My Albertsons Transactions

What a sweet week at Albertsons! It was going to be good before, and then came the doublers. Yippee!! I got up at 5:45 this morning so I could get there about 6 am when they open and then get home in time to get ready for church (which I did only to finally wake Molly up & find out she was feeling sick and throwing up, poor girl). It worked out pretty well to get there so early because I was almost the only person in the store, so my four transactions didn't hold anyone else up. However, I couldn't find the advertised Solo plates I was looking for and the manager didn't come in until 7, so that was unfortunate. But overall it was still one of my best ever Albertsons trips. Here's what I scored:

Transaction #1:

1 package Chips Ahoy Chewy cookies = $2.38

3 Kraft BBQ sauce bottles @ $1.19 each = $3.57

2 Kraft Light Ranch salad dressings @ $2.19 each = $4.38

1 gallon of milk = $2.79

Subtotal: $13.12

- $1 off WYB Nabisco cookies and a gallon of milk (found on a tearpad in the cookie aisle)

- $1 doubled

- $0.55/1 Kraft salad dressing (not sure if it's still available)

- $0.55 doubled

- $0.55/1 Kraft salad dressing (not sure if it's still available)

- $0.55 doubled

- $3 off instantly WYB 6 participating items (BBQ sauce, salad dressing, and cookies)

Total: $5.92

Then a $1.00 Catalina printed from the Kraft salad dressing

Transaction #2:

1 Ritz Munchables crackers = $2.79

1 Jet Puffed Marshmallows = $1.00

1 Honey Maid Graham Crackers = $2.49

1 Hershey's Milk Chocolate 3-bar package = $3.00

2 Mountain High yogurts = $5.58

1 Pantene trial size shampoo = $0.69

1 Pantene trial size conditioner = $0.69

Subtotal: $16.24

- $1 off WYB marshmallows, graham crackers, and Hersheys coupon found on the display

- $1 doubled

- $2 off instantly WYB marshmallows, graham crackers, and Hersheys

- $1/1 Ritz Munchables (not sure if it's still available)

- $1 doubled

- $1/2 Pantene products coupon (from a sample I received from Vocalpoint)

- $1 doubled

- $1 Catalina from first transaction

Total: $7.24

Transaction #3:

1 Wesson canola oil = $2.50

1 Butterfinger bar = $0.79

1 Kraft 100 calorie cheese bites = $2.99

1 Pantene trial size shampoo = $0.69

1 Pantene trial size conditioner = $0.69

Subtotal: $7.66

- $1/1 Wesson cooking oil coupon (from a coupon booklet I received a few months ago)

- $1 doubled

- FREE Butterfinger bar coupon (from a Facebook promotion)

- $1/1 Kraft 100 calorie cheese bites coupon (not sure if it's still available)

- $1 doubled

- $1/2 Pantene products coupon (from a sample I received from Vocalpoint)

- $1 doubled

Total: $0.87

Transaction #4:

1 Santitas tortilla chips = $1.89

1 Pantene trial size shampoo = $0.69

1 Pantene trial size shampoo = $0.69

Subtotal: $3.27

- $1/2 Pantene products coupon (from a sample I received from Vocalpoint)
- $1 doubled

Total: $1.27

All together I paid $15.30 for everything! Something to note is that Albertsons now doubles coupons that say "Do Not Double" because it's a store promotion, so the DND doesn't apply in this case. Also each time I bought the Pantene trial size the total for both was $1.38 and I saved $2.00 with the coupon and doubler, so the extra $0.62 went toward other items. Because I did this particular scenario three times, I actually saved an additional $1.86 toward my other groceries (pretty much paid for the chips!). The thing to remember with moneymakers, though, is to have enough other items in the same transaction so that your total isn't negative. In addition, remember that Albertsons only allows the use of 3 doublers per transaction, so that's why I had to do so many transactions. Every checker I've gone to with doublers so far has let me do back-to-back transactions, but YMMV.