Gas Promotion

Rite Aid has a promotion that gives you a $10 Gas Card when you buy $30 of participating Procter & Gamble products. Combine their sale prices with coupons for great bargains. Tide laundry detergent (50 ounce) is on sale for $4.94. Use the $1 coupon from the July 26 P&G circular to pay $3.94, and $4.94 will be credited toward the $30 spending goal. After factoring in the gas card savings, the net cost of the Tide will be $2.31 per bottle. Pantene Hair Care items are on sale for $3.67. After the $5-off-three coupon from the July 26 P&G circular, you’ll pay $2 per bottle and your net cost will be 79 cents each after the gas savings. Single rolls of Bounty Basic paper towels are on sale for 99 cents each. Buy two and use the $1-off-two coupon in the July 26 P&G circular to pay 49 cents each. Your net cost will be 16 cents per roll after the gas savings.

Earn Balance Rewards at Walgreens

Tide: Walgreens has a promotion that gives you 5,000 Balance Rewards points worth $6.25 when you spend $20 or more on participating P&G items. Tide laundry detergent (32 loads) is on sale for $4.99. Use the $1 coupon in the July 26 P&G circular to pay $3.99 at the register. The $4.99 sale price will be counted toward the $20 spending goal and if you reach that total, your net cost of the Tide would be $2.43 per bottle.

Schick: Walgreens has a promotion that gives you 5,000 Balance Rewards points worth $6.25 when you spend $20 or more on participating Schick items. Schick Quattro (three count), Xtreme 3 (four count) and Slim Twin (12 count) razors are each on sale for $5.99. If you buy four packages and use four of the $4 coupons from the July 26 SmartSource, you will pay $1.99 each at the register. Your net cost will be 43 cents per package after rewards points savings.

Back to school

Wexford folders, Papermate pens, Expo markers: Walgreens has Wexford two-pocket paper folders on sale for 10 cents each (limit 10). Papermate Flair pens (two pack) are on sale for 99 cents. Use the 55-cent coupon from the July 26 SmartSource to pay 44 cents. Use the Walgreens in-ad store coupon to pay $2.99 for Expo dry erase markers (four pack) for $2.99. Use the $1 coupon from the July 26 SmartSource to pay $1.99 per package.

Cash for Kleenex

Kleenex: Target has a promotion that gives you a $5 Target gift card when you buy any three Kleenex three- or four-bundle packs on sale for $5.79 each. Use three of the 50-cent coupons from the July 12 SmartSource to pay $5.29 each. Your net cost will be $3.62 per package after the gift card savings, or 91 cents per box.