Rite Aid Shopping Trip 3/28/2015

Sad day today.  Today was the last day to earn +UPs.  I remember when Rite Aid brought out the +UP program and am still in a bit of disbelief that it is now gone.  I have been shopping at Rite Aid for many years; I began shopping there during high school when there was just the single check rebate program.  I have rolled with all the changes that Rite Aid has thrown at its customers and have still greatly preferred it over the other drug stores but the new Plenti program has me concerned.  Rite Aid has finally been giving out some information on Plenti but there is still so much unanswered that will be crucial for knowing how good this new program will be.  The main question I have is can we spend and earn points in the same transaction?  If so I think that adjusting to this new program might be okay.  I still do not like the idea of having my points tied to each card, I often mix my +UPs from my cards to spend them how I want.  I will be doing a few more transactions over the next few weeks to use up the remainder of my +UPs and then likely waiting for Plenti to be released in early May.

I finished up the monthly deal for Powerade on my main card and the Huggies diaper deal on my other gold card.  I realized last night when I went to finish watching my video values (which changed over on Friday night?  I am not sure why the videos changed over then but I was no able to watch all of March's videos.) that I had some new Load2Card coupons to clip.  One of them was for $3.00/2 Dove Shampoo and Conditioner.  So I wanted to pick up 2 Dove items on each card to use up those coupons.  The first store we stopped into was completely out of Dove so we had to go to another store to get them.  Thankfully they had 8 Dove products left on an end cap; their typical spot on the shelf was cleared at this store as well!  So five transactions between the two stores.

Transaction #1 (Card #1)

1 Chocolate Chip Cookies ~ gold price $0.80 (shelf price $1.00)
  -  (1) $0.50 freshness peelie

Cost: $0.30

1 Huggies Lil Snugglers Diapers ~ sale price $8.99 (shelf price $12.49)
  -  (2) $2.00 printable coupons from here
2 Huggies Little Movers Diapers ~ sale price $8.99 (shelf price $12.49)
  -  (2) $2.00 printable sent from Huggies

Cost: $20.97 ($10.00 +UP wyb $30.00, limit 2)

Total Retail Cost: $38.47

Wellness Plus Savings: $10.70

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.50

Manufacturer Coupons: $6.00

+UPs Used: $21.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.27 (+$1.81 tax)

+UPs Earned: $10.00 ($10.00 from Huggies)

 Transaction #2 (Card #1)

  

2 Dove Hair Care Products ~ sale price $3.00 (shelf price $4.99)

  -  (1) $3.00/2 Load2Card coupon

Cost: $3.00 ($3.00 +UP wyb 2, limit 4 monthly)

Total Retail Cost: $9.98

Wellness Plus Savings: $3.98

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $3.00

+UPs Used: $3.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.41 tax)

+UPs Earned: $3.00 ($3.00 +UP from Dove)

Transaction #3 (Card #2)

2 Dove Hair Care Products ~ sale price $3.00 (shelf price $4.99)

  -  (1) $3.00/2 Load2Card coupon

Cost: $3.00 ($3.00 +UP wyb 2, limit 4 monthly)

Total Retail Cost: $9.98

Wellness Plus Savings: $3.98

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $3.00

+UPs Used: $3.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.41 tax)

+UPs Earned: $3.00 ($3.00 +UP from Dove)

Transaction #4 (Card #3)

2 Dove Hair Care Products ~ sale price $3.00 (shelf price $4.99)

  -  (1) $3.00/2 Load2Card coupon 
2 Dove Styling Products ~ sale price $3.00 (shelf price $4.99)

  -  (2) $1.00 manufacturer coupons from 3/22 RP

Cost: $7.00 ($3.00 +UP wyb 2, limit 4 monthly)

Total Retail Cost: $19.96

Wellness Plus Savings: $7.96

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $5.00

+UPs Used: $7.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.81 tax)

+UPs Earned: $6.00 ((2)$3.00 +UP from Dove)

Transaction #5 (Card #4)

1 Cadbury Creme Egg ~ gold price $0.92 (shelf price $1.15)

Cost: $0.92

1 Powerade 32oz ~ sale price $1.25 (shelf price $1.59)

Cost: $1.25 ($4.00 +UP wyb $12.00, limit 2 monthly)

2 Dove Hair Care Products ~ sale price $3.00 (shelf price $4.99)

  -  (1) $3.00/2 Load2Card coupon

Cost: $3.00 ($3.00 +UP wyb 2, limit 4 monthly)

Total Retail Cost: $12.76

Wellness Plus Savings: $4.55

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $3.00

+UPs Used: $7.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.17 (+$0.55 tax)

+UPs Earned: $7.00 ($4.00 +UP from Powerade, $3.00 +UP from Dove)

(I will get $0.92 in my SavingStar account for the Cadbury Creme Egg Friday Freebie.)