Rite Aid 10 Week Drug Store Study
Week 1: 8/13/10 to 8/19/21
I wasn’t particularly impressed with the deals this week. Which is odd since there is usually one or two things worth jumping at. They had a deal on crest $2.99 with $1.50 +up dollars. With the crest coupon from the first of the month you pay $2.49 and get $1.50. So the effective cost is 99 cents. But generally more than 50 cents is to much money. Still it worked out good for my wife. She does not like the dollar shampoos (think VO5 and White Rain brands). So she jumped at the Pantene deal which is 2/$7 with $3 +up. She also got two Revlon tools which were BOGO 1/2. With coupons the two only cost $3.24.
Lastly I got two boxes of Keebler cookies for me and the boys. They were $1.99 each and I had a coupon for $1 off of two.
The prices break down as so:
| Quantity | Product | Store Price | Coupon Value | End Price | Retail Price |
| 2 | Pantene Shampoo | $7.00 | $1.00 off two | $6.00 $3 +up | $9.98 |
| 1 | Keebler Cookies | $1.99 | $1.00 off two | $1.49 | 4.99 |
| 1 | Keebler Cookies | $1.99 | $1.00 off two | $1.49 | 4.19 |
| 1 | Rev Eyelash-Curler | $3.65 | $1.00 | $2.65 | $3.65 |
| 1 | Rev Emory File | $1.59 | $1.00 | $0.59 | $3.19 |
| subtotal | | $16.22 | $4.00 | $12.22 | $26.00 |
| Subtotal | $16.22 |
| Tax | $1.07 |
| Total | $13.29 |
Thirteen bucks for six products with a retail cost of $26.00 That is about 50% off list price at an average of $2.22 each. Compared to retail this a reasonable price for any of the items, though none of them are stellar bargains.But when accounting for the $3 +up dollars it is about 60% off of retail or an average of $2.02 each. This is not a super saver price either. In all we can expect to see better deals at Rite Aid at some point over the next nine weeks.
So the tally for week is:
| Cash Outlay: | $13.29 |
| Value of Coupons: | $ 4.00 |
| + Up Earned: | $3.00 |
| + Up Used: | $0.00 |
| + Up Left: | $3.00 |
| Retail Cost: | $26.00 |
| Items Purchased: | 6 |
So the tally to date is:
| Total Cash Outlay: | $13.29 |
| Total Value of Coupons: | $4.00 |
| + Up Earned: | $3.00 |
| + Up Used: | $0.00 |
| + Up Left: | $3.00 |
| Total Retail Cost: | $26.00 |
| Total Items Purchased: | 6 |
Week 2: 8/20/10 to 8/26/10
Rite Aid worked out pretty good this week. I only got two things but they were good and cheap.
The prices break down as so:
| Quantity | Product | Store Price | Coupon Value | End Price | Retail Price |
| 2 | Kotex Pads | $7.00 | 2x $1.00 | $5.00 $3 +up | $9.98 |
| -3.00 +up | | | | |
| subtotal | | $2.00 | $2.00 | $2.00 | $9.98 |
| Subtotal | $2.00 |
| Tax | $0.44 |
| Total | $2.44 |
So I got two things that regularly cost $5 each for 1.22 each including tax and $3+ up for next week.
So the tally for week 2 is:
| Cash Outlay: | $2.44 |
| Value of Coupons: | $ 2.00 |
| + Up Earned: | $3.00 |
| + Up Used: | $3.00 |
| + Up Left: | $3.00 |
| Retail Cost: | $9.98 |
| Items Purchased: | 2 |
So the tally to date is:
| Total Cash Outlay: | $15.73 |
| Total Value of Coupons: | $ 6.00 |
| + Up Earned: | $6.00 |
| + Up Used: | $3.00 |
| + Up Left: | $3.00 |
| Total Retail Cost: | $35.98 |
| Total Items Purchased: | 8 |
Week 3: 8/27/10 to 9/2/10
Rite Aid had some sort of promotional offer for Gain dish soap. There was a coupon in the paper for $1.00 off one bottle. Rite Aid was selling the bottle for $0.89 plus tax. But the coupon covered the tax and ended up carrying over $0.04 towards the rest of the purchase. I had three papers last week so I got three of these bottles. That left $.12 towards the rest of my purchase, two tubes of Colgate toothpaste. These were 2/$3. With two coupons out of the paper ($0.75 each) I knocked the price down to $1.50. With tax, and the help from the Gain coupons, all five things were a $1.67 or $0.37 each. To make it even more fun they gave me $1.00 +up for the toothpaste.
The prices break down as so:
| Quantity | Product | Store Price | Coupon Value | End Price | Retail Price |
| 3 | Gain dish soap | $02.67 | $3.00 | -0.33 | $4.47 |
| 2 | Colgate toothpaste | $3.00 | $1.50 | $1.50, $1+up | $7.38 |
| subtotal | | $5.67 | $4.50 | $1.17 | $11.85 |
| Subtotal | $1.17 |
| Tax | $0.50 |
| Total | $1.67 |
So the tally for week is:
| Cash Outlay: | $1.67 |
| Value of Coupons: | $ 4.50 |
| + Up Earned: | $7.00 |
| + Up Used: | $0.00 |
| + Up Left: | $4.00 |
| Retail Cost: | $11.85 |
| Items Purchased: | 5 |
So the tally to date is:
| Total Cash Outlay: | $17.40 |
| Total Value of Coupons: | $ 10.50 |
| + Up Earned: | $7.00 |
| + Up Used: | $3.00 |
| + Up Left: | $4.00 |
| Total Retail Cost: | $47.83 |
| Total Items Purchased: | 13 |
