{"id":2101,"date":"2011-07-23T18:31:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T18:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brookegeery.com\/couponing\/?p=170"},"modified":"2011-07-23T18:31:23","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T18:31:23","slug":"coupon-lessons-for-ben","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/?p=2101","title":{"rendered":"Coupon Lessons for Ben"},"content":{"rendered":"\t

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With no job or aspirations, Ben Graham took an extra interest in my new couponing hobby. Well, first he talked a bunch of shit, and then he asked me to take him with me. Since Ben is helpless like a small child, I agreed and asked him what he wanted to buy. “I don’t know, yummy food,” he said. Helpful. We’d settled on Albertsons (the best deals were there this week), so I prepped a good trip full of bachelor food, and we were off.<\/p>\n

There were a few catalina offers this week, so we did two transactions for him.<\/p>\n

Transaction #1:<\/p>\n

4 cans of Healthy Choice Soup (Regular $2.99, On sale $1 – $1\/2 coupon + $1 back = $.25 each<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

4 boxes of Cheerios (Regular $4.59, on sale $2.50 – $1\/2 coupon + $2 back = $1.50 each<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

3 packages of Knorr sides (Regular 1.89, on sale $1 (no coupons) + $1 back= $.66 each<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Total OOP $13 (with $4 back in catalinas) — 64% savings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Transaction #2:<\/p>\n

2lbs of Tillamook Pepper Jack cheese (Regular $9.99, on sale $8.49 – in ad coupon = $4.99 total<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

4 Marie Calendars Frozen Dinners (Regular $4.99, on sale $1.88 – $1\/2 coupon = $1.38 each<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Then we used the $4 catalinas from the last transaction so total OOP was $6.51– 78% savings. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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I did one final transaction for myself, where I picked up:<\/p>\n

1 package of Tully’s Coffee (Regular $10.59, on sale $5.99 – $1 in ad coupon – $1.50 coupon = $3.49… wanted to get two but they were wiped out)<\/p>\n

3 Knorr sides ((Regular 1.89, on sale $1 (no coupons) + $1 back= $.66 each<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

I paid $6.49 (62% savings)\u00a0 and have a dollar to use next time.<\/p>\n

Overall a successful trip with stuff that will actually be useful. Ben seemed very impressed and actually uttered “I can’t believe it” a few times while were checking out, but I told him next time he was on his own and had to get his own coupons, so somehow I doubt he’ll ever do it again.<\/p>\n

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