Walgreens: $25 gift card with every Rx transfer (sales flyer, Jan. 13-18)

Again this week, Walgreens has in their sales flyer a coupon that promises a $25 gift card for EVERY prescription you transfer to them from some competitor.  It still expires 5/31/2013.  This is the sales flyer in Sunday newspapers on January 13, 2013, and in stores through Saturday, January 18, 2013.

BEWARE:  I learned today the hard way that if you transfer prescriptions to Walgreens but aren't able to pick them up within 10 days, you lose out on being able to use your Rx coupon.  According to the pharmacy manager (at the one on Kenny Rd. in Columbus, Ohio), their system won't let them honor the coupons when it's not logged in their system as a new transfer.  Even though she can see that it was transferred to them, she claims she can't override the system to make the coupon work.  So, don't come down with the flu right after you order some meds (as I did) and miss your evaporating chance to use your coupons.   If it happens, though, you don't have to put up with that nonsense.  Just do what I did -- transfer to a third pharmacy the drugs you were going to buy at Walgreens.  They apparently aren't that dedicated to winning back the tons of business they lost in their war with Express Scripts.  One of the most annoying things the pharmacy manager said to me was that the only way she could give me a gift card is to have it come out of her pharmacy's budget (as opposed to however the system-allowed gift cards hit her account).  Her pharmacy budget will be more affected by me never using Walgreens again.

REMINDER:  CVS, Giant Eagle, and Kroger accept competitor's coupons (including these from Walgreens).   Kroger just reminded people of this in a front page ad this past week on the top of The Columbus Dispatch and in their sales flyer last week.  Also, the "Who accepts competitor coupons" chart at http://matrix.Rx4Less.net needs to be updated (when I get a chance).  Giant Eagle now accepts an unlimited number of competitor coupons each day (rather than just one a day).  Or at least that's true in the Columbus, Ohio, market.

Walgreens: $25 gift card for EVERY Rx transferred

Walgreens proclaims on front page of it sales flyer this week (Jan 6 to 12) that they will give you a free $25 Walgreens card for EVERY transferred prescription.

This is reiterated on page 8 where they list a coupon.
It expires 5/31/2013.

UPDATE (Jan. 14):  See "BEWARE" in Jan. 14 posting.
If you don't pick up your Rx within 10 days (before it's restocked),
you lose your ability to use the coupon at Walgreens.

Kroger: Get $25 Free Groceries with Rx transfer to Jan. 31

Kroger, in its new sales flyer arriving on doorsteps this weekend in Columbus (Ohio), advertises on the bottom front page (in fold-out):

"Transfer a prescription, get $25 FREE Groceries!*
We accept competitors' pharmacy coupons.
Transfers are easy...  ask your Pharmacist for details."

Offer expires 1/31/13.
This is the sales flyer valid Monday (1/7) to Sunday (1/13).

Doesn't look like a coupon and usually you just mention the offer at pharmacy at Kroger to have them honor it.  You should probably bring it with you though and, if you have more than one Rx to transfer, ask pharmacist if they'll give you $25 Rx Rewards for each (and whether they still have one/day limit or lifetime max.).

If you take this to Giant Eagle pharmacy in Columbus, they'll likely honor (and without daily limit).  Some CVS locations will honor as well.  But the lack of dashed lines around it and a barcode makes some hassle you and say it's "not a coupon" -- this, they don't have to honor pledge to take competitor coupons (never mind that the point is to natch whatever offer a competitor is making).

Merry Day after Xmas Rx coupon from Walgreens

Walgreens newest sales flyer that was in newspapers today (Dec. 26) has on page 5 the same Rx coupon that appeared last week.

It gives you a $25 gift card for transferring prescription. It expires 3/31/2014.

For more details, including where else you can use this (Giant Eagle, CVS, etc.), see the last post from Friday (12/21/2012).

These sales flyers will be in stores until Saturday (Dec. 29).  It's the one that says on front at top left, "Making Spirits Bright" and at bottom left "Sale prices good We., Dec. 26 thru Sat., Dec. 29, 2012."

Hope you had a Merry RXmas!
;-)

Tom

Walgreens $25 gift card for Rx transfer; expires 3/31/2013; use @ Giant Eagle, CVS, Kroger too

Walgreens has a coupon to encourage people to transfer prescriptions to them-- for $25 gift card.  Expires 3/31/2013.

Other pharmacies (CVS, Giant Eagle & Kroger) accept competitors' Rx coupons in many areas (including Columbus, OH).  See matrix.Rx4Less.net for details.

If you plan to use at Walgreens and intend to transfer more than one, ask pharmacist prior to transfer whether she/he will honor one coupon PER prescription (as competitors will) or just one per transaction, day, week, month, 6 months (previous policy at most), or worse.

Coupon is on page 20 of THIS week's ad in stores until tomorrow (Saturday, Dec. 22).  It was in most Sunday newspapers on Dec. 16.

They take Express Scripts again and are bring more aggressive than usual with coupons and more flexible about taking multiple ones for multiple prescriptions.  You may need to ask for pharmacy manager to find the flexible mind that knows how badly they need to regain market share lost in fight with Express Scripts to draw line on absurdly low reimbursement rates from the ever-larger Rx plan behemoth.

Happy Rx-medicated Holidaze,
Tom

$25 in FREE Groceries @ Kroger (coupon-less offer) with Rx transfer

In the Kroger sales flyer in most areas of Central Ohio (Greater Columbus), you'll find on the bottom of page two mention that the Kroger Pharmacy is offering $25 in FREE Groceries when you transfer a prescription.  This is in the sales flyer for the week of Oct. 22 to 28, 2012.  In the fine print, it says the offer expires 11/30/12.

As they've been mentioning in radio ads in the area recently, it also says "We accept competitors' pharmacy coupons."  This should include the Giant Eagle coupons that are good through the end of 2012 which show a $30 offer -- $1 off up to 30 gallons gas for an Rx transfer.

If you cut out the Kroger ad and take it to CVS or Giant Eagle, most locations will accept that as a coupon and match the offer with a gift card as shown at http://matrix.Rx4Less.net .

Giant Eagle: Up to $30 gas savings with each Rx transfer; For each 5 Rx* (including refills), get 25 cents in bonus FuelPerks; perks for Flu Shot

 

The popular Giant Eagle Rx transfer coupons
(for $1 in FuelPerks each) are back!!!

For each prescription you transfer to Giant Eagle, present one of the coupons that appear wrapped around this week's sales ad (that just landed in stores Thursday, Sept. 6) and you'll get $1 in FuelPerks.  That saves you $1 per gallon when you buy gas (on up to 30 gallons of gasoline).  These coupons are valid through the end of the year -- 12/31/2012.  For 4 prescriptions, that would be a total of $4 in savings at the gas pump.  So, if the price is $3.99/gallon, you get a fill up for FREE.  And if your car/truck/SUV can't hold 30 gallons, they're cool with you bringing gas cans to get the rest.  Just be careful.

Also, for anything you pay
(co-pays, out-of-pocket expenses), you  also earn the usual 20 cents in FuelPerks per $50 spent.  (In Columbus, it's 20 cents ... for "a limited time" while 10 cents per $50 in most other markets.)
So, if you had $50 in co-pays for those 4 prescriptions, you'd earn another 20 cents in FuelPerks to use later -- up to 60 days after the end of the current month.



But, wait, there's more ... something new ...

For each 5 qualifying prescriptions filled
(not just NEW or TRANSFERRED ones but any ... unless they are FREE or part of the $4 / $10 discount generics),
you'll earn 25 cents in FuelPerks.  This is valid through at least 3/31/2013.



And, remember, when you get gas at GetGo -- even FREE or discounted gas -- you earn FoodPerks that give you a discount on groceries.

One more bonus:  Get a FLU SHOT and get even more FuelPerks to save more on gas!

(Also look for a Target coupon for $10 gift card awarded when you get a flu shot.  I received one of those along with some other pharmacy/health coupons in direct mailing from Target recently.  This would be a better deal -- $10 being better value than 30 gallons x 0.20 discount = $6.)