Stocking discussion

Anna asked me this last week:

"Could you do a post on when stores get their deliveries? For example I only go to Walgreens about once a month, but I'd like to make that trip on the right day/time of day so that I can hopefully get there before they are out of stock on all the good stuff."

First off - way to find a solution to fit your lifestyle and still take advantage of the deals! You don't need to be going to the store every day or really every week to still get some great savings at many of these stores.

Next these are the delivery days for stores around my house. You might need to check to see when your store does deliveries.

Albertsons
560 W. Center St.- Their big shipment is on Wednesday. They also get a shipment on Friday that is out by Saturday morning, and one more smaller one on Monday.

2255 University Parkway- Same as the center street store- their biggest shipment is Tuesday night that's out by Wednesday morning, another shipment Friday night that's out by Saturday morning and one more on Sunday that's out by Monday morning.

Smiths
350 N Freedom Blvd- Sunday night they get a shipment and it's out Monday morning. Tuesday night a shipment that's out Wednesday, Thursday night a shipment that's out by Friday, and Friday night a shipment that's out by Saturday morning.

Walgreens
Now Walgreens is the tricky one because they change their restocking days every few weeks. I have no idea why, maybe to spice up their life and make it more interesting, but ALL Walgreens do this in Utah at least, so you'll just have to keep current on which Walgreens you want to know about specifically. They also tend to change their restocking days around major holidays, if that helps you at all.

So these restocking days are as of TODAY, APRIL 17th, 2009
Provo- restocks on Saturday (but they said this would change mid-May to Tuesday)
Orem 800 S. State St.- Wednesdays
Orem 800 N. State St.- Thursdays

You also might want to check to see what approximate times they get their shipments in. If they get it in the afternoon, you might want to be there an hour after it shows up for the best chance of snagging those hard to get deals.

If there is something I REALLY want at Walgreens, I just try to get there early Monday morning. It usually isn't gone by then if it just went on sale the past Sunday, and I don't have to wait to see if a new shipment brought in that specific item.

I hope that helps!