I went back to Jewel today and decided to get a few more boxes of Creamette pasta, which is on sale for .88 this week. There are .55 coupons in the “Blinkie” dispenser right in front of the product, dropping it to just .33 per box.
As I stood in the checkout lane organizing my coupons for the cashier, I flipped the Creamette coupons over and saw this wording on the back:
I stood there thinking “Is ‘No more than one coupon for the same product’ referring to not stacking a store coupon with a manufacturer coupon? Or does this coupon mean ‘Limit one coupon per transaction?’ But the coupon says ‘Limit one coupon per purchase’ first, not ‘Limit one coupon per transaction,’ which would make more sense…”
Then, near the end of the terms, it again says “Limit one coupon per purchase.” Hmm.
As I had this inner dialogue with myself, my cashier began scanning my pasta. I told her “Wait – I might have to take a couple of those off — I’m not sure if this coupon means I can only use one.”
My cashier laughed. “You’re not sure? Is there any hope for the rest of us then?” (Yes, I suppose it was kind of funny.)
She plucked the coupons out of my hand and scanned them.
I’m still not quite sure if these coupons intend to limit shoppers to buying one box of pasta per transaction.
And, if so… who buys just one box of pasta at a time? I suppose they’re the same people who buy just one cup of noodles.
I have reached out to Creamette to clarify.
UPDATE: The brand just responded on Facebook
Here is what we learned: Yes you can buy 2 boxes, but NO you can not use 2 coupons for the same transaction, as stated in the legal copy. You can use 2 coupons in separate transactions i.e. there would be two separate purchases and receipts.
You can only use one coupon per transaction. Meaning you can go to the register with whatever number of boxes but you can only use one coupon. If you wanted to use another coupon it would be a new transaction.
Outlander says
I think it’s clear. One per purchase. Not per transaction.
When it says no more Qs, if just means for that particular 1 item. If you have more than 1 item, you can have more Qs, as long as it is just one per item.
SouthernReverie says
The Mahatma rice (Riviana Foods) coupons used to have the same wording, but since they had a long expiration date on them, I could use one each time I went to the store until I had used them up. Others who noticed it might not have bothered to clip out more than one coupon. The most recent Mahatma coupons no longer have that restriction on them. I wonder what made them change their minds?