Giant Eagle Deals - 5/8

I had a really good shopping trip at Giant Eagle this week, although I had some issues with miscalculating one of the deals I wanted to do.

I got all of this for $61.22 OOP (a 52% savings). You can see in the pictures below some of what I got:


3# Purina Dry Cat Food
6 cans of Purina Canned Cat Food
2 pouches of Friskies Cat Treats
4 cans Hunts Spaghetti Sauce
9 cans of Chef Boyardee
2 cans of Manwich
4 cans of Pineapple
6 4-pk Fruit Cups
2 gallons milk
1 loaf of bread
2 Red Peppers
4 ears of Sweet White Corn
1# Strawberries
1.5# grapes
1 vidalia onion
1# turkey bacon
2 rolls paper towels
2 packs of Dentyne gum
4 yogurt multipacks
1 pudding multipack
2 Philadelphia Cream Cheese minis
2# pasta
2 cans tomato sauce
3# butter
1 box cookies
1 bottle lemon juice
2 boxes Kashi cereal

I combined the sales that Giant Eagle was having this week with a lot of coupons to maximize the deals. I did split to two transactions to take advantage of some catalina deals twice, plus that allowed me to roll $5 of catalinas to increase my savings. I earned $5 in catalinas for my next visit.

Walgreens Scenarios - week of 5/9

I'm not seeing much that will convince me to drive to Walgreens, but if I happen past one, here are the deals I would do when I stopped in.

Transaction #1
1 - EOS Ultra Moisturizing Shave Cream

Total $2.99, earn $2.99 RR.

Transaction #2
1 - Schick Hyrdo 3 or 5 Razor
1 - W Straws (w/ in ad coupon)

-$5 Schick Mfg coupon

Total $3.49, pay with $2.99 RR and $.50 OOP. Earn $5 RR.

Transaction #3
4 - Pepsi 12pks

Total $12, pay with $5 RR and $7 OOP. Earn $3 RR.

Transaction #4
1 - EOS Ultra Moisturizing Shave Cream
1 - Tuf Papertowels (w/ in ad coupon)

Total $3.58. Pay with $3 RR and $.58 OOP. Earn $2.99 RR.

Transaction #5
2 - Nature's Bounty Vitamins (multivitamin or Vitamin C)
1 - W Candy Caramel Creams

-$5 Nature's Bounty mfg coupon (from rewards program)
-$5 Nature's Bounty mfg coupon (from rewards program)

Total ??. (Not sure, since it will depend on how much the vitamins are over $10. If the price per bottle is under $12.60, will need a filler.) Pay with $2.99 RR and $?? OOP.

Not a bad deal for a total of $11.07 (plus whatever for the vitamins), I could get shaving cream, a razor, 48cans of soda, straws, paper towels, candy and vitamins.

For more deals, check out Deal Seeking Mom and Money Saving Mom.

Walgreens $5 Challenge

Transaction #1
1 - Schick Hydro 3 or 5

-$5 Schick mfg coupon

Total $2.99, earn $5 RR.

Transaction #2
1 - EOS Ultra Moisturizing Shave Cream
1 - Cottonelle Wipes
1 - Tuf Papertowels (w/ in ad coupon)

-$.50 Cottonelle Wipes mfg coupon

Total $5.09, pay with $5 RR and $.09 OOP. Earn $2.99 RR.

Transaction #3
1 - Aleve Pain Relief
1 - W Straws (w/ in ad coupon)

-$1 Aleve Mfg coupon

Total $4.49, pay with $2.99 RR and 1.50 OOP. Earn $2 RR.

Transaction #4
1 - Bounty Basic 2 pk
1 - W Candy Caramel Creams

-$.25 Bounty mfg coupon

Total $2.64, pay with $2 RR and $.64 OOP.

Total OOP of $5.22 for $21.96 worth of product, a savings of $76%.

For more $5 Scenarios, check out the Walgreens $5 Challenge.

CVS Scenarios - week of 5/9

There seem to be quite a few deals this week at CVS. I am including Diapers in my scenario, even though I don't need them, I have friends that have babies, so I will share with them.

Transaction #1
2 - Right Guard
1 - U By Kotex

-$3 $3/2 Right Guard
-$1 Kotex Mfg coupon
-$1 Kotex CRT

Total $4.97 OOP. Earn $4 and $4.99 ECBs.

Transaction #2
1 - Schick Hyrdo 3 or 5
1 - Crest ProHealth Toothpaste
2 - Lindt Bars

-$5 Schick Hydro mfg coupon
-$.75 Crest Toothpaste mfg coupon
-$1 Lindt Mfg coupon

Total $9.74, pay with $8.99 ECBs from Transaction #1 and $.75 OOP. Earn $4, $3.50, and $1 ECB.

Transaction #3
1 - Huggies Jumbo Pack
1 - Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna (or other filler)

-$1.50 Huggies Mfg coupon

Total $7.49, pay with $7.50 in ECBs from Transaction #2 adjusted down. Earn $2 ECBs.

Total OOP is $5.72 with $3 in ECBs remaining.

For more deals and scenarios, check out Money Saving Mom, Deal Seeking Mom and the "Cent"sible Sawyer.

CVS $5 Challenge

By leaving out the chocolate and doing a little rearranging, I can get this just over $5.72 transaction down to only $2.99 OOP.


Transaction #1
1 - U By Kotex

-$1 Kotex Mfg coupon
-$1 Kotex CRT

Total $2.99 OOP. Earn $4.99 ECBs.

Transaction #2
2 - Right Guard
1 - Crest ProHealth Toothpaste

-$3 $3/2 Right Guard
-$.75 Crest Toothpaste mfg coupon

Total $4.74, pay with $4.99 ECBs from Transaction #1 adjusted down. Earn $4 and $3.50 ECB.

Transaction #3
1 - Schick Hydro 3 or 5

-$5 Schick Hydro mfg coupon

Total $3.99, pay with $4 in ECBs from Transaction #2. Earn $4 ECBs.

Transaction #4
1 - Huggies Jumbo Pack
1 - Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna

-$1.50 Huggies Mfg coupon

Total $7.49, pay with $3.50 and $4 ECBs. Earn $2 ECBs.

Total OOP $2.99 with $2 ECBs to roll. For more $5 Deals, check out the CVS $5 Challenge.