Walgreens coupon policy

A few days ago when I contacted stores through their websites regarding coupon policies, I was expecting email responses.  This was not so with Walgreens, who called and woke me up this morning!  Because I was half asleep and couldn't really form questions, I'm going to share the policy that is already online at Hot Coupon World.  This is a comprehensive FAQ regarding various things at Walgreens.  Here are some of the highlights for coupons:

• You can stack 1 manufacturer's coupon and 1 Walgreens coupon per item
• You can use 1 coupon per item (or 2 if you're stacking manuf/store) when getting a BOGO deal
• You can NOT use competitor's coupons
• You CAN use internet printable coupons, but this may vary by store
• Walgreens does not match prices of competitor stores
• You will not get money back if the value of the coupon is greater than the price of the item, but it may take the overage off of your total if you are purchasing more items, this may vary by store
• You must use your coupons during the sale, they will not reimburse you if you've forgotten to give them your coupons while making your purchase

Thanks to Hot Coupon World for making this information available.  These, and many more coupon and purchase related questions are answered here.

Good sites for Couponing

A Full Cup is where I go for my printable coupons.  Under the 'coupons' tab, if you click 'printable coupons' it takes you to a database of most of the known printable coupons and links you to them.  Under the same tab, you can also access printables from Smart Source, Coupons.com, and Red Plum.  AFC has many other great features:  A comprehensive coupon database, forums, blog lists, and a tool box where you can organize your coupons.

 

RetailMeNot is a site where people can put up coupon codes for websites, as well as printable coupon links for stores.  Before I make any purchases online i always check retailmenot to see if I can save any extra money.  Once on the site just type in the website/store you're looking for and it will bring up a list of everything that have for it.  Users can also rate codes/coupons as to whether they were successful at using them or not.

 

Living Rich With Coupons is a great blog for people up north.  Cindy posts deals and match-ups for ShopRite, Pathmark, CVS, and Walgreens.  She also has great info for beginners and links to coupons where you can print coupons.

This page on BeCentsable lists grocery stores around the country and links you to blogs that cover those stores.  Most likely you'll be able to find something in your are to help you out!



There are many more sites out there, so these are just a few to get you started.  Are there others that you use?  Please share with me!

Shopping trips to Target, Publix, and Wags

My shopping trips from August 21, 2009

TARGET
10 boxes of pop tarts*^
2 Schick Intuition razor refill packs*
1 gallon of milk
Total Savings: $29.05 (59%)
Total: $20.35


PUBLIX
4 boxes ritz crackers*
10 boxes lipton tea bags*
3 peaches
5 plums
1 snickers bar
6 marie callender meals*
4 packs bagels
1 large box raisins
Total Savings: $50.39 (51%)
Total: $48.77

WALGREENS
2 5lb bags sugar*
2 boxes oatmeal*
1 pack mechanical pencils
3 packs pencil lead
4 packs filler paper
3 packs dividers
1 small notebook
Total Savings: $18.19 (42%)
Total: $25.19




*I had coupons for these items

^When you buy 10 Kellogg's or Keebler's products in the same transaction you can send it in to get a $10 rebate, which is what I'm doing here.

So, all in all, not one of my best saving days, but I think I did pretty darn good!