Great Deal on Ziploc Bags!!!

***EDIT: I was mistaken about Food4Less. I was there this week and they DO have catalinas, so this might even work there. The only thing to consider is the fact that they don't double coupons like Ralphs does, so it may not be quite as good of a deal, depending on their price for Ziplocs.***

I read about a great deal on Ziploc bags at Kroger stores here. There is the potential to not only get FREE Ziploc bags, but also to actually make money on them! I've noticed that Southern California's prices are almost always higher than the rest of the country, but I was still able to make a little extra money out of the deal. :) According to the website I got this idea from, the bags cost anywhere from $1.84-$2.19. Ralphs (our Kroger affiliate) had them on sale for $2.50. So I grabbed three boxes for a total of $7.50, used a coupon for $1.50 off 2 and another coupon for $0.40 off 1 (which doubled to $0.80 off). With the coupons, I only spent $5.20 (plus tax) out of pocket, but will submit an SC Johnson rebate for $5, making them only $0.20 total for 3 boxes of Ziplocs!!! On top of that, when you buy Ziplocs at Ralphs, you get a coupon at the register for $2 off your next purchase!!! So, in all reality, I actually got paid $1.80 to buy 150 Ziploc bags! Can't beat that! By the way, if you don't have the coupons, you can go here to print one. This is even a great deal without coupons. If I didn't have the coupons, after the rebate and $2.00 catalina (coupon that prints at the register), it still would have only been $0.50 for 3 boxes of Ziplocs.

On a side note, I don't think this would work at Kroger discount stores, such as Food4Less, since they don't have catalinas. :(