CVS Shopping Trip
2 Crest Pro-Health Toothpaste – $2.99
Used $1.50/2 coupon from recent mailer (There is also a $0.50/1 coupon from the 9/30 P&G insert.)3 CVS Flavor Chews – $0.99 each
1 CVS Bandages (60 ct) – $1.67 (I cut my finger this week and we didn’t have any band-aids in our house!)
1 Candy Corn – $0.99
Used $10 ECBs from previous shopping trip
Total before coupons, sales and ECBs: $17.32
Total with tax ($0.83) after coupons, sales and ECBs: $0.94, AND received $2.97 ECBs (for buying 3 Flavor Chews) and $4 ECBs (for buying 2 Crest toothpastes)
If you do not have any ECBs but want to copy the ECB deals in this shopping trip, you can break it into 3 transactions and spend a lot less out of pocket. Here’s an example of how it would work:
Transaction #1
Buy 1 Crest Pro-Health Toothpaste – $2.99
Use $0.50/1 coupon from the 9/30 P&G insert
Pay $2.49 plus tax out of pocket, Get $2 ECBs
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Crest Pro-Health Toothpaste – $2.99
Use $0.50/1 coupon from the 9/30 P&G insert
And use $2 ECBs from transaction #1
Pay $0.49 plus tax out of pocket, Get $2 ECBs
Transaction #3
Buy 3 CVS Flavor Chews – $0.99 each
Use $2 ECBs from transaction #2
Pay $0.97 out of pocket, Get $2.97 ECBs
So you would pay $3.95 plus tax out of pocket and have $2.97 ECBs to use next time.
Clare C. says
Great Job as usual, Gretchen! I love how you broke this down into separate transactions, too. Glad you bought the Crest, you’ll need it after all the candy corn. 🙂
Diana says
What on earth are “flavor chews”?
Sophie says
antacids
veronica says
I am sorry but the no bandaids had me smiling—I bought a bunch awhile back on sale. As a result we have over 10 boxes and rarely need them
Emily says
Love these posts!!! I’ve always wanted to shop CVS smartly, but I didn’t know how to start. Thank you!!!