Rite Aid Shopping Trip 11/11/2015

First trip to Rite Aid this week.  I will likely go out again Friday to pick up the rest of the items I want.  My favorite store just got the register system update so we had to scan my items and coupons prior to scanning my card.

I had coupons from an insert for the Right Guard deodorants but they scanned as no matching item even though they matched the deodorants I was buying.  My cashier manually entered them and then once my card was scanned I was surprised to see the Load2Card coupon work.  Generally I prefer to give the cashier a paper coupon because I do not trust the Load2Card coupons to work and since we scanned my card after I did not know that the Load2Card would work.

Transaction #1 (Card #1)

2 Curad Ouchless Bandages 20ct ~ gold price $2.79 (shelf price $3.49)
  -  (1) $1.00/2 printable coupon

Cost: $4.58 (300 points, limit 2 monthly)

2 Right Guard Deodorant 4oz ~ sale price B1G1 free (shelf price $4.69)
  -  (1) $2.00/2 manufacturer coupon from 11/01 RP
  -  (1) $2.00/2 Load2Card coupon

Cost: $0.69

Total Retail Cost: $16.36

Wellness Plus Savings: $6.09

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $5.00

Subtotal: $5.27 (+$0.50 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $5.77

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

Plenti Points Earned: 600 ((2) 300 points from Curad)

 

(I will get $2.00 from SavingStar for purchasing 2 Right Guard Deodorant.  I will also get $0.20 from Ibotta for purchasing any brand deodorant.  I will also get $1.50 from Mobisave; $1.00 for purchasing Right Guard deodorant and $0.50 for purchasing Curad bandages.)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 6/13/2015

I made a quick stop into Rite Aid tonight to pick up some Reach items.  I was hoping to get some kid's toothbrushes but they were still out so I just picked up some of the adult toothbrushes and got a rain check for the kid's.  I also had a $3.00 catalina that was expiring today which made the transaction a slight moneymaker for me.

2 Reach Complete Care Mouth Rinse 32oz ~ sale price $3.74 (shelf price $7.49)
  -  (2) $2.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/31 SS
2 Reach Curve Toothbrushes 1ct ~ sale price $1.99 (shelf price $3.99)
  -  (2) $1.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/31 SS

Cost: $5.46 (200 points wyb 2, limit 2)

$3.00 catalina coupon

Total Retail Cost: $22.96

Wellness Plus Savings: $11.50

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $9.00

Subtotal: $2.46 (+$0.77 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $3.23

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

Plenti Points Earned: 400 ((2) 200 points from Reach)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 6/7/2015

Today was the last day to take advantage of the 30% off coupon!  I wanted to pick up some of the double packs of Clear hair care products.  I also had two Rite Aid coupons for Benefiber so I had planned on doing that deal as well but when my husband picked up the papers for me and I went searching in the SmartSource for the coupon, it was not there.  Our region did not get the coupon so that ruined one of my transactions a bit.

I was able to return and repurchase the Gillette razors I bought last Thursday on my bronze cards.  The manager that was at the store last week that helped do the return was not there and the manager that was had not done a Plenti point return previously.  The return was not going through and then they tried to do the return and repurchase with my other items in the same transaction and it made my total about $7 more than it should have been.  They voided out the transaction again and I stepped aside for another customer so they could checkout while the manager waited on a response from the other manager to figure out how we did the return last week.  She responded that returns need to be processed like a credit card transaction but that was not working so they offered to do a cash return instead and I said that was fine.  They hit the cash button and poof, the points went back onto my card and it ended the return transaction!

In total today I did four transactions at two different stores - had to find those Clear double packs!  Transactions 1 and 2 were the same, different cards.  Transactions 3 and 4 were only slightly different because I used $4 in catalinas on the fourth transaction, I forgot to use my $3 catalina on transaction 3.

Transaction #1-2 (Cards #1-2)

2 Clear Shampoo/Conditioner Bonus Pack ~ 30% off price $4.19 (shelf price $5.99)
  -  (2) $2.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/17 RP

Cost: $4.38 (200 points, limit 2)

$2.00 catalina coupon

Total Retail Cost: $11.98

Wellness Plus Savings: $3.60

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $6.00

Subtotal: $2.38 (+$0.57 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $2.95

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

Plenti Points Earned: 400 ((2) 200 points from Clear)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 6/6/2015

I made a run to Rite Aid today to finish up some deals for this week.  I had tracking from earlier in the week for Covergirl on a few of my cards so I wanted to pick up some more clearance nail polish.  I also wanted to finish maxing out Tresemme on my cards and do the Gillette/Venus deal on my last gold card.  Unfortunately I was not able to get a Venus razor at the last store I stopped in, they had a few two days ago when I was there but none tonight and it was too late for me to make a stop into another store on the way home to pick one up.

Transaction #1 (Card #1)

10 Covergirl Nail Polish 0.11oz ~ clearance price $0.94 (shelf price $3.79)
  -  (10) $1.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/31 P&G

Cost: $0.60 overage (100 points wyb $10, limit 2)

4 Tresemme Hair Spray 11oz ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $5.79)
  -  (4) $2.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/17 RP

Cost: $8.00 (300 points wyb 2, limit 2)

Total Retail Cost: $61.06

Wellness Plus Savings: $35.66

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $18.00

Subtotal: $7.40 (+$1.71 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $9.11

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

Plenti Points Earned: 700 (100 points from Covergirl, (2) 300 points from Tresemme)

 

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 6/5/2015

Today I received a 30% off coupon in my email.  I wish I had known these were coming out since I bought razors at shelf price last night on my bronze cards.  The cashier told me to bring them back so we can return and purchase again with the 30% discount so I will get about $6.00 back.

This 30% coupon is good for the whole weekend, Friday thru Sunday and being that it covers two different sales weeks I wanted to test if it could be use more than once per card.  Some of the 30% coupons only work once per card but this one is allowed to be used multiple times.  After my transaction I asked the manager to do another transaction to test the 30% coupon.  I used the same card and the 30% coupon worked again no problem!

I just did one transaction tonight.  Now that I know a bit more about the 30% coupon I can plan my transactions for the next two days.  I still need to pick up a razor and cartridge on my second gold card and finish up the Covergirl deal on that card since it has the most tracking.

 

2 Venus Swirl Razor 1ct ~ 30% off price $6.99 (shelf price $9.99)
  -  (1) $3.00 Load2Card coupon
  -  (1) $4.00 catalina coupon

Cost: $6.98 (700 points, limit 2)

1 Tresemme Shampoo 28oz ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $5.79)
1 Tresemme Conditioner 28oz ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $5.79)
1 Tresemme Shampoo 32oz ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $5.79)
1 Tresemme Conditioner 32oz ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $5.79)
  -  (4) $2.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/17 RP

Cost $8.00 (300 points wyb 2, limit 2)

Total Retail Cost: $43.14

Wellness Plus Savings: $11.16

Rite Aid Coupons: $2.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $15.00

Subtotal: $14.98 (+$2.02 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $17.00

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

Plenti Points Earned: 2,000 ((2) 700 points from Gillette, (2) 300 points from Tresemme)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 6/4/2015

When at a Rite Aid a little bit further away from me I saw they still had some Gillette Men's Body cartridges on clearance for 50% off.  Since the coupons from the P&G require a razor and cartridge purchase I thought this would be a decent deal for me to do on my two non-gold cards if I bought a razor with each cartridge pack.  Transactions were the same just different cards.

Transactions #1-2

 

1 Gillette Body Cartridges 4ct ~ clearance price $9.14 (shelf price $18.29)
1 Gillette Fusion Proglide Razor 1ct ~ shelf price $9.99
  -  (1) $6.00 manufacturer coupon from 5/31 P&G

Cost: $13.13

Total Retail Cost: $28.28

Wellness Plus Savings: $9.15

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $6.00

Subtotal: $13.13 (+$1.29 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $14.42

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

Plenti Points Earned: 1,400 ((2) 700 points from Gillette)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/29/2015

Today was the last day to use the Load2Card coupon for the GE Light Bulbs because it expired.  I wanted to use the coupon on my two non-gold cards to make a bit of points on both of them.  I did two transactions with two different cards.

Transaction #1 (Card #1)

1 GE 20W CFL Light Bulb 1ct ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $7.49)
  -  (1) $1.00 Load2Card coupon

Cost: $3.00 (400 points, limit 1)

 

Total Retail Cost: $7.49

Wellness Plus Savings: $3.49

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $1.00

Subtotal: $3.00 (+$0.27 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $3.27

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

Plenti Points Earned: 400 (400 points from GE Light Bulb)

 

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/28/2015

I had a $2.00 Rite Aid coupon for Purex in my email that was expiring today and I wanted to use.  I tried to print the $1.00 off 2 coupon but it was a Walgreens coupon so unfortunately I was only able to pick up one detergent for $0.99 instead of 2 for $2.00 because the single purchase price was $2.99.  I also picked up some more Simplify soda that is ringing up $0.25 making it free after points.  I went down a bit in points today but I did get back a $2.00 catalina for the L'oreal so a small moneymaker day.

1 Playtex Sport Liners 54ct ~ gold price $3.99 (shelf price $4.99)
1 Playtex Sport Pads 16ct ~ gold price $3.99 (shelf price $4.99)
  -  (1) $7.99 BOGO printable coupon
  -  (1) $3.00 printable coupon

Cost: $3.01 overage

1 GE 20W CFL Light Bulb 1ct ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $7.49)
  -  (1) $1.00 Load2Card coupon

Cost: $3.00 (400 points, limit 1)

2 L'oreal Evercurl Hydration Shampoo 8.5oz ~ gold price $5.59 (shelf price $6.99)
  -  (2) $2.00 printable coupons

Cost: $7.18 (500 points wyb 2, limit 2)

2 Simplify Orange Soda 2L ~ sale price $0.25 (shelf price $1.00)
6 Simplify Cola Soda 2L ~ sale price $0.25 (shelf price $1.00)

Cost: $2.00 (100 points wyb 4, limit 2 monthly)

1 Purex Free & Clear Laundry Detergent 50oz ~ sale price $2.99 (shelf price $5.99)
  -  (1) $2.00 Rite Aid email coupon

Cost: $0.99

Total Retail Cost: $45.44

Wellness Plus Savings: $17.29

Rite Aid Coupons: $2.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $15.99

Subtotal: $10.16 (+$1.65 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $11.81

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

Plenti Points Earned: 1,100 (400 points from GE Light Bulb, 500 points from L'oreal Ever, (2) 100 points from Simplify Soda)

 

(I received a $2.00 catalina for purchasing L'oreal Ever.)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/27/2015

My $0.75 Froot Loops coupons were expiring today so I wanted to stop into Rite Aid to use them up since Kellogg's cereal is on sale again. The store was completely out of Foot Loops, the cashier said they had quite a few boxes and someone came in and bought them all earlier in the day. With what time I was in the store I knew I would not be able to make it to another store before they closed unfortunately so sadly my coupons expired.

I was able to find some Band-Aids on clearance though and this store had the old bags still with the $5.00 off 3 coupons so I decided to do the deal. I was hoping the store would have enough cheaper Band-Aids or Gauze so I could max the deal out but unfortunately the cheaper Band-Aids were cleared out and there were only 2 gauze so I only did the deal once.  If I were not still trying to build my points I might have picked up some of the more expensive Band-Aids.  We are also fairly stocked on bandages and gauze right now so I decided to just do the best moneymaker I could to help build my points.

Typically I would wait and see if they get more gauze in later in the week because the trucks were due to arrive this Friday but due to the holiday this week the trucks were pushed to Tuesday of next week.  This means it has been over two and a half weeks since the stores have received new stock and many are quite low or completely out of items.

1 GE 23W CFL Light Bulb 1ct ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $7.49)
  -  (1) $1.00 Load2Card coupon

Cost: $3.00 (400 point, limit 1)

2 Band-Aid Spongebob Bandages 20ct ~ clearance price $2.14 (shelf price $4.29)
1 Johnson & Johnson First Aid Kit 1ct ~ shelf price $4.99
1 Johnson & Johnson Gauze Pads 3x3in 10ct ~ 50% off price $1.39 (shelf price $2.79)
  -  (1) $4.99 free First Aid Kit wyb 3 items peelie
  -  (1) $5.00/3 coupon found in the First Aid Kit

Cost: $0.67

Total Retail Cost: $23.85

Wellness Plus Savings: $9.19

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $10.99

Subtotal: $3.67 (+$0.99 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $4.66

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

Plenti Points Earned: 700 (400 points from GE Light Bulb, 300 points from Johnson & Johnson First Aid products)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/23/2015

I wanted to pick up some more of the Beneful Dog food today and use up my last purchase base coupon.  I still had a $5.00 off $50.00 purchase coupon from my main card that I wanted to use up this week since next week is going to be very slow.  I used 3 cards at different stores. 

I should have picked up 2 bags at the first store.  We stopped in a few different stores to look for freshness peelies on the bags which would have made these a money maker but were not able to find any more so and the last store we stopped in only had 4 bags left.  I did lose a bit in points today because of tax but overall a good day at Rite Aid.

Transaction #1 (Card #1)

 

4 Simplify Mountain Citrus Soda 2l ~ sale price $0.25 (shelf price $1.00) 

Cost: $1.00 (100 points wyb 4, limit 2 monthly)

1 Beneful Healthy Smile Dog Food 3.3lb ~ sale price $5.99 (shelf price $8.29)
  -  (1) $1.00 freshness peelie
  -  (1) $5.00 Load2Card coupon

Cost: $0.01 overage

Total Retail Cost: $12.29

Wellness Plus Savings: $5.30

Rite Aid Coupons: $1.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $5.00

Subtotal: $0.99 (+$0.40 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.99 (+$0.40 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 200 (100 points from Simplify Soda, 100 points from Beneful Dog Food)

 

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/22/2015

I am working on figuring out a new system for my non-insert coupons that will work for me since I cannot fit all of my coupons into my current binder.  I have also been focusing on getting things ready for the yard sale so I have been backing off from shopping a bit and will likely not be doing too many trips for a bit. 

I wanted to make sure I made it to Rite Aid today though because of the 30% off friend and family coupon today!  This transaction was a moneymaker for me even though I got some of the more expensive toothpastes and had to pay a little for them.  I was able to find two bags of Beneful with freshness peelies and a Tresemme Styler with a freshness peelie because the top was lost.  The freshness peelie from the Tresemme was gone, someone else must have peeled it off but I just asked the manager and he put a new coupon on it for me.

1 U by Kotex Regular Maxi 24ct ~ clearance price $2.14 (shelf price $4.49)
1 U by Kotex Long Maxi 20ct ~ 30% off price $3.14 (shelf price $4.49)
  -  (1) $3.00/2 peelie coupon
1 Huggies size 1 Little Snugglers Diapers 35ct ~ 30% off price $8.74 (shelf price $12.49)
1 Huggies size 2 Little Snugglers Diapers 32ct ~ 30% off price $8.74 (shelf price $12.49)
1 Huggies size 3 Little Movers Diapers 28ct ~ 30% off price $8.74 (shelf price $12.49)
  -  (3) $3.00 Rite Aid email coupons
  -  (3) $3.00 printable coupons

Cost: $10.50 (500 points wyb $20, limit 2 ($8.56 tracking from Sunday))

1 Beneful Original Dog Food 3.5lb ~ 30% off price $5.80 (shelf price $8.29)

1 Beneful Healthy Smile Dog Food 3.3lb ~ 30% off price $5.80 (shelf price $8.29)

  -  (2) $1.00 freshness peelies

  -  (1) $5.00 Load2Card coupon

  -  (1) $5.00 printable coupon

Cost: $0.40 overage (100 points, limit 2)

1 Tresemme Extra-Firm Control Mousse 10.5oz ~ sale price $3.99 (shelf price $5.79)

  -  (1) $1.00 freshness peelie

1 Tresemme Thermal Creations Heat Tamer Spray 8oz ~ sale price $3.99 (shelf price $5.79)

  -  (2) $2.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/17 RP

Cost: $2.98 (300 points wyb 2, limit 4 monthly)

5 Colgate Optic White Toothpaste 3.5oz ~ 30% off price $3.14 (shelf price $4.49)

  -  (5) $3.00 Rite Aid in-ad coupons

Cost: $0.70

4 Colgate Max Fresh Toothpaste 6oz ~ 30% off price $2.79 (shelf price $3.99)

  -  (4) $3.00 Rite Aid in-ad coupons

  -  (4) $0.50 manufacturer coupons from 5/17 SS

Cost: $2.84 overage

5 Colgate Total Toothpaste 4oz ~ 30% off price $2.65 (shelf price $3.79)

  -  (5) $3.00 Rite Aid in-ad coupons

  -  (4) $0.75 printable coupons

Cost: $4.75 overage

1 Playtex Sport Tampons/Liners Combo Pack 48ct ~ 30% off price $6.29 (shelf price $8.99)

1 Playtex Sport Tampons/Pads Combo Pack 32ct ~ 30% off price $6.29 (shelf price $8.99)

  -  (1) $7.99 BOGO printable coupon (no longer available)

  -  (1) $3.00 manufacturer coupon from 5/17 SS

Cost: $1.59 (100 points, limit 2)

$4.00 off $20.00 purchase coupon

Total Retail Cost: $149.95

Wellness Plus Savings: $46.18

Rite Aid Coupons: $58.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $41.99

Subtotal: $3.78 (+$6.19 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $9.97

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

Plenti Points Earned: 1,700 ((2) 500 points from Huggies/U by Kotex products, (2) 100 points from Beneful Dog Food, 300 points from Tresemme, (2) 100 points from Playtex Combo Packs)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/21/2015

I wanted to stop into Rite Aid today to earn some more points so that I had them to spend tomorrow when I use the 30% off coupon.  I had a $3.00 off $14.00 hair care purchase that I was able to pair with a few sales and other coupons I received to have it be a moneymaker transaction after the points I received.

For some reason the $3.00 hair care coupon which is a RC48 would not stack properly with the $1.00 RC49 Garnier Fructis coupons and said I needed to spend $0.05 more so the manager just did a post coupon for my last Garnier Fructis coupon and gave me $1.00 back in cash.

1 Tresemme Shampoo 32oz ~ sale price $3.99 (shelf price $5.79)
1 Tresemme Conditioner 32oz ~ sale price $3.99 (shelf price $5.79)
  -  (2) $2.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/17 RP

Cost: $3.98 (300 points wyb 2, limit 4 monthly)

1 Garnier Fructis Shampoo Bonus 17.3oz ~ sale price $2.99 (shelf price $4.49)
1 Garnier Fructis Conditioner Bonus 17.3oz ~ sale price $2.99 (shelf price $4.49)
1 Garnier Fructis Styler 8oz ~ sale price $2.99 (shelf price $4.49)
  -  (2) $1.00 Rite Aid email coupons
  -  (3) $2.00 manufacturer coupons from 4/26 RP

Cost: $0.97

$3.00 off $14.00 hair care purchase Rite Aid email coupon

Total Retail Cost: $25.05

Wellness Plus Savings: $8.10

Rite Aid Coupons: $5.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $10.00

Subtotal: $1.95 (+$0.94 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $2.89

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

Plenti Points Earned: 300 (300 points from Tresemme)

(I got $1.00 back for doing a post coupon for the Garnier Fructis Rite Aid coupon the did not scan.)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/17/2015

We stopped into Rite Aid today on our way to dinner for Mother's Day.  Yes, we went out a week late because last year when we went on Mother's Day it was very crowded and I did not mind waiting a weekend to go.  It was nice to have the restaurant a bit quieter and not feel rushed to get through dinner.
 
I mainly wanted to get prices of some items today so I can make up scenarios for later in the week.  I was hoping to use the 30% off coupons to get some good deals on items and wanted to know what items the 30% would effect.  When I asked the manager if she knew about the 30% coupon for Friday she said "yes!" and went into the office to get one for me!  She said that all of the associates were given 4 to give to family and friends and she said that she only has one family member that will use them so the other three she hands out to some of the customers.  Very excited to get one, I was not sure what type of 30% coupon this would be, sometimes when Rite Aid has a 30% coupon day they sent a package of the coupons for the cashiers to put on the counter and other times they are given to associates to hand out like this coming week.  Since it looks like I will only be getting one of these coupons unless I get lucky later on in the week, I am trying to plan getting as much as I can on Friday that will benefit from the extra bonus.

I did want to pick up some U by Kotex that were on clearance because I knew I could combine them with some packs of Huggies diapers to make a good deal.  The Huggies diapers are on sale this week for $8.99 but they are $12.49 shelf price so the 30% will apply, it will make them $8.74 each.  Since I bought the U by Kotex on one of my gold cards, I am stuck using my 30% coupon on it.  I was hoping to use the 30% off on my card that I still have a $5 off $50 coupon for but I still have another week to figure out how I want to use that coupon if I cannot get another 30%.

All of the U by Kotex of similar size are shelf price $4.49 but the clearance items were marked as a shelf price of $4.29 and rang up with that shelf price as well.  They were 50% off, marked $2.14 but rang up at $2.24 for some reason.  The manager was helping me checkout and she caught the price difference.  She manually changed the price to $2.14 for each since that is how they were marked and should be ringing up.  I was the first person she has had use Plenti points, she seemed impressed it just paid for everything automatically when I input the pin number and just spit out my receipt.

4 U by Kotex Regular Maxi 24ct ~ clearance price $2.14 (shelf price $4.29)
  -  (2) $3.00/2 peelie coupons

Cost: $2.56 ($5.00 wyb $15.00 ($8.56 tracking), limit 2)

Total Retail Cost: $17.16

Wellness Plus Savings: $8.60

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $6.00

Subtotal: $2.56 (+$0.58 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $3.14

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

Plenti Points Earned: 0

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/16/2015

Only shopped at Rite Aid today.  I did make a quick stop into Kroger to get refunded for the coupon that did not deduct last night.  I wanted to use up a rain check I had for Rite Aid on the Irish Spring Gear bar soap and body wash but the manager would only let me get the bars.  When she gave me the rain check previously she knew my coupon was expiring that day and told me that she would honor my expired coupon with the rain check.  I have not had a store do this previously and I do not recall anything in their policy about a situation like this and whether they will honor expired coupons with a rain check.

The store only had 2 packs of the bars so they agreed to sub the Irish Spring 8pk bars.  I was hoping to get the Gear so I could get points back but they were free so I can't complain.  Then after looking at my receipt, the manager only scanned 3 of the packs of soap, the 2 Irish Spring 8pk and only 1 of the Gear 6pk so I did not get any points back from buying them like I was hoping.  I did get overage though since she used all 4 coupons but only input 3 items.  This messed up my total a bit and I ended up with the register not allowing one of my Marc Anthony coupons because it would have given me a negative balance so I picked up some more candy bars to soak up the overage.  Also, when I went over to the next register to pick up some more candy bars with freshness peelies the manager told me she would not honor the freshness peelie on the free candy bars because she saw me pick up 6 of them and they are on sale B2G1 free so I picked up two Snickers without peelies.  Then she let me use a manufacturer coupon on the free candy bars?  That confused me a bit but regardless I only owed $1.32 including tax so I could not use any points and got back 1,700 points. 

We then went to my favorite store to pick up some more of the Speed Stick Deodorants.  The cashier scanned my BOGO coupons before scanning my card so they auto deducted the full amount.

Transaction #1 (Card #1)

1 Gear Bar Soap 6pk ~ rain check price $2.00 (shelf price $6.99)
1 Gear Bar Soap 6pk ~ was not scanned $0.00 (shelf price $6.99)
2 Irish Spring Bar Soap 8pk ~ rain check price $2.00 (shelf price $6.99)
  -  (4) $2.00 manufacturer coupons

Cost: $2.00 overage

2 Rite Aid Children's Allergy 4oz ~ rain check price $4.99/2 (shelf price $9.99)

Cost: $4.99 (500 points, limit 2 monthly)

2 Rite Aid Tugaboo Baby Formula 8oz ~ sale price $3.50 (shelf price $6.99)
  -  (2) $5.00 printable coupons

Cost: $3.00 overage

6 Marc Anthony Morocco Oil Deep Treatment 1.69oz ~ sale price B1G1 free (shelf price $2.99)

  -  (6) $2.00 printable coupons from here

Cost: $3.03 overage

2 Speed Stick Gear Gel Deodorants 3oz ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $5.49)
  -  (1) $4.00 BOGO coupon
  -  (1) $2.00 printable coupon (no longer available)

Cost: $2.00 (200 points wyb 2, limit 2)

9 Milky Way Dark 1.76oz ~ sale price B2G1 (shelf price $1.15)
2 Snickers 1.86oz ~ sale price B2G1 (shelf price $1.15)
1 M&Ms 1.69oz ~ sale price B2G1 (shelf price $1.15)
  -  (10) $0.50 freshness peelies
  -  (6) $0.50/2 tearpad coupons

Cost: $1.20

Total Retail Cost: $104.64

Wellness Plus Savings: $60.48

Rite Aid Coupons: $5.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $39.00

Subtotal: $0.16 (+$1.16 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.16 (+$1.16 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 1,700 (500 points from $25+ purchase, (2) 500 points from RA Children's Allergy, 200 points from Gear Speed Stick)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/15/2015

I was finally able to stop into Rite Aid this week.  I have seen other people getting purchase base coupons this week and I wanted to trigger mine to print before I did a large transaction so I could use it right away.  So I did three smaller transactions with three of my cards.  Only the gold cards printed coupons and both were $5 off $50.  I do have another card but I have not finished signing it up yet and they did not have anymore candy with freshness peelies on them that I could match up with other coupons to make them really cheap.  I then did a bit more shopping to spend one of my purchase base coupons.

I did have to pay out of pocket for the candy bars even though I had points on all of those cards because I was not spending over $2.00 in any of the transactions.  For my final transaction I used a rain check I had from a few months ago when Dove Hair Care items were 2/$6.00 with a $3.00/2 coupon and $3 +UP wyb 2.  The cashier just put each item in for $1.50 to factor the +UP instead of putting them in as coupons.  I realized after I should have asked her to input the +UP as coupons though so I could have received an extra 400 points for the monthly deal but it was still a great moneymaker!  Also since she put the rain check in this way my total was a little below the $50 mark but the manager accepted the coupon.

Transaction #1 (Card #1)

2 York Peppermint Patties 1.4oz ~ sale price B2G1 free (shelf price $1.15)
4 Mounds 1.75oz ~ sale price B2G1 free (shelf price $1.15)
6 Hershey's Skor Bar 1.4oz ~ sale price B2G1 free (shelf price $1.15)
  -  (12) $0.50 freshness peelies
  -  (3) $1.00/3 Hershey's RA coupon

Cost: $0.20

Total Retail Cost: $13.80

Wellness Plus Savings: $4.60

Rite Aid Coupons: $9.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $0.00

Subtotal: $0.20 (+$0.22 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.20 (+$0.22 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 0

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/9/2015

I got to use up the Plenti points that I earned yesterday to see how the rolling of points works and I was very happy with it so far.  The points will pay for not only any remaining subtotal but they will also cover tax!  I had over $4.00 of tax and I only had to pay $2.46 out of pocket after using all of my points from yesterday.  So happy this new system seems to be even better than the +UPs and hopefully I will not have to pay anything out of pocket, I will just use points to pay for everything.

It does look like you can do something with your Plenti account called "pooling" though.  I have seen a few people mention it briefly but it looks like you can link up to three cards to share using points.  That does seem like something that could be beneficial but it worries me that it would link the cards and share point earning offers.  For example if an offer was limit 2 it may link the cards so that you can only get 2 offers between all the cards instead of 2 offers per each card.  If it does not link the cards and share offer limits I would probably pool some of my cards together though.

I did have a bit of an issue with two of my cards, being linked so I did not get to buy all that I had planned on but I got the issue fixed once I got home so I should be set for next week.  On accident the same phone number was used for both cards and I was afraid that would not allow me to earn the points on both cards.  I ended up using two cards and doing two transactions today.

Transaction #1 (Card #1)

6 Puffs Tissues 56ct ~ sale price $1.00 (shelf price $1.99)
  -  (2) $1.50/3 manufacturer coupon from 5/3 P&G

Cost: $3.00 (100 points wyb 3, limit 2)

Total Retail Cost: $11.94

Wellness Plus Savings: $5.94

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $3.00

Subtotal: $3.00 (+$0.41 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $3.00 (+$0.41 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 200 ((2) 100 points from Puffs)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/8/2015

So excited to be back in Rite Aid today!  I went to my favorite store tonight and two of my favorite managers were working.  I spent well over an hour just talking to them and catching myself up on any new information with the new Plenti system.

I have some old reason checks from the +UP system and wanted to know how those rain checks would be handled when I redeemed them.  The manager told me they would ring them up the same as before, +UP amount taken off during the transaction.  We also talked about rain checks with the new system and she said they would be done the same, the point equivalent in dollars would be taken of during the transaction the rain check is redeemed.  The stores do not have the ability to add points to a Plenti account.

So far the program is working well and customers like it from what they have experienced.  I did just a small transaction to start building my Rite Aid money back up.  They were out of the large money making items I wanted to pick up but that is expected on a Friday.  I need to get out earlier next week. I picked up some Rite Aid brand items to use the 300 points when you spend $15 on Rite Aid brands products coupon.  A small money making transaction overall.

2 Rite Aid Tugaboo Powder Formula Mix 8oz  ~ sale price $3.50 (shelf price $6.99)
  -  (2) $5.00 printable coupons

Cost: $3.00 overage

2 Rite Aid Children Allergy Medicine 4oz ~ sale price BOGO (shelf price $9.99)

Cost: $9.99

300 points wyb $15 of Rite Aid brand products

2 - $3.00 catalinas

Total Retail Cost: $33.96

Wellness Plus Savings: $16.97

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $16.00

Plenti Points Used: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.99 (+$0.81 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 1300 (300 points from Rite Aid Brand Products, (2) 500 points from RA Child Allergy)

Rite Aid New Plenti Cards

I am taking a break from shopping today since I have been out every day for the past week.  I did make a run to the Dollar Store to pick up a few more Sunday papers but now we are just staying in to organize and clean up a bit.

I did want to mention that Rite Aid has started up the new Plenti program this week.  So if you have not already, stop into your local Rite Aid to pick up a new card.  If you had an account previously they will just confirm your information (telephone number, name, address, and email) and link a new Wellness + with Plenti card onto your account.  Remember that your previous card's status of gold, silver, bronze, etc is still valid!  You have not lost your store discount and you will continue to earn Wellness + points on purchases to obtain gold, silver and bronze levels.

I have not shopped with mine yet, I got a new card in the mail and went yesterday to activate it.  My husband also got a new card for himself.  It seems Rite Aid sent new cards to gold members only, at least to my knowledge because 2 of my cards were bronze and 2 were gold.  The two gold cards were sent replacement cards but they were the only ones.  When you do activate your card in store if you do not see them on the counter, ask for a Plenti coupon booklet!  There are some coupons you can add directly onto your card for certain retailers and then some coupons you can tear out and redeem at Rite Aid.

There are some great deals this week with the introduction of the new system so I will be shopping later this week.  I will be trying to create some deals with the coupons in the coupon booklet to earn some extra points.  Still a bit sad I have to build my Rite Aid money back up but happy to go back to Rite Aid since CVS has been quite upsetting.  Half of the things I have wanted to purchase there the past few weeks none of the stores in the area even carry!  I have some ECBs expiring this week that I want to basically just cash out and be done with CVS again.

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 4/12/2015

I thought I would be done with Rite Aid for a few weeks but last night as I was cleaning out some coupons from my binder I found my NYC cosmetic coupons that came in the newspaper.  I wanted to use them up because 3 expired today and the other 3 were able to be used starting today.  So just a quick stop to pick up some more free nail polishes.  I picked up 1 eyeliner to give a bit of overage to soak up the cost of the candy.

1 Snickers Candy Bar 1.86oz ~ sale price $0.59 (shelf price $1.15)
1 Milky Way Candy Bar 1.84oz ~ sale price $0.59 (shelf price $1.15)
  -  (1) $0.50/2 Rite Aid cash register tape (CRT) coupon

Cost: $0.68

1 NYC Eyeliner Pencil ~ clearance price $0.49 (shelf price $0.99)

7 NYC Nail Polish ~ clearance price $0.99 (shelf price $1.99)

  -  (6) $1.00 manufacturer coupons from 3/29 RP

  -  (2) $1.00 printable coupons from here

Cost: $0.58 overage

Total Retail Cost: $17.22

Wellness Plus Savings: $8.62

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.50

Manufacturer Coupons: $8.00

+UPs Used: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.10 (+$0.58 tax)

+UPs Earned: $0.00

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 4/11/2015

I had a $4.00 +UP left to use at Rite Aid so I stopped in today to pick up a few things.  I was thinking about possibly buying some other items and possibly doing the gas card deals this month but decided against it.  A small break from Rite Aid will be nice especially with all the big sales at the grocery stores next week!  I had just planned on getting NYC costmetics, Snickers and milk but my total was about $1.00 off so I could not use my +UP so I just grabbed 2 more packs of Easter eggs for Lily to enjoy next year.  After looking at my receipt 2 of the NYC eyeliners rang up at only $0.49 instead of $0.99 like they were marked which is why my total was off.

1 2% Milk gallon ~ gold price $3.19 (shelf price $3.99)

Cost: $3.19

2 NYC Eyeliner Pencil ~ clearance price $0.49 (shelf price $0.99)

2 NYC Eyeliner Duet Pencils ~ clearance price $0.99 (shelf price $1.99)

3 NYC Nail Polish ~ clearance price $0.99 (shelf price $1.99)

1 NYC Eye Shadow Trio ~ clearance price $1.49 (shelf price $2.99)

  -  (6) $1.00 printable coupons (no longer available)

  -  (1) $1.50/2 printable coupon (no longer available)

Cost: $0.08 overage

2 Plastic Easter Eggs 12ct ~ clearance price $0.49 (shelf price $0.99)

Cost: $0.98

9 Snickers King Size 3.29oz ~ sale price B1G1 free (shelf price $1.99)

7 Snickers Almond King Size 3.23oz ~ sale price B1G1 free (shelf price $1.99)

  -  (8) B1G1 free printables from here

Cost: $0.00

Total Retail Cost: $52.73

Wellness Plus Savings: $25.22

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $23.42

+UPs Used: $4.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.09 (+$1.70 tax)

+UPs Earned: $0.00

(I will get $0.25 back from Ibotta for purchasing a gallon of milk.)