Publix - Don't be surprised....

[gngcrzy4u2]

I'm so surprised to hear of so many issues at other people's Publix. I have never had problems at my Publix with anything actually. The owner of our store and our managers are extremely coupon friendly, and will even override WIC transactions if you have a coupon for FREE WYB... Every manager at our store rings up your transactions with no questions asked, even if you had $50 of overage (impossible I'm sure, but I'm making the point) It sure would be nice if every Publix were like that. I'm afraid to ever move because it seems like I have a jewel of a Publix!!

[our6gr8kidz]

Originally Posted by gngcrzy4u2 I'm so surprised to hear of so many issues at other people's Publix. I have never had problems at my Publix with anything actually. The owner of our store and our managers are extremely coupon friendly, and will even override WIC transactions if you have a coupon for FREE WYB... Every manager at our store rings up your transactions with no questions asked, even if you had $50 of overage (impossible I'm sure, but I'm making the point) It sure would be nice if every Publix were like that. I'm afraid to ever move because it seems like I have a jewel of a Publix!!

Not only should you not move, but you should also pray your store manager never moves, either!

[mausekind]

Originally Posted by gngcrzy4u2 I'm so surprised to hear of so many issues at other people's Publix. I have never had problems at my Publix with anything actually. The owner of our store and our managers are extremely coupon friendly, and will even override WIC transactions if you have a coupon for FREE WYB... Every manager at our store rings up your transactions with no questions asked, even if you had $50 of overage (impossible I'm sure, but I'm making the point) It sure would be nice if every Publix were like that. I'm afraid to ever move because it seems like I have a jewel of a Publix!!

hihihi Ms. C... we love OUR Publix don't we. We trained them right..hahah; NOO don't you EVER move !!!! As far as our managers moving, happens rarelly they usually stick with one store till they retire...lol...:-) Hope they won't change that and decide to leave us..

[mommalana]

Our managers (upstate SC) change frequently along with the coupon policy-very frustrating.

[Mom2Natalya]

Originally Posted by brown_dog_us The manufacturer's coupon is like cash to the Publix, but the double is not. He would probably let you get 6 with Publix matching the $.50 coupon and then the other 2 with just the manufacturer's coupon.

yeah- NOPE! He said a coupon is a deal. I said, no, a coupon is cash.

At any rate, the store manager agreed with me and the CSMgr and I will be able to get them next week when I go in. *sigh* It used to be so nice shopping at Publix, but since the DM decided to enfore the new policies, ahem, guidelines, it's drama all the time.

[thickbluebug]

Yep, ours too, we just had a fruit basket turn over on co store managers, cs managers and assistant cs managers. They each have their own policy on the rules too.

Originally Posted by mommalana Our managers (upstate SC) change frequently along with the coupon policy-very frustrating.

[nrpeace17]

I went to one of my favorite local Publix stores today, and there has been yet another change made to policy which was said to come down from Corp.
Keep in mind, this comes from an awesome, very coupon friendly store. I am confident that Corp. did contact them, as they said. They were told that they were no longer able to accept Target, CVS, WAGS, BJ's coupons as competitor's coupons as they are not considered traditional competitors.
DOH, I never knew that they even took WAGS, CVS, BJ's, (no other stores in my area ever did) but I had always used Target q's without issue. Now it will only be traditional supermarket competitor's coupons only. This was the first time I'd heard this, but I think this will be going into effect in my area.
I'm thinking they need to keep a notice up in the front of the stores with the names of the acceptable competitors, so that we don't have to run into issue at the last minute! It is quite inconvenient.

[cbms]

None of mine take Target Q's anyway-not even the Publix that is RIGHT NEXT DOOR to a Target. It seems really stupid to me. They may not be a "traditional" grocery store, but a Super Target IS a grocery store inside of the department store.

[mollysmom]

Originally Posted by nrpeace17 I went to one of my favorite local Publix stores today, and there has been yet another change made to policy which was said to come down from Corp. Keep in mind, this comes from an awesome, very coupon friendly store. I am confident that Corp. did contact them, as they said. They were told that they were no longer able to accept Target, CVS, WAGS, BJ's coupons as competitor's coupons as they are not considered traditional competitors. DOH, I never knew that they even took WAGS, CVS, BJ's, (no other stores in my area ever did) but I had always used Target q's without issue. Now it will only be traditional supermarket competitor's coupons only. This was the first time I'd heard this, but I think this will be going into effect in my area. I'm thinking they need to keep a notice up in the front of the stores with the names of the acceptable competitors, so that we don't have to run into issue at the last minute! It is quite inconvenient.

Used a bunch of CVS and Target q's this weekend so IDK. The policy changes like the wind....

[KayFro]

Originally Posted by nrpeace17 If your store starts limiting the number of Advantage Buy Flyer coupons you are allowed to use per order/day. As always, everything is YMMV on the store level, but I have heard that the stores have been told to start enforcing limits. The verbiage on many of the Advantage Buy flyers has been "limit one deal per coupon per customer."

And I thought I had it rough because they were making me cut out all of the coupons I wanted to use from the advantage buy flyers!(I've been begging them to just write x10 or however many I'm buying so I don't have to take a bunch of flyers and cut them all out). Anyway, they finally let me last week-so I hope my store doesn't start making me do separate transactions! What a hassle!