My Big Fat Greek, er....I Mean My Big Fat Rite-Aid Chart for 2010

This year I kept meticulous track of all my Rite-Aid spending.
Not so much in 2009.  I just didn't take the time to keep track as I went along last year so I made an extra effort to succeed at this task in 2010.
I sat down earlier today and tallied up all my monthly numbers to make a list of a whole year of Rite-Aid shopping-from the Jan. 2010 SCR Period to the Dec. 2010 SCR Period.
12 months of Rite-Aid purchases.

Two hours later I had a big honking chart. lol

Looking at this I can see that I started off the year with a goal of receiving a larger SCR check than cash I spent OOP to get to that rebate check.  Man, I sure thought that was great!

But as I earned free gift cards, I shifted the OOP spending onto those cards instead, which gave me less OOP spending, while still growing the rebate checks.  By mid-year(except for Aug. when I didn't have a gift card with me while on vacation), I had no OOP spending due to a combination of gift cards and +Up Rewards to use in payment.

Here are the particulars.....


JANUARY
Number of Trips....31
Amount Spent....$70.20 cash
Value of  Items....$992.07
SCRebates....$78.48
Other Rebates....$91.23
Gift Cards....$55.00

FEBRUARY
Number of Trips....26

Amount Spent....$41.94 put on free gift card/$39.85 cash
Value of  Items....$961.83
SCRebates....$77.98
Other Rebates....$30.00
Gift Cards...$10.00

MARCH
Number of Trips....23

Amount Spent....$40.89 put on free gift card/$4.67 cash
Value of  Items....$908.11
SCRebates....$131.68
Other Rebates....$0.00
Gift Cards....$20.00

APRIL
Number of Trips....6

Amount Spent....$6.89 put on free gift card
Value of  Items....$158.21
SCRebates....$8.00
Other Rebates....$0.00
Gift Cards....$25.00

MAY
Number of Trips....12

Amount Spent....$21.27 put on free gift card/$.35 cash
Value of  Items....$408.04
SCRebates....$33.00
Other Rebates....$0.00
Gift Cards....$90.00

JUNE
Number of Trips....16

Amount Spent....$46.87 put on free gift card
Value of  Items....$672.21
SCRebates....$59.98
Other Rebates....$15.00
Gift Cards....$35.00/Other Gift Cards....$25.00

JULY
Number of Trips....18

Amount Spent....$28.58 put on free gift card
Value of  Items....$669.87
SCRebates....$35.98
Other Rebates....$29.27
Gift Cards....$30.00

AUGUST
Number of Trips.....5

Amount Spent....$41.96 put on free gift card/$8.99 cash
Value of  Items....$186.67
SCRebates....$23.99
Other Rebates....$0.00
Gift Cards....$0.00

SEPTEMBER
Number of Trips....14

Amount Spent....$20.80 put on free gift card
Value of  Items....$579.66
SCRebates....$16.00
Other Rebates....$0.00
Gift Cards....$15.00

OCTOBER
Number of Trips....16

Amount Spent....$5.70 put on free gift card
Value of  Items....$725.56
SCRebates....$53.90
Other Rebates....$11.98
Gift Cards....$0.00

NOVEMBER
Number of Trips....39

Amount Spent....$26.30 put on free gift card
Value of  Items....$1,843.52
SCRebates....$59.98
Other Rebates.....$31.99
Gift Cards....$0.00

DECEMBER
Number of Trips....41

Amount Spent....$19.31 put on free gift card
Value of  Items....$1,633.18
SCRebates....$32.00
Other Rebates....$0.00 
Gift Cards....$40.00

YEARLY TOTAL
Number of Trips....247
Amount Spent....$441.29--$124.21 in Cash OOP, $317.08 put on free gift cards
Value of  Items....$9,738.93
SCRebates....$610.97
Other Rebates....$209.47
Gift Cards....$345.00
Savings Percentage of.....98.72%

 I spent $124.21 cash money and received $9.738.93 in products, $820.44 in cash rebates and $345.00 in gift cards.
I also received $475.50 in +Up Rewards, spent $364.00 of them for a net gain of $111.50 +Up Rewards to carryover into 2011.


Here's to more great savings in 2011, for all of us!!


Sluggy