Learned about this last week, but Jewel put an embargo of sorts on the release of the information. Judging by my emails, many of you have already encountered this, usually incorrectly quoted. Here’s the official comment from the Jewel Facebook page:
Jewel-Osco Beginning July 1st, 2012 Jewel-Osco will no longer accept competitor manufacturer coupons that contain the statement “Redeemable only at.” If you have any more questions please do not hesitate to ask. Thank you for stopping by our Facebook page and have a great week.
So there you have it. ALL Walgreens RRs have that Redeemable only at wording, so July 1 we’ll be DOA for free-spending purposes. Hey, but this just means we have to be more conscious of rolling our RRs between deals, right? And between you and me, at least we have enough time to make plans – – had it been Dominicks, the policy would have changed last week – – in the middle of the night – – on toilet paper – – in invisible ink — after giving the secret handshake…
Update: I forgot to add that Jewel corporate is throwing us a bone of sorts: Starting July 1 they will allow overage. Well, hell’s bells, if you played your cards right…but I digress. If you have a $1 coupon and the item is selling for 75¢ or any lesser amount, you will get the full value of the coupon as long as you have sufficient groceries to absorb the overage. In other words, unlike Walmart, there is no cash coming in our direction. Course, it’s gonna be hard to find anything for sale at Jewel for less than the value of the pitiful coupons we’ve been seeing lately.