Saving on Gas With Snap Saves

I love this time of year!!!! Today Snap Saves added a neat offer! $1 cash back when you get gas!Our gas is sitting at 137.9 so every little bit helps! Don't have the app? You can get it on Android or Apple. More info is here at their website.

Earn 50 Air Miles for Using Your Cash Rewards Miles at Rona and More

There are several Air Miles promotions out right now. I have attached photos of the Shell deal as well as the Rona deal  below. As you can see the Rona is the better bang for your buck if you are going to cash in cash rewards. I called about the Rona deal as it seemed to vague and to good to be true. They assured me it was correct but couldn't give me any details. They said I had been targeted by Rona to get this deal. I wondered if I could do it more than once. They said if there was nothing in the fine print saying one time only, go ahead. So, I went to Rona and picked up some shock for my pool and found bird seed(I am almost out!)in the clearance aisle! I asked the cashier if she knew of this deal and she said she did.(I am under the understanding anyone can do it).
 I did 2 separate transactions. The first transaction was $3.41 and the second was $2.31. I will get 50 Air Miles per transaction so in cash rewards 100 Air miles is worth $10.52. In the end I am up $4.81!
Just be sure to seperate your transactions into $10 redemptions to maximize your return!
Fine print says it can take up to 60 days to get the rewards. I have marked my calendar and will update this post when I get them.

Redeem Air Miles Cash Rewards get Air Miles in return, until July 14, 2013.

Until July 7, 2013, spend your Air Miles cash, get Air Miles in return.
Need to earn some air miles? This weekend at Shell spend $20 on gas and $10 in store and get 25 Air Miles.

 

This Week's Sales

This week at 
Superstore
The gas coupon is on again! Happy dance, our gas is 141.9!!!!
 Watermelons $3.96 
Corn on the cob .39 when you buy groups of 5
La Grille Spices are $2.87(Checkout 51 is giving $2 cash back)
Family Size Rice Krispies are $6.98(Checkout 51 is giving $2 cash back)
Iceberg Lettuce is $1
20lbs russet potatoes are $4.98
Tomatoes are .86/lb
I did almost all my shopping at Superstore today. My cashier was amazing! She took coupons, price matched(even produce) and let me separate  orders for my Checkout 51 accounts! Then, she went above and beyond and saved me a lot of hassle!!! So, nice to have happy shopping stories!
 Below is a picture taken of Superstore's price for this Veet system. The company is offering $15 MIR and there is a $10 coupon on smartsource . I noticed that Shoppers has this system on the front page of their flyer for next week. They are 20% off and you get 5X the points. Might be something to use this weekend with the surprise points offer???

Save On
This weekend only Armstrong Cheese 700g $6.99 limit 2(there are $1 coupons from a  magazine and .75 coupons on the SmartSource site.
Rexall
This weekend only Alcan foil 25" is on for .99(Checkout 51 is offering .50 cash back)
Safeway 
Corn on the Cob 5/$2
Reactine 3s $3.29(Checkout 51 is offering $3 cash back)there are coupons to print also here . This is a money maker.

Walmart 
Honeydews $2
Iceberg Lettuce $1
Old Town Market
Zucchini .59/lb
Quality Greens
Spartan Apples .59/lb
Green Cabbage .49/lb

 

Needs Some Air Miles

Do you need some air miles? There are two short surveys one here and one here. One is worth 20 air miles and the other 15. This weekend get 50 Air miles at Shell. Details are here.

Gas Savings Update

Hubby got this amazing shot this weekend!
Back in January I did this post on saving money on gas.
Well, last night I did the shop shown below and was surprised to learn I already had $20 in PC Points! I was surprised because I only use the PCMC for gas purchases as they started giving 7 cents per litre in gas bucks starting this January. I thought they gave 10 points/$1, but it is actually double. It's 20 points/$1.
So, these are my numbers so far this year.

Gas bucks $54.44
PC Points 15321=$15.32
Total $69.76
This means that over the whole year(based on last year's spending) my PC Points will be double what I thought, or $59.24.
Making the year's saving $234.92, instead of $205.30.
All of that to say, if you use PCMC to save money on gas you may be getting a bigger bang for your buck! :)

Last night at Superstore I got the above groceries.

The 3 Harvest Crunch were $2 each and I had .50 coupons=$4.50
The Trop 50 was $3.97-$3.97 when you buy 3 Quaker Harvest bars.
The Highliner fish were $4 limit 3=$12
The Fruit Crisps were $2.50-$1 coupon=$1.50
The tomatoes were $1.97
The green onions .57
The cookies 1.44-.72=.72
The whipping cream $2.97-$1.49=$1.48
The Nasal Strips $13.99-$2=$11.99
Total $31.74
Used one gas buck for 6.18 and $20 worth of PC Points.
My total was then $5.54
In the latest Fresh Juice Magazine there was a coupon for 5000 PC points if you buy nasal strips. 5000 PC points as you know are worth $5. So my grand total really is .54!

Saving Money On Gas in 2013

I have mentioned in the past that I keep track of our gas purchases on the Gas Buddy site. I really like the fuel log book as it is easy to use and great to refer back to. The total for the year, as well as the total liters used and fuel economy is up at the top. I have back to 2007 saved in the log book. I can easily figure out my gas budget for 2013 by basing it on the past year's purchases. 
As you can see we buy most of our gas at Superstore. Last year I used my MBNA(no fee cash back card) credit card for most of my purchases as they offered 3% cash back on gas and groceries up to $600 per month. (This year they have reduced it to 2% and only up to $400. Unless you are a new card holder, then you get 5% for the first 6 months!)
 At Superstore this year they changed their gas bucks at the pump. It used to be 3.5/liter. This year if you use your PCMC or PC financial debt card you get 7 cents/liter! Last year I got a total of $87.84 in gas bucks. That was on 2509 liters. If nothing changes and we use the same amount of gas, we will get $175.68 in gas bucks at the pump, plus 10 PC points for every dollar spent so $29.62. Using the PCMC will mean $205.30 in our pocket this year.
  Another way to save big on gas is to use the Superstore GAS EVENT(extra cents off when you buy a certain amount of groceries) coupon. Last year I was able to do that 9 different times over the year. I saved from 15-35 cents/ liter. That meant $10-$40 savings per fill! In total that meant almost $200 in savings($194.75).
 What do you do to save money on gas?

Superstore gas receipt

Cheap Gas and Toothpaste with Toothbrush!

Superstore has a special offer this weekend of .10/litre in Gas bucks. I used the coupon from last week and was able to get .25/litre. My bill was $100.72, I got .15/litre for the coupon and .10/litre for using my PC MasterCard so my total after discounts was $80.72....THEN I got $8 back in Gas bucks! $28 for one fill! Not bad, especially when our gas is 125.9/litre!

Did the 20X the points and thought I better pass on this deal! At Shoppers these 130ml toothpaste with  toothbrush are $1.99. There are $1 off coupons for any Total Colgate, so these are .99!!!!!

Bonus Airmiles

This came in a mailing from airmiles.You may remember my post about  bonus airmiles and Shell a little while back. At that time they offered 100 airmiles(our free movies and popcorn and pop gift certificates are on their way!) if you filled up 4 times with a $30 purchase each time. Now it's 50 airmiles and you need to spend $40 4 times. Last time I found it worth it as it worked out to $18.84(movie coupons)for 100 airmiles. This time it works out to $9.50. According to my calculations if I did what I usually do(fill up at Superstore)I'd get $5.69 in gas bucks for the same $160 spent. On top of that my credit card pays me 5% on my gas purchases so that's another $8. So from my point of view I would save(or make?)more($13.69-$9.50=$4.19) by doing what I always do. Plus, I wouldn't have to make 4 special trips to Shell.

It's always interesting to see how it all works out, according to your circumstances! Maybe it will be beneficial for you?

Bonus Air Miles

I am posting this because IF you get it(not sure how they decide who gets it)you may decide to throw it out without looking at it first. It came in my mailbox and looked like an envelope of junk mail. I opened it and inside was this. Now, before I decided to blog it, you can see I did a little figuring on it. I wondered, how much are airmiles worth anyways? Well, if you use them for the entertainment vouchers, for movie nights out, here's how it tallies up.

Cineplex movie night out for two package 175 airmiles

Actual value? 2 Admissions $9.50x2=$19.00(these are based on the prices at our Cineplex)

One regular popcorn $5.99

Two regular pops $3.49x2=$7.98

Total cost $32.97

$32.97/175=.19/airmile

So, these free 100 airmiles are worth $18.84

Now, normally we buy our gas at Superstore and get gas bucks. So, if you figure out about 24 litres per fill(to spend the $30)and you do that 4 times then you would have received $4.32(4.5cents/litre). So, now the $18.84-$4.32=$14.52 actual value

Option Two:Let's say you went on cheap Tuesday. This same package would cost $18.98(you get an extra popcorn as it's 50% off)

Option Three:Finally, you could go to Costco and buy the Cineplex Entertainment Package for $24.99

So basically, all told it looks like you would profit about $14.52 to fill up 4 times at Shell. If this looks good to you, I hope you get it in your mail box!