Rite Aid Coupons

After Christmas I'll be running a Couponing 101 series to help those of you new to the coupon game. But for now I'll be posting some of my favorite new coupons and deals.

One of the best ways to save money on toiletries (and food for that matter) is to "stack" a store coupon with a manufacturer's coupon. Then to further sweeten the deal you can use a $3 off $15 coupon or other similar coupon.

Let me give you an example of how I'll use a series of coupons at RiteAid this week...

My family loves Honey Nut Cherrios, and I won't spend any more than $2/box for cereal. This week at RiteAid they have Honey Nut Cherrios on sale 2 for $5.00.

***This is revised from the original post. My calculations were WAY off the 1st time. That's what I get for posting while holding a squirming 3 year old in my lap!***

I will pick up 6 boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios. After the cashier rings up the cereal (for a total of $15), I'll hand the cashier this coupon at link here.

Then I will hand the cashier 2 coupons from a newspaper insert. Each coupon is $1.00/2 boxes of Honey Nut Cherrios. You can also use coupons found on the Kelloggs website...here.

My total for 6 boxes of cereal will be $10.00...just $1.67 a box.

I'll pay for the transaction with a Rite Aid gift that I earned by transferring a prescription to Rite Aid. The net transaction will cost me $0 out of pocket.

Transferring prescriptions is one of the best ways to earn gift cards at both Rite Aid and CVS. Rite Aid has coupons in almost every weeks sales paper offering a $25 gift card for transferring a prescription to Rite Aid. Since CVS honors all competitor's coupons, they will also honor the $25 gift card offer.

So this is how it works...
I fill a prescription at CVS. When I need a refill (and unfortunately our family has several ongoing prescriptions), I transfer the prescription to Rite Aid and earn a $25 Rite Aid gift card. I usually refill it once at Rite Aid (just to make sure to be "fair" to the store), and then I transfer the prescription back to CVS and earn a $25 gift card to CVS. Since we live near both a CVS and RiteAid, filling prescriptions at either store is convenient for us.

**Harris Teeter has the same size box of Honey Nut Cherrios on sale 3 for $6. If you're making a trip to HT for other groceries, you might want to use your Honey Nut Cheerios there. ***