Save Money on Gas with Store Promotions

Menu plan.
Make a grocery list.
Check grocery store ads.
Clip and print coupons.

This is my favorite way to save money – making plans and lists. Before I go shopping, I take a quick peek to see the new ads. Sometimes Randalls will put out a Sunday ad. And that reminded me to print the $5/50 from Recyclebank. That will stack with the $.30/off gas rewards that I’ll get for purchasing $40 in one transaction that I posted about here.

Right off the bat, I’m saving quite a bit.  Also, I have a reward for $15 when I spend $100 on gift cards.  Since I know I’m going to fill up my car, that $100 go to work for me.

So here’s how it will work.

• Spend $100 + activation fee on MasterCard gift cards, get $15 catalina.  Get $.30/gal off gas.  Whoops, fine print excludes gift card purchases.
• Then, use the $5/50 I printed from Recyclebank AND the $15 catalina when I go to buy groceries.  I just saved 40% right there, without handing over a single additional coupon.  I also have 2 freebie coupons that I got from Safeway/Randalls on Facebook.  I’ll use those as well, bringing my out of pocket even lower.  Use the MasterCard to pay. This will give me another $.30 off rewards, but they probably won’t stack…
• Fill up both of our cars with gas, using the MasterCard to pay, again.

Even though I spent $100 + activation fees out of pocket, I’m actually going to get much more mileage (no pun intended) by using that to pay for gas, groceries and anything else I might need this week.

Kristin

Kristin Holt Duncan

About the Author: Kristin Holt Duncan is a Houston area extreme couponer. She enjoys saving money on the foods that her family actually likes so that she can spend more money on things like Nutella. And Danskos. And Coach purses. You can find her elsewhere on the web, below.