My Safeway Trip 1/20

In my last post, I outlined my scenario for the cereal/fruit snacks. Here is how it turned out:
I spent $2.46 OOP and I still have a $2.50 ONYO to use on Saturday when the goldfish go on sale for $.88/bag (they are currently on sale for 4/$5 or $1.25 each).

I went to all three "card loading" sites for Safeway: Cellfire, Shortcuts, and PG&E Saver before I left and loaded ALL of the coupons--who knows when you will have to run to the store on a whim without your coupons. I did realize that there were Betty Crocker gummy snacks on multiple sites but didn't they they would accept them. When I checked out, it actually subtracted $.50 twice for two of the different coupons. YAY!

While at the store, I thought I would see if I could get the Lever 2000 deal (on sale for $.88 - $1/1). The coupon states that it is for a 4 pack. When I went to the store I was disappointed to see that the sale price was on a 2 pack. I decided to try it anyways -- keep in mind that the stores DO get their money back for these. It worked!! I was paid $.12/bar to take the soap off their hands. Woo Hoo!

 

So, on the 1st transaction, it went just like I laid out HERE. I also added one pack of Lever 2000 (I didn't want to bring up all of the boxes to get shot down with my coupon). I got 4 boxes of BC gummy snacks and one two-pack of Lever 2000. After coupons, my total was $.96 AND I got back a $2.50 ONYO. (THIS WAS A SAVINGS OF 94%!!)

On the 2nd transaction, I got 4 boxes of gummy snacks and 4 boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios. After coupons (including the ONYO I received in transaction #1) my total was $1.50 AND I received another ONYO for $2.50. (THIS WAS A SAVINGS OF 94%!!)

I wanted to get more soap (with the rest of the coupons I had on hand -- there were 3) and my husband requested I get a couple bottles of wine so I went back and picked up 3 more 2-packs of Lever 2000 and 2 bottles of wine. I didn't use my ONYO for this because I wanted to save it for the Goldfish deal on Saturday (plus I didn't know if I could use it on the wine). I wasn't even sure this would work because I had $.12 overage on each 2-pack of soap and I didn't know if it would apply toward wine. Sure enough, it did! So, I got 6 more bars of soap for free!!

THE BREAKDOWN
4 boxes of honey nut cheerios, 8 boxes of gummy snacks (my girls love these but I rarely get them so I will keep them hidden for special occasions), and 8 bars of soap for $2.46 out of pocket and I still have a $2.50 ONYO to use on Saturday.