With the increasing frequency of Dominick’s Just For U ecoupons being featured in the weekly flyer, it’s become somewhat perplexing to work on coupon matchups. I’m getting a fair amount of email from readers asking the same question too. When you see something like this in the ad:
I asked my contact at Safeway today, and she replied that there’s a very easy way to determine what kinds of digital coupons are in Just For U.
When you log in, if the ecoupon says “OFF” or “SAVE,” it’s a manufacturer coupon, and you cannot stack another manufacturer coupon with it.
If the ecoupon says “EACH” by the price, it is a store discount, and you can stack a manufacturer coupon with it:
However, I’m not sure that this is entirely true. We have seen quite a few instances over the summer where an ecoupon was shown in the ad like this, said “off” or “save” – and rang up as a store coupon that you could successfully stack a manufacturer coupon with.
I’m not quite sure how to continue blogging these deals. When I advise stacking a coupon with the Dominick’s ecoupon, and it doesn’t work, I get a lot of hate mail from readers angry that they wasted a trip to the store. When I leave off manufacturer coupon matchups for the ecoupons, then I’ll receive email asking why I didn’t post manufacturer matchups, because they’ve tried stacking and it works.
How would you guys like me to continue blogging Dominick’s Just For U deals?
rswehrle says
Last week, I purchased Kraft Miracle Whip which was on sale for 2.99 with a “1.00 off” Just 4 U e-coupon, thus making the price $1.99. (This was in the ad.) Looking at my receipt, it states: reg price $4.99, card savings -$2.00, J4U STORE coupon -$1.00, and I had a paper manufacturer coupon for -$.25 off, making my final price $1.74. My point is, that just because it states “off” or “save”, on the Just 4 U, doesn’t necessarily mean it is a manufacturer’s coupon. I have also sent an e-mail to corporate regarding manuf vs. store coupons and they gave me the same response. My suggestion would be that if you have a paper coupon, try to use it too, because you just don’t know since it doesn’t state what is what on the Just 4 U program. Final point, I have seen other stores with “store” coupons that state $$ off or save $$.
mashupmom says
This is simply not true. The ones with a price are generally store coupons (the “each”) — however, not all the others are manufacturer coupons. Most are manufacturer coupons, but they randomly sometimes come off as store coupons, and there is absolutely no way that I can figure out to tell online which are which.
Springfield says
I like the simple approach that was suggested – I read both this blog and MUM to catch matchups etc. that I might have missed reading the ads myself. With all the different coupon policies, internet offers etc. out there you can’t expect one person to know every deal at every store.