As I mentioned before, we have CVS opening in Northern California in the next month. I have never shopped at CVS but have always been impressed by the deals! So this is part two of a learning to CVS series! If you missed part 1, click here to get up to speed.
I intend to start CVS Scenarios in the coming weeks- in the meantime here are the deals from the pros:
And here are some advanced CVS tips:
1. There will be a limit to how many items on sale you can buy. This is highlighted directly on the sales flyer. Perhaps that is why many people have a card for themselves and one for a spouse?
2. Once we have shopped at CVS for 1-2 months, our cards will start generating CVS coupons. This is where you can really making a killing- stacking CVS coupons with manufacturer coupons to keep growing Extra Care Bucks. The most frequent CVS coupons that print are $3/15 or $4/20. This means the PRE COUPON amount of the transaction needs to be $15 or $20.
CORRECTION: The $x/xx are not as common as I thought so keep your fingers crossed you get lucky!
3. We will want to sign up for email offers here and CVS will send us a $4/20 coupon right off the bat. Hold off on doing this until your store is ready to open or until you are ready to get going as these coupons will expire.
4. The best part about CVS is that you don’t have to have an exact amount for ECBs. The cashier can automatically adjust the value of the ECB– so if your total is $2.99 and you have a $3 ECB you can still use it. At Walgreens you have to have the exact amount of the Register Reward or more in order to use it. CORRECTION: Some stores will allow you to adjust down the ECB’s but not all stores. This is an important point to learn with your new store.
I found Crystal’s post here very clear in explaining the basics of CVS.
Does anyone have any questions about CVS? Are you looking forward to a store opening near you? Mine opens in May which is just around the corner!!
i’m in the bay area and i called mine and they’re saying they won’t be called cvs/doing cvs sales until summer
Just a couple of corrections:
#2 The most frequent CVS coupons that print are for $1 or so off various items. Every now and then you’ll get a $/$$ coupon, but they are few and far between for most shoppers.
#4 Some stores will adjust an ECB down from $3 to $2.97 or whatever. But SOME WILL NOT. It depends on the manager, and they really do vary.
Hope that helps!
Carrie- that’s too bad. I am lucky to have about 5 Longs within 5 miles so it will be interesting to see how they roll out. I understand they have until October. My store is scheduled for May 20 but the shelves are literally empty.
Emily: Thank you for the corrections!
Charlene,
Can you use more than one ECB "coupon" per transation? I have had trouble at Walgreens using more than one Register Rewards coupon per transation.
Thanks, Amelia
Hi Charlene,
You can use more than one. You may be having a problem at Walgreens if you are using manufacturer coupons also. You can not have more coupons (total) including RR and manuf. than the amount of items that you have. I hope this helps. Tanya 🙂