Getting More for Less - Part One

Shopping at Walgreens can get you more things for less money once you start implementing their register rewards program. Register rewards are catalina coupons. Each store has coined their own phrase for catalinas. Rite Aid calls them +UPRewards; CVS calls them Extra Care Bucks, and Walgreens calls them Register Rewards (RR).

When I ask people if they know what catalinas are, they usually say no, but I tell them they probably do know what they are. After you pay for your stuff at most grocery stores, the clerk gives you back your change and receipt, then beside the register, there's a little box that spits out coupons for you. Those are catalinas. They are typically manufacturer coupons, but they can be store coupons.

The Walgreens catalinas - RR - can be used for basically anything in the store, which is why I call them my Walgreens money. There are a few exceptions: you can't buy prescription drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and stuff like that.

You can buy shampoo, over-the-counter medicine, detergents, diapers, toilet paper, groceries, and on and on.

(Read more about, 'Getting More for Less' at Walgreens, tomorrow.)