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Walgreens Coupon Policy
Official Walgreens Coupon Policy
As a customer-focused retailer, Walgreens encourages the use of coupons by our customers in our retail stores, in accordance with the following guidelines.
Guidelines:
General
- All valid coupons should be presented to the cashier at the time of checkout.
- Walgreens does not accept expired coupons.
- Coupons and their face value cannot be exchanged for cash or gift cards.
- Competitor coupons are not accepted at Walgreens.
- Walgreens cannot accept coupons for items not carried in our stores.
- The number of manufacturer coupons, including Register RewardsTM manufacturer coupons, may not exceed the number of items in the transaction. The total value of the coupons may not exceed the value of the transaction. Sales tax must be paid, if required by state law.
- Any coupon offer not covered in these guidelines will be accepted at the discretion of Walgreens management.
Sale Items
- Walgreens will accept manufacturer coupons for an item that is on sale.
- In the event that any item’s selling price is less than the value of the coupon, Walgreens will only accept the coupon in exchange for the selling price of the item. Coupon redemption can never exceed the selling price of an item and no cash back is ever provided in exchange for any coupons.
Multiple Coupons
- When purchasing a single item, Walgreens accepts one manufacturer coupon and applicable Walgreens coupon(s) for the purchase of a single item, unless prohibited by either coupon offer.
- The coupon amount must be reduced if it exceeds the value of the item after other discounts or coupons are applied. (For example, a $5.00 coupon for a $4.99 item will result in a $4.99 coupon value).
- When purchasing multiple items, Walgreens accepts multiple identical coupons for multiple qualifying items as long as there is sufficient stock to satisfy other customers, unless a limit is specified. Management reserves the right to limit the quantity of items purchased.
Buy One, Get One Free Coupons
- When items are featured in a Buy One, Get One Free promotion, up to two coupons can be used against the items being purchased, as long as the net price does not go below zero for the items being purchased.
- Sales tax must be paid for any Buy One, Get One Free coupon offers, if required by applicable state laws.
Internet/Print at Home Coupons
- Walgreens accepts valid internet/print at home coupons.
Register RewardsTM coupons
Earning Register RewardsTM
- Register RewardsTM will only print for in-stock merchandise during the promotional period.
- Register RewardsTM can only be earned for eligible items. No substitutions.
- There is a limit of one Register RewardsTM (RR) printed per offer per customer per transaction.
- Customers redeeming a Register RewardsTM against the same offer may not receive another RR.
Redeeming Register RewardsTM
- Customers redeeming a Register RewardsTM against the same offer may not receive another RR.
- Refer to Register RewardsTM coupon for expiration date.
- The RR coupon value cannot exceed the total purchase amount. No cash back and no cash value for RR coupon.
- The number of manufacturer coupons, including RR manufacturer coupons, must not exceed the number of items in the transaction.
- Register RewardsTM must be forfeited if the qualifying merchandise is returned.
- Register RewardsTM cannot be used toward the purchase of gift cards and pre-paid cards.
- Register RewardsTM can be redeemed for eligible items only. Ineligible items include but are not limited to:
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- Prescriptions
- Tobacco products
- Alcoholic beverages
- Dairy products
- Lottery tickets
- Money orders/transfers
- Transportation passes
- Special event/entertainment tickets or passes
- Postage stamps
- Gift cards/phone cards/prepaid/Green DotTM cards
- Prescription Savings Club” memberships
- Health care services, including immunizations
- Any items prohibited by law
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can a register reward be used with a manufacturer coupon, on the same item that you received the register reward from
You can use a manufacture coupon with a Register Reward, but you will need a “Filler Item” a cheep item to add to your order. You can only use the same number of coupons as you have items.. if you using 2 coupons for 1 item, then you need to buy something else to make it 2 items. Price does not matter.
Where do you get the P&G everday savings booklet?
I have tried in the past to use coupons at Walgreen’s that exceeded the value of the item that I was attempting to purchase and was told that they could not accept it because it was worth more than item’s sale price. After reading the policy, I noticed that it states that the coupon will be accepted however the value would be reduced. Now I am completely confused.
What it’s saying is that if you were buying a .99 item a 1.00 coupon would have to be reduced to a .99 coupon. On the cashiers part, they would have to “price modify” the coupon or “hard key” it for .99 instead of just scanning it.
Say I have (5) $5.00 RR and I buy $27.00 worth of stuff can I use all (5) RR? As long as I have at least 5 items right?
Tamara- yes you can use all 5 of your RR on 5 items.
If you had 5 items that only added up to $24, you could just purchase a candy bar to make it $25. If your total is $27, you should be able to scoot outta there with only $2 + sales tax!
I got a $1 RR 2 weeks ago and then last week used it for a completely different item which would have given me back another $1 RR. The guy at the register told me I would not get the $1 RR because I’m using a RR. Is this true? I thought you just couldn’t use the RR for the SAME item.
i have never had this problem but i have read on here and other sites of people having this problem!
Quick Question; Walgreens has a policy of the 1:1 coupon/item ratio (there cannot be more coupons than the number of items you are going to purchase)…however, do the walgreen store coupons count in this ratio?? Thanks so much, Toni
Their store coupons do not count, but RR do. I hope that helps!
So if I buy say paper towels that give RR and toothpaste that give RR, I would only receive 1 of those RR if I purchased both in one transaction? I ask because this happened last week and I am new to Walgreens shopping.
You should get RR for both. You would only receive one RR if you purchased 2 toothpastes in one transaction. HTH!
Hello, I am just starting out with coupons. I have not bought anything yet at Walgreens or CVS, or Rite-Aid. There programs scare me a little. Since I have not bought anything yet, should it be a problem for all the items I buy, can I only use one transaction? Or when should you break the items into multiple transactions to get all the best deals? I see that some items you might buy you get RR, or whatever the other two stores do, so if you have multiple ways to earn these, should you break the transactions up? I try to watch as many youtube or shows about couponing and everyone seems to break up their transactions and they do not anyways explain why. Right now I am just really interested in the information of Walgrreen, CVS, and Rite-Aid. I guess you have to start somewhere with them. I have done a few transactions with Walmart and Target and saved some money, but I want to save more and more!
The main reason for breaking your transactions up separately is to minimize your out-of-pocket (OOP) cost as much as possible. You use the rewards earned in the first transaction to pay for the next transaction and so on. If you do it all at once, you will end up with a big stack of register rewards that you will then still have to use.
If there is a coupon for a buy one get on free or something can I use the coupon out of the monthly coupon booklet it says not valid with any other offers?
I just went to walgreens and bought the Dove bar soap, 2 packs of 6 bars each. They were $12 total with an RR of $4. The cashier told me that if I used my MQ $1/1 item (I had 2 of these) that I wouldn’t get my RR. ??? She’s wrong isn’t she? Man they make it hard.
If an item is $2 and is BOGO & I have an MC for $1 off 2, can I use 2 $1 off 2 MCs for a total of $0? 2 items received & 2 coupons used right?
You would only be able to use one $1/2 coupon because you only have 2 items.
“When items are featured in a Buy One, Get One Free promotion, up to two coupons can be used against the items being purchased, as long as the net price does not go below zero for the items being purchased”
does this mean you can buy two items and apply a bogo free to each, making both free? or that you can use a bogo free Q and a… $1/1 Q?
Yes.
I was just looking thru the circular for this week and noticed that they are writing over the tops of certain offers that include register rewards that they are good on “your NEXT in-store purchase”. Does that mean they are still available for use in your next transaction or are they only allowing you to use them on a different date?
I have never seen this in their ad before so I wanted to double check and make sure that Walgreens isn’t trying to discourage people from multiple transactions in one visit.
Any help would be great, Thanks:)
Hi Samantha,
This is the same wording they have used in the past – it just means you can’t use the Register Rewards on your current purchase/the one you earn the RR on…you should be fine using them on the same day in a separate transaction. HTH!
I went today to get a deal where I was buying a body wash that was $.99 and I had $1 off coupon no size restriction. Well they told me it would not work because It was more than the purchasing price and that they cant adjust the coupon down so I cant use it. It does say in the coupon policy “The total value of the coupons may not exceed the value of the transaction.” but It doesn’t say what they do in that situation. So what is the right thing? and if they are supposed to adjust it to work how do I prove that to them?
In the policy it says, “The coupon amount must be reduced if it exceeds the value of the item after other discounts or coupons are applied. (For example, a $5.00 coupon for a $4.99 item will result in a $4.99 coupon value).”
They should adjust down the value of the coupon for you!
Walgreens, in my opinion, makes it way too hard to use coupons. My local one is always out of stock thanks to either shelf clearers or just the fact that management doesn’t order enough stuff! On my first trip there, I wasn’t familiar with the having to separate and do several transactions to get RR if you buy more than one item, but the cashier advised me of how it works so yesterday I went prepared to buy the Ricola cough drops in 6 different transactions so I could get back $12 RR. Of course, they were out of stock so I decided to go to a different Walgreens about 15 minutes down the road. They had plenty, but the cashier wouldn’t let me buy but one. He said it is limited to one per day per customer! Walmart isn’t any better. They have rejected several coupons printed off the internet (most recently $2 off Digiorno pizza and $1 off Bic stationery products) and look at you like you’re trying to scam them or something. The only store I like going to anymore is Publix because the cashiers actually seem happy for you when you save money!
This may have been asked before but I was wondering if I buy several different items but they all receive RR’s for each one would I get all the RR’s for all those items or would it only print one RR for everything. Example: I get $2 RR for Body Wash, and $3 RR for 1 Razor, and $1 RR for candy. If I bought one of each of those items I should get $6 in RR back right? I too (like a pp) didn’t know about getting the one RR per transaction and ended up with spending more than I intended. But it I get all the RR’s for buying one of each participating item then that would work for me as well. Thanks for all your help, and love this website. I use it everyday!!!!
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