I just got back from Safeway and was elated to get some FREE stuff by combining e-coupons with paper coupons! If you haven’t tried e-coupons – YOU HAVE TO! I just started using them last month and I’m amazed at all the FREE stuff I’ve scored.
Here’s how it works –
- Sign up for FREE accounts at Cellfire.com and Shortcuts.com – it’s super easy!
- You hook your Safeway club card to your Cellfire.com and Shortcuts.com accounts – also FREE and super easy! (Also add your other select preferred shopping cards – the only other one in Puget Sound participating right now is QFC.)
- As new coupons are issued, click the “add” button and have them added to your preferred card.
- Coupons are generally issued every couple weeks, keep adding them as they come out!
- Shop at Safeway, buy products you have e-coupons for and when the cashier hits subtotal – all the e-coupons that apply come right off!
Why it’s awesome –
- You can use multiple e-coupons for one product!!
For example –- On Nov. 1 you added a $1/1 coupon for Nature Valley Granola Clusters through Cellfire.com
- On Nov. 1 you added a $1/1 coupon for Nature Valley Granola Clusters through Shortcuts.com
- You don’t use these and they are just hanging out on your card. . .
- On Nov. 15, Cellfire issues another $1/1 coupon for Nature Valley Clusters, so you add that one!
- On Nov. 15, Shortcuts issues another $1/1 coupon for Nature Valley Clusters, so you add that one!
- You now have FOUR $1/1 coupons for Nature Valley Clusters on your Club Card!
- All you have to do is BUY ONE PRODUCT – and ALL FOUR e-coupons are deducted!
- So you buy ONE Nature Valley Clusters product for $3.49 – $4 in e-coupons = FREE, plus OVERAGE!
- Use a printed manufacturer coupon ON TOP of your e-coupons!
- If you have a regular, printed coupon you can use that at the store, just as you would normally – it’s in ADDITION to your e-coupons
- So you could have up to FIVE coupons for ONE product!
A few other points –
- You can figure out what coupons you have accumulated on your accounts and print them out so you can see what you have on there (otherwise, it’s hard to know what you’ve got on your card).
- You never know when new coupons will be released, or for how much they will be for. Generally it’s every couple weeks.
- Watch your coupons to make sure they don’t expire! When you log into your Cellfire.com and Shortcuts.com accounts, they will show you when coupons expire.
- A lot of times Cellfire and Shortcuts will offer the SAME coupons, which means MORE savings for you, but they aren’t always the same.
Here’s my Safeway shopping trip today!
Betty Crocker Cake Mix is on sale for $0.99 cents
Buy 2 for $1.98
Use $1/2 Cellfire e-coupon
Use $1/2 Cellfire e-coupon
Get TWO boxes for FREE!
Buy 1 Betty Crocker Cake Mix $0.99 cents and one tub of Betty Crocker frosting for $1.69
Pay $2.68 for these two items
Use $0.50 WYB a frosting and cake mix – e-coupon from shortcuts
Use $1/2 WYB a frosting and cake mix – e-coupon from cellfire
Use $1/2 WYB a frosting and cake mix – e-coupon from cellfire
Use $0.50/1 frosting coupon from GM 11/15 insert
Paid $2.68, but I received $3 off in coupons, so that’s a PROFIT of $0.32!
Betty Crocker Frosting – $1.69
Use $1/1 cellfire e-coupon
Use $0.50/1 shortcuts e-coupon
Use $0.50/1 frosting coupon from GM 11/15 insert
Get a FREE frosting, plus $0.31 PROFIT!
Chex Mix – $2
Use $0.50 shortcuts e-coupon
Use $0.50 cellfire e-coupon
Use $0.50/1 printable from coupons.com or from GM 11/15 insert.
Progresso Broth – $2.50
Use $0.50 shortcuts e-coupon
Use $0.50 shortcuts e-coupon
Use $0.50 cellfire e-coupon
Use $0.50 cellfire e-coupon
Use $0.50 printable from coupons.com or from GM 11/15 insert.
Get it for FREE
(Thanks, Monica!)
I bought other items to cover the overage. I hope you’ll give e-coupons a try. They are super easy to load and if you don’t use them, it’s no big deal. I actually needed cake mix for a Creamy Mojito Torte cake I’m making for a holiday party tonight. In fact, I’ve include the recipe below – it’s so delicious and I found after the FREE cake mix it was pretty cheap to buy the ingredients because they were mostly all on sale at Safeway.
Cake Mix – FREE
Frozen Whipped Topping (Safeway brand) – $0.98 cents
Safeway Lucerne Cream Cheese – $0.99 cents, must buy 2
The most expensive item for me was the limes at $0.69 cents each. You need three.
I didn’t use rum, I used rum extract and water (as it mentions as a substitution).
Makes a delicious, pretty and affordable dessert! You don’t need torte pans if you don’t have them, just use two round cake pans.
The Pampered Chef ® Creamy Mojito Torte Recipe |
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Yield: 16 servings | ||||||||
Nutrients per serving: Calories 350, Total Fat 16 g, Saturated Fat 7 g, Cholesterol 55 mg, Carbohydrate 42 g, Protein 3 g, Sodium 290 mg, Fiber 0 g | ||||||||
Cook’s Tip: To substitute rum extract for the rum, prepare cake mix according to package directions, adding 1 tsp rum extract. For glaze, use 1/2 tsp rum extract with 2 tbsp water; combine with powdered sugar as directed. |
Kat says
Hey Heather, I wondered about this but since I don’t shop at Safeway anymore I never bothered. Maybe I’ll go again now if there are deals to be gotten! LOL Do you know if you can purchase multiples of something with the ecoupon thing? Like can I buy 10 cake mixes and 10 frostings and use both coupons and get them all free? If so, my local food bank will be thrilled LOL I don’t cook or bake (I microwave! LOL), but I am always looking for deals for the food banks and shelters here.
Celia says
Heather, you are awesome! I have the frosting coupons and haven’t been up on the E-Coupons lately so I am going to get it free! WAHOO!