12/13-12/19

[kval07]

Well, I just printed out two coupons from the Target website that is for $5.00 off four boxes of Kellogg’s cereal. I plan on trying to purchase ten boxes of cereal using those coupons for eight of them and two $1.00/1 Rice Krispies/Crispex from 11/08 RP. If they give me any slack over it I’m going to try “these are manufacturer coupons”, and if they insist that they are Target coupons I’m going to show them the Meijer Coupon Policy that states they accept competitor’s coupons in two different emails from two different people at Meijer Corporate. Either way they are supposed to accept them, wish me luck.

MEIJER COUPON POLICY

We accept manufacturer, Catalina manufacturer, Meijer, Catalina Meijer, internet and competitors’ coupons within certain guidelines. For Meijer, Catalina Meijer and competitors’ coupons the customer pays any applicable sales tax on the discounted price. When a manufacturer or Catalina vendor coupon is presented, the customer pays sales tax on the full retail amount; and we rebate only the value of the coupon. We do not issue rainchecks on out-of-stock vendor coupon items.

To be valid, coupons must be presented before or on the expiration date. The customer must meet with the terms or qualifications for redemption on the coupon.

Wait a minute! Meijer accepts competitor coupons?? Why am I just now learning this???????

[cintinative]

Isn't the competitor coupon thing a store by store thing? I am curious if anyone has been able to use a Kroger catalina at Meijer in Cincinnati. Please post if you have. Thanks in advance!

[summermay]

Found this today while shopping. Did not see this in the ad. I'm old and could have missed it.

Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs 3/$5
mealbox $2/2
Final price .67 each wyb 2

[abbygayle]

and if you have the kraft "Save $55 throughout the school year" booklets, there are $1/2 q's in there making them .17/box. Nice filler for $5/25 q. Beware though, there seemed to be a limit 6 on this price though. Everything after 6 rang up regular price for me.

[jolee]

ok forgive me if this has been mentioned somewhere else... I've been outta the loop for months :)

The Nabisco crackers are $3/5 and if you buy 4 you get $3 OYNO
(I love the reduced fat wheat thins!!!)

$1.67 x 4= 6.68
- $3 OYNO
=3.38 (.84 ea) less if you have any of the below coupons

Nabisco Crackers, any (2) 5 - 16 oz. - 12-13-09 SS
$1.00/2
1/31/2010

Nabisco Crackers OR Easy Cheese, any 5-16 oz. variety (DND/T 5) - 11-08-09 SS
$1.00/1
12/31/2009

[buggs1]

ok forgive me if this has been mentioned somewhere else... I've been outta the loop for months :)

The Nabisco crackers are $3/5 and if you buy 4 you get $3 OYNO
(I love the reduced fat wheat thins!!!)

$1.67 x 4= 6.68
- $3 OYNO
=3.38 (.84 ea) less if you have any of the below coupons

Nabisco Crackers, any (2) 5 - 16 oz. - 12-13-09 SS
$1.00/2
1/31/2010

Nabisco Crackers OR Easy Cheese, any 5-16 oz. variety (DND/T 5) - 11-08-09 SS
$1.00/1
12/31/2009

Has anyone actually done this deal? I want to make sure it works.

[kcuts]

Wait a minute! Meijer accepts competitor coupons?? Why am I just now learning this???????

I think this is a YMMV -our stores do not take them. Those that are marked "redeemable at XXX" they say are not reimbursable so they do not accept them even if it says mq at the top. :sad:

But of course my store has issues accepting its own Mealbox q's...

[Thrifty Bee]

The Meijer Coupon Policy I mentioned was emailed to me back in April from two different people within Meijer Corporate and is a company wide policy that all stores should be honoring. I was having trouble with the cashiers accepting Mealbox coupons and manufacturer coupons together so I emailed Meijer requesting a copy of their coupon policy and explained the problem I was having. The person who originally got my email replied right away with a copy of the policy as I asked but then forwarded my email to the Mealbox Coordinator. I received an email from her the next day containing the same policy along with a paragraph where she herself directly addressed the problem I was currently having. She suggested that I print the email along with the coupon policy it contained and take it with me when I shop incase I have any future issues. I didn’t pay lots of attention to the details of the policy at the time because she answered the question I had, so I have never tried using a competitor’s coupon before of any kind even though I’ve had the policy for months.

Some stores may not be aware of the policy or may have decided not to follow it. Some companies allow such decisions to be made at store level, but then their policy usually has that exclusion in it or they simply don’t have a company wide policy at all. I feel that if it wasn’t a policy meant to be company wide with no exceptions I would have received an email stating that it was up to each store and that I should talk to someone at the costumer service desk. Instead I received the same policy from two people in a matter of fact manner, and was advised to contact them again if I continued to have problems.

Still, the store can still refuse even after seeing the official corporate policy. If that happens to me today I plan on emailing corporate again, of course that won’t help me today but it may clear the way for future deals.

[jolee]

Has anyone actually done this deal? I want to make sure it works.

yes... I did it on Wed :) I didn't have any coupons, but still a great deal!