50
Walgreens in-ad coupon for pocket folder -$0.49
Carma Register Reward from 1st transaction -$2.00
= $0.79 + tax out of pocket and receive a $4 GlaxoSmithKline RR

Transaction #3
purchase:
(1) Irwin Naturals Healthy Skin & Hair plus Nails Supplements, 60 ct. $10.00
(1) Pocket folder $0.69
use:
(2) GlaxoSmithKline RR you received in previous transactions -$8.00
Walgreens in-ad coupon for pocket folder -$0.49
= $2.20 + tax out of pocket and get a $10 Irwin Natural RR

Transaction #4
purchase:
(1) Listerine Zero $2.99
(1) W Perfection Tampons $1.99
(1) Colgate Total Advanced $2.99
(2) Shout Liquid or Color Catchers $5.00
(1) Bayer Aspirin, 24 ct 325 mg $3.49
(1) Hershey Candy Bar $0.89
use:
(1) Listerine printable coupon -$1.00
(1) Colgate coupon (8/29/10 SS) -$0.75
(1) Shout coupon (8/8/10 SS) -$2.00
(1) Bayer coupon (8/1/10 RP) -$1.00
Walgreens in-ad coupon for Bayer -$1.99
Walgreens in-ad coupon for Hershey Candy Bar -$0.40
Irwin Natural RR from previous transaction -$10.00
= $0.21 + tax out of pocket and receive $1 McNeil, $2 Walgreens, $2 Colgate-Palmolive Register Rewards

Products Purchased
(2) Breathe Right Strips
(1) Lip Balm
(1) Supplement
(1) Mouth Wash
(1) Tampons
(1) Toothpaste
(2) Laundry Cleaners
(1) Aspirin
(1) Folder
(1) Candy Bar

Total retail before sales & coupons: $46.91
Total out of pocket: $3.61 for a 92% savings
And $5 in Register Rewards to start next week.

If you didn't have the $4 in Register Rewards to start with you still will only spend $7.61 with this scenario for a 84% savings.