Tuesday, August 2, 2011

A lesson in price matching at London Drugs

There were some great deals to be had this week, and I wanted to mention a few things about price matching and stacking at London Drugs. Generally they will only price match on item per price match, so you can't expect to buy 5 of something and have them price match all 5.  I have found that alot of stores will have a similar price on some thing every week. For example, if  shoppers and superstore both have diapers advertised for a similar price you can price match one pack to shoppers and one to superstore. It helps to go through all of your flyer's and circle the deals with a sharpie to help keep track. I also make a list of what I will be price matching and to what store, as well as having my stacklable coupons for each item paper clipped together with a stickie note on each with the values of the the stack of coupons. This makes it much easier on both you and your cashier :) Another way to fudge around the price matching policy is to do a couple of different transactions ( don't go crazy and do a million different transaction though, cause we don't want them changing the policy to state that you can only do one transaction) I did 2 different transactions on this day :

Transaction #1
  • 2 x Dove go fresh deodorant Regular $4.99 price matched t superstore 2 for $5 less $5 in stacked coupons = FREE Saved $9.98
  • 2 x Charmin toilet paper(12 double rolls) regular Approx $9.99 on sale for $4.99each less $4.50 in stacked coupons = $5.48 saved $14.50
  • 1 x Johnson's baby lotion Regular $5.69 price matched to walmart $3.96 and 1 x Johnson's baby wash $5.69 less $5 in stacked coupons = $4.65 saved $6.73 London Drugs had an in store coupon for a free baby lotion when you purchased 2 other Johnson's products 1 x Johnson's baby lotion regular $4.49 = FREE saved $4.49
  • sunlight laundry detergent Regular $7.99 price matched to Safeway $3.99 less $3.99 in stacked coupons = FREE saved $7.99
Total purchased : $56.51
Total Paid: 10.63

Transaction # 2
  • Scrubbing bubbles shower cleaner Regular approx $9.99 on sale for $6,99 less $6.99 in stacked coupons = FREE saved $9.99
  • sunlight Laundry detergent Regular $7.99 price matched to Safeway $3.99 less $3.99 in stacked coupons = FREE saved $7.99
  • 2 x Dove go fresh deodorant Regular $4.99 each price matched to superstore 2 for $5 less $5 in tacked coupons = FREE Saved $9.98
  • I also received a $.50 coupon book discount on the sunlight :)
Total Purchased : $29.35
Total Paid: $.30

Grand total purchased : $85.87
Grand Total Paid : $10.93
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    Where do you find a lot of your coupons? I don't really know where to start looking. Thanks!

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  2. candiceAugust 2, 2011 at 11:06 AM

    Coupons can be found in a variety of places, and you will find that once you start looking you will find them everywhere!! I order coupons from sites like save.ca, websaver, and brandsaver. There are coupon inserts that come out in newspapers a few times few month here is a schedule of dates for these inserts http://www.simplyfrugal.ca/2010/12/canadian-coupon-insert-schedule-for-2011-smartsource-redplum/ . There also tear pads of coupons in various stores, and alot of printable coupons. I recomend Mrs. January. com, and simply frugal.ca, as both of these sites have printable coupons on them. I also recomend followng these two ladies on facebook as they do weekly sale and coupon matchups, and are always the first to know about new coupons and where to find them! Hope that helps to get you started:)

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  3. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    Thanks for the info! I appreciate it! - JenC

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