It is an uneventful week at CVS as far as Extra Care Bucks are concerned. This post includes specific items you can purchase and coupons that you can use to maximize your dollar AND your Extra Care Bucks at CVS. Please know that you do not have to follow these transactions if you do not want to. The goal of this post is to help you get an idea on how to roll your Extra Care Bucks from one scenario to the next. Please also know that these transactions do not take into account tax. Every state taxes differently so you may need to budget a little extra to cover tax.
If you are new to shopping at CVS, go HERE to read Intro to CVS.
To see this week’s CVS Weekly Ad go HERE.
Transaction #1
Buy two Covergirl Outlast Lipstain, $6 each (you will receive $3 ECB)
Buy two Carefree Pantiliners, $.99 each
Minus two $1/1 Carefree Product 5/8/2011 SS Insert (exp 6/30/2011)
Minus one $2/2 Covergirl Product 5/1/2011 P&G Insert (exp 5/31/2011)
Minus one $3 instant coupon on $10 cosmetics purchase from the Red coupon center machine this week, scan your card at the coupon center to get yours!
(If you have remaining ECBs from last week use them here to save even more!)
Total Spent: $7 (If you do not use ECBs)
Receive: $3 ECB
Transaction #2
Buy two Kellogg Raisin Bran, $1.97 each
Buy two Similac Ready to Feed Formula 32 oz, $4.99 each
Buy two Duncan Hines Brownies, on sale $.83 each
Minus two $0.50/1 Duncan Hines Brownies 4/10/2011 SS Insert (exp 5/30/2011)
Minus two $5/1 Similac Product 4/3/2011 SS Insert (exp 5/31/2011)
Minus two $0.70/1 Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Cereal
Minus $3 ECB from Transaction #1
Total Spent: $.18
Total Remaining ECBs to apply towards next week’s ad: None
Total Out of Pocket for all 3 transactions: $7.18 + applicable taxes for approximately $30 in products. AND – if you used ECBs from last week, you will have spent much less out of pocket on Transaction #1.
**Also – Don’t forget that your ECBs will expire in a few weeks and if you let them expire, you are basically throwing away money. If you are concerned you will let them expire, I would put your ECBs towards paper products like toilet paper, paper towels, diapers, etc which are hard to get dirt cheap!
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What’s the ‘Red Coupon Machine?” Haven’t heard of that. I’ve just gotten into the ECB’s & LOVE them! It’s SO cool!
They are typically near the front of the store and you should be able to find it right when you walk in. You scan your extracare card and it prints out coupons!
The $5/1 Similac coupons I got 4/3 say specifically on them that you can only use one per transaction.
🙁 You might want to check yours before trying to use 2 on one transaction – CVS can be sticklers!
I can’t get that kelloggs coupon anywhere. It’s not on their site anymore. any Ideas?
Hi,
I just returned from a CVS trip and I purchased 4 boxes of **Tylenol Precise Pain Relieving Heat Patch — For Arms, Neck, and Legs.**
The boxes were marked 50% off, thus making them $3.99 a box. I used 4 $5.00 off coupons!
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