Walgreen’s Makes Big Changes to their Coupon Policy
Walgreens just updated their official coupon policy and it’s not so great for us couponers. Here’s what to look out for:
- Walgreens will not accept coupons that exceed the selling price of an item and no cash back is ever provided in exchange for any coupons.
- For offers when multiple items are purchased and additional items are free (buy 1 get 1 free; buy 2 get 1 free, etc.), the number of coupons applied to that offer cannot exceed the number of items required in the “buy” portion of the offer.
- Coupons may not be applied against any free item received in any offer.
So…in the past, if you had a coupon that exceeded the value of the product, they would simply adjust the coupon down. If the item was $.99 and you had a $1.00 coupon, they would just apply $.99 for the coupon value. Not anymore. You can’t use the coupon on that item at all.
Also, no more using two coupons on a BOGO. In the past, you could use one coupon on each item, even though one was free. No more.
Read the full Walgreens Coupon Policy here!
We are not Walgreen’s lovers anymore. These changes will only affect them negatively, in our opinion. Why? Because they are reimbursed the full value of the valid coupons that they accept on valid items. If they accepted a coupon for greater than the value of the item sold…they are fully reimbursed by the manufacturer. In fact, in that scenario, they make money! If they accept a $1.50 coupon on a $1 item, and adjust the coupon value down to $1 for you – they then send that $1.50 coupon to the manufacturer and get reimbursed $1.50, even though you only received $1 value. So this makes no sense to us.
Additionally, if items are BOGO, then both will ring up in their records, and they can get reimbursed from the manufacturer for 2 coupons. But they are choosing not to do this. Why? Who knows.
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