This Week’s School Supplies “Loss Leaders”

by Becky on August 8, 2013

Here’s a quick look at where you need to shop to get the best deals on school supplies this week — you may want to print this and use it as a shopping list!  All prices below run through Saturday, 8/10.  If something was on sale but just wasn’t a good deal (compared to elsewhere, or to other prices we’ve seen recently) I just didn’t add it.  Here’s the best deals of the week:

Print the coupon here (page down, enter something in the text box, and submit) for $1.50 off two Bic stationery products (includes pens and pencils).  Hit back on your browser and resubmit the page to print a second copy of the coupon.

Office Depot
Weekly ad here

Vinyl Storage Pouch — ziploc style 3-hole punched for $.01 (reg. $1.99, limit 3)
Office Depot brand wood rulers for $.50 (reg. $1.59) — note:  $.19 at Walgreens with coupon (see below)
$.25 for any of the following:

  • Scholastic Crayons — 24-ct (reg. $1.49, limit 3)
  • Oxford index cards — 3×5 100-count (reg. $.99, limit 3)
  • Kleenex Pocket Pack (reg. $.59)
  • Scholastic School Glue — 4 oz (reg. $.99, limit 3)
  • Office Depot brand pencils — 8 pk (reg. $1.29, limit 3)
  • Office Depot ballpoint pens — 10pk in red, black, blue, or green (reg. $1.59, limit 3)
  • Office Depot two pocket poly folders (reg. $.59)


Walgreens

Weekly ad here – Balance Rewards card required, some require coupon on page 9 (printable)

6/$1 for Wexford 2-Pocket Folder with Prongs or Wexford Memo Books (50 or 80 sheet)
$.19 with coupon for Penway wooden ruler or Wexford plastic protractor — limit 3
$.25 for Paper Mate Stick Pens (10 pk) or Paper Mate Mechanical Pencils (5pk) — limit 6
$.25 with coupon for Wexford Cap Erasers (15 pk) or Wexford rectangle erasers (2 pk) — limit 4
$.39 with coupon for Wexford Plastic Compass or Pencil Sharpener — limit 3
$.69 with coupon for Wexford Looseleaf Paper (130 pg) or Plastic Supplies Box — limit 3
$.79 with coupon for Sharpie Black Markers (2 pk) — limit 3 **cheapest price I’ve seen on Sharpies this year!
$.79 with coupon for Wexford Composition Book (100 pg) or Notebook (70 pg) — limit 3 **Walmart has composition books for $.50 and 1 subj notebooks for $.17
$.99 for Expo Dry Erase Markers (2 pk) or $.99 with coupon for Wexford Dry Erase Markers (4 pk assorted colors)
$.99 with coupon for Wexford Legal Pads (2 pk) or Wexford Correction Fluid (2 pk) — limit 3
$.99 with coupon for Wexford  Stick Pens (20 pk) — limit 3 or $.99 with coupon for Uni-ball Gel Pens (2 pk) — limit 3
$.99 with coupon for Wexford Construction Paper (96 sheets or 48-sheet pad) — limit 3
2/$3 for Capri Sun 10-packs (for lunches) plus $1 in Balance Rewards
$3.99 for Adventure Trails Backpacks or for 8 pk Sharpies (assorted colors)
BOGO Wexford Binders (.5″ to 3″) or Wexford Notebooks (1, 3, or 5 subj) — check this price against Walmart first
BOGO other Select Binders, Folders, Portfolios, Themebooks, Notebooks, and Composition Books (check WM first!)
BOGO Kleenex — check this against WM, too


Rite Aid

Weekly ad here — prices require their wellness+ card

$.49 for select back to school items:

  • Mead Composition Books
  • 8-ct Crayola Crayons
  • 12-ct Crayola Chalk
  • Avery Big Tabs
  • Rite Aid Home Highlighters (2 pk)

$.99 for select items including Mead Learn to Letter Pad and 5 Pack White Poster Board
3/$.99 for Mead one subject notebooks$.17 for off-brand at Walmart
BOGO PaperMate, Pentel Pens, Sharpie Highlighters, or Mead Notebooks (1, 3, or 5 subj) — check against Walmart first!
50% off reg. priced lunch kits, totes, bags, Soups 2 Go, kids’ water bottles, Rite Aid juice box — check against WM first
50% off Back to School Domestics including reversible comforter, memory foam pillow, 400 t.c. sheet sets, more — check WM

Walmart
Current ad here

$.15 for paper two-pocket portfolios with or without prongs
$.17 for one subject notebooks (70 pg)
$.50 for marble composition books or two-pocket poly folders the folders are $.25 at Office Depot
$.97 for zipper pencil pouches, 3-hole punched — Office Depot has some (maybe not as nice) for $.01

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