In our little corner of the world the Safeway/Vons/Pavilions are all getting face lifts. Which is kind of annoying when you are shopping in the middle of construction, but they entice you with sales and promises of double coupons. However, the double coupons are not really double. Say that you buy two jars of pasta sauce and have two coupons good for $1 off each. They will double the first one, but not the second one. This caught me a couple times too. Also, they will not double up to $1 on a manufacturer's coupon that is for one free.
What they have been doing though is linking your customer loyalty card to an automatic 10-15% off your total purchase for a period of time. So that is nice, and makes me feel better for the misleading coupon doubling thing.
Oh, and they mailed us all coupons for freebies - tomorrow we will be getting a free dozen eggs.
So for Frugal Friday, when they say double coupons find out if:
1. There is a limit on the double of $1 (usually there is)
2. If they double all coupons or just the first 1
3. If you can use more than one freebie coupon per card, some say per card, some say per transaction but they mean per loyalty card.
There are less surprises at the check out this way!
I am not sure how long this double coupons at Pavilions will last, but I am hoping for a while because it is the closest grocery store to us, and is right beside CVS.
So what else do I need to know about double couponing? (Besides always try to combine it with a sale). Is this practice of only doubling the first coupon and then only up to $1 the way it is usually done? I am new to this, and am curious!
For wonderful tips from the experts head on over to Crystal's!
What they have been doing though is linking your customer loyalty card to an automatic 10-15% off your total purchase for a period of time. So that is nice, and makes me feel better for the misleading coupon doubling thing.
Oh, and they mailed us all coupons for freebies - tomorrow we will be getting a free dozen eggs.
So for Frugal Friday, when they say double coupons find out if:
1. There is a limit on the double of $1 (usually there is)
2. If they double all coupons or just the first 1
3. If you can use more than one freebie coupon per card, some say per card, some say per transaction but they mean per loyalty card.
There are less surprises at the check out this way!
I am not sure how long this double coupons at Pavilions will last, but I am hoping for a while because it is the closest grocery store to us, and is right beside CVS.
So what else do I need to know about double couponing? (Besides always try to combine it with a sale). Is this practice of only doubling the first coupon and then only up to $1 the way it is usually done? I am new to this, and am curious!
For wonderful tips from the experts head on over to Crystal's!
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1 comment:
It all depends. Every store seems to have a different policy. Meijer limits you to two identical coupons. Kroger seems to have different rules for different locations. Crystal (biblical womanhood) talks about rounding up to a $1 or doubling up to a $1 but our Kroger only doubles 50 cent and under coupons. It pays to ask and then take your receipt back to customer service immediately after if it was not handled the way you expected.
Jennifer
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