Grocery Shopping at Walgreens

Three weeks ago, I extolled the virtues of grocery shopping at drug stores in general; two weeks ago I gave you some tips about food buys at CVS.  Now, for some tips about buying groceries at Walgreens!

Walgreens has some incredible deals on groceries.  They have the basics - cereal, snacks, canned fruits, vegetables, and meats.  They have some basic baking ingredients, like flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and spices.

They have what seems like a small selection - but, when you think about it, how much selection do you need on certain items?  Do you really need twenty different types of canned tuna?  Do you need an entire aisle of canned fruits, or do you normally just use a few standard ones?  Frankly, I appreciate having a smaller selection sometimes; you get what you need and don't get blinded by all the other stuff that you don't need but might be tempted into buying anyway.

What I like best about food at Walgreens is the ability to combine a store coupon with a manufacturer's coupon.  Each week, the Walgreens ad contains a dozen or more store coupons, many for basic food items.  Some are for Walgreens or other store brands, like Deerfield Farms.  But others can be for major manufacturer brands.  This week's ad, for instance, has coupons for Folger's coffee, V8 juice, and Campbell's soup, just to name a few.

By combining a manufacturer's coupon found in ad inserts or online with these coupons, you can get a great deal.  For instance, you can get 46 oz. bottle of V8 V-Fusion juice for $1.50 by combining the ad coupon with this $1 off coupon from Campbell's printable coupon

And, sometimes you can do a Register Rewards deal and use coupons to get a good deal.  This week Walgreens has a deal with Kellogg's cereals for 2/$5, with a $1 Register Reward for getting 2.  If you use one of the Kellogg's coupons from RedPlum, you can get two boxes for $3 after coupon and RRs.

Best of all, when money is tight, you can use Register Rewards to buy groceries.  Just keep in mind that dairy is not allowed, according to the fine print on the RRs.

So this concludes my mini-series on grocery shopping at drug stores.  I would love to talk about the great bargains at Rite Aid, but I don't know those from personal experience - I wish we had Rite Aid in my area!  If you know of any great deals there, please leave a comment!

Check these sites for more great tips:

• Frugal Friday @ Life as MOM 
• Frugal Friday @ Stockpiling Mom 
• Tuesday's Tip Jar @ BlogMommas 
• Making Dollars out of Change @ Madame Deals 
• Tuesday's Tips @ Couponomic Stimulus Package 
• Penny Pinching Party @ The Thrifty Home 
• Works For Me Wednesday @ We Are That Family
• Thrifty Tip Tuesday @ I Am a Money Magnet 
• Tightwad Tuesday @ Raising 4 Godly Men
• Thrifty Thursday @ Melissa's Bargain Blog
• Thrifty Thursday @ Coupon Teacher