Reader Shopping Trips: Target & Giant

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Sarah saved nearly $120 on her trips to Target and Giant.  This is what she had to say…

I had such a great time shopping last night I thought I’d send it in. Thanks for all your hard work!!  I took a trip to Target and Giant last night, and I thought I did quite well. I spent $41 at Giant for a savings of about 65% on mostly organic foods that we’ll use (plus lots of Kraft cheese), and I saved nearly 50% at Target, including getting the Zyrtec I needed for about 18 cents a pill! I was very pleased!

Target Bought:

2 Chutes & Ladders Games w/bonus play-doh $9.73 – will save for Toys for Tots
2 Bertolli Organic Pasta Sauces $5.98
2 Annie’s Organic Cheese Ravioli $2
1 Annie’s Organic Granola Bars $2.99
4 Archers Farms Organic Tortilla Chips $10
4 Skittles Blenders $2.76
1 Zyrtec (Bonus 40 count!) $18.19  Ugh. Needed this.
TOTAL: $51.65

Coupons Used:

Minus 2 $2/1 Chutes & Ladders coupons
Minus $1/2 Bertolli Target coupon
Minus $1.50/2 Bertolli coupon
Minus $0.75/2 Annie’s coupons
Minus $1 Annie’s Granola Bars wyb pasta Target coupon
Minus 2 $1/2 Archer Farms chips coupons
Minus 2 $0.50/2 Skittles coupons
Minus 2 $1/2 Skittles Target coupons
Minus $7/1 Zytrec coupon
Minus $4/1 Zyrtec Target coupon
Minus $0.05 Reusable Bag Discount
PAID: $27.35, a savings of $24.30 or about 47%!

At Giant I actually did four transactions, which is unusual for me. Honestly? I wanted to do more, but it seemed unreasonable!

Giant Transaction 1 & 2 Bought:

3 GE CFL Bulbs $2.97
1 Giant Reusable Bag $0.99
Tax $0.18

Coupon Used:

Minus $0.99 (Free Bag wyb two CFL bulbs promo)
PAID: $3.15 (twice)
Received two $3 OYNO catalinas!

Giant Transaction 3 Bought:

3 GE CFL Bulbs $2.97
1 Giant Reusable Bag $0.99
1 Kraft Parmesan $3.49
1 Hormel Natural Choice Turkey $2.50
6 Kraft Cheese $12
Tax $0.18
TOTAL: $21.95

Coupons Used:

Minus $5 Kraft Instant Savings
Minus $0.99 (Free Bag wyb two CFL bulbs promo)
Minus 3 $1/2 Kraft Cheese coupons
Minus $0.50 Hormel coupon (doubled to $1)
PAID: $12.14
Received $3 OYNO catalina!

Giant Transaction 4 Bought:

1 Kraft Parmesan $3.49
1 Filippo Berio Organic Olive Oil $5.49
2 McCormick Organic Black Pepper $3.18
1 McCormick Organic Paprika $4.69
4 Organic Gala Apples $3.48
1 Organic Baby Lettuce (7 oz) $3.99
2 Organically Grown Basil $3.98
1 Hormel Natural Choice Turkey $2.50
6 Kraft Cheese $12
2 Silk Organic Soy Milk $5.58
1 Stonyfield Organic Milk $3.69
5 Kashi Organic Cereals $13.95
1 Terra Chips $2
Tax $0.24
TOTAL: $68.26

Coupons Used:

Minus 1 Free Lettuce wyb Kraft Parm (only good up to $1.50)
Minus $1/1 Filippo Berio
Minus 3 $1/1 McCormick Spices
Minus $0.50 on $6 in Produce (from Giant’s “magic” coupon machine)
Minus $0.50/1 Hormel (doubled to $1)
Minus 3 $1/2 Kraft Cheese
Minus 2 $2/1 Silk coupons
Minus $4.50 Free Milk coupon (first time they didn’t adjust it)
Minus 2 $2/1 Kashi cereal (from RecycleBank)
Minus 3 $1/1 Kashi cereal
Minus $0.55/1 Terra Chips (doubled to $1)
Minus 3 $3 OYNO coupons from GE Bulbs
Minus $5 Kashi Instant Savings
Minus $5 Kraft Instant Savings
PAID: $22.76

The cashier scanned the $0.30/gallon for spending $50 coupon from the ad (my total was still over $50 after the instant savings), but it does not appear to have credited me the points. I will be contacting Giant to hopefully have that fixed. That would bring me up to $0.50 off a gallon!  I spent $41.20 total at Giant, and my total savings (including sales and coupons) was $118.98, a savings of about 65%!

 

Be sure to check out the Giant and Target deals for this week.  And, check out the LRWC Coupon Database for any coupons.

If you have a shopping trip you want to share, stay tuned for the new $100 Store Gift Card Giveaway.  There is even more in store for this month. 🙂