Their marketing folks think this is clever, I think it is annoying. All those "chopping" references are a tad violent to boot.
Frankly, Price Chopper is NOT the least expensive overall in this area. I only go there to cherry pick the great buys(when they have them) or if they are holding a Catalina Promotion. You may recall my haul back in early April at PC from THIS post.
Well, Price Chopper is running a similar Unilever CAT Deal this week. Buy $20 in selected Unilever items and get a $7 CAT GOYNO(=Good On Your Next Order). Not as good as the Spend $40, Get $20 CAT Deal with the FREE EASTER HAM DOUBLE DIP, but there haven't been ANY CAT Deals around here for some time, so I took the bait!
Even though it's only a stinking $7 CAT for a $20 purchase, A-the total is based on the REGULAR SHELF Price, NOT the Sale Price! & B-some of the items included are Buy One/Get One FREE, so that alone will bring down your Out of Pocket costs and might make this stinking $7 CAT Deal worth doing.
Oh, and C-this CAT deal can roll. You can take that $7 CAT and use it on your next order of Unilever products and get another $7 CAT(if you purchase $20 or more in your next order).
So after dropping #1 son's car at the Oil change place and then dropping #1 son at school, I had an hour to hit the Price Chopper to scope out the shelf prices and figure out the least expensive way to get to $20 & then bring that down with coupons.
First I did this....
2x Wisk Laundry Detergent Reg. Price $6.59 ea.=$13.18/Sale Price BOGO2x Q-Tips Swabs 500 ct. Reg. Price $3.99 ea.=$7.98/Sale Price 2/$5.00
Reg. Price Total=$21.16 **Over the $20 threshold
Sale Price Total=$11.59+.40¢ tax=$11.99
Coupons Used
1x $1.50/2 Wisk
2x $.30/1 Q=Tips doubled=$1.20
Coupon Total=$2.70
$11.99-$2.70=$9.29 OOP
Received a $7 CAT good OYNO
The 1st payment is the worst. Now it was time to 'play' with the PC money and get stuff for real C-H-E-A-P!
Next go 'round....
4x Caress Body Wash Reg. Price $5.49 ea.=$21.96/Sale Price BOGOReg. Price Total=21.96 **Over the $20 threshold
Sale Price Total=$10.98+.66¢ tax=$11.64
Coupons Used
4x $1.00/1 Caress Q=$4.00
$7.00 CAT
Coupon Total=$11.00
$11.64-$11.00=$.64 OOP
Received a $7 CAT good OYNO**
**Well I SHOULD have gotten a CAT but the machine ran out of paper halfway through my Cat!ack So the Manager came over and just gave me $7 cash back. I used that $7 as my CAT for the next transaction.
Round #3.....
2x Wishbone Dressing Reg. Price $2.69 ea.=$5.38/Sale Price BOGO=$2.69
3x Suave Shampoo Reg. Price $1.19 ea.=$3.57/Sale Price $.88=$2.64
2x Degree Deodorants Reg. Price $3.49 ea.=$6.98/Sale Price $2.00=$4.00
1x Degree Deodorant Reg. Price $4.49 /Sale Price $3.00
Reg. Price Total=$20.42 **Over the $20 threshold
Sale Price Total=$12.33+.58¢ tax=$12.91
Coupons Used
1x $1.00/2 Wishbone Q=$1.00
1x $1.00/2 Suave Q=$1.00
1x $1.00/1 Degree Q=$1.00
2x $1.25/1 Degree Q=$2.50
Coupon Total=$5.50
$12.91-$5.50=$7.41**-$7.00 cash from last Catalina that didn't print=$.41OOP Received a $7 CAT good OYNO
3 Rounds and I'm OOP $12.96. The value of the items I've purchased is $65.54. I'm just over an 80% Savings rate.
The more rounds I do, the lower my OOP will be proportionately to my Value of Items, meaning my percentage of savings will go higher.
I plan on going back over the next 2 days before the sale ends to do some more deals. Nothing as radical as back in early April but we can always use some more spaghetti sauce and soap. ;-))
Check back with me after the weekend to see how I did.
And if you have a Price Chopper near you, get on over and give this Catalina Deal a try. Go on now, I have faith that you can do this!
Sluggy
you are truly amazing! It's pricing out the various deals in the follow-up rolls that always bogs me down :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliment.;-)
ReplyDeleteJust get your trusy calculator out and spend the time to get your scenarios down on paper BEFORE you even hit the store....that makes the trips much shorter. And have back up scenarios worked as because you know, they will be OUT of whatever it is you want, right?lolol