This week on Wednesday you can have 10 coupons doubled in value, versus the typical five. Rainbow Foods stores also double coupons on Saturday, but we’ll have to assume that 5 coupons will be doubled because the ad specifically says the 10 coupon promotion is Wednesday, March 3.
I cannot tell which printable coupons say “do not double” and which do not apart from printing them and I cannot always print every coupon (sometimes I have already printed it, etc.). That means you’ll need to review the coupons cross-referenced on this list to confirm whether they can be doubled or not. Some stores are actively enforcing the policy to not double coupons that say “do not double.” (Generally, any printable coupons for General Mills, Pillsbury or Betty Crocker products will say “do not double”)
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Your turn: Which deals are you excited about and how’d your shopping trip go?
Produce
Romaine Lettuce $0.99
No coupon required
Chilean Red or Green Seedless Grapes $0.99/lb.
No coupon required
Meat Deals
Frozen Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts $1.59/lb (sold in 3-pound bag for $4.77)
Use in-ad Rainbow coupon to get sale price
Final price: $1.59/lb after coupon
Buy 1 Cook’s Ham at $1.99/lb, Get Butterball boneless turkey breast, Hormel breakfast sausage and eggs free
My thoughts on this deal: It is a great way to reach the $25 threshold, as everything should count toward the $25, including all the free items. That’s great! As for prices, know that Cook’s Hams will likely go on sale for $0.99/lb closer to Easter. That means you’re paying $1/lb more now to get these items “free.” If I were to estimate the value of the free items, thinking about what I’d pay if they were on sale (since all these kinds of things are Easter-type foods, we’ll see them on sale in upcoming weeks), I’d say about $8. So, as long as you are getting a ham that weighs less than 8 pounds you are coming out ahead, solely considering the price. Of course, if you pay a little more to get your coupons doubled, that has a value too.
Dairy Case/Refrigerated Deals
(By the way, I left the refrigerated Pillsbury rolls deal off because I don’t pay more than $1/can and couldn’t find coupons high-enough in value to bring the price down. If you know of some, please leave a comment)
Yoplait Fiber One or Yo-PLUS Digestive Health Yogurt—on sale buy one, get one free
Buy 2 and use two $1.00/1 coupons from 2/7 General Mills insert or $1/1 Yo-Plus printable coupon, $1/1 Fiber One printable coupon, from Betty Crocker, from Pillsbury.com or from Eat Better America
Final price: Two free after doubled coupon
Yoplait Delights $2.00
Use $1/1 printable coupon, from Pillsbury.com or from Eat Better America
Final price: Free after doubled coupon
Coffee-mate Creamer $0.99
Use $0.75/1 printable coupon after registering (Thanks, Lindsey!) or $0.50/1 coupon from 2/7 Red Plum insert (if this coupon allows the right size)
Final price: Free after doubled coupon
Dannon 4-6 Pk. Activia, DanActive, Light & Fit or 32 Oz. Yogurt $2.00
Use $1.00/1 coupon from 1/10 Smart Source or 2/7 Smart Source or 2/28 Smart Source or
Use $0.75/1 coupon from 2/7 Smart Source or $0.60/1 from 2/7 Smart Source
Final price: As low as free after doubled coupon
Yoplait Original or Whips Yogurt $0.49
Buy 6 and use $0.40/6 coupon from 2/7 General Mills insert
Final price: As low as $0.36 each after doubled coupon
Stonyfield Yogurt Cups $0.79
Buy 4 and use $0.75/4 printable coupon after registering
Final price: $0.42 each after doubled coupon
Roundy’s Shredded Cheese $0.99
Sale price, no coupon needed
Final price: $0.99 after sale
Frozen Food Deals
**UPDATED** McCain Potatoes $2.50
Use $0.75/1 coupon from 2/28 Smart Source insert or $1/1 coupon from 2/7 Smart Source insert (if this variety is included in the sale) (Thanks, Jennifer!)
Final price: As low as $0.50 after doubled coupon
Birds Eye Steamfresh Selects $1.25
Use $0.35/1 coupon from 2/28 Smart Source insert
Final price: $0.55 after doubled coupon
Healthy Choice Frozen Meals $2.00
Buy 2 and use $1/2 printable coupon
Final price: $1.00 each after doubled coupon
Jack’s Original Pizza $1.88 (Limit 5)
Use in-ad Rainbow coupon,
Plus use $0.40/1 from 1/24 Smart Source insert
Final price: $1.08 after store and doubled coupon
**UPDATED** State Fair Corn Dogs $2.50
Use $0.55/1 coupon from 2/14 Red Plum insert or $0.55/1 printable coupon (Thanks, Betsy!)
Final price: $1.40 after doubled coupon
On-Cor Family Entrees $2.50
Buy 2 and use $0.75/2 printable coupon after registering
Final price: $1.75 each after doubled coupon
Tyson Chicken Anytizers $3.00
Use $0.55/1 coupon from 1/24 Smart Source insert (Thanks, Joanna!)
Final price: $1.90 after doubled coupon
Grocery Deals
Zone Perfect Bars $0.98
Use $0.55/1 coupon from 2/28 Smart Source insert
Final price: Free after doubled coupon
StarKist Chunk Tuna $0.99
Buy 2 and use $1.00/2 coupon from 2/14 Red Plum insert
Final price: Free after doubled coupon
General Mills Cereal $1.98 (Limit 1)
Use in-ad Rainbow coupon
Plus, use one of the following manufacturer-issued coupons (if variety is included in sale)
$1.00/1 coupon for Wheaties from 2/21 Smart Source insert
$0.75/1 for Chex varieties from 2/21 Smart Source insert
$0.50/1 for Chocolate Cheerios from 2/21 Smart Source insert or (not included in sale)
Printable coupons for various kinds from Coupons.com, Smart Source.com, Box Tops 4 Education, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury.com and Eat Better America
Final price: $0.50 after doubled coupon
Act II Microwave Popcorn $0.99
Use $0.40/1 coupon from 2/28 Smart Source insert
Final price: $0.19 after doubled coupon
**UPDATED** Chef Boyardee Canned Pasta $0.99
Buy 2 and use $0.50/2 printable coupon (Thanks, Jennifer!) or
Buy 4 and use buy three, get one free from January All You magazine
Final price: As low as $0.49 each after coupon
**UPDATED** Del Monte Canned Vegetables and Fruit $0.99
Buy 4 and use $1/4 printable coupon after registering (Thanks, Jennifer!) or
Buy 5 and use $1.00/5 coupon from 2/7 Red Plum insert
Final price: As low as $0.49 each after doubled coupon
Progresso Classic Soups $0.99
Buy 2 and use $0.50/2 coupon from 2/7 General Mills insert or
Buy 4 and use $1.00/4 coupon from 1/17 Smart Source insert
Final price: $0.49 each after doubled coupon
Rice Dream or Soy Dream Beverage $2.00
Use $0.75/1 printable coupon (no more prints available)
Final price: $0.50 after doubled coupon
**UPDATED** Hunt’s or Rotel Tomatoes $1.25
Buy 1 and use $0.30/1 coupon from 1/24 Smart Source insert or
Buy 3 and use $0.45/3 coupon from 1/24 Smart Source insert or $1/3 printable coupon (Thanks, Jennifer!)
Final price: As low as $0.58 after doubled coupon
Nabisco Premium Saltines $2.69
Use $1.00/1 coupon from 1/24 Smart Source insert
Final price: $0.69 after doubled coupon
Uncle Ben’s Ready Rice $1.75
Buy 2 and use $1.00/2 coupon from 2/21 Red Plum insert or $0.75/2 printable coupon after registering (Thanks, Bethany!)
Final price: As low as $0.75 each after doubled coupon
Muir Glen Pasta Sauce $2.99
Use $1/1 printable coupon (Internet Explorer version) or (FireFox version)
Final price: $0.99 after doubled coupon
Hershey’s Easter Packaged Candy $3.00
Buy 2 and use $2.00/2 coupon from 1/31 Smart Source insert
Final price: $2.00 each after coupon
Hills Bros. Coffee –on sale 20% off
Use $1.00/1 coupon from 2/28 Smart Source insert or $0.75/1 coupon from 1/31 Smart Source insert or $0.55/1 printable
Final price: Varies after doubled coupon**
**In my experience, their coffee prices are so high that I doubt this will be a good value even with the $1/1, but we’ll see
**UPDATED** Buy 5 Kellogg’s Cereal or Pop Tarts, Get $5 Off Your Order and Coupon for Free Milk (Thanks, Chrissy!)
Buy 5 and use any of the following coupons:
Special K Low fat Granola $1/1 printable (Internet Explorer version) or (FireFox version)
Clever Kids Fruit Snacks two $1/1 printables at Snackpicks.com after registering (variety not included in the deal)
Pop Tarts $1.00/3 from 2/7 Red Plum insert (coupon is for 8ct, deal is for 12ct)
Select cereals $1.00/3 from 2/7 Red Plum insert
Final price: Varies after doubled coupon, money off your order, and coupon for free milk
Household Deals
**UPDATED** GE Energy Saving CFL Light Bulbs $0.99 (Thanks, Chrissy!)
Buy 2 and use $1/2 printable coupon
Final price: Free after doubled coupon
Marcal Small Steps Napkins $2.19
Use $1.00/1 coupon from 1/31 Smart Source insert
Final price: $0.19 after doubled coupon
Glade Relaxing Moments Aerosols $2.69
Use $1.00/1 coupon from 2/28 Smart Source insert
Final price: $0.69 after doubled coupon
**This product qualifies for the SC Johnson Rebate. (Thanks, Dawn!)
Scotties Facial Tissue $1.25
Buy 5 and use $1.00/5 coupon from 12/13 Red Plum or 2/14 Red Plum
Final price: $0.85 each after doubled coupon
Health and Beauty Deals
Crest Children’s Toothpaste and Toothbrushes $0.99
Use $0.50/1 coupon from 2/7 Procter & Gamble insert
Final price: Free after doubled coupon
Crest Toothpaste $0.99
Use $0.75/1 coupon from 2/7 Procter & Gamble insert
Final price: Free after doubled coupon
Oral-B Indicator Toothbrush $0.99
Buy 2 and use $0.75/2 coupon from 2/7 or 2/21 Procter & Gamble insert
Final price: $0.24 each after doubled coupon
Aquafresh Premium Toothbrushes $2.50
Use $1.00/1 coupon from 1/3 Red Plum #2 insert or $1/1 printable coupon after registering
Final price: $0.50 after doubled coupon
PowerBar Harvest, Triple Threat, Performance, Fruit Smoothie or Nut Naturals $0.98
Buy 5 and use $1.00/5 coupon from 1/3 Smart Source #2 insert
Final price: $0.58 each after doubled coupon
Nature Made Vitamins and Supplements –on sale buy one, get one free
Buy 2 and use two $1.00/1 coupons from 2/28 Smart Source insert
Final price: ?? after doubled coupon/s**
**Does anyone know the price of these
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Just home from Apple Valley’s Rainbow. They had a shelf of the light bulbs on the front end cap w/o the sale price. In the regular light bulb area they had the sale sheet but no bulbs. So, look for the 13 watt size.
Noticed a few hams in the 6+ lb range (didn’t dig & decided not to buy today).
They had the Dananinos — there have been $1 coupons lately. Most of the Danamals yogurts were 2/$4 and there are $1/1 coupons in my meager stash, so they were free.
I was just in Chaska Rainbow and found a few more deals..Cremette pasta noodles on sale for.99 and there are coupons on the boxes for $1.00 off 2 ..which makes them free after doubling,..buy ten and get a coupon for free milk. Also had Nature smart cleaners on sale half price at 1.74. Double that and you come out ahead..
Thanks for the heads up about the cremette coupons on the boxes! I hope that they have them at my store too :)
Mpls Lk St had them too! and they doubled but said dnd
So I must spend $25 dollars before coupons in order to double 10 coupons?
I am planning my trip for tonight’s double coupon day.
SK– Yes, you need to spend $25 but that is in shelf price not sale price, so almost always your total is under $25 and the cashier will mention that they won’t double but they do. Just make sure your total is over $25 I shoot for the $26-$27 range just to be safe. I also shop with a calculator to total up each transaction as I put it together.
Hope that helps.
SK,
Many Rainbow stores (at least in the Twin Cities) figure your $25 minimum purchase off the sale price and NOT off the shelf price, so be prepared for that. I’ve been doing this 6 months, and it sounds like its a somewhat recent change in policy, but its the only way I’ve seen it done.
At the Rainbow I shop at in the Twin Cities (Brooklyn Park), my coupons will double when I hit $25 of shelf price, not sale price. So, for example, if the sale price is only $20 but the shelf price (regular, non-sale price) is over $25, my coupons double. Hope that helps.
Same with Shoreview and Columbia Heights – for now.
This is the way it has been for me for the past year…until this week. I shopped at 3 different Rainbows, did 4 transactions all different (some included BOGOs, some did not) and NONE of my transactions would double until I hit $25.00 shelf price. Such a bummer! I did buy gift cards to make up the difference, but it was a real pain to have the coupons reversed and add on to the sale. I am wondering if they are slowly updating their software to close the sale price/shelf price loophole?
duh, I meant SALE price, not shelf price. They wouldn’t double until I hit $25.00 SALE price.
Hum…I’m not sure how the Yoplait Fiber One yogurt is free after doubling. Isn’t it .69 for two?
You should be able to use two coupons since you bought two. In fact, if your Rainbow is extra nice like mine, they’ll pay you $1.31 to take two of them off their hands if they let you use two doubled coupons.
Thank you Nate. I only have one coupon so I think I’m happy with paying .35/ea for them. This will be my first time doubling coupons and I’m fearful that my Rainbow isn’t going to have a CLUE. (Yikes!)
Which Rainbow do you go to? My local (Savage) Rainbow is very finicky with regard to coupons – cannot use a second mfg. coupon if Rainbow has a BOGO offer and they will not double coupons that say “free or $1 off” when you use the dollar off (I know that they do not double free coupons). I have had at least one register employee tell me that she does not like the double coupon days. One time when we forgot to use a coupon (BOGO Purex) and went to customer service, she tried to tell us that it would bring us under the $25 even though it was a mfg. coupon. The $25 is supposed to be before mfg. coupons but after Rainbow sales – which it was. Also, they are always running out of everyting. I am thinking that it might be better to go out of my way and find another Rainbow to shop double coupons. Don’t stores compete with each other for highest sales anymore? Do they prefer us to go elsewhere rather than bother them with our purchase?
I actually just had a really good experience. I saw plenty of regular shoppers armed with coupons- so the store is obviously more familiar than I suspected. One woman actually pulled me aside to warn me of a coupon I had that wasn’t going to double and needs disputing. It’s over in East Saint Paul and I know that that Rainbow has gotten kind of a bad rap in the past. I liked it. I would go again. (Shhhhh, don’t tell my Cub.)
East St Paul is that the one on Robert (I still don’t know my St Paul direction half the time)? I go on lunch and almost had a problem today because I forgot to grab a package of hambuger buns like my list said to cover my overage since I was now owed 1.38 but they can’t pay me so it confused the cashier (she was nice though, just confused). I grabbed a gift card, she called the head CSM we almost had an issue because she realized that my doubles were giving me overages but let it go through and let me just get the gift card to offset it. They’re actually usually really nice as long as you’re considerate and prepared. And i find they usually are pretty well stocked during the day which is nice.
Barb, I wonder too if you should let the manager of your store know your thinking of shopping elsewhere because of your experiences. Maybe they’ll think twice and want to keep your business. Who knows?
Barb- I go to the Savage Rainbow on Weds. evenings and love it! There is a female cashier that is usually there and she is great! I rarely have problems with double coupon days there. If you are looking for another Rainbow do not go to the Eden Praire location on Weds evenings! It is chaotic and they are usually out of stock on a lot of things.
I was at the EP tonight and it was a zoo and the shelves were bare! The guy stocking was very polite about the empty yogurt when I asked though, and I got rainchecks.
ShannonS, just a heads up – I have been going to the Shoreview Rainbow location for the last 6 months, and have always been able to use two coupons (one per item) in the BOGO deals, but today they would not let me do it…The cashier was really snippety about it, saying that this has always been their policy(???), so I decided to just fly with it and went to customer service right after and asked, and they said that a couple weeks ago, after they had a whole page of BOGO ads in their newspaper insert, corporate realized that people were using two coupons (one per item in the BOGO deal) and because they were losing so much money on those, they changed the policy to only accept one coupon (per BOGO set). What sadness – I feel like every other week I go to Rainbow, something else changes with their coupon policy…So confusing!! So just be warned, you may not be able to take this BOGO coupon approach today like others have said.
Michelle, Thank you for the heads up!
Sorry the cleaner had 1.00 off coupon making them better than free..
I was able to use my coupon for the Tuna to get it for free. The coupon had two sizes on it (can’t remember now which two sizes), and Rainbow had one of the sizes in the pouch of Chunk Light Tuna for $.99, making 2 of them free.
Mine too…in fact there was a cute little couple trying to figure out which ones they could get and the grocery manager was helping them. He finially just told them (and two other people including me…lucky us!) that they could have the bigger sizes for 99 cents so we could use our coupons.
There is a catalina on Post cereal from 2/26-3/21. Buy 4 get $3.00 or buy 5 and get $4.00.
The Clever Kids Fruit Snacks do not work for the Kelloggs deal, it is only for cereal and pop-tarts.
oh nice, I gotta go back to rainbow >:/ my kelloggs deal did not take $5 off or give me free milk!
Me, too. I will be stopping in tomorrow after work to try to figure out what happened.
I went she gave me $5 in cash and a raincheck for free milk, I took advantage and got chocolate milk!
MICHELLE; thanks, i’m glad somebody picked up on my humor, sure hope Carrie sees it as humor as coupons is what has brought us all together. Make it a good day
I had not such a good day at Rainbow. Had my $1/2 Coffeemate coupon, several $1/2 Starkist Tuna coupons and YoPlus for the BOGO deal in my hot little hands. Everything was out at the Brooklyn Park one…the right size pouch tuna, the Coffeemates that were the sale item, the YoPlus (and even the Activia that was on sale for $2 but not on BOGO…this was also gone except for a very few Activia light 4 packs). It was really disappointing, but I did get rainchecks for all 3 items. The 2 customers ahead of me also asked for rainchecks, so I wasn’t alone.
had a great double coupon day today… 10 4-6 packs of yogurt and a pack of gum for $0.40 … yes that’s forty cents!!! Total today $186.63 worth of groceries for $42.95 saving $143.68. for a 77% savings. My Rainbow (not saying what one so they don’t get asked to stop:)) doubled all my coupons without question. They were pretty busy today and all out of the chicken breasts and crest at both stores I visited.
Today I hit my all time best for total savings. I had 2 transactions and only spent $18.78 on a total of $80.13 worth of groceries. I don’t have a calculator on me but know that is a little over 80% total savings. Some of my best deals were:
Nature Valley Honey Roasted Peanuts on sale for $2.50 final price = 50 cents. (2 bags)
Activia yougert on sale for $1.99 fianl price = FREE. (2 total)
Dannon Coolision Starwberry tubes on sale for $1.99 final price = FREE. (4 boxes total)
Pedigree Single wet dog food original price .99 final price = FREE
Oust Outdoor Scent on sale for $1.79 final price = FREE (2 total)
Snuggle Fabric Softner (Iris and Bamboo) on sale for $1.99 final price = 49 cents
McCain Russet Frozen sliced potatoes on sale for $2.50 final price = 50 cents
Mentos fruit chews original price .99 final price = FREE (3 total)
Edge Mositure Gel on sale for $1.99 final price = 49 cents
Lakeville is NO longer doubling coupons that say DND. Still did great though. I love being able to use 10 coupons per transaction. Looking forward to seeing what good deals other people got today!!
Angela, thx for posting yr transaction!
Can anyone find the Nabisco Premium Saltine coupon that Michelle refers to in the 1/24 SS?
I wasn’t able to find it either!
It’s just “Nabisco Crackers 6 – 16.5 oz”. The coupon says DND, but my cashier had no problem with it a couple weeks ago at the MG Rainbow. It worked for the saltines just fine.
FYI – I was just at the Brooklyn Park Rainbow and the Lunchables sub (without drink) kits were also 99 cents. There is a printable coupon (see Carrie’s sidebar for printable coupons) for 75 cents off so this was more than free today. I do, now, see that it says DND off on the left side of the coupon which may explain why she had a hard time getting it to double at first, but it did double. Even if it hadn’t doubled, that would make the sub kits 25 cents! Today was a big raincheck day for me, too, but I still was able to double 7 coupons despite the empty shelves on many items.
sweet i have this cpn! and .25 not bad at all! my rainbow will NOT double dnd which is fine w/me :) i dont wanna “cheat the system” thanks for checkin’ i was curious!!!
Thanks for telling about this unadvertised special, Melissa. I don’t buy Lunchables so I never look at them, but for .99 and with a .75 coupon, you can’t beat that. I’m planning to go back to Rainbow on Sat (I shop at the B Park one, too) for the coupon items they were out of stock on, on Wed, so I’ll definitely check to see if there are any of those sub lunchables left. Would be great for my son’s lunch.
There wasn’t really much that we wanted in the ad. But, we got some 85cent/1 Viva coupons on Ebay. So, we did 2 transactions and got Viva paper towels for 49cents a roll. We are Viva snobs and only get the nice thick rolls of Viva. We bought Viva in Feb 09 and lived off of it until Jan 10. Nice to stock up again for another year!
Went to the Rainbow at the Quarry. As I was checking out I heard the clerk in the next aisle talking to the clerk who was ringing me up, ” hey did you know that some Q say do not double?? I never even noticed that before. We are not suppose to double them, I did t know that!!”. Sadly my clerk said, ” yes I do know that and I don’t let them double”. So I asked her how that works. She said that they have to figure out half the value of the coupon, enter that amount by hand, and then the machine will double it back up to the face value of the Q. If they don’t override it, the machine will double the Q but the store doesn’t get reimbursed. I assume that the manager must have reminded the clerks to manually override the machine on DNDs.
Roberta-
That is what my Rainbow has been doing the past few weeks (FL). Taking half the value of the coupon and letting it double : (
mine has to. but if i give my other q’s first and let those double then it scans fine!
Sadly, she looked over each coupon, saw which ones said DND and then entered those by hand. : (
Oh well, I should just be grateful for the $700 plus dollars I’ve saved since Jan 1 – Thanks to Carrie and the PYD community!! : )
to me that is not right. if its double day why would they take the dnd first…. i would be writing a letter on that one. i have no problem that they do not double my dnd but i do have a problem if they wont take my others first.
Today while I was checking out at my Rainbow, a manager came by and reminded the cashier to make sure not to double the “Do Not Double” coupons. In the past, I’ve had them doubled. Seems like Rainbow’s cracking down on this policy.
Don’t miss out on the $.99 coffeemate creamers which I couldn’t live without! There is a $.75 coupon on coffeemate.com after you register making it free after doubling and a great price at $.24 even without doubling.
I went to rainbow in Apple Valley today and the cashier would not double my DND coupons. I have never had a problem in the past and have been reading about other people that have had problems. If they are not going to double them that’s fine but I think that ALL of the cashiers need to follow the same protocol and I don’t think we should have to figure out which cashiers to go to. It should be consistent everytime and shouldn’t be a guessing game. I do not particularly like Rainbow but shop there on double days to save money. If this continues I don’t think I will shop there anymore. Just my two cents.
Hi! Thanks for all of the deals! I have a question, though. If I am buying two packs of yogurt for the BOGO are they counting both packs toward my $25 or only one since one is free? I’m trying to work out my coupons. Thanks!
i think it would depend on if your store bases it on shelf price or sale price. if they base it on sale price then it would not go towards your $25 threshold. hope this helps!
So who would I ask? Is it rude to ask? They know what I am getting at then don’t they? LOL. Obvioulsy I am trying to score great deals. Is there a way I can see without asking? Thanks!
Today when I checked out with my order, I received 3 -$1.00 off your next order coupons. I found out that these coupons (because they say manufacturer) can be also used for doubling.
I love my Rainbow deals and I think you just have to be aware that it states right in the ad for double coupons that they will no longer double manufacture coupons that say do not double or triple, besides who else WILL double coupons, it is a fun treat and there are still plenty of coupons that I was able to use to score low cost or free items today. My best transaction was $5.39 today for 16 items. I was thrilled! Sometimes it is hard to find 10 coupons to match up with my $25 transaction, so I use as many as possible for each transaction.
Today was the day from hell, worst experience EVER from Rainbow and vowed NEVER EVER to step foot in their stores again!!!!!!
I live in the west metro and have 2 favorite stores that i have frequented for the past 10 yrs if not longer and have NEVER had any problems personally. I went in with the intention of purchasing yogurt and tuna (the 2 foods i can’t get past my nose) for the food shelves. Two seperate transactions and you could hear a pin drop in the aisles, nobody shopping. The cashier was a young kid in his 20′s, didn’t know him and he would ring up one product at a time and one coupon at a time. I asked him what he was doing and he said “My job”. Ok, this should be interesting, i thought to myself. I knew that the total to me was going to be free and he said “$6.88 please”. To that i said that i owned nothing and that he made an error. He called someone and she said “Here’s the culprit, you can’t use the tuna Q becuz tuna is .99 x 2 = 1.98 and you can’t get it for free, also it is a manufactures Q and we can’t take it”. After trying to explain that ALL my Q’s were manuf. Q’s, and getting no where fast…I took back all my paperwork and walked out, never to return. I drove to the ST. LOUIS PARK store and had no problems what so ever, thanks to a wonderful woman named SUE. She restored my faith in Rainbow ONLY at that location.
I don’t understand why all of you are so upset at your Rainbow cashiers they are doing their jobs to the best of their knowledge and trying to follow the policies that are set in place by their managers, Give them a break!
I don’t understand either… when a coupon says DND – I just assume it won’t double – and then use it as a 6th or today an 11th coupon to bring my total down. I don’t know about you guys… but in addtion to savings, I value the time it takes me to do my shopping – so often the fewer trips the better (I have two toddlers I have to bring with). I thank Carrie for helping me to understand the world of online coupons and helping me to understand what is truely a good deal – I am a Cub convert – and do now prefer Rainbow. Thank you.
Great point C.Lynne! I was chatting with the cashier that I usually go to on Wednesday nights. She had mentioned having a horrible experience with a customer who was yelling and swearing at her earlier in the day because she had photocopies of an internet coupon and was told she could only use one. The cashier went on to say that they can lose their job if they don’t process coupons correctly.
Makes me sad to think what they go through on double coupon days:(
Hello
I just got home from Rainbow (Plymouth) and I couldn’t believe how bare the shelves were. I am kind of new at online couponing but I love this website and a couple others. First of all, I cut out the English muffin coupon and it starts tom. Dang. Here is my deal of the nite, I got two bags of Sunchips for .99 each. I used two $1 coupons (they were on sale for 2.99 a bag). The coupons were hanging near the box display. I love these chips. Anyway all my coupons went thru and their .99 fresh mushrooms looked awful so I skipped them. I spent like $26. I am new at learning the ropes and lingo. LOL. Thanks everyone.
The Eden Prairie was completely bare also. I got rainchecks for 5 items and there were a ton of people in front of me getting them too. The woman seemed very tired of rainchecks but oh well. The bare shelves threw off my shopping plan and I ended up doing only one transaction tonight. Maybe I’ll try again on Saturday!!
I think that bare shelves are an obvious result of double coupon day. I guess I kind of expect that there are others in my area getting the same deals that I want to get and if they do not have the product, they do not have the product. It seems like a lot of people on here are upset that their store does not have truckloads of the same product and that they run out. I guess it all depends on when you go to your store (I cannot go until later in the evening) and I do not get upset about it. If I can get a good deal I am really excited, but I do not EXPECT that I will get the good deal. I think that it is awesome that they will raincheck items because they do not have to do that.
Omigosh my store was completely out of the yogurt I was trying to buy so I didn’t even do the double coupons. I used my coupon for bogo Nabisco cookies with purchase of milk and that was pretty much it. Bought another Greenworks dish soap and this time instead of a Cat for $ it gave me one for $1 off next purchase of Seventh Gen dish soap. I think I have enough dish soap for a while! I really wished I could have done my shopping, but ti was strictly stocking up shopping so not that big of a deal. I can do it next wk. I went there for yogurt and creamer. My store in WI is still doubling DND coupons so I am happy about that. I wouldn’t mind, but for the most part IPs are DND. And that’s mostly what I use. They are higher in value.
I searched and searched for that darned saltines coupon and could not find it anywhere. I think I may need some sort of coupon intervention because I actually had dreams last night about finding the coupon! Anyway, I see I am not the only one who couldn’t find it and I am feeling much better now – thanks to all of you who took the time to post.
LOL! It is not specifically a “Saltines” coupon. It is “any box of Nabisco” coupon. (I think it has Ritz in the picture but the wording says any Nabisco) HTH!
If anyone got the OREO cakesters coupon off of facebook recently, those were on sale for 2.69, 69c after doubled coupon.
This is in response to C.Lynne and Martin: You don’t understand why we get so upset and you think that the cashiers are just doing their jobs to the best of their abilities? Maybe you can explain then why hundreds of us are having different yet same complaints. I would like to meet the person that trains these people because it runs the gambet. When you get a cashier that will manually enter a dollar amount into the computer rather than just scanning the coupon or when your told you can’t use the Q because that would result in getting it free…they are flying by the seat of their pants and has nothing to do with their training. All we ask is that Rainbow be consistant in their policy and stick with it. We spend too much time preparing for wednesdays and saturdays only to have it go bust because of the cashier and that shouldn’t be. Give us the rules and we will play the game.
I asked a regional manager for Roundy’s and he said all cashiers are now being trained DND coupons are NOT to be doubled it is a printed rule now. Just plan your shopping to not include the DND Q’s as your doubled. The rules are clear as day now and if there are a few cashiers not doing their job, they could loose their jobs over this, so we should all help and follow the printed rules in the weekly ads. Make your DND’s the 6th, 7th etc Q’s on Double days. You will still find great deals.
I planned it that way and they did double! I could of check out again and used that many more coupons. but I am very happy with my savings!
I knew I was getting low on olive oil and I had a $1.00 off coupon for Filippo Berio Olive Oil (It may have been from Ladies Home Journal–it had Jillian Michaels on the cover.) I looked and you can also get one online if you register. http://www.filippoberio.com Rainbow had it on price cut for $6.97 (I got the bigger size bottle/light tasting) with my double coupon I got it for $4.97! There aren’t a lot of brands that carry the light tasting olive oil and that’s the kind my family uses so I thought that was a great deal on olive oil!!
Just wanted to share that, maybe someone else can use it as well?!?
I spent $66.59 on $235.29 worth of groceries today at Rainbow saving me $168.70!! I got…
10 boxes pasta 2 bags fries 2 3lb bags of chicken breasts
5 boxes cereal 2 toothpaste 1 sourcream
11 boxes yogurt (4 packs) 9 creamers 4 progresso soups
1 danimal yogurt 2 pks oreos 2 pizzas
2 big pks marshmallows 1 bag of apples 1 beef roast (over $6)
3 bags frozen veggies 2 white milk 1 choc milk
2 pks bagels 4 bags cheese 2 butters
2 bacons 2 lunchables 2 raviolis
2 pks of crab legs 3 hormel dinner entree things (for my gramma)
I had it spaced but it all meshed together.
I got grapes, carrots, broccoli, red & green peppers, pineapple at aldi
Rock Star!
For people doing two transactions I use a little carry basket and my big cart for two orders. Now they don’t run into each other and I can keep the coupon piles straight for both of them. Love it and when I get to the registrars it’s easy to lift the little gray basket
up with it’s set of coupons and the add the second transaction in a timely way.
Awesome idea!! I had four transactions yesterday and felt like I was fumbling all over the place trying to keep things straight! Thanks for the idea!!
Did anybody else get the $1 off 3 Knorr Lipton Pasta/Rice sides? They are 99 cents this week, so I got 3 for a $0.97! Woo hoo! Sorry, I can’t remember where I found the printable coupon.
Terri, you and I must have been in the same store yesterday. I have never had a cashier hand-enter a coupon before yesterday. On my DND coupons, He was forcing in half the value of the coupon since it would double automatically. He was holding all my coupons in one hand and was trying to keep them all together. I noticed that he forgot to scan some of my larger coupons that I knew wouldn’t double (had a couple $1.50 and $2.00 coupons) He seemed to take forever.
I would always go to this store, since I work in Eden Prarie (whoops stated the store) but now will only shop at the SLP store (It’s my new favorite store)
Therese; lol, not at your store yesterday. i live in wayzata and always frequented rainbows on hwy 55/24 and also hwy 55/169. But no more! I don’t even get the satisfaction of walking into the store and showing the people that were opposing my order that my transaction was correct. I had no DND q’s, I don’t rely on them when i lay out my plan, i don’t like surprises, just ring me up scottie, bag it and let me outta here. I am keeping my receipts from yesterday with me so if i get up the nerve to show them that they were wrong and that they just need to do their job and let me do mine and we will all go on with our lives.
Last night I was unable to use my BOGO q for Starburst and Skittlesat Rainbow-b/c “we can’t take internet coupons for free items” I tried to explain it was BOGO and that I’ve used many ot these types before-I went to cust svc- they called the manager- all agreed- can’t use it- I was confused-but used them at Cub no problem!
It all depends on cashier I think! my oreo coupon for buy cookie n milk get free cookies worked no questions asked, and all my dnd doubled, I didn’t plan on that!
L – As I udnerstand it Rainbow won’t take an internet printed coupon for anything free, whether it’s one product totally free; buy one, get one free; buy 2, get 1 free; any coupon that gives something free that is printed from the internet won’t be accepted.
I have had my Rainbow accept the BOGO internet coupons. The store managers that are on always approve them saying it’s just for something that’s totally free that they won’t accept. But I am always prepared for them to change their policy and okay with that.
Kristi – I used that coupon at Cub. Did I read it wrong? I did buy two packages of Oreos. Should I have only gottent he milk and one package of cookies and gotten that package free?
buy 1 pack of cookies and milk get 1 pack of cookies free.
Richelle – I bought the Fiber One yogurt last night BOGO. They both counted towards my $25 and I used two $1 coupons that were doubled as well.
How did you know that it counted? Say, if I would have bought 10 packs of yogurt for $25.90 and it took off 1/2 for the BOGO= $12.90 and took off another $12 if I used 6 coupons. My total would then be $0.90. They aren’t going to assume I only spent $12.90?? I just don’t want to go in there looking like a big dork. :) I didn’t even get yogurt as they only had one pack and I wanted LOTS! So I got a raincheck. Now big bummer that I can only use 5 coupons next week. If I would have been able to buy 10 I could have got my total to $25 and then do more transactions. Oh well. I guess I still can. I will just pay $2.90. Still a great deal for all that yogurt!! $0.07 a cup is my kind of price!!!!
Sheridan – I found that $1/3 for Knorr on PYD. I clicked on the Ragu coupon and it brought up the Knorr as well. I bought 12 packages last night and had 4 coupons.
While shopping yesterday I noticed some awesome deals on a couple things and wanted to share:
Bounce Dryer Bar (2 months) was 3.98 (but then rang up for 4.29…which I still think is a decent deal…I might go back and talk to the service counter, but since they paid me money to take the toothbrushes AND paste out of their store I just might leave it alone). I also had a coupon for 1.50 off.
Tide Stain Release: the BIG bottle…originally 11.99 was on sale for half price plus I had a coupon for $1 off making it 3.99!
Over all I spent $70.50 and saved 147.76 a savings of 68%! Pretty darn good for me!
Thanks Sara Beth – I found the coupon for the saltines thanks to your post and will be using it tomorrow when I go back to get the items my store was out of on Wednesday.
This comment is going out to all who read these messages. I am sick and tired of everyone getting on the cashiers on why coupons dont double when on the coupon it says dont double. I am a Rainbow employee and everyone might think this is just high school kids who dont care, well let me tell you that I am not and a mother of 2 and use the double coupons too. But when the management of each store is diffrent we play by their rules. We can not always make everyone HAPPY but we still need to keep our JOBS. And for all of you who are coping coupons PLEASE STOP. Who knows Rainbow one day might just end the double coupons. Also we can not hand key in if your flippin coupons dont double. Stop getting on us maybe call Roundys!
Terry…Thank you for putting up with us couponers. I really love my AV rainbow and it drives me crazy when I hear all the negative things that are on the board about how people are so mad that there clearly labeled “do not double coupon” does not double. I will not even count on that coupon doubling. I dont care if it is a 5 in the beginning of the numbers. It clearly says do not double. I love couponing and I will continue to learn and following the rules. I have even witnessed someone arguing over a coupon. For real it should not be that serious. If people keep it up Rainbow will get sick and tired of the abuse and stop doubling. And you know what I would not blame them. So thank you for your comment. I will remain unkown on this one.
FYI
Maplewood store has stopped doubling DND coupons. It was nice while it lasted :-) Oh well, I’ll just tack those coupons on after the first 5 that will double. Still saving lots!!
Went today, Saturday, and everything was in stock. Spent $22.21 and saved $94.87 (4 trans).