CVS: *HOT!* Unadvertised Frito Lay Deal
Woohoo! I’ve received a few emails lately about a *HOT* unadvertised deal on Frito Lay Chips and Sunflower seeds at CVS! It appears that there is a promotion whenever you buy 3 Frito Lay chips or Sunflower Seeds, you’ll get back $1 Ecb (limit 5!). And, the best part, it seems to be working on the small bags of chips! Yay! Here’s how you can score a great deal…
Buy 3 Frito Lay Chips = $1 Ecb (limit 5!) *Unadvertised promotion*
Deal Scenario #1:
Buy 15 bags of single serve Frito Lay Chips on sale 3 for $1
Total = $5
Get back a $5 Ecb
Final cost – 15 bags of FREE chips!
*Keep an eye out for a sign regarding this promotion near the peanuts and sunflower seeds
Deal Scenario #2:
Buy 3 Sunflower Seeds $0.50 each
Total = $1.50
Get back a $1 Ecb
Final cost $0.50 for all 3!
Keep in mind that this deal is *not* advertised in the weekly ad, so be sure to look for the signs in your store near the peanuts and sunflower seeds in case the Ecb’s don’t print. I have not personally tested this deal, so I can’t verify that it will definitely work and I’m not sure how long this promotion will work on the smaller bags of chips. If you’re wanting to possibly snag FREE chips, I’d suggest doing it sooner rather than later! Please come back and let us know in the Comments if you’ve tested this deal and if it worked for you! Thanks!
(Thanks, Must Love Coupons!)
great deal hope this works out 🙂
Thanks! Hope to try this tomorrow!
This is excellent. We are taking a beach trip and sure could use some FREE snacks…Yeah!! Thank you so much for the heads up…
Seeds worked …not the peanuts 🙁
Which peanuts did you try?
Seeds worked…peanuts didn’t 🙁
worked for me at lunch today in CA- but my store did not have the small bags of chips so I did the nuts- the cashier was in shock and thanked me! Altho I really didn’t want the chips [trying to be GOOD on the diet] I really wanted FREE CHIPS!! 🙂
I always need extra snacks for all the kids activities I just got a $5 ECB for taking a survey so this will be a great deal if it works! Thanks Colin!!!
I did the survey too and got 5 ECB!!! 🙂
where is the survey?
I got mine in my email.
thx! Couldn’t find mine in email tho.
Folks are recving invites this week for an upcoming CVS survey to take place this Sunday-comparing WGS and CVS ads.
You will receive $10. ECB’s.
This is great! My 11 yer old was JUST asking for chips today and I didn’t want to buy them. She says this deal is awesome! I really hope it works!
iheartcvs.com says that this deal is good until 6/18! I’ll be getting free chips every month for my 3 kids if that’s the case
🙂
Now, if I can find the chips! One store i checked today didn’t carry them. I’ve never seen .33 cent bags in the stores.
What survey? The one on the bottom of the receipt?
Oh thanks! What a HOT deal! =) Posted and linked back…wish I lived by a CVS. 🙁
Where did you do the survey? Was this in an e-mail?
If I buy 15 bags of chips and get 5 ECB can I buy 15 more pay with the previous ECB and get 5 more?
Absolutely…if you can find 30 bags. I have 3 kids who take school lunches so I was planning to get 30 as well. The deal is good for a while so you may be able to get them ordered.
no, the limit is 5 ecb
Oh I see what you are saying. Yes you can get 15 more bags of chips, but No you will not get 5 more ECB.
No because the limit is 5. That means you are buying your full limit when you purchase 15 in one transaction. Thats why you are getting $5EB back (because an individual ‘deal’ would only be $1EB back). HTH and not confuses!
But you can go back and buy 15 using the ECBs. So in essense, I guess she’d be buying 30 bags for $5.
The deal will be linked to your extra care card. If the limit on the deal is 5, that’s 15 bags per card NOT per transaction. You can only get 30 bags if you have 2 extra care cards.
You can still “buy” 15 more using your $5 ECBs. You just wouldn’t get $5 ECBs back.
OMG!!! it works you guys. My CVS does not have the 3/1 chips but did have the peanuts and sunflower seeds. i talk to the gals at my CVS, they know me pretty well now, they had no idea about it and when it worked they were amazed. Go for it y’all!! have fun and good luck!!!
Wow I am really tempted to go out and try this deal out! at 3 in the morning!! Haha but I won’t… I am going to be so mad if they change the size restriction tmrw!
Well i did go out at 3am and got the deal. so i say got for it!!!
OH by the way. the men dove+care deodorant, they say the limit is 5 but it still rings up .99 cents after the 5th one so getting a couple extras is ok but just dont clear the shelf. leave some for other people.
It is a better deal at Walmart. Price matched and bought the dove with sample body wash attached and received $1.02 overage.
how did you get overage? I have price matched in target and used target coupon from their website. but would love to get overage in walmart.
I bought 2 and used the $3 off 2 coupon from coupons(dot)com that was available. Walmart gives overage now if the coupon exceeds the price of the item. They actually gave me cash back on the second transaction as I had to purchase some of the dove in a second transaction due to the CVS ad stating limit of 5. I also used the KY coupons for overage in the past. Loving the overage.
The new Walmart coupon policy allows overage on coupons so if use a $1 off coupon on a product for 99 cents, they will give you a penny back. Target doesn’t allow coupon overage. They will mark coupons down to the price of the item. Hope that helps!
I just tried to price match this at Target and the cashier did not let me because she said it was a card price at CVS… :-\ I wasn’t too confident about price matching so I just let it go. Has anyone else tried this at Target?
Wait! I just read Tereza’s comment haha. So it is possible to do this at Target? How would I counter argue the cashier’s statement about “card prices” at CVS?
Simply put, it is not a card price for .99cents. Only to recieve the ECB you need a cvs card. I do not have a cvs card and the sale prices still ring up, same as Rite Aid, you only need the welness card to get the UP . Now at Walmart they honor the bottom line price with a card. So if it was 99 cents and you got back 50 cents, walmart will now match it for the 50cents. Hope this helps.
My CVS did not have the chips on sale. Boo. Cashier said she has never seen the small bags go on sale at that store in 3 years???
Going today hop they have them at my store!!
I just shopped at a CVS i Washington, DC while on vacation. I bought 3x $.99 bags of chips, and ended up witht hat $1 ecb and now I know why!
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It worked for me buying 15 bags of chips and there were a TON. They were by the coolers (milk/eggs/drinks) on top of a soda pop rack. I got the 5ECBs back!
WOW I hope it works at my CVS! I didn’t see them on sale for 3/$1 in my store flyer (upstate NY). Is the sale price an unadvertised special as well? I am going to go on lunch today and try it out. Thanks Collin!
I live in upstate NY as well can you let me know if this worked for you cuz as you stated it is not listed in the flyer! Thanks
I couldn’t find small bags at my one CVS. I might be able to try another, bigger, CVS in my travels tomorrow.
my CVS only carries the “big grab” size, not small, individual size. They’re .99/each, not ringing up any lower on the in-store scanner this morning…so not as great a deal here in OK, but excited for those who are getting this awesome deal!
Does anyone have a picture of the smaller bags? And what comes in the smaller bags [[Fritos? Doritos?]]. If anyone has an image, that would help me SO much. I don’t think we have the smaller bags here.
The smaller bags say 3/$1 in the upper left hand side. Sorry, I don’t have any pictures.
you can see the pic on the top of this page.
Thanks Collin. My CVS in Greenville, SC did not have the chips but they did have the sunflower seeds and peanuts. There were no signs up in my store but I did receive 1EBC for every 3 single serve bags of sunflower seeds and peanuts.
ours cost 1.29 for the small bags and no signs we even price checked it maybe next week we will get the deal if you all have to code number that makes it give you the ecb after your transaction please let me know then we can get the deal. I live in jacksonville nc
Remember ladies, at CVS, you don’t need to buy all 15 bags of chips at once to get the $5 ECB. You can buy a couple this week, a couple next week, etc. and when you reach 15 purchased, you will receive the $5 ECB.
actually, for every 3 you buy, you’ll get a $1 ECB back. Its a limit of 5, thats why Collin did 15 bags, so you’d get 1 $5 ECB back. But you can do 3 bags, and get $1. Great fillers on weeks when not much to buy. I have a $2 ECB that will expire today, so I’m going to ck if my store has the little bags. (yes, yes, I know some stores take exp ECBs, but the store close to my house does not)
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Someone was wondering about the size, I believe they are 1 ounce. Usually will say .33 or 3/$1 on the bag somewhere (at least the ones at Walmart & Big Lots say that). I have found them on an end cap across from the coolers.
Collin
what do you think about buying 3 and getting $1 ECB then rolling it to buy 3 more and so on till you get to 15 bags that would be less oop ??? would this work?
Hi Sandra!, I’m a man!, I use coupons too! lol (Smile)
I wish my man would. Are you single. lol :o)
LOL!
This comment made my day!!!
what type or kinds (flavors) of peanuts are you buying? I see some stores don’t have chips.
I was able to purchase the Frito Lay Salted Peanuts 1 5/8 oz size for .50. bought 3 for 1.50 and got back 1 EBC.
I tested Salted peanuts on my lunch break it worked. Next trip I got salted, honey roasted & hot. But didn’t get ECB on either the hot or honey roasted not sure which one of those isn’t working. One is and other isn’t. Anyone know?
Dang…my CVS doesn’t have the small bags. 🙁
Mine either.
Didn’t work for me in WV on the peanuts or chips and no signs were advertising it. Happy for those of you who got it to work but no free snacks for me! 🙁
Where abouts in WV? Huntington area maybe? This would save me from trying it if so.
i need diapers so I may check this out
How do you get the survey?
Gaaah… two of my CVSs don’t carry them…
For oklahoma folks, the one in midwest city on reno does NOT have the small bags. just checked this morning.
TY I wanted to go check out the clearance anyways so thats an extra thing I can look for 🙂
Go to www. CVS Advisor Panel . com (w/out the spaces)
You probably won’t get a survey right away. I usually get them about once a quarter, though last month, I got 2. Even if you don’t qualify for the entire survey, you usually get some sort of compensation (like $1ecb vs $5ecb or more for completing the full survey)
what does HTH mean?
“hope that helps”
Or….Happy To Help?
Bummer… I live in KY and they are not running this deal!! I was going to get ready for summer!
Love your site and the deals you and other readers find.Checked at my CVS in West Ashley, Chas., SC. No small chips and the clerk said she didn’t think they carried them. Thanks for all of your help.I will look at others stores when I am out.
Hey Mary!
I’m near West Ashley and have extra coupons for random things I don’t buy/need/use.
If you want to meet up, I can grab some to give you.
Contact me at mdb123xyz at aol dot com
Sharon
PS…not interested in anyone sending me a self-addressed stamped envelope; but if Mary doesn’t get back to me and you live near West Ashley, contact me 🙂
Hey Mary!
I’m near West Ashley and have extra coupons for random things I don’t buy/need/use.
If you want to meet up, I can grab some to give you.
Contact me at mdb123xyz at aol dot com
Sharon
PS…not interested in anyone sending me a self-addressed stamped envelope; but if Mary doesn’t get back to me and you live near West Ashley, contact me 🙂
Willingboro New Jersey on rte 130 has them. I felt awful taking 30, but I feed all the single Airman that work with my boyfriend and my kids. I bought 15, got the 5 ECB, then did it a second time and no ECB printed. I’ve read on other sites that this was unlimited so I’m going to call and try to get the ECB mailed to me. I know riteaid always does that for me.
It’s a maximum of $5 ecb, you can’t earn more even if you buy more
please can anyone say me what is peanut deal?thankyou
Deal Scenario #3: :- )
Buy15 Sunflower /Peanuts (Regular)Seeds $0.50 each
Total = $7.50
Paid with $4 ECB I had from last week..
Paid $3.50 Cash
G0t back a $4 Ecb
Sweet! Boys in Baseball and we are always buying these at the corner gas station – saving us more $ – Thanks!!!
Yeah, I was thinking of getting sunflower seeds too, since my cvs doesn’t have the chips. I wonder why you only got $4 in ECB instead of $5?
This Works! – in Dallas Texas @ CVS off Forest Ln./Preston Rd
Deal Scenario #3: :- )
Buy15 Sunflower /Peanuts (Regular)Seeds $0.50 each
Total = $7.50
Paid with $4 ECB I had from last week..
Paid $3.50 Cash
G0t back a $4 Ecb
Sweet! Boys in Baseball and we are always buying these at the corner gas station – saving us more $ – Thanks!!!
Got 15 bags
Paid 4.95
Got back $5 ECBs
where do you live?
My store did not have the 33 cent size but did have the 99cent size Lays/Fritos. It works on those too. $1 for ever 3 bought
Worked in Northern CA this morning. I had a $5 ECB to use up and some of the chips rang up at 30 cents so I ended up with 16 bags of chips, used the EB and paid 7 cents and got a $5 EB for next time. YEAH! Thank you 🙂
I’m bummed! they are not doing the chip deal at my cvs. The chips are scanning 99cents, and no sign. Maybe next week. I am in Riverside county, CA.
those are not the right chips, the ones that are 3/$1 are the tiny bags, like 1 oz. My store did not have them, just the .99 and $1.29 bags.
I bought 6 of the Frito Lay salted Peanuts, those are 2/$1, and got $2 ECB in return. I read that the Honey Roasted Peanuts were were not triggering the ecb, so beware!
Ok that helps me I got hot & honey roasted one worked other didn’t must have been the honey roasted. Thanks!
my CVS didn’t have the small bag of chips 🙁 but I did get three bags of sunflower seeds (50 cents each) and got $1 ECB back.. the cashier didn’t even know about it when I asked her. She was surprised when my ECB printed.
With what sizes and varieties of chips are you all having success? I checked three different varieties of Frito Lay brand individual packs that were normal retail $`1.29, and rang up that way. Maybe my N.C. CVS doesn’t have the ones others are purchasing under this offer.
It is the little 1 oz bags. Not all stores have them. But you should be able to find the nuts & sunflower seeds, those were located on an endcap in the grocery area, right across from the 12-pks.
Yep. Saw the nuts and seeds; just not the chips. Ounces helps to ask at another store. Thanks.
IT did work here in Houston. The price was clearly marked and they even had a sign for the $1 ECB per 3.
Which store had them in Houston? thanks
I got the 99cent bags @ 1 in SE Michigan for the 3/1 deal at 1 store so I spent $1 got 3 + ecb etc. ended up w/ 9-99cent bags for a buck and still have 1 ecb
What city are you in? I haven’t found any and I’m in Northville.