Aimee, I agree. The store is getting the exact same amount whether I use coupons or not, so WHY do they even put that disclosure?

I can confirm that the catalina on the Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks is working. I got one this morning at a Boise Albertsons.

There is also a catalina on Fiber One bars that runs 2/22 – 3/21. Same as the fruit snacks:
Buy 3 get $1.50
Buy 4 get $2.50
Buy 5 get $3.50

These two catalinas overlap with the “$7 back on a $20 GM purchase” deal. I bought 5 boxes of fruit snacks and 5 boxes of Fiber One bars and used a few coupons to get the total down to $20.60. Got back the $7 from the GM deal, the $3.50 on the fruit snacks, and another $3.50 on the Fiber One bars.

Responding to Sara’s post above …

I would agree that we should do things as the manufacturers intend when it comes to these promotions, but we don’t know if the “fine print” in the ad is correct. Albertsons could have mis-stated the details of the promotion in its ad, or Catalina Marketing could have programmed it incorrectly. We don’t know which is “right.”

So therefore, I don’t think there is anything unethical about accepting the catalina if it prints out for you. However, rightly or wrongly, in case of a dispute Albertsons will stand behind their ad, and I would agree with that policy as well. Just my opinion.

I purchased two packages of the Nature Valley Granola clusters and did not receive the catalina. I purchased at the Federal Way Albertsons in Boise.

I am pretty new to couponing and had two quick questions. How do you decide when to wait until Sunday to see if “twice the value” coupons will come out? My second question is do we know if this is going to continue to print this way or could it be an error they will catch and correct?

I confirmed with three different albertsons that the promotion was to run like any other and its buy $20.00 save $7.00. as long as you get to $20.00 it will trigger the catalina and that you can use coupons no problem! it also says in the fine print that its only one deal per person….when was the last time you only did one kick back? albertsons is running the promotion and they are ok with it so Im ok with it:-) I also went and di 4 transactions back to back and had no problems what so ever…..

What a great resource!

I was just at the Cherry Lane/Meridian store and they said it wouldn’t work. Also, the catalinas are considered coupons for this sale so they won’t roll unless you have a total high enough to cover them.