CVS Ad 8/24: Best Freebies, Deals & Sales

Here are the best sales and deals I spotted in the CVS ad for August 24 - 30, 2014, including some nice deals on your Labor Day party planning needs.

If you're new to shopping at CVS, go here to get started, and be sure to snag a free Extra Care card from your cashier when you head into the store.


Best deals in the 8/24 CVS ad

• Colgate Max, Total, or Optic White Toothpaste -- on sale for $3 per tube, with $2 back in Extra Bucks.  Use the $1 off coupon arriving in the 8/24 Smartsource insert, and get yours for free!  Limit two per Extra Care card.
• Garnier Fructis Shampoo, Conditioner or Treatment -- on sale for $2.99 per bottle, with a free $10 CVS gift card when you spend $30 or more.  Buy 10 bottles for $29.90 (which should still be enough to trigger your gift card.)  Use 10 $1 off coupons from the 8/10 Red Plum insert.  You'll pay $19.90 out of pocket, and then you'll receive your free $10 CVS gift card.  So that's like a final price of $9.90 for everything, or 99 cents per bottle.
• Stayfree Pads -- on sale for $2.99 per bag, with $1 back in Extra Bucks.  Use the $1 off coupon from the 8/24 Smartsource insert.  Your final price drops to just 99 cents.
• Renu Fresh or Sensitive Multi-Purpose Contact Solution -- on sale for $7.99, with $5 back in Extra Bucks.  Use the $2 off coupon arriving in the 8/24 Smartsource insert, and score yours for a final price of 99 cents.
• Planters Peanuts -- 16 oz bottles on sale for $3 each, with a free $10 CVS gift card when you spend $30 or more.  There's a 75 cents off coupon available to print (sort by Food to find it fast.)  If you have access to a lot of computers, here's the deal to do: Buy 10 jars for a pre-coupon total of $30, then use ten 75 cents off coupons.  You'll pay $22.50 out of pocket, and then you'll receive your $10 gift card.  So that's like paying $12.50 for your 10 bottles, which works out to $1.25 apiece.
• BIC Disposable Razors -- on sale for $6.99, with $2 back in Extra Bucks.  Use the $3 off coupon from the 7/27 Smartsource insert to get yours for a final price of $1.99.
• Wisk Deep Clean Liquid Laundry Detergent -- 33-load bottles on sale for $4.99 each, with a free $10 CVS gift card when you spend $30 or more.  So buy six for a pre-coupon price of $29.94 (that should still be enough to trigger your gift card.)  Use six $1 off coupons arriving in the 8/24 Red Plum insert.  You'll spend $23.94 out of pocket, and then you'll receive your $10 CVS gift card.  So that's like a final price of $13.94 for six bottles, or just $2.33 per bottle!
• Abound Gold Emblem Organic Dried Cranberries -- on sale for $3.99 per bag, with $4 back in Extra Bucks when you spend $10 or more.  So buy three bags for $11.97, then get your $4 in Extra Bucks for next time.  So your final price is $7.97 for three bags, or just $2.66 per bag.  That's a good price for organic dried fruit!
• Birds Eye Voila! Garlic Chicken -- on sale for $5 per bag.  Use the $1 off coupon from the 7/27 Smartsource insert and pay four bucks for yours.
• Eucerin Lotion or Creme -- Spend $20 or more, get $10 back in Extra Bucks.  Use this $1 off coupon to get an even better deal.
• Revlon Cosmetics -- Spend $10 or more, get $3 back in Extra Bucks.  Use these $2 off coupons (sort by Personal Care to find them fast) to drop your price even further.
• Blue Diamond Almonds -- on BOGO sale, no prices listed in ad.
• Nature Made Vitamins -- on BOGO sale, no prices listed in ad.  Use the assorted coupons in the 7/27 Smartsource insert to drop your price even further.
• Caress Bars or Body Wash -- on BOGO sale, no prices listed in ad.  Use two $1 off coupons from the 7/27 Red Plum insert for an even deeper discount.

You can see the complete ad for the week over on i heart cvs right now. Let me know if I missed any great deals, and I will add them to the recap.

If you don't have the right coupons for these sales, or enough coupons to stockpile at the lowest prices, head over to CouponDede.com to see if she's got copies for you. 

See more CVS freebies and deals here.