Last week, I showed you how to “Roll with the Punches” at Walgreens. This week, I’m going to walk you through what to do when you are using more coupons than you have items.
What I Learned This Week:
Know your store’s limits. Each store is allowed (per the coupon policy) to limit how many Register Reward deals you purchase. I went into the one by my home, and when they saw me walk in with my binder they told me that they limit it to three register reward items per person. Yikes!! When I clarified that I wanted to run three transactions, I showed them my list and they told me that the Crest would fulfill my limit since I would be receiving a RR from purchasing 3 Crest. I left and went to a store with more lenient rules (one where I could run three transactions, not just have three items).
So, at what is quickly becoming my favorite Walgreens store, I ran three transactions.
Transaction 1
Nozin Nasal Sanitizer 10 ct $7.99, buy 1
Pay $7.99
Get a $8 RR
Transaction 2
Advil Infants’ Drop or Children’s $4.99, buy 2 and get a $3 RR
Use 2 $1.10/1 Children’s Advil Product
There is also a $2/1 Advil Infants or Children’s coupon in the Walgreens Infant Care Booklet, but none of the Walgreens in my area have them. All the coupons are good through the end of the year. Get Walgreens Infant Care Coupon Booklet on Ebay!
Pay $7.78
Bayer Advanced, Low Dose or Chewable Aspirin $1.99 w/In-ad coupon
Use $1.50 Bayer Advanced Aspirin printable coupon
Pay $.50
Use $8 RR from Transaction 1
This uses a total of 4 coupons for 3 items. So, I added a caramel.
L. Frances Caramel, $.39
Pay $.68
Receive $3 RR
Transaction 3
Crest Whitening+ Scope or Complete w/Scope Toothpaste 5.8 oz 3/$9 Buy 3
Use (3) $2/1 Crest, Scope, Oral-B Products 9/11/2011 SS (regional)
Christmas Tumbler $.29
(I asked my cashier what the cheapest item in the store was, and she pointed me to these)
Use $3 RR from Transaction 3
Pay $.29
Receive $3 RR
Totals
Total OPP: $8.96
Still have $3.00 RR!
Final Cost: $5.96
Total Retail Cost: $35.21
Total Savings: 83%
I hope this helps everyone figure out how to buy items and pay with more than one coupon per item! This will be especially important with the Black Friday Deals!
What other Walgreens questions do you have?
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Nice job! Wow, it seems they are shooting themselves in the foot however on the item/RR limit. But, it is their call. I honestly don’t shop at Wags much any more. I always have to change the plan because they are out of stock on items and then I forget about the coupon to item ratio and end up spending more than I planned. So it’s just easier to avoid them!
Same here
Me too. I only shop there if they are “giving away” something I really need/want, and I typically use up any RRs in the same trip so I don’t have to go back to use them. I <3 CVS and Rite Aid.
I usually try to use them all up too
I’m horrible about remembering to bring them the next time 
Wish I was that organized…but alas, I just don’t “get” how to do what you did.
How can I help?
There was a rebate form for the Bayer Advanced in the SS a couple of weeks ago. Here is the link to the form: bayeradvanced.com/system/rebates/…/original_BrandRebate2011.pdf
I am a newbie to shopping at Walgreens and was hoping that someone could help me with a question I have about an upcoming purchase I would like to make during their black friday sale. Do I have to break my shopping into several transactions to get all of the register rewards? All of the products are a part of different promotions. Can I do one transaction and get 3 print outs for register rewards at the end?
You can get them all at the same time.
But then don’t forget to use them. The last couple of years the exp. date has been within a week or two. 
Your out of pocket (oop) is just a lot higher.
So for example-the Gillette Shave Lotion that is 2/$7.50 with a $5.50 RR on 2-can I buy more than 2 of those in one transaction and get an RR for each set of 2 or will it limit me to 1 RR for the first 2 I purchase? Walgreens has been pretty picky in the amount of transactions I do lately. Thanks for your help.
stephanni,
No, you would only get 1 – $5.50 RR if you bought 4 Gillettes in one transaction. You can purchase more than 1 different RR sales in one transaction. For example: You could buy 2 Gillette Shave lotions and 2 Children’s Advil in 1 transaction and you would receive a $5.50 RR and a $3.00 RR. Some stores are limiting customers to a maxium of 3 RR deals per day total, which is what Becky was referring to in her post. Hopefully, I explained it well enough for you. Walgreens can be tough to figure out at first!
Thank you. Makes perfect sense
Brenda’s got it right!
Just curious, Becky. I see you at albertsons on Orchard from time to time. Which was the Walgreens that you found more coupon friendly? I Usually go to the one on that corner. Sometimes goes smoothly and other times not so much…Thanks! And nice job!
I’m a huge fan of the 24 hour one on Milwaukee/Fairview. It’s nice because I can go anytime, they always have more stock, and they are VERY coupon friendly!
That’s the same store I go to as well and all the cashiers are so nice! Although, they have told me horror stories of mean couponers that visit their store. Remember, be nice!
i no longer shop at walgreens regularly because of this. the limit at the store closest to my house is 1 register reward item per family per day. so unless it’s a regular ad deal, it’s not worth my while. i shop at rite aid where their corporate policy is more uniform & limits are 4 per day (which is fair IMO).
I stopped shopping Walgreens a while ago. If I am going for something else, I do check the deals to see what might be hot that I need, but we have built up such a stock pile of the things I normally would buy at Walgreens that is just isn’t worth it. I remember trying to do a Reach toothbrush deal this summer that I visited all 5 stores in my area for. All were out. They apparently only reorder for a max of 4 of this item and wouldn’t order more. Walgreens is just not worth my time.