Question about mfq/items and catalinas

[ladythoms]

I have been couponing for a couple of weeks and familiar with Walgreens policy of not accepting more mfqs than items which includes catalinas. Do other stores have the same or similar policies?

I'm asking because I have several $4 OYNO cats from Albertsons and was wondering if I could use 2-3 cats at a time to pay for 1 larger item. Thx :)

[CW&M Mom]

Not sure...but for Walgreens...it's not that they wont accept them...there cash register will absolutely not take them LOL. It's the one thing that Walgreens doesn't have a gazillon rules on. We just get cheap fillers.

[Merczilla]

Most all other stores do not have that "rule". If I'm at Safeway for instance, I'll use as many OYNO's as I have. They will also "roll" at other stores. So you can do back to back transactions of the same items (i.e. Buy 4 fruit rolls get a $2 oyno, then do it again using that $2 to pay) and you'll get another one.

[ladythoms]

Ok cool, It's Albertsons and Safeway that I was wondering about. I've gotten used to using fillers at Walgreens (the easter candy for 39 cents was nice this week), but didn't know if I would need to do the same at the grocery stores. I like the idea of saving the catalinas from fs purchases to buy non food items. I'm not totally familiar with Albertson's pricing and what a good price for TP, for example, might be. I was assuming a medium sized pack would be around $5-8 depending on brand, in which case 1 $4 catalina wouldn't cover it. Being able to buy 1 pack of TP with 2 $4 catalinas would make me happy.