Walgreens deals for the week of 10/4: coupon match ups, newbie scenarios, and ideas for "rolling" your RR

I had a GREAT time at Walgreens last week. This week isn’t quite as exciting, but there are still some good deals and there are plenty of freebies that are monthly deals as well.

Here are the “hot” deals this week:

RR deals: (doesn’t include all of the RR deals – just some of the deals that stood out)

*Buy 8 Dove products, get a $10 RR, buy 6, get a $6 RR, buy 4, get a $2 RR: Personal care items (deodorant, body wash, lotion) are 25% off and hair care (shampoo, conditioner, styling) are 2/$6 (*this is reportedly a monthly deal)
$1/1 Dove Body Wash or Cream Oil lotion printable here
$1/1 Dove hair care printable here
$1/1 Dove Anti-perspirant/deodorant and/or body mist – 10-4 RP
$1/1 Dove beauty bar (6 pk+) or body wash – 10-4 RP
$1.50/1 Dove Conditioner – 10-4 RP
$1.50/1 Dove Cream Oil or body lotion – 10-4 RP
$1.50/1 Dove deep moisturizer, sensitive skin, or exfoliating body wash (12 oz+) – 10-4 RP
$1/1 Dove Hair care – 10-4 RP

*Colgate Dental Care (MaxFresh or MaxWhite Toothbrush or Toothpaste) – 2/$5, get a $1 RR

*Gillette Fusion MVP manual or power razor system (**Make sure you buy the one that says MVP on the left hand size) – $8.99, get a $6 RR (this is a monthly deal valid through 10/24)
$4/1 Gillette Fusion razor – 9-27 PG insert

*Playtex tampons – 2/$8, get a $3 RR
$1/1 Playtex Sport printable coupon http://playtexsport.com/default.aspx (you can print 2 per computer)
$1/1 Playtex tampons and Playtex Sport tampons – September All You magazine

*Purell Hand Sanitizer – $2.99, get a $2 RR
.50/1 Purell product – 8-2 SS insert

*Schick Quattro razor system or 4 pk cartridges – $8.99, get a $3 RR
$2/1 Schick Quattro – 10-4 SS

*Trident Gum (Xtra Care or Layers) – 2/$2, get a $1 RR (this is a MONTHLY deal)

The following are MONTHLY RR deals: (9/27-10/31)
*Chapstick Fresh Effects – $2.99, get a $3 RR

*Crest Baking Soda & Peroxide whitening (6.4 oz) – 2/$4, get a $2 RR
$1/1 Crest Premium Paste – 9/27 PG insert
$1/1 Crest toothpaste – P&G Year of Savings booklet

*Emergen-C Immune or Alert 2 shot booster – $3.49, get a $3.50 RR

*Garnier Styling products – $3.99, get a $2 RR
.75/1 Garnier from 9-13 SS insert

*Gillette Fusion MVP Manual or Power razor system – $8.99, get a $6 RR (through 10/24)
$4/1 Gillette Fusion from 9-27 PG insert
$2/1 Gillette Fusion from P&G Year of Savings booklet

*Halls Refreshe cough drops (20 ct) – $1, get a $1 RR
.75/1 Halls Refreshe hard candy – 9-27 SS
.50/1 Halls Refreshe – October 2009 All You Magazine

*Johnsons trial-sized baby power – $1.19, get a $1 RR

*Robitussin to Go (2 ct) – $2.49, get a $2.50 RR – when I bought these, a catalina for $1/1 spit out at the register

*Trident Xtra Care or Layers Gum – 2/$2, get a $1 RR

*Vaseline Sheer Infusion Body lotion (6.8 oz) – $6.99, get a $7 RR

BOGO Free deals:
*Dial body wash or soap
$1/2 Dial body wash or soap from 8-16 SS insert
*Energizer hearing aid batteries
*L’Oreal lip
$1/1 L’Oreal Colour Riche lip product – 8-2 RP
*Rimmel foundation, concealer, powder, blush, or eye
BOGO free coupon in October All You = 2 items for free!
*Walgreens body wash
*Walgreens Gold Seal vitamins and Supplements
*Walgreens Ultra Alkaline batteries

Other deals:

*Carefree pantiliners – $.99 w/ in ad coupon
$1/1 Carefree Ultra Protection liners printable here
.50/1 printable here

*Charmin Ultra bathroom tissue – 6 rolls – $3.49
$1/1 Charmin coupon from P&G year of savings booklet

*Playtex gloves Handsaver (10 pk) – $.99 (w/ in ad coupon) – FREE after coupon!
$1/1 Playtex disposable gloves – 6-28 SS and 10-4 SS insert (you will need to give the manufacturer’s coupon FIRST and then the store coupon and make sure that you are buying enough other items to cover the “overage”)

Visine eye drops (.5 oz) – $3.99
$2/1 printable coupon here for IE and here for Firefox
$2/1 Walgreens in ad coupon (remember to give this LAST and to have items to cover the overage)

“Filler” ideas:
*Bowl Fresh Toilet Deodorizer – 2/$1 (w/ in ad coupon)
*Campbell’s tomato or chicken noodle soup – 2/$1 (with in ad coupon)
$1/2 Campbell’s printable here
*Halloween gift sacks or Halloween pencils – 8/$1
*Hershey bar – $.29
*Jell-O (regular or sugar free) – 2/$1 (with in ad coupon)
.50/2 printable here (IE) or here (Firefox)
*Jointed Halloween decorations or trick or treat bag – $.39 w/ in ad coupon
*Reynolds aluminum foil or Walgreens wax paper – $.9 (w/ in ad coupon)
*Russell stove Halloween candy – $.39 w/ in ad coupon
*Swanson chicken broth – $.69 (with in ad coupon)
.40/3 Swanson Chicken broth – 9-27 SS insert

Here are some scenarios if you are “new” to Walgreens and starting out with no RR: spend $4.83 OOP, earn $6 in RR (left to spend) for $21.19 in merchandise

Transaction #1:
Buy 1 Halls Refreshe – $1
Buy 1 Purell – $2.99

Use $.75 Halls coupon
Use .50 Purell coupon

Spend $2.74 OOP, get a $2 RR (Purell) and a $1 RR (Halls)

Transaction #2:
Buy 1 Chapstick Fresh Effects – $2.99
Buy 1 Halloween pencil – $.12(use in ad coupon)

Use $2 Purell RR
Use $1 Halls RR

Spend $.11 OOP, get a $3 RR

Transaction #3:
Buy 1 Gillette Fusion MVP razor – $8.99
Buy 1 Halloween pencil (use in ad coupon) – $.12
Buy 1 Playtex Handsaver – $.99 (use in ad coupon)
Buy 1 Visine – $3.99 (use in ad coupon for $2 off)

Use $3 Chapstick RR
Use $4 Gillette Fusion manufacturer’s coupon
Use $1 Playtex coupon
Use $2 Visine coupon

Spend $2.09 OOP, get a $6 RR

Scenarios for “rolling” your RR from last week:

For the $8 Theraflu RR ~
Buy 1 Gillette MVP razor – $8.99
Buy 1 Chapstick Fresh Effects – $2.99
Buy 1 Halloween pencil – $.12

use $4 Gillette coupon
Use $8 RR

Spend $.10 OOP, get a $6 RR and a $3 RR (earned $1 more!)

For the $2 Herbal Essence or Dentek RR ~
Buy 1 Purell – $2.99
Buy 1 Halloween pencil – $.12

Use .50 Purell coupon
Use $2 RR

Spend $.61 OOP, get a $2 RR

For the $7 Vaseline RR:
Buy 1 Gillette Fusion razor – $8.99
Buy 1 Robitussin To Go – $2.49

use $7 Vaseline RR
Use $4 Gillette Fusion coupon

Spend $.48 OOP, get a $6 RR and a $2.50 RR (earn $1.50 more!)

or:
Buy 1 Emergen-C – $3.49
Buy 1 Robitussin To Go – $2.49
Buy 1 Halls – $1
Buy 2 Campbell’s soups – 2/$1 (w/ in ad coupon)

Use $.75 Halls coupon
Use $7 RR

Spend $.23 OOP, get a $3.50 RR, a $2.50 RR and a $1 RR

My Plan (I have $46 in RR that I earned last week ~ I’m trying to “roll” or keep as many as possible for the Huggies diaper deal next week):

Transaction #1: (rolling my $8 Theraflu RR)
Buy 1 Vaseline Sheer Infusion – $6.99
Buy 1 Emergen-C – $3.49
Buy 1 Halloween pencil – $.12

Use $1.50 Vaseline IP
Use $1/1 coupon for Discover card users
use $8 Theraflu RR

Spend $.10 OOP – earn $7 RR (Vaseline), $3.50 RR (Emergen-C) – I end up with $2.50 more in RR than I started out with!

Transaction #2: (rolling my $7 Vaseline RR)
Buy 1 Gillette Fusion MVP – $8.99
Buy 1 Purell – $2.99
Buy 1 Halloween pencil – $.12

use $4 Gillette coupon
Use .50 Purell coupon
Use $7 Vaseline RR

Spend $.60 OOP, earn a $2 RR (Purell) and a $6 RR (Gillette) – I ended up with $1 more than I started with!

Transaction #3: (rolling my $6 Gillette RR)
Buy 1 Chapstick Fresh Effects – $2.99
Buy 1 Emergen-C Cold – $3.49
Buy 1 Halls – $1
Buy 1 Halloween pencil – $.12

Use $6 RR
Use .50 Halls coupon
use $1 coupon for Discover card users

Spend $.10 OOP, earn a $3 RR (Chapstick), $3.50 RR (Emergen-C), $1 RR (Halls) – I end up with $1.50 more than I started with!

*Rinse and repeat!

Some helpful tips:
*At Walgreens, you cannot do a promotion more than once in a transaction and earn Register Rewards. So, if you buy more than 1 Halls cough drops this week, you will not earn more than 1 RR. You will only get $1.

*You also cannot use the Register Rewards earned from a promotion on the same promotion and earn Register Rewards again. For example, if you buy Halls cough drops, get a $1 RR and use it to buy another Halls cough drops, another RR will not print.

*Typically, you cannot use the Register Rewards earned from a promotion with the same manufacturer and earn Register Rewards again. For example, you cannot buy a Vaseline lotion and use the RR from the promotion to buy another Vaseline lotion because your RR will not print.

Here is information on the manufacturers for this week’s RR (thanks HCW!):
Vaseline = Unilever
Emergen C = Alacer
Chapstick = Wyeth
Fusion Razor = P & G
Robitussin = Wyeth

*Register Rewards are considered to be “manufacturer’s coupons” and you can only use one manufacturer’s coupon per item. You will have to add “filler” items. The in ad coupons often have good, inexpensive filler items. (this week, my favorite fillers are the Halloween pencils and the Campbell’s soups)

*If you are buying items that would result in a “free” item or “overage” when combining a store coupon and a manufacturer’s coupon, give the manufacturer’s coupon FIRST, and the store coupons LAST to avoid beeping/issues at the register! Make sure that you are purchasing enough items in your total transaction to “cover” the overage. You will not get cash back and you will have to add items to cover the overage or they will not take the coupon.

*If your Register Reward doesn’t print for some reason and you have fulfilled all of the obligations for the “deal” (including not using RR from the same parent company to pay) DO NOT let them tell you it is because you used coupons! Chances are they didn’t print because the catalina machine is not working. You have two choices: you can return your items and try again or you can contact the catalina company by doing the following:
*The store will give you a form to fill out and mail in to catalina
*Call 1-888-8coupon, option 3
*Use the online form to contact them: Contact Catalina Marketing (when I have tried contacting them this way, my results have not been very good….your best bet is to call)