A few weeks ago several of you reported that Walgreens said you could no longer use a IVC (instant value store coupon) with a Manufacturer coupon. I even called to talk to my local store and they said they got a memo that told them they could no longer take both coupons on one item. But they did NOT have an answer as to why, being that their store policy says you can.
I told a few of my coupon friends to not worry about it… give it a few weeks and it would go back to normal. They seemed worried, but I told them I had been couponing a long time and this seems to happen every year. But within a few weeks it always goes back to the old way and accept both coupons.
SURE enough look what was listed in this Sundays ad, they are telling you to USE BOTH COUPONS……say what? Yip they are telling you use both the IVC coupon and a MFR coupon on one product. Glad to see things are back to normal 
Ingard went to try this deal out and sure enough they said they changed their policy back to accepting both coupons.
- To view this weeks deals click here
- To view Walgreens official coupon policy click here.
- To read about some store putting limits on items click here.
- You can preview the upcoming sale ad HERE.
- To show you can use a coupon and still have a Register Reward print, click here.
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I wanted to chime in… I’m a Walgreens store manager in California. This issue is causing much confusion in our area. California is by far the most strict with coupon rules. The coupons in the IVC Booklet (the monthly Instant Value Coupon book) now have the verbiage “Manufacturer Coupon valid only at Walgreens” on the bottom. Furthermore, when the discount is shown on the receipt, it shows “MFG” signifying a manufacturer coupon. I was told we were not to allow IVCs to stack with MFG coupons if the # of coupons exceeds the # of items, since we were to consider IVCs a special type of store-specific manufacturer coupons.
However, after seeing this ad that Walgreens itself published, we can no longer argue that they cannot be combined. I am immediately going to allow the combination of the coupons, and am training my staff to allow it as well. It’s true that sometimes the register does not accept the combination, but this can be bypassed by manually combining any MFG coupons into one coupon.
For example, if a customer is buying 2 bottles of vitamins, using a IVC coupon, and also using 2 $1 off manufacturer coupons, the cashier can manually input the 2 $1 off coupons as a single $2 off coupon. This would only need to be done if the register rejects the original coupons.
Thank you to customer Kathleen for bringing this to my attention! At my store we make sure to cater to couponers, and will continue to do so… deals for you and sales for us. Happy couponing!
Thanks Josh, sounds like you are a great understanding manager… lucky to have you as a manager
Ok…. so I’ve been looking around to see if anyone had the same problem as me. My problem isn’t the CASHIER… on TWO separate occasions it has been the REGISTER rejecting the coupon. For example… in one situation it was with Skintimate Shave Cream. I used $ 1.99 Walgreens Coupon & $ 1.00 Manufacturer Coupon. I bought 2 cans of said item. The register accepts the Walgreens Coupon and gives me credit for both items and it also accepts ONE manufacturer coupon, however when the cashier gets to the 3rd manufacter coupon it will not go through no matter which way she tried… and believe me she tried to help me out by scanning the manufacturer coupons first and then the wags coupons second and then the other way around… no matter which way she tried it would still reject one manufacturer coupon. I wasn’t really given any explanation other than the register sees the Walgreens Coupon as a Manufacturer Coupon.
The second time it happened to me with Pampers. I had the $ 2.00 off from the Infant Care Coupon Booklet and I had two $ 2.00 Manufacturer Coupons and Pampers was on sale for $ 10 and was printing out a $ 3 RR with the Purchase of 2. The cashier scanned the Infant Care Coupon and I got $ 4.00 credit, he scanned One Manufacturer Coupon which went through and when he got to the 2nd manufacturer coupon it would not go through. He also tried it vice versa but always when he got to that 2nd manufacturer coupon it would not take it. The register said something like “No Items for this Coupon” or something like that. I honestly don’t understand whats going on. All this is recent like within the past 2 weeks. Its discouraging me from shopping at Walgreens and I don’t have the option of Rite Aid because I live in Florida
Any suggestions???
I shop at Wags only because I have no other drugstores to choose from here in my small town. I have made it a point to get to know the store manager, the assistant manager, and the beauty dept manager at my store as well as several cashiers. They cheer me on whenever I use coupons. I am always polite, courteous, and interested in them. This helps them not to take cover and RUN when they see me coming! They tell me horror stories of other couponers who are rude and dishonest. This kind of behavior affects all of us negatively. I try to remind myself that getting a great deal on an item or two isn’t worth a bad reputation, couponing policy changes because of abuse, or broken relationships.
walgreens is always a hassle my deal nvr comes out right when i shop there. so i do find myself going to rite aid alot more. plus they r nicer and wont make u feel dumb when asking questions
Hmmm… I saw that in my Sunday paper too. But I JUST tried to use a RR and a coupon on an item and was told NO. Then I tried another WG location and was told the same.
Plus, they told me that they will not give rain checks on items advertised with RR. That is sneaky marketing, in my opinion.
So I am done with Walgreens and will stick to Rite Aid and CVS who don’t hassle couponers and give rain checks on ALL items.
I quit. Rite aid has the same stuff
Last week they had the refill bags of Huggies wipes on sale for $5.99. I was able to stack the $2.00 coupon from the August Coupon Book and a $2.00 off coupon from the Infant Care Booklet along with some .75 and .50 cent off manufacture coupons. I really didn’t think that scenario would work but I tried it at 2 different stores and ended up with 8 pkgs that I paid between $1.24 and $1.49 each. Still have to make sure you have your coupon to item ratio because I paid with some RR’s from the Fusion razors which pretty much made them free.
I haven’t had any issues stacking coupons at Walgreens. I have found though that if I have coupons for EVERY item in my shopping cart and I have a RR to use also I end up having to buy a cheap candy bar or something to be able to use that RR. It doesn’t happen all the time, but has happened often enough that I prefer Rite Aid to WG.
i don’t have a problem stacking, i have problem with them counting RR as coupon AND counting a B1G1 coupon as TWO coupons, which always throws the item count off. i shouldn’t have to buy anything additional when their coupon policy says NOTHING about counting a B1G1 as TWO. I’d shop at Rite Aid any day before wasting my time at WG…
they said you cannot have more coupons then items and they do not give money back for overages. so grab an el chepo candy bar to make up for the item lol. i found it cool that you can stack rewards though as long as you have as many items as coupons.
I will be cutting this out & attaching it to my Wags coupon policy. Thanks for pointing that out!
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