Rite Aid is great if you have the rewards card and get your prescriptions filled there. It’s hard to build the reward card up to maximum savings through regular purchases, and you probably wouldn’t save money in the end, but filling a few expensive prescriptions (most of which is covered by insurance) will build it up to max savings quickly. After that, things start getting insanely cheap.
Rite Aid is great for regular purchases if you creatively use coupons along with their sales.
For instance, today, I got up early and hit the local Rite Aids and came home with:
35 sticks of Dove Deodorant
8 jars of Ragu Pasta Sauce
8 cans of Axe Body Spray
2 bottles of Maalox
In going to get these items, I made a profit of $23, which I will use later in the week when some other coupons come in to buy cat food and laundry detergent at dirt cheap prices at Rite Aid. Oh, and some Al Gore curly cue light bulbs for free as well. I’ll probably stop by while I’m on my way to Wal-Mart to pick up bags of cat litter for $.37.
The trick is to use the money-makers like the Dove Deodorant to build up free bucks to spend on things you actually use. If you coordinate it properly, you’ll come out WAY ahead. Of course, I haven’t gotten to PJ’s level where I’m getting laptops and other big ticket items for free. Not sure how one accomplishes that.
In the meantime, I’m giving away Dove to all my neighbors and friends and will probably donate the rest to a local charity.