Target Deals for the week 11/29

Target's coupon and price match policies seem to be constantly evolving. They're coupons are now limited to 2 prints per computer and the coupone websites will no longer be able to store them. So if you see a coupon you might want later you're better off just printing it now before it's gone. Also the price match now incorporates Target coupons into determining if the price is lower or not. So if something is $4 at Target and $2 at Redners, they'll adjust their price down $2 if you bring in the add. But if you use a $1 off Target coupon on that same item, they'll only adjust your price down $1. This dramatically reduces the appeal of Target's price matching, but at least it's something.

Stretching a Buck has a list of this weeks Target deals, check them out!

Free/Cheap Baby Wipes

Having a baby means needing to constantly been within reach of something to wipe your child clean. We've discovered that small packages of "flushable wipes" are great convenient packages to toss in a diaper bag to use as wipes, particularly when they are free. Target released a Target Coupon for $1/1 off one Up & Up diaper or wipe product. Use this coupon on the 48ct refill pack of Up & Up Flushable wipes that sell for approximately $0.98 to get them free. Coupon expires 12/5.

Target Trip 10/30

Purchased:
6 Dunkin Hines Cake Mix
2 Bags of Snickers
2 Bags of Nerds
1 Box of Gobstoppers
10 Bottles of Vitamin Water
1 Case of Powerade
2 Boxes Kashi Sunshine
2 Cans Hunts Tomato Sauce
6 Cans Hunts Tomato Paste
5 Glade Holiday Candles
5 Glade Holiday Candle Refills
1 Halloween Pumpkin Bucket
12 various Keebler Cookies *

Special Deals were:
Buy 2 Keebler Cookie, Get 3rd Free
Buy Glade Holiday Candles, get $5 Gift Card
Buy 10 Vitamin Water, Get Case of Powerade Free

Also, I bought Halloween Candy today instead of Sunday because the coupons I had would make still cheaper than the 15% off it'll be on Sunday and they'd be out of the stuff we'll eat by the time the clearance exceeds the coupon.

Total Before Coupons $96.14
Total After Coupons $15.25
Received $10.00 in Gift Cards
Spent $15.32 in Gift Cards

Total Cost $5.25

Bottom of receipt says "YOU SAVED $132.39"

This was the first time I took advantage of the $0.05/reusable bag discount. Cashier asked, I told her we'd count the bags used at the end and I promptly forgot about it until the receipt began printing. Without blinking an eye she was able to refund the money, which was nice to know that I didn't have to trek to customer service for $0.35 (I wouldn't have).

She was such a nice cashier that I went back into the store to talk to the manager and fill out a comment card. This means SO MUCH to retail employees who normally only getting pointed out for complaints that I urge everyone if you have a really great experience or interaction with an employee somewhere, please SPEAK UP! Especially if you're the type that would complain if you received terrible or rude (or no) service somewhere. This goes beyond Target and covers anywhere you are shopping. /soapbox


* I was overcharged by one package of cookies (13 on receipt, only took 12), so that kinda sucked. But nobody's perfect, right? But for what it's worth the total cost should only have been $3.25.

Target Trip 10/23

Got quite a deal at Target last week, but couldn't post the deal due to issues with the camera. But here it is anyway... all for $30.xx (after coupons and price matching) plus I got $10 in Gift Cards for next time.

Target Deals 10/11

Stretching a Buck has a nice long list of the deals at Target this week.

Also, if you have the ad from this week there was a coupon in it for $10 off a new prescription. It expires in 2 weeks but with cold/flu season upon us it's usually a good idea to stockpile these coupon when you spot them so you have them when needed. And you can take these to other pharmacies (I know CVS takes them for sure, call other places to confirm) if you have a preferred or easier to get to place to fill your scripts.

Target Deals for the Week

Stretching a Buck has a pretty comprehensive list of the deals at Target. Looks like a good week to stock up on Apple Juice.

And Money Saving Mom has details on freebies for some Ponds Towelettes at Target. I find these kids of coupon matchups are great when you have a $off$$ coupon, which our Targets have been printing a few of lately.

Target and CVS Trips -- All for only $26.40

Target Deal:

I Bought...
4 Chex Mix @ $0.99
2 Ziplock @ $1.99
2 Target Brand Tissues @ $0.97
2 Healthy Choice Frozen Dinners @ $2.50
2 Tombstone Pizzas @ $3.34
4 Hunts Tomato Sauce @ $0.69
2 Hunts Tomato Paste @ $0.46
1 Pie Crust @ $2.14
2 M&Ms @ $2.50
5 PopTarts @ $1.94
3 Wonka Fruit Snacks @ $1.59
2 Yogurt @ $0.52
1 Charmin @ $18.99 *

Coupons Used:
$5 off $75 Purchase (TQ)
4 $1/1 Chex Mix (TQ)
1 $1/2 Ziplock (MQ)
2 $1 off Target Up & Up Product (TQ) -- was $1 off $3, but I misread.. cashier took it anyway.
2 $2/1 Healthy Choice (MQ)
2 $2.50/1 Tombstone (MQ)
1 $1/2 M&Ms (MQ)
1 $1/2 M&Ms (TQ)
3 $1/2 Poptarts (MQ)
5 $0.75/1 Poptarts (TQ)
2 $1/1 Wonka (TQ)
2 $0.25/1 Wonka (MQ)
1 Try Free Wonka (MQ)

Total Came to $35.20

* Ok, so the Charmin I intended to get a price match of the CVS ad for $10 (see below). When we went to the customer service desk, it was pointed out to me that the size was not quite right. They were both 16 roll packages, but apparently the CVS pack equals 32 regular rolls while Target's equals 64, so not close enough for Price Match. So I said to return them, bringing my total down to $16.21.

Now I realized later that this should have made my $5 off $75 coupon invalid, but since they also missed one of my coupons and they had none of the "Free with Purchase" totes to go with the M&Ms despite a worker going to check and "confirming" (turned out he lied) they had them (otherwise I would've bought something else), so I felt less bad that neither I nor the customer service desk employee noticed this put me below $75. *shrug* These things tend to come out in the wash in the long term, but that's what happened this time.


We still needed Charmin so off to CVS I went...


CVS Trip:

I Bought...
2 Charmin @ $10
1 Tide @ $6
6 Reese's @ $.89
- CVS deal is Buy 2, Get 1 Free

Coupons Used:
$5 off $25 Purchase
1 $1/2 Charmin
1 $1/1 Tide
3 BOGO Reese's
$10 in Extra Bucks

Total Out of Pocket $10.19
Earned $10 in Extra Bucks


Total Spent on the two trips $26.40. Pretty decent I think. Did you have any great shopping trips this week? Let me know in the comments...

Supermarket Deals for the Week Ending 10/3

Ok so I can wait until I have time to add my own input (and possibly not get it done, like last week), or I can pass you along to other talented bloggers listing the best deals and coupon matchups at local supermarkets.

Giant Deals

Redners Deals

Wegmans Deals

Target Deals

Target Trip 9/19

Made a quick stop on the way home to get a few good deals this week.

8 Candy Bars @ $0.52/ea - $1/2 MQ x4 = $0.16 (only 2 cents each!)
2 Eggos @ $1.50/ea - $1/2 TQ & $1/2 TQ = $1.00 (only 50 cents each)
4 Cherry Poptarts @ $1.28 (CLEARANCE) - $1/2 MQ x2 & $0.75/1 TQ x4 = $0.12 (only 3 cents each!)
2 Poptarts @ $1.46 - $1/2 MQ & $0.75/1 TQ x2 = $0.42 (only 21 cents each)
5 Kashi Sunshine Cereal @ $2.88 - $1.50/ MQ x5 = $6.90

• Earned $5.00 Gift Card when you buy 5 Kashi; makes it $1.90 (only 38 cents each)

2 Pampers Big Boxes (100 size 4's) @ $28.99 - $2/1 MQ x2 $3/2 TQ = $50.98

• Earned $5.00 Gift Card when you buy 2 Pampers; makes it $45.98 (only 23 cents per diaper!)

1 Bag of Target Pretzels @ $1.99 (wife's been wanting pretzels for a few nights now...)

Also used a $5 off $75 purchase coupon.

Total came to $55.82, paid $14.15 with gift cards from before so was only $41.67 out of pocket (plus got $10 in gift cards back). That would be a great price even if just for the 200 diapers, so all the other stuff is a great bonus! Bottom of receipt says we saved $56.73. Awesome!

Target Deals 9/13

Stretching a Buck has put together a list of deals at Target for the week.

Here are the deals going on my shopping list. See any I'm missing?

Kashi Heart to Heart or Honey Toasted Oat Cereal, selected others - $2.88/ea
Use $1.50/1 here (IE) or here (FF) or
Use $1.50/1 Kashi Honey Sunshine Cereal here or
Use FREE or $1.50/1 Kashi Honey Sunshine Cereal from Vocalpoint mailer (if you rec'd them) or
Use $1/1 Kashi GoLean Crunch here
Final Price = $1.38-1.88/ea; It's like getting these for $0.38-0.88/ea with Gift Card

Pampers Cruisers (72-116 ct), Swaddlers (132-152 ct) - $28.99/ea
Use $1/1 or $2/1 in 8/30 P&G insert
PLUS
Use $2/1 Target coupon in 8/23 Red Plum insert (if you rec'd it)
Final Price = $24.99-27.99/ea; It's like getting these for $22.49-25.49/ea with Gift Card

Kellogg's Pop Tarts - $1.25-1.52/ea (price varies by store)
Use $0.75/1 Target coupon here (print 2 if your store will take 2 in one transaction)
PLUS
Use $1/2 in 8/2 Kellogg's insert or $0.55/1 here and in 9/13 Red Plum insert
Final Price = FREE or $0.22-0.27/ea when you buy 2

Eggo Waffles - $1.50/ea
Use $1/2 in 8/2 Kellogg's insert
PLUS
Use $1/2 Target coupon here
Final Price = $0.50/ea when you buy 2

M&M's Candy (12.6 oz bags) - $2.50/ea
Use $1/2 Target coupon here
Final Price = $2/ea when you buy 2

Target Trip 9/11

What a Crazy trip to Target. The Baby was not in the best mood and was very fussy, so we had to hurry and I wasn't sure what would happen. I did notice however, that the Target registers now were compensating for some overage instances (overage is when the coupons are worth more than the item, and they don't adjust the coupon to match the item price). So that added $1.60 to the total I was expecting, but it still ended up a steal.

Item	Price	QTY	Pre-Q Tot	MQ	MQ QTY	TQ	TQ QTY	Total	Total PPU
Renu	$1.52	3	$4.56	$2.00	3	$0.00	0	($1.44)	($0.48)
Dove	$3.64	2	$7.28	$2.00	2	$1.00	2	$1.28	$0.64
Tide	$0.97	6	$5.82	$1.00	6	$0.00	0	($0.18)	($0.03)
Crayola	$0.74	1	$0.74	$0.00	0	$0.00	0	$0.74	$0.74
Meat	$3.04	8	$24.32	$3.00	4	$1.00	8	$4.32	$0.54
Cheese	$0.40	8	$3.20	$0.00	0	$0.80	4	$0.00	$0.00
Philly Cheese	$1.59	2	$3.18	$1.00	1	$0.00	0	$2.18	$1.09
Ice Cream	$2.50	4	$10.00	$1.00	4	$1.00	4	$2.00	$0.50
Cheerios	$0.95	4	$3.80	$1.00	2	$0.95	4	($2.00)	($0.50)
Fib One Cereal	$2.50	1	$2.50	$0.75	1	$0.00	0	$1.75	$1.75
Fib One Bars	$2.50	2	$5.00	$0.50	2	$0.00	0	$4.00	$2.00
Fib One Muffins	$2.69	2	$5.38	$0.40	2	$0.00	0	$4.58	$2.29

Notice the Eddy's Ice Cream is on sale for $2.50 a 1/2 Gal. So if you have any coupons left over from the other ice cream deal it's the same value without the hassle of receiving a gift card for next time.

I was also then able to use a $5 off a $75 purchase. However, she missed one of the $0.40 off a Fiber One Muffin, so that brought my total to $12.63. Plus we earned a $5 Gift Card for our next trip. And we paid with Gift Cards from previous trips so it didn't actually cost us any real money. Bottom of the Receipt Reads "YOU SAVED $99.73" Man, would've broke $100 if she didn't miss that coupon, but I can't really complain. Only complaints will be when the wife realizes she's almost out of freezer space. Oops?

Target Trip 9/6

So I ran to Target to use the last $5 off a $25 "New Store" coupon I had. I had worked this out so that it should have run me about $2.75 after coupons. However, somewhere along the way I must have dropped the $5 coupon, and spent the entire time in line scouring my person, my coupon file folder, my bag, my cart, everywhere. Thankfully my cashier was able to grant me the $5 coupon I lost toward my purchase, but other stuff went haywire. My pre-coupon total was higher than expected, and then I had to pull a coupon out of the pile at the end to avoid going into the negative and ended up paying only $0.71. So I'm not going to bother itemizing this list because I'm honestly not sure what went crazy here, but I'm happy.

Total Cost = $0.71

Target Coupons

So I realized that I've posted deals for Target without pointing out how to find the Target coupons that I've used. Target posts new coupons on their website every two weeks here (or scroll to the bottom of the main page and click on Grocery Coupons) that are good for usually a month after being posted. But there are also websites out there (here and here are two examples) that allow you to print coupons no longer posted on Target's main page, and allow you to easily print multiple copies of coupons.

Target's coupon policy is to accept 1 Manufacturer's coupon (MQ) and 1 Target Coupon (TQ) for each item. So an item that is $2.00 that has a $1.00 off TQ and a $1.00 off MQ would be completely FREE if you redeem both coupons in the transaction.

Once you start looking, you can easily see how this helps grow some great deals.

Free Ice Cream and other Goodies at Target!

Had a GREAT deal at Target tonight. I'll break down the Ice Cream Deal first, then list off the rest of the order.

Buy 5 Edys Ice Cream, Get a $5.00 Target Gift Card
- 5 of the $1.00/1 Target Coupons
- 5 of the $1.00/1 Manufacturers Coupon (there was supposedly in some areas this coupon in the 8/23 Redplum Insert. However, I found a tearpad of these coupons at WAWA on the door of the freezer case by the Edys!)
Total Out of Pocket = $2.50; Get $5.00 Gift Card

Total (Ice Cream) Cost: $2.50 PROFIT

Rest of the trip

5 Schick Woman's Razors $6.99 - (5) $4.00/1 TQ and (5) $4.00/1 MQ
6 Hamburger Helpers $1.25/ea - (3) $0.50/2 TQ and (2) $1.00/3 MQ
2 Cheerios Cups $1.00/ea - (2) $1.00/1 TQ and (1) $1.00/2 MQ
6 Market Pantry Cheese Sticks $0.40/ea - (3) $1.00/2 TQ (Note: These beeped because the cheese was only 40 cents, not the 50 cents I was expecting. May be work better if the cheese is more than 50 cents each)
4 Packs of Skittles $0.52/ea - (4) $1.00/1 TQ
2 Desitin $3.99/ea - (2) $1.00/1 TQ - (1) $2.00/2 MQ
4 Target Brand CFL Bulbs $7.99/ea
1 Athlete's Foot Med (for Baby Ben) $6.14/ea

Used a $5 off $75 purchase and all those coupons. Total (including ice cream deal) came to only $11.58, plus we got that $5.00 Gift Card for next time.

Bottom of Receipt Reads: YOU SAVED: $92.78.

Sweet Deal indeed!

Some Deal Summaries for this week

Here are some weekly deal summaries I've spotted around the web...

New AC Moore Coupons - Moms Need to Know

Target Coupon Matchup and Deals - Stretching a Buck , Common Sense With Money
CVS Deals - Moms Need to Know
Rite Aid - Common Sense with Money

More to come....

Enjoy!

Target Deal 8/28

Today's List:



- 2 Gerber BPA-Free Bottles
- 2 Packages of Pepperidge Farm Cookies
- 1 Box of Cheez-It
- 1 Bottle of A1 Sauce
- 4 Kraft BBQ Sauce Bottles
- 2 Boxes of Fiber One Muffin Mix
- 2 Packages of Cheerios
- 10 Packages of Velveeta Mac & Cheese
- 1 Box of Kashi Honey Sunshine Cereal
- 3lb Bag of Bananas
- 2 Travel Size Renu Contact Solutions
- 2 Bags of Baked Lays
- 4 Snickers Bars
- 2 Twix Bars
- 2 3 Musketeers Bars
- 1 3-Shelf Metal Shelving Unit
Total Cost out of pocket after coupons and sales -- $9.96. Pretty good considering the wife told me not to spend more than $10 on this trip.

Remember, at Target you can use 1 Target Issued Store Coupon (TQ) and 1 Manufactures Coupon (MQ) per item. For example, the Velveeta was on sale $0.67. I bought 10 so that is $6.70. I had 1 TQ for $1.00 off 2, and 5 $1.00 off 2 MQ which brought my total for these to $0.70 total for all 10. Pretty sweet huh?