Friday, March 8, 2013

Topic #2--Coupon Lingo

Sunday Inserts: 
* P&G/PG - Procter and Gamble
*Rp - RedPlum
*SS - SmartSource

Others:
*$1/1, $1/2 - One dollar off of one item, one dollar off of two items
*2/$1, 3/$1 - Two items for one dollar, three items for one dollar
*Balance Rewards - This is Walgreen's new rewards program. You can earn points when you make qualifying purchases and then redeem them as a Walgreen's gift card 
* B1G1 or BOGO - Buy one, get one
*Beep - Sometimes the register will beep when a coupon is scanned if a price needs to be entered or if there is a problem with that coupon
*Blinkies - Grocery/drugstore coupon dispensers with blinking lights
*Catalina - They print from a separate machine when your receipt prints.
*Coupon Insert - Coupon circulars are inserted into Sunday papers. These include Smart Source (SS), Red Plum (RP) and Proctor and Gamble (P&G/PG)
* DND - Do Not Double
*Ea. - Each
*ECB's - ExtraCare Bucks. This is CVS's loyalty rewards program
*Ecoupons - These are electronic coupons
*ETS - Excludes Trial Size
*Exp. - Expires or expiration date
*GC - Gift Card
*IVC - Instant Value Coupon. This is Walgreens store coupons that are found in their ads and monthly booklets
*MIR - Mail In Rebate
*NLA - No Longer Available
*OYNO - On Your Next Order
*OOP - Out Of Poacket
*OOS - Out of Stock
*Peelie - Peel off coupon that is found of product packaging
*PSA - Prices Starting At
*RRs - Register Rewards. this is Walgreens catalina coupons
*Q - Coupon
*SCR - Single Check Rebate
*Stacking - Using both a manufactures coupon and a store coupon on one item
*UPC - Universal Product Code (bar code)
*Tearpad - A Pad of coupons that you can tear off. They are usually by the products that offer the coupons or by the registers

  

1 comment:

  1. Geeez!!! You wrote sooo much! NICEEE............ wow! I actually learned a lot about the coupons. I'm at work right now and I read it. It makes a LOT of sense now....thanks! :-)

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