Below are this week’s Walgreens scenarios. This post includes specific items you can purchase and coupons that you can use to maximize your dollar AND your Register Rewards at Walgreens. 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 RRs from one week 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.
To see this week’s Walgreens Weekly Ad and Coupon Matchups, go HERE.
Transaction #1
Buy one Arnicare Pain Relief Gel 2.6 oz, $5.99 (will receive $5.99 RR)
Use one $2/1 Arnicare Gel or Cream (exp 12/31/12)
If you have RRs from last week use them here to save even more!
Total Due: $3.99 (without RRs)
Receive: $5.99 RR
Transaction #2
Buy one Colgate Total, $2.99 (will receive $1 RR)
Buy one Icy Hot No-Mess Vapor Gel, $3.99 (will receive $3 RR)
Buy one Natrol Melatonin 100 ct, $3 (will receive $3 RR)
Buy one small filler item, $.20
Use one $1/1 Colgate Total Toothpaste 1/16/2011 SS Insert (exp 2/5/2011)
Use one $1/1 Icy Hot Product 1/2/2011 SS Insert (exp 3/31/2011)
Use one $2/1 Natrol Product 10/10/2010 RP Insert (exp 4/30/2011)
Use $5.99 RR from Transaction #1
Total Due: $0.19
Receive: $1 RR, $3 RR, $3 RR
Transaction #3
Buy one Olay Total Effects Body Wash 15.2 oz, $7.99 (will receive $2 RR)
Buy one Olay Complete Facial Moisturizer, up to $6.00
Buy one Colgate Total Advanced Toothpaste, $2.99 (will receive $1 RR)
Buy three filler items, $.20 (look for small valentine items)
Use one $2/1 Olay Soap, Body Wash or Lotion 12/26/2010 P&G Insert (exp 1/31/2011) **pay attention to expiration date
Use one Olay Body Save up to $6.00 buy any ONE Olay Body Wash, Get any ONE Olay Complete Facial Moisturizer FREE (up to $6.00) (2/28/2011) PG 1/30/11 **pay attention to expiration date
Minus one $1/1 Colgate Total Advanced Toothpaste All You Jan 2011 (exp 2/28/2011) or 1/16/2011 SS Insert (exp 2/5/2011)
Use $3 RR, $3 RR and $1 RR from Transaction #2
Total Due: $1.58
Receive: $2 RR and $1 RR
Total Out of Pocket: $5.76 + applicable tax (without RRs from last week)
Product Worth: $32.95+ tax and you will still have $2 RRs and $1 RR from Transaction #3 to use next time!
**Don’t forget that Register Rewards expire very quickly 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 RRs towards paper products like toilet paper and paper towels which are hard to get dirt cheap!
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My Walgreens would not accept the $2/1 Arnicare coupon provided by the link within Transaction 1 of this article. The manager said since the coupon did not have a third barcode nor a ‘verify’ stamp, the store was not guaranteed its money back.
There is a $1 off (Wags Coupon) for Total toothpaste in the New IVC February savings book.
My walgreens had to manually enter the arnicare coupon…she said it was the same item but would not scan properly.
Also, if u r looking for filler items, my walgreens had .29 or 4/$1.00 valentines lunch paper bags.
My Walgreens said I couldn’t use RR for just the Arnicare. I had to purchase something else because the RR are manufacture coupons so you will need 2 item. Has any one else had this problem?
Bgraycouponmom, welcome to walgreens! 🙂 yeah. you can only use the same # of manufacturer coupons (RR are manufacturer coupons) as # of items you have..this is where “filler” items come in handy. Those are cheap little things that you don’t really need, but can potentially use for something that cost 29cents or 39 cents…I think last week there was a cheap roll of toilet paper. so you buy the filler item (that you don’t have a coupon for) that lets you use your register reward on it… does this make sense? I hope so…my mind gets a little fried…:)