Purchased at Shopper's Food Warehouse, Friday March 27

Savings 100%

I feel especially blessed. If you live in the Fredericksburg, Virginia area, as I do, you have some special shopping opportunities. Shoppers in Fredericksburg triples coupons up to $.50 every day, and doubles coupons up to $1.00. This weekend there are coupons in the Washington Post for $5 off a $25 purchase, $10 off $50. If you do not live in this area, read and study this transaction. Similar opportunities may come your way.

Here's what I got:
Mahatma Rice, $.89 -- used $.50 coupon from recent insert, "tripled" to $.89, free
Mahatma Rice, $.89 -- used $.50 coupon from recent insert, "tripled" to $.89, free
Wrigley's gum, $1.09, used coupon for free pack of gum (newspaper insert), free
Wrigley's gum, $1.09, used coupon for free pack of gum, free
Wrigley's gum, $1.09, used coupon for free pack of gum, free
Wrigley's gum, $1.09, used coupon for free pack of gum, free
Del Monte pear halves, $1.25, used coupon for free item I requested by mail
Orville Ridenbacher popcorn cakes, $2.00, used $1 off coupon I received as rebate, doubled, free
Orville Ridenbacher popcorn cakes, $2.00, used $1 off coupon, doubled, free
Orville Ridenbacher popcorn cakes, $2.00, used $1 off coupon, doubled, free
Quaker Tortillaz, $1.89, used $1 coupon, "doubled," free
Quaker Tortillaz, $1.89, used $1 coupon, "doubled," free
Quaker Tortillaz, $1.89, used $1 coupon, "doubled," free
Quaker Tortillaz, $1.89, used $1 coupon, "doubled," free
Cascade Rinse, $3.75, used coupon for free item I received in Right at Home mailer
Dole Pineapple, 3 cans at $.80 each, $2.40, used $1 off 3 coupon, doubled, paid $.40
Dole Pineapple, 3 cans at $.80 each, $2.40, used $1 off 3 coupon, doubled, paid $.40
Dole Pineapple, 3 cans at $.80 each, $2.40, used $1 off 3 coupon, doubled, paid $.40
Dole Pineapple, 3 cans at $.80 each, $2.40, used $1 off 3 coupon, doubled, paid $.40
Ortega Refried beans, 2 cans at $1.25 each, $2.50, used $.75 off 2 coupon, doubled, paid $1.00
Orgega Refried beans, 2 cans at $1.25 each, $2.50, used $.75 off 2 coupon, doubled, paid $1.00
Orgega Refried beans, 2 cans at $1.25 each, $2.50, used $.75 off 2 coupon, doubled, paid $1.00
Orgega Refried beans, 2 cans at $1.25 each, $2.50, used $.75 off 2 coupon, doubled, paid $1.00
French's Worcestershire Sauce, $1.49, used $.50 coupon, newspaper "tripled," free
French's Worcestershire Sauce, $1.49, used $.50 coupon, hand tag, "tripled," free
Tenessee Pride Sausage, $2.50, used coupon for free item I received in the mail
80% lean ground beef, $2.12
80% lean ground beef, $2.12

used $10.00 off $50 purchase coupon from the Washington Post Newspaper (expires Sunday)

paid $.84

received back 3 $.75 off your next order coupons, for purchasing Dole (one coupon for every four cans??)

Please don't think, "I could never do this." I figured this transaction out to the penny before I paid. It took some time, but it was well spent.

Strategy (coupon science):
I gathered coupons for items I could get free. I put these items in the buggy first. My free items totaled $31.30. Next, I gathered my almost free items, Dole, $9.60, and Ortega, $10.00. My goal was to get as many free items as I could, so I could use the $10 from the newspaper coupon to get something without a coupon. $31.30 + $9.60 + $10 = $51.90. But so far, out of the $10 off coupon, I have only "spent" $1.60 for the Dole, and $4.00 for the Ortega. Out of the $10, I still had $4.40 to "spend." So, I picked up the packages of ground beef, which we have been out of for a while, at $2.12 and $2.27.

Advertised Savings, $10, Manufacturer coupons, $27.86, store double/triples, $16.21
Total savings, $54.07, 100%:)