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| Copps Trip 4/9/11 $20.75...80% OFF! |
+ received FOUR FREE Milk Coupons for future use (valued up to $14.36 total)!
Be sure to know your prices & watch your receipts closely! I've really been trying to check my receipts in the parking lot before I leave the store...to be sure there aren't any errors. Errors don't just occur at one store in particular. It could occur at any store....and often has nothing to do with the coupons! I've been amazed at how frequently I catch an error in pricing, coupons applied or other. Unfortunately, I seem to catch some sort of error on about 50% of my shopping trips! I wish I had been aware of the frequency of this issue sooner. Given this 50% error track record, I'm sure I've overpaid plenty of times in the past.
Today, one of my coupons (the $0.75/1 Halls coupon), did not double and another $1/3 Birdseye coupon did not appear on the receipt at all. Overall, if I hadn't caught these errors, I would have overpaid by $2.75. You may say, well, what's the big deal? $2.75 isn't much! True!...but, think of this and other over-charges occurring time and time again and you could be losing hundreds or more over the course of a year! Today, I caught this on the receipt and paid a visit to customer service to receive my cash back (the correction is included in my transactions below).
For more information about shopping & saving at Copps, see: Store Tips & Policies: Grocery stores.
For more deals available yet this week at Copps, see: Copps Deals Week of 4/7/11 - 4/13/11!
Here's what I chose to buy today...
Transaction #1:
1-C&H Brown sugar, 2 lbs., $1.89+ used $0.50/1 coupon, doubled
= $0.89
6-Kelloggs Crunchy Nut Cereals, $3.78 each
~buy six Kelloggs cereals and receive an instant $10 off + receive TWO FREE Milk Coupons for future use.
+ used three $1/2 coupons (from side of Kellogg's boxes previously purchased), doubled
+ $10 off instantly
= $6.68 (or $1.11 each) + received two FREE Milk coupons (valued at up to $7.18 total) ~in a sense this cereal purchase was an overall $0.50 moneymaker! (though I won't be counting the milk coupons in this trip. I'll use those on a future trip)
4-Lea & Perrins Worchestershire Sauce, 10 oz., $2.50
+ used four $1/1 coupons, doubled
= $.50 each
1-McCormick's Lemon Extract, $2.50
+ used one $1/1 coupon, doubled
= $0.50
1-Snapple Diet Lemon Iced Tea 6 pack, $5.50
+ used $1/1 coupon, doubled
= $3.50 + will send in for "full price rebate" using form on side of box to get $5.50 back = $2.00 MONEYMAKER!
~ used Rolling Gift Card Idea: purchased a $25 Copps gift card to be sure my coupons would double & also used a $25 Copps gift card from a prior trip to zero this cost out.
Total Spent: $13.82 - $5.50 Snapple rebate = $8.32
Total Saved: $33.70 + $5.50 Snapple rebate = $47.52 (82% OFF!)
+ received two FREE Milk coupons for future use! :-)
Transaction #2:
2-Kellogg's Corn Flakes Cereals, $3.35 each+ 2-Kellogg's Raisin Bran Cereals, $3.65 each
+ 2-Kellogg's All Bran Cereals, $3.99 each
~buy six Kelloggs cereals and receive an instant $10 off + receive TWO FREE Milk Coupons for future use.
+ used three $1/2 coupons, doubled
+ $10 off instantly
= $5.98 (or $1.00 each) + received two FREE Milk coupons (valued at up to $7.18 total) ~in a sense this cereal purchase was an overall $1.20 moneymaker! (though I won't be counting the milk coupons in this trip. I'll use those on a future trip)
6-Birdeye frozen vegetables, $1.00 each
+ used two $1/3 coupons, doubled
= $0.33 each
2-Blue Bunny Premium Ice Cream, $3.00 each
+ used two $1/1 coupons, doubled
= $1.00 each
1-Blue Bunny Neopolitan ice cream bars, $3.00
+ used $1/1 blue bunny novelty printable, doubled
= $1.00
1- Wonka Scrumdidlyumptious (sp?) bar, $1.88 ~Yum!
+ used $1/1 printable coupon, doubled
= $0.22 MONEYMAKER!
1-Halls Cough Drops, 30 ct., $0.99
+ used $0.75/1 coupon, doubled
= $0.51 MONEYMAKER!
1-Roundy's Skim Milk, $1.98
+ used in ad coupon to receive sale price
= $1.98
~ used Rolling Gift Card Idea: purchased a $25 Copps gift card to be sure my coupons would double & also used a $25 Copps gift card from a prior trip to zero this cost out.
Total Spent: $12.43
Total Saved: $41.39 (77% OFF!)
+ received two FREE Milk coupons for future use! :-)
Grand Totals this Trip:
Total Spent: $20.75 (to subtract from my $200/mo. grocery budget)
Total Saved: $80.59 (80% OFF!)
+ received four FREE Milk coupons for future use! :-)
Hey, Donna, what days are double daze? Just Saturdays? Wednesdays too?
ReplyDeleteThanks!! (I actually saw your post yesterday and got my 6 boxes of cereal, 2 gallons of milk (coupons), free bananas (coupon off a Frosted Flakes box) for $14. Thanks for posting!!)
Hello! Glad the post helped you out!
ReplyDeleteNormally, at Copps, you can double up to FIVE manufacturer's coupons (with a value of $1.00 or less) on Saturdays and Wednesdays (through Sat. July 9th, 2011). Additionally, Copps has been having DOUBLE-Double Days the last two Saturday's in April (& likely another upcoming Saturday as well) in which you can double up to TEN coupons in one transaction (all other doubling rules apply as usual. See the "Store Tips & Policies: Grocery Stores" page for more Copps doubling rules info).
Happy Saving! :-)