Sarah gave me the heads up about a great deal on Mission tortillas going at Safeway this week. Use the in-ad coupon to get them at the $0.99 price. AND, there is a limit of 10 on this item. Then, stack with the $0.75/1 coupon from the 1/10 SmartSource and you've got tortillas for $0.24 each! You can find the ad here.
As most of you know, these "Super Coupons" require a minimum purchase of $10 to use. Sarah found some GREAT clarification on these - right on the Safeway website! Check it out:
"You will reach the minimum purchase amount based upon total purchases before your Club Card discount is applied. This total will include the coupon item's regular price, not the discounted price. For example, the regular retail price of a box of Cheerios (before coupon and before Club Card discounts) will count toward the minimum purchase required in order to use the Cheerios coupon."
Let's break this down. According to the Mission in-ad coupon, the price before discount (but after Club Card) would be $1.99 each. I'm not sure of the price before any discounts, but let's suppose it's $2.50. This policy tells me that I could buy 4 tortillas and qualify to use the coupon, because my total before any discount would be $10. Does that make sense?
Given this my question is: "why have a minimum purchase amount in the first place?" It seems like a way to trick customers into spending more than they need. The idea!
Sarah tells me that she usually has to show cashiers this policy in order to have them process the coupons correctly. So I DO recommend you print this out for your Safeway trips. Thanks for pointing this out, Sarah!
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