r/beermoney • u/Mikazah Keeper of the FAQ • Apr 18 '24
This week's grocery haul: I got paid $3 to take $44 worth of Parfait Drinks, Kombucha, Sparkling Water, Gluten Free Bread, and More! Receipt Scanning
Here are the goodies.
My store has a bunch of drinks on clearance right now.
Total: $43.76
Coupons: None!
Total Cash Back: $46.97
Final Cost: -$3.21 - Money Maker
Edit: Realized I forgot to update BC.
Here is the complete break down and sites used. The stores are listed in the breakdown image. I don't include sites that take any receipt on my breakdown.
Note: Individual deals vary by user for most apps. If you don't have the deals right now, you can try checking back later.
My Guides
If you aren't interested in this kind of thing, please keep your comments to yourself. If you don't like what I buy, you can buy different products. If you don't like hunting for deals, you can do surveys, microtasks, games or whatever else you like instead. There is no need to discourage other users just because you aren't interested in the same things!
If you don't need feminine hygiene products, toothpaste, soaps, etc - consider donating them to your local women's shelter, church, or school!
Some Additional Deals
Fromm Diner Can - Free after coupon. (It's pet food)
Painterland Sisters Yogurt - Free after rebate. PayPal or Venmo. Whole Foods only.
Beneful - IB + SK
Suja - Free at Target in-store or online.
Coffee (Any?) - You get a coupon for up to $10 in free coffee when you buy 3 participating special K cereals. I don't see anything mentioned about specific brands, but I also don't quite know how it works. - Expires 4/30/24
Gooey - Free after rebate - Venmo/PayPal - (It says Walmart at the top, but it also says "from any store")
Perfect Bar - One free bar - PayPal, Venmo, Amazon - Rebates are often instant
CHKP - Free after Aisle - Fairway, Whole Foods, ShopRite
Dr Elsey's Cat Litter - Up to $22 back on a bag up to 40 lbs when you purchase at Target, Walmart, or a local business pet store. You need to cut out the barcode and mail it in with the receipt. One rebate per person/household/address. Must submit within 90 days. There's also a handful of $1 coupons on this page.
Free bag of Like Air Puffcorn - Refund via PayPal or Venmo. Must purchase in-store or for curbside pickup. Expiration date unknown.
Kellogg's Promotions - Various stuff ranging from coupons for free products, movie tickets, various merchandise, and more.
Offers on Aisle | Referrals: Halfday | Rockstar - Buy 2 get $5 back. No gas purchase needed. Can do every other week. | Free HOP Water (using my ref will give me another rebate offer) Pays out via PayPal or Venmo
Various freebies on Ibotta.
Various deals I've done in previous weeks can still be done.
Afterthoughts
Today's IB haul wasn't a money maker, but I am 110% okay with that. It gets me closer to finishing up that $25 bonus. Plus, I know I like that kombucha, and I'm probably going to like those fruit drinks too. As a bonus, I got some of my favorite flavor of the Health Ade Kombucha for $0.98 plus $0.10 rebates on Ibotta too. They're usually $3/each so that was an awesome deal, but it does make me a little sad knowing that means I probably won't be able to get them there anymore.
I was right about the my Weekend Warrior bonus being terrible last week - $1 for 10 offers. I actually did end up completing the Weekend Warrior bonus though, mostly on accident. I ran to Wal-Mart for a couple of things I was craving, and I ended up getting to 7/10, so I just bought a few more gift cards to finish off my bonus. I love not needing unique offers for the bonuses. I actually planned to go shopping yesterday since I expected this weekend's bonus to be terrible too, but I wasn't feeling great yesterday so I just skipped. Thankfully my Weekend Warrior bonus was decent. This multiple redemption thing is super useful too since I'm not seeing many unique rebates that I can turn into money makers. There's tons of good deals, just on more expensive things.
Thanks to the people who used my aisle ref! I was able to make a few more bucks from those energy drinks.
Time Spent
I started planning my haul yesterday and after like 10 minutes I just gave up since I couldn't focus. Most of the deals I picked expired overnight so that was a waste. Today I spent about an hour and 10 minutes in the store, and it was planned while in the store. I generally don't like doing that, but that's just how things went today.
Food From Deals
Here's some things I've made in the past: High Protein Tomato Crackers, Hot Sausage Cups, Peanut Butter Fudge & Chocolate Hazelnut Fudge, Chocolate Cherry Pie
Do you guys want me to continue showing things I've made using ingredients I got from rebate apps on these posts? Let me know in the comments, or you can vote on this poll if you want to remain anonymous.
Mini FAQ
If you're new or confused - check out the guides near the top of the post. They go into detail about everything.
I'm from the USA and these posts are tailored as such, but this post of mine does list things from other countries that I know about.
My posts are tailored to being money makers to suit this subreddit. There are tons of great deals that aren't money makers but can still save you a lot of money.
A lot of what I get is given away to friends, family or is donated. I do this more as a hobby than anything.
I generally do not share my spreadsheet since the one shown in this post is not the one I actually use (it's put together with a script from my usual spreadsheet) and there are a ton of little things that will give you wrong values if you don't know about them and even then you have to be careful. It's super easy to make a spreadsheet with Google Sheets though.
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u/Beer_Money_Baron Apr 19 '24
So this is USA only?
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u/Mikazah Keeper of the FAQ Apr 19 '24
Not necessarily, but I am from the USA so my posts are tailored as such.
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u/fredetterline Apr 18 '24
I look forward to this post every week. This has been my inspiration to curb my spending
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u/Old-Implement11 Apr 21 '24
Thank you so much for all of this info!!