Tuesday, July 20, 2010 King Soopers, July Challenge

I spent over two hours in King Soopers tonight between my shopping and the mystery shop. Here's what I did:

Snapple 6 pack $6.99 less freebie from winning kroger game and 50 cent ecoupon 50 cent profit
10 Sobe drinks 88 cents each, less $2 ecoupon from Kroger site and 5 BOGO coupons
A and W Root Beer (not in picture) $1 less 60 cent Kroger ecoupon
Mirra foot files x 2 at 2.49 each -used $5 off 2 IP coupon FREE Kroger coupon
Slim Fast bars (CHOCOLATE!!!) $1 each -used 2 $1 off IP coupons FREE
Spaghettio's 4 x 49 cents  - 4 IP $1/2 Campbell's coupons FREE
Potato wedges x2 $1 ea used Safeway 55 cent coupon-doubled FREE
Philadelphia Cream Cheese x2. $1 each used 2x$1 coupons FREE and MM with Kraft $5 back promotion
Kraft Cheese cubes $1.67 x 3- no coupons available but helped me get $5 (above) so bascially free

Total $8.43 and received $5 off next order from Kraft plus will make $14 for mystery shop.

July 20, 2010 Safeway and Walmart

Another three mystery shops tonight.  Here's what I got:

Walmart
Sister Shubert rolls $2.64 - $1 coupon from All You magazine
Pepperidge Farm Tuscan bread $1.98 -$1 coupon from emailing manufacturer plus has Try Me Free Rebate of $1.98 so this will be a 54 cent profit after postage
Country Crock cinnamon apples-$2.98 less $1 off found in store
Nexcare bandages 3 x $1.50 each less 3 $1 off IP coupons
Reddi Whip $1.93
Total $8.39 and made $14 for shop and rebate means profit of $6.18

Safeway:
Hormel Beef Roast $4.99 less $2 in store peelie coupon
Bananas 90 cents
Strawberries 2x 99 cents
Pineapple $2.99 less 50 cent off IP coupon doubled
Kit Kats 99 cents BOGO

Not too impressive, only saved 63 percent.  After the two other mystery shops and spending two hours at King Soopers I was pretty wiped out.

Total $8.85 plus $14 shop payment =$5.15 profit

July Challenge 07/18/10 King Soopers

Another mystery shop and used the pharmacy store credit I made earlier in the month to pay so it was a $13.24 profit plus $93 grocery value and a rebate for $2.99 ($2.55) for $109.23 value less the 76 cents I spent comes to $108.47 for the trip.
Here's what I got:
3 Honest Teas $1 each- 50 cent IP coupon from site-doubled to FREE
1 Odwalla juice $2.50- $1 coupon found on product (this was for the road-cheaper and healthier than fast food!)
Kraft Easy mac x 4- 38 cents each (needed these to get to 10 items on promotion)
Red Baron pizza $2.50 less $2 Facebook coupon = 50 cents then $2.99 rebate $2.45 MM
1 Powerade- free- won on Kroger Summer Instant Win game and ecoupon for $1=$1 MM
4 x Joint Juice 88 cents each less 2 BOGO coupons
1 x mini bagels from mark down rack 1.39
1x Suave antiperspirant $1.00 less 75 cent coupon, doubled to FREE
1 x coffee filter $1
Clif Bars- $6.49 (normally $12) found on marked down rack
2 x Stouffers entrees $1.88 ea less 2 x $1 off Facebook IP coupon (and will get points for Stouffer's Dinner Club)
2X Tombstone pizza's $2.49 each less $2 IP coupons
1 x Muir Glen tomato paste 88 cents, $1 off coupon adjusted to 88 cents

My total would have been $15 but I used the remainder of my pharmacy credit.

July Challenge and Mystery Shopping

I noticed late today that I was assigned a mystery shop for tonight. My shop was at a grocery store and the requirement was to buy $9 of merchandise ( to be reimbursed) and get paid $5. At King Soopers I bought a 6 pack of pop-corn, a gallon of milk, a deli chicken breast (required by shop), a pack of day old hot dog buns for 39 cents, straws because my son grabbed the box and started chewing on it and some grapes he ate a few of in the store. Since I had to be there anyways I transferred another prescription to get another $25 gift certificate. I paid $12.42 (with my other $25 prescription credit) and will deduct it from my $40 weekly grocery budget. Excluding that, I will have earned $14 for the mystery shop and $25 for the prescription transfer. I think I can transfer these prescriptions one more time and plan to send them to Rite Aid because they also offer $25 for transferring. I have a new RX I haven't filled yet because I have been waiting for Target to have another $10 offer then do the same thing with transferring them. I didn't use a single coupon at check out which was so weird but these are going to be reimbursed anyways by the mystery shopping so please don't hold it against me!