Weekly Sales - If you don't get a Walgreens insert in your Sunday paper, you'll find them in a rack near the entrance of the store. You can also find them online HERE. In this circular, you'll also find another way to save:
Weekly Walgreens Coupons - Located in the weekly sale circulars mentioned above. Usually there is a limit on how many times you can use the same coupon so check the fine print.
Manufacturers Coupons - You can always combine a Walgreens coupon with a manufacturers coupon for the SAME ITEM. This can mean big savings.
Register Rewards - Register Rewards are coupons for dollars off your next purchase. These print out at checkout along with your receipt. Check the Walgreens sale flyer to see which purchases will qualify. Items usually change from week to week, although some will qualify all month long. Many times the RR's require a QUANTITY purchase. For example, "buy 3 Robitussin products, get $10 in RR's". The key to the RR system is to try and find coupons that make your purchase lower than the RR's you'll get back. During the Robitussin deal (week of 9/7/08) there was a printable coupon for $3 off any Robitussin. We were able to get 3 products for under $3, and then get a $10 RR - for an overage of $7!
Be Aware:
- You can never use a RR to get a RR for the same product - or for any other product made by the same manufacturer. In the above example, I couldn't take my $10 RR, buy more Robitussin and get another $10. Also, I couldn't use that $10 to purchase something else made by the manufacturer of Robitussin and get more RR's. Be sure if you are "rolling" your RR's into another deal you know who the manufacturers are!
- When purchasing items with Manufacturer coupons, the policy is that you can not have more coupons than items. You might think "Yeah, right" but it happens. If you have 6 items in your cart and you have a manufacturer coupon for every item and trying to use a RR, you will get a beep at the register. You will need a filler item for any amount. I try to look for the smallest value. And if you do your math and figure it out before hand, you can walk out of the store only paying from the change in your pocket. For Example: This week Dove products are on sale for $4.99 and BOGO free. I purchased 4 shampoos and 4 conditioners. I had 4 dove shampoo q's for $1.00/1 and 4 dove conditioner q's for $1.50/1. Total = $19.96 - $10 in q's = $9.96. I had a RR for $8.00. Final price would be $1.96 but because I had a RR I had to add a filler item in. In this case I used Act II popcorn on sale with a wags in-store ad for $0.25. My oop was $1.29.
- For more info on Register Rewards check out the article over at HOTCOUPONWORLD
Subscribe to Walgreens.com - Every so often Walgreens will email a great coupon just for subscribers: $10 off a $40 purchase, $5 off a $25 purchase, etc. Go to WALGREENS.COM to sign up for sweet deals!
A FEW MISCELLANEOUS NOTES:
Don't be shy about contacting the corporate office with comments, questions or suggestions! Every couple months, I email them to ask for their coupon policy in case there are any changes. I ask things like:
* B1G1 FREE sales - can I use a B1G1 free coupon on this sale and get both for free? (answer - yes)
* B1G1 FREE sales - can I use TWO coupons when buying B1G1 free items even though one of them is free? (answer - yes)
* Can I combine a Walgreens coupon with a manufacturers coupon on the same item? (answer - yes)
* Other things to ask about: rainchecks, rolling RR's into another RR purchase, etc.
* If you decide to email them, it doesn't hurt to keep a copy of their reply in your coupon organizer in case you run into difficulty. Many times the management and cashiers are not very familiar with the couponing rules for their store! Their responses to my most recent emails are HERE, HERE and HERE.
- Remember to be patient and kind with the Wags associates, even if they are being unfair because you'll be seeing a lot of them!
(Thanks, MomsByHeart!)
If you have any questions at all about Walgreens, please don't hesitate to contact me.
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