Comments on: Rainbow Foods, Copps, Pick N Save Shopping List 7/4 – 7/10/10

By: Sarah Burrill

Sarah Burrill — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:33:38 +0000

Roundy’s boxed rice was on sale for .69 per box– good deal!! Eagan Rainbow.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:48:49 +0000

all pampers easy ups and huggies pull ups are 50% off at the woodbury store. 10.99 reg marked to 5.49. i used $3 pampers diapers coupons from vocalpoint. size 5 has 23 easy up highbred underwear. they had good nights too.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:02:30 +0000

Becky, – I think this is a very legitimate new rule at all the Rainbows. Even our pretty new St. Louis Park Rainbow which has been VERY liberal in their coupon policies. I had that happen with a legitimate coupon, and the cashier was so nice and even double checked at customer service. I now know that I need to check to make sure there are watermarks on each one I print. I can understand that since there is evidently a lot of coupon fraud. But, like you said, it is embarrassing when you’re the one holding the coupon and you imagine the person behind you thinks you just copied it on a photocopier or something!

By: Becky

Becky — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:24:26 +0000

I went to the Bloomington Rainbow tonight and had my legitimately printed from the manufactuer’s website coupon rejected. It was a $1 off a Seventh Generation product. I know I have used them before. It had the current exp date and scannable barcode and the website it was printed from on it. I know they can refuse any coupon and I didn’t argue it but I was pretty embarrassed since there was a big line behind me. The reason for the rejection was because the coupon didn’t have a water mark and there is a lot of coupon fraud. I would have gone to customer service but it was closed since the store was closing soon. Has anyone had anything like this happen?

By: pam

pam — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:38:37 +0000

There is one cashier at the Bloomington Rainbow that manually takes away all the doubled coupons that say “do not double”. I just avoid him and all the other ones are great! Sorry, I do not know his name…..

By: Sarah Burrill

Sarah Burrill — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:39:49 +0000

I agree– have done P&G deal before and got all items free and still received $5 OYNO as long as I was very careful to select exactly correct sizes and type of item– that can be tricky!!

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:47:08 +0000

Regarding using a gift card to get to the $25 threshold….has anyone had problems doing this? Are there some stores where this isn’t allowed? I’ve been too chicken to try it until I heard from someone who uses my stores (Lakeville and Savage).

Do you grab the card and hang on to it and then just ask the cashier to add X dollars ($6, $2 or whatever you need?) or do you ask the cashier to grab one from their register area? Does it make a difference (as in, does it look shady if you do it on the fly or is it better to make it look planned?)

Not sure why this freaks me out so much. Seems like a tricky move that some cashiers might not like.

By: Kristi

Kristi — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:22:14 +0000

That makes me happy I get back from camping that day and will need to shop!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:26:31 +0000

“Buy 2 and use $1.50/2 Coffee-Mate Liquid printable available after registering”
The website said this promotion has ended.

By: Janna

Janna — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:52:45 +0000

Anyone know if Bounty Basic and Charmin Basic are included in the 5.99 deal?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:36:11 +0000

I also love using rain checks! I had spent $25 last week but they did not have the pop that I wanted. This week used the raincheck and saved a bundle!!

By: Kierstien

Kierstien — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:32:26 +0000

ooooh i wonder if these are still on sale…that is a very good price :) thanks!!! plus thats the store i always use!

By: Mindy

Mindy — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:14:56 +0000

Hi all! I hear a lot of complaints about “unfriendly” RB’s so I thought I’d give a shout-out to the RB off 494 and Penn in Bloomington. I go there as my secondary store as it’s farther from home, but have always had good experiences. The Richfield RB off 66th and Nicollett is my primary and they’re pretty good there, too. The best part is they double DND Q’s. The cashiers don’t pay any attention to the verbiage on the Q. If it’s a DND but its barcode starts with 5 they let it through, and if it’s a 9 the register will automatically filter it and it won’t double. I check all my DND Qs’ barcodes ahead of time for this for planning purposes. If you live of work close by I recommend using this store to save an extra few bucks!

Also, the Target at 77 (Cedar) and 66th is pretty bad for Q’s at the register (most cashiers are clueless and sloppy about scanning them) but customer service has always been pleasant and helpful in correcting errors.

At any store, I try to hand over my Q’s 1 by 1 and watch that they ring up correctly. If you’re ever at Rainbow and see on the computer monitor that your first Q didn’t double (should see “multiplied coupon” under your original Q), ask the cashier to add a Rainbow giftcard to your order and the rest of them should double!

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:21:17 +0000

The VIA at $2.49 for a 3 pack and 6.99 for the 8 pack, is a good deal by itself (you buy it at starbucks for $2.95 and $9.95 (12 pack), and you can’t use coupons there). With the doubled $1 coupon, the 3 pack becomes .49, which is the equivalent of a .16 cup of coffee. I love these, as they are so portable!! With the summer comes camping and traveling, so these are a great item to have handy!

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:53:43 +0000

Plymouth Rainbow said the PG deal had to be at least $15 net after coupons and would not give me the $5 coupon.