Target Cartwheel For Beginners

One of my favorite no-hassle money savers is shopping at Target and using the smartphone app called CARTWHEEL.  A lot of people I talk to have heard of cartwheel, but they don’t really “get it”.  So I’ll try to explain a little bit about it here.

 

 

What it is:  An app for smartphones.

How to use it:  Add “offers” to your cartwheel by searching for things you buy, and clicking “add offer” to put them on your list.

At the store, just have the clerk scan your cartwheel barcode on your phone screen.  Anything you purchased from your offers list will automatically be discounted at the checkout according to the discount price shown on the app (5% off applesauce, 20% off swimwear, etc). 

No coupons to clip, bring along and sort through while you try to push your cart, entertain your toddler, stand on one foot and bark like a dog.  Or however it is you do your shopping.

NOTE: Most offers are a limit of 4 (unless it says otherwise in big red letters).  For example if you are buying 6 boxes of cereal and want to use the discount on all of them, I’d purchase 4 of them on one receipt, then pay for the other two separately so I could use the barcode again and get the discount on all boxes purchased.  You can use your cartwheel barcode up to 6 times a day. 

 

It’s not complicated at all. But it does take a little getting used to, to get good at using it while you shop, vs. loading up the cartwheel with offers before you go shopping.  There is a feature to scan barcodes of products as you shop to search for an offer on a particular item you’re looking at.  I think that’s a great feature! 

Give it a try and let me know if you have any questions! 

To date, I have saved a whopping $183.22!  That’s by using Cartwheel on things we would’ve already bought anyway!  Now if I were to figure in that amount, plus the target paper coupons I’ve used-  Then you’d be REALLY impressed with my savings!