How to save money at Walgreens

Warning long post!

Do you guys know how to save money by shopping at Walgreens? Well if not I am here to help you get started.

Besides the normal store sales Walgreens has three different ways to save money.
1. Is the Easy Savor Catalog or rebate book (this is located at the front of each store with the flyers). You will most likely want to grab one on the way in.
The monthly EasySaver catalog usually includes a few free after rebate items for the month and also a number of other rebates they are offering for the month. Some of the items listed in the booklet which are not free after rebate at their normal price will usually go on sale one week during the month and will then be free after rebate at the sale price.
In order to use the rebate deals you first need to purchase the item that is on rebate and then submit the item, (here in AZ we can submit the item online at Walgreens.com) make sure you keep your reciepts. You can choose to have the rebate sent back to you in the form of a check or you can have it sent back in the form of a gift card. I personally recommend the gift card because if you choose this method you get an additional 10% back. The gift card is also a great idea, because the next month you can purchase the rebate items again, but this time you can use your gift card. So it is kind of like paying once and getting free items for as long as you choose to.
It usually takes around 4-6 weeks for your first rebate to be processed and for you to receive your gift card. Once you have the gift card and just need them to recharge it, it normally takes 2-3 weeks. They'll send you a postcard saying your rebate $ have been added to your gift card. You can also always log in to their website at any time to check on the status of your rebate.
One of the best perks about this is that you can use manufacture coupons on the rebate items and you will still get back the full amount of the rebate. This will help you grow your dollar amount on your gift card.
2. Using manufacture coupon with the easy saver coupons. What are easy saver coupons you ask? They are the store coupon that is in the Walgreens flyer. Because they are store coupons you can stack them with manufacture coupons. This means you can double up on the coupons.

3. Register Rewards (RR) this is when you buy a certain product or products and you get a coupon at the end of your transaction to use towards a future purchase. They usually have a few of these deals a week. You can also use coupons on these deals as well and you can sometimes get items for nearly free. You can usually “roll” these over onto another (RR) deal. For instance this past week they had a deal if you bought 3 Listerine mouth rinse you got a $6 RR back. There was also another (RR) deal if you bought four 2 liters of soda you got $2 RR back. So what I did is I first bought the mouth rinse and got back my $6 (RR) and I then turned around and used it on the soda. So I got the soda for free plus $2 (rr) to use towards whatever I want. (you cannot use the same (RR) promotion for the same deal). This is kind of hard to explain for instance with the mouth wash, once I got the (RR) for buying those items I could not turn around and use it for the mouth wash again. I hope this makes sense if you need clarification, let me know.

• You must have as many items as you have coupons, in some cases when you purchase something using a manufacture coupon and a store coupon you would then have 2 coupons for 1 item. This will not work; you will need to get a “filler” item, such as a pencil, candy or something small.
• Sometimes Walgreens is a can be frustrating with coupons, but keep at it and eventually you will be a pro.