I posted about this
last year, but the end of Safeway's Monopoly promotion is coming around again. In the past three months that this has been going on, I have spent $517 at Safeway. My winnings from this promotion have included:
* $57 in grocery gift cards
* Two cans of green beans
* Four pounds of pasta
* One package of animal cookies
* One pound of macaroni salad
* One 10-count package of frozen waffles
* One bottle of salad dressing
* Two loaves of french bread
* Eight hot dog buns
* Eight hamburger buns
* Four AA batteries
* One quart of vinegar
* Two Icelandic-style yogurt
* One container of panko crumbs
* One bottle of Powerade
* One pound of sour cream
* Four boxes of facial tissues
* Two seasoning mixes
* One packet of gravy mix
* One pound of cream cheese
* Two sticks of lip balm
* One can of tomato sauce
* One can of cooking spray
* One small package of peanut M&M's
* Two theoretical bottles of hand sanitizer (I have the winning coupons, but they'll need to actually have some in stock by the end of May)
* Nine theoretical doughnuts or bagels (they've stopped selling these individually due to COVID-19, so I'll have to ask the person at the bakery counter if they can help me out)
* Several theoretical bottles of water (bottled water is not a product I will typically get, even for free).
* Numerous "free" (still have to pay shipping) photo-printed items from Shutterfly.
Tomorrow is the last day they're giving away the game pieces. Just like last year, they're really giving away a ton right now so they get rid of them all in time. I did our family's normal shopping on Friday, earned a pile of tickets, and went back again today to redeem some freebies and pick up a few things that were out of stock on Friday. Got another even larger pile of tickets today. I'd say at least half of my winnings have come from those two trips. I might go back tomorrow to redeem the freebies from today's trip and maybe earn another pile of tickets. We'll see.