Wal-Mart Price Matching

This is my explaination of what I'VE UNDERSTOOD price matching to be. This is what concusion I've come to based on reading blogs, shopping at Wal-Mart and talking with their employees. This is in no way meant to be the ONLY answer, just how ive interpreted everything.

According to Wal-Marts price matching policy- they'll match any local competitors price right at the register and you do not need to have the ad in order to get the price. But IT IS up to that stores manager to deem what "local" is. So some stores may vary on who they'll PM.
So it may be just stores in Stillwater, or the surrounding areas. I've been told by a CSM at the Wal-Mart on Perkins that they'll price match up to a 50 mile radius, so for us Stillwater people, that includes the Target in Edmond, the CVS in Edmond and the Homelands in Perry and Guthrie. Now this could vary by store/how educated or nice your cashier is so don't quote me on this.

What I like to do is gather up all the ads for the week (grocery store ad come out on wednesday and target,cvs,walgreens on sunday) Then circle or make a list of what deals I want and what coupons i have for them...heres an example of what i did this week....

Price Match

Target Ad

· Nicole by OPI nail polish $6.50
Use $1.00/1 coupon
= $5.50

Homeland
· Lawrys Marinade 2/$3
Use $1.00 off MC
= .50 each
· Cascadian Farms Granola Bars 2/$5
Use $.75 off (1) MC
= $ 1.75 each
· International Delight Coffee Creamer $1.99
Use $.55 off MC
= $1.44
· Pillsbury French Bread Loaf, Breadsticks or Pizza $2.89
Use $.40 off 1 MC
= $2.49 each
· Hefty Trash Bags $5.59
· Healthy Choice Steamers 2/$5
· Frito Lay Chips/Pretzels 3/$6
· SnackWells Bars $2.29
Use $.75 off 1 MC
= $1.54
· Daisy Sour Cream $2.79
· Hormel Pepperoni $2.99
Use .55 off (2) MC
= $5.43/2 or $2.72 each

CVS
· Filippo Berio Olive Oil $3.99
Use $1.00 off MC
= $2.99

Food Pyramid

· Tide 24-32 oz liquid detergent $5.99
Use $1.00 off any Tide MC
=$4.99
· Healthy Choice Entrees $1.99
· Toufayan Pita Bread $1.69
· Sabra Hummus $3.69
· Laughing Cow Baby Bell Cheese $3.49


This obviously isn't everything that was in their ads, only the ones I found i wanted/had coupons for.

Whenever I'm shopping I make sure to keep everything I'm price matching separate in my cart so its easier when i get up to check out.

and now for the fun part....how to PM at the register.

Once I get to the register, I put everything up first that DO need price matching then put up the items that DO NOT (i'm sure you could reverse this order as long as you keep them separate) I find puting the PM items first is better for me because the cashier hasn't gotten too overwhelmed yet and I can pay attention to what their scanning better.
Since WM DOES NOT require you to have the ad with you to PM all i do is tell the cashier which items I'm PM and when they scan the item i say what the PM is. Like for example today when i bought the Lawrys Marinade, WM reg. price is $2.00 and homeland had them on sale 2/$3. I let the cashier know they were 2/$3 or $1.50 and she manually override the price. No questions asked. I think if you say some bogus price they'll probably get suspicious but I havent any issues with it yet. and YES YOU CAN PM AND USE A COUPON!! like for the Lawrys items I purchased 4, PM to $1.50 each and had 4 $1.00 off coupons. So PM and coupons saved me $6.00 on the marinades.

Price matching is great for many reasons, you dont have to drive from store to store to get the best prices and IF a PM is less than a coupon WM will give you the overage. For example last week dollar general had Zyrtec 5ct on sale for $4.50 and i had a $5.00 coupon, i PM at WM, used the coupon and got the Zyrtec for FREE + $.50 overage!
WM will also PM produce from other stores which is great b/c usually smaller stores have cheaper produce. You just have to make sure you are PM item-item and lb-lb.

And there are A LOT of times when i'll make my PM list and get to WM and realize WM prices are still lower than the PM from another store.

It might seem like a lot of work but I work full time and find ways to do it, just comit to youself that AS SOON as you get the ads, you'll circle or write down the items that interst you and that way you'll have them and can prepare your shopping trip.

If you still feel hesitant about it, take the ads in with you and talk to a CSM or SM and see what their policy is and ALWAYS have the WM coupon & PM policy with you, its gotten me some great deals!