Remember my post about the Old El Paso refried beans being part of the Buy 10 promo?  Then my post about them not being part of the promo?  This is the post where I tell you that yes they are marked on the shelf as being part of the promotion and they generate the bonus box tops for school cats, but they do not trigger the $5 instant value discount.  Customer service even checked the computer files to see if there was any mention of difficulties in getting the instant discount – nothing.  Surprisingly enough, though, they had been warned that there might be problems with the bonus box tops for schools.

Since it shows on the shelf tags, your options are to wait until the problem is fixed or buy it and have customer service either manually take off the $5 at the register or after you’ve paid.  Even without coupons, you’re looking at .50 cans for refried beans when the normal (hahaha) shelf price is $1.79.  This is definitely a stock-up price for us.   And frankly, I wouldn’t wait, ’cause corporate might just decide that it’s easier to remove the products altogether!  nah, they would never do that!