Rite Aid Shopping a How To

Ok I've been asked many times over the last few weeks how I do what I do when it comes to shopping. So let's start local!!! Rite Aid shopping....

First thing you need to do is sign up for a wellness card, have them swipe it every time you shop! I printed a temporary card to use until the real one came in the mail. HERE

A wellness card gives you a ton of pretty generic coupons to use like $2 off any skin care or cosmetic priced at 2.99 or more, or $1 off any oral hygiene product, or 50 cents off any snack product priced at $1 or more! Using it also provides you with more coupons on the end of your receipt!!!

My local Rite Aid, although not in a 'Wellness' area is more than happy to take the coupons! Yours might be too. I have shopped Bangor and Brewer Rite Aids with no problems....Lincoln isn't as coupon friendly but they did OK when I started talking about the Rite Aid coupon policy!

ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN USE A RITE AID COUPON, be it a wellness, video value or in ad AND A MANUFACTURER'S COUPON FOR EACH PRODUCT PURCHASED @ Rite Aid!!!!

Start watching the videos for the video value coupons. HERE Remember when you hit the print key and the box pops up it asks how many copies you want. I always print more than I need but better to have too many than not enough!

Sign up for Rite Aids single check rebates. HERE They are super easy to do and as long as you put the receipts in they keep track of everything...they'll even send you a check if you forget to request one!

Buy the saturday paper (sunday in most cities) check the coupons and if they are good ones buy a few extra ones. I have bought as many as 12 news papers in one weekend!!!

Next make friends with the cashiers and managers!!!! They are much more helpful and willing to see things 'your' way if you are NICE! I also am usually able to get the following week's flier so I can try to find coupons online for that week. I always try to be a week ahead and plan my shopping accordingly.

Read and re-read your flier. Do google searches for specific coupons. You can purchase coupons online, I don't but know plenty of people who do.

GET ORGANIZED!!!
I started out with a small accordion type file. It didn't take long for me to out grow that. I bought some baseball card sized pockets and a bunch of 3 per page pocket pages to go in a 3 ring binder then managed to snag one that zips up from my daughter. Everyone makes fun of my 'bratz' coupon organizer but it works for me! I bought my pages, very reasonably priced, here....

I can usually manage to get all my purchases at rite aid for at least 75% of retail. I've gotten some terrific deals before too....today for example I bought 4 bags of Hershey Bliss chocolates, 5 maybelline lip glosses, 2 Nivea lip therapy, and a quad eye shadow all for a total of $1.33. I also bought 6 single eye shadows and 1 quad this evening for a total out of pocket of 32 cents.

Happy Shopping and remember NEVER pay retail!!!

Below is Rite Aid's coupon policy....read it, learn it and do it!

printable coupon sites:

www.coupons.com

www.smartsource.com

www.redplum.com

when you print from these sites you can only print 2 copies of each coupon. I usually hit the back button after the first printing to get the second one to print.



Rite Aid Policy – Coupon Acceptance

To Our Valued Customers:

We gladly accept your manufacturer’s, Rite Aid "valuable" and Internet/Print at Home coupons in all Rite Aid stores as detailed in our coupon acceptance guidelines listed below:

GUIDELINES:

Multiple Coupons

We accept a manufacturer’s coupon and a Rite Aid coupon for the purchase of a single item. However, the coupon redemption amount can never exceed the value of the item.

We accept multiple identical coupons for multiple qualifying items as long as there is sufficient stock to satisfy other customers.

We reserve the right to limit bulk purchases of items if the purchase will deplete our supply for other customers.

Buy One, Get One Free Coupons

We will accept a Buy One, Get One Free coupon for an item that is in our flyer as Buy One, Get One Free. The cash register will compute any sales tax due, which varies by state law.

Internet/Print at Home Coupons

We accept coupons printed off the internet from manufacturer’s websites, emails and coupon websites up to $5.00 off per item.
Rite Aid coupons are not considered internet/print at home coupons, even when they are printed from an internet site or an email, and are therefore not subject to the $5.00 limit.

Total Purchase Coupons

From time to time, Rite Aid features total purchase coupons which discount total purchases based upon meeting specific requirements. For example, $5 off a $25 purchase coupon.

Any manufacturer’s coupons presented with a total purchase coupon will be deducted after the purchase total has been determined.

We will accept more than one total purchase coupon as long as they are used in separate transactions with each transaction meeting the minimum purchase requirements. We reserve the right to limit the number of total purchase coupons that can be used in a given day.

Sale Items

We will accept a manufacturer’s or Rite Aid coupon for an item that is on sale.

In the event that the item is on sale for less than the value of the coupon, we accept the coupon for the retail price of the item. No cash back is given on coupons.

General

Coupons and their face value cannot be exchanged for cash
Competitor coupons are not accepted at Rite Aid.