Meijer now has their coupon policies online! YAY!! I wish all stores did. I suggest printing out a copy to keep in your coupon notebook for a reference when you go to the store. Click here for Meijer’s coupon policy.
Thanks, Deal Seeking Mom!
For more store policies, click here.
Walgreens does not have an official coupon policy. However, one of Common Sense with Money’s readers, sent the answer to these questions. Thanks to Common Sense with Money for these details. Hopefully this will help as we shop at Walgreens. I would definitely print out a copy of this to bring with you to the store with your other coupon policies. If you are new to Walgreens, you will want to check out my post here.
Can a customer use both a Manufacturer’s coupon and Walgreens coupon for the same item in a purchase?
One Walgreen and one manufacturer coupon can be used for the same item, unless either coupon prohibits such use.
Walgreens Roto Ad Coupons, Instant Value Coupons (IVC), and a manufacturer’s coupon can be used towards the purchase of any one item. “One coupon per purchase” means one coupon must be tendered for each PIECE sold.
What happens if the Manufacturer coupon’s value is more than the retail value?
Walgreens does not provide cash back if a coupon is presented for more than the purchase value of the item (e.g., the customer is using the coupon to purchase a
clearance item).
If the retail of the item is less than the face value of the coupon:
the coupon value shall be the retail value if the state requires taxes to be paid on that item
the coupon value shall be the retail value plus taxes if the state does not require taxes to be paid on the item.
For more store coupon policies, click here.
Target has changed their price matching policy again. Here is a list of new exclusions from A Thrifty Mom. Note that timed events are included in this exclusion, meaning they will NOT be price matching for Black Friday.
Here is the full list of exclusions:
* Online retail promotions or products advertised on another company’s web or mobile sites, even those advertising in-store prices.
* Competitor’s free product, bundled offers, or special purchases
* Gift cards and coupon-required offers
* Sales tax promotions
* Timed events (e.g., early bird, doorbusters)
* Limited time or quantity items
* Damaged product or opened packaging
* Clearance or closeout items
* Prices advertised only as a percent off or $ off
* Mail in offers or instant rebates
* Product services (warranties, assembly, etc.)
* Going-out-of-business liquidations
* Special financing
* Used or previously owned items
* Display merchandise
* Pricing or typographical errors
* Club or loyalty programs
* Owned brands (i.e., Home, Merona, Circo, Market Pantry and Archer Farms)
* Mobile coupons
* Target Portrait Studio, Optical, and Clinic offers
For more store policies, click here.
I know that some people have issues with using coupons at Walmart. Here is a link to their coupon policy. I print off and keep all of the store coupon policies in my coupon notebooks. This way I know which coupons are accepted at each store. I am able to show these policies to cashiers if they are not aware of their coupon policy.
For additional store policies, click here.
I had posted this when my website first started up, but I figured it would be a good idea to repost some of these store policies while I am on vacation. Enjoy!
Single Check Rebates
Rite Aid was the first store where I learned to save money. Rite Aid has a very easy to use program called Single Check Rebates. The first week that I went to Rite Aid they had $144 of free products on sale. While I have not seen that many free items duplicated, they still often have several free items each week. With this program you do pay cash up front and you are refunded your money later. This is how their program works:
Look at the ads, or on my blog, at the free or almost free items Rite Aid is offering. I usually post these deals on Saturday before the sale starts on Sunday so you can get your coupons together.
Example:
Rite Aid has a sale where a razor is $5 and the store offers a single check rebate for that item for $5. In this case, you would buy the razor for $5, pay the $5 and save the receipt. When you get home, go to riteaid.com, go to the bottom of the screen for single check rebates, sign up for their program and enter your receipt. Make sure that you pay attention to what you are buying, how many ounces etc so that you purchase the correct item for the rebate. At the end of the month, submit for payment and wait for your check.
Submit Your Receipts Once a Month
You can only submit your receipts once each month. Make sure that you are finished shopping at Rite Aid for the month so that you can get all of your single check rebates back. A wonderful thing about Rite Aid is that you have time at Rite Aid to submit your receipts. As an example, April savings ran from March 27, 2009 to April 23, 2009, but you had until May 25, 2009 to enter all of your receipts. Just make sure that you keep up with your receipts so you don’t end up paying for something and not getting your money back.
Real Life Example of Saving Money
This really does work. The first time that I bought the $144 of free items, my husband was convinced that it was too good to be true. I promised him I would not open any of the items and kept them in the bag with my receipt, so that I could return them if I did not get my check, but sure enough we got the check for the correct amount. Also, many of these items we did not technically need at the time since some of them were cold medicines. However, it was wonderful when cold season rolled around and we did not have to go to the store to purchase medicine, because we already had it for free.
How to save even more money on your budget with this program
Say you have a coupon for $3 off of that same razor that was $5. Use the coupon when you check out, pay $2 plus tax. When you input your receipt, you can request your check for $5 even though you only paid $2 out of pocket. This means that you got a free razor + $3 back. You just got paid to shop. I love budget saving deals like this.
To access their coupon policy, click here. Thanks, Deal Seeking Mom!
