Walgreens

Walgreens is the pickiest coupon place among my three favorite pharmacies. If you’re looking to get an item free with a coupon expect a BEEP and “I’m sorry, but this coupon won’t take,” resulting in a little bit of frustration and no free product.

BUT NEVER FEAR! There can be ways around these nuisances. Use a manufacturer’s coupon with a store coupon. ALWAYS use the manufacturer’s coupon first and then hand over the store coupon. This will produce a much smoother transaction.

If you’re going to be buying an item for .99 cents and you have a coupon for $1 off…. Good luck. The luck you have with your coupons really depends on the people working in your particular store. Sometimes the employees will give the coupon back saying it won’t scan – they don’t make an effort at all. If you have fantastic people at your pharmacy they will find a way! Usually being that they will mark the coupon down to match the price of the item you’re buying. (Some employees claim that they’re not allowed to mark down coupons –I don’t know why not-).

The plus side to couponing at Walgreens is that you can use as many different store coupons as you possibly can.

Example – You could use a $2 off Band-Aid (from the Walgreens coloring book).

$1 off BandAid brand product/manufacturers

And let’s pretend there was a $1 off coupon in the Walgreens March Coupon Booklet (there isn’t!). You would be able to get $3 off a box of band-aids. It would be easy to restock your first aid supply with that kind of deal.

Another thing with Walgreen coupons – you do NOT have to surrender them to the cashier. I ask the cashier to scan the coupon, and I put it back in my coupon folder. The manufacturer’s coupons do, however, have to go into the magical coupon box that gets sent away to the manufacturer never to be seen again.