CVS - Everything you need to know

Learn how to shop at CVS like a pro. Here is CVS’s coupon policy and how to use the CVS Pharmacy Extra Care Bucks to rock those deals!

CVS Coupon Policy: CVS stores accept the following types of coupons:

1.Manufacturer Coupons (this includes both coupons from newspapers / magazines / other print sources ans well as manufacturer online printable coupons)

2.Store Coupons (this includes CVS store coupons found in their weekly fliers, in-store coupon booklets, CRTs and purchase based coupons)

3.Competitor Pharmacy Coupons (they do not, however, accept any other type of competitor coupon)

4.Extra Care Bucks (called ECBs for short, they are like a Catalina from the grocery store that is printed out at the cash register on the bottom of your receipt)

CVS Lingo:

•Extra Care Bucks (ECBs): It’s a CVS store coupon for a discount of your next purchase order that prints at check out. They print at the bottom of your receipt and can be used “like cash” on almost anything else sold at CVS (excludes gift card purchases, alcohol, prescriptions).

•Extra Care Bucks card: Card that will track your ECB’s and rewards. You must scan this before your transactions to get your ECB’s. Apply for the free Extra Care Bucks card online or in-stores.

•Reinventing Beauty Magazine: This is a is a 99 cent magazine available in the beauty section of most CVS stores. It sometimes comes with CVS and manufacturer coupons. Where else can you find the magazine? by the weekly flyers, with the other magazines, by the cash registers, in the cosmetic aisle. Not all stores seem to carry this magazine.

•Clip Free Coupon: Refers to a month long discount offered that’s deducted automatically at checkout.

•CRT: or Cash register tape is a coupon that prints at the bottom of your receipt or at the Price Scanner.

•Price Scanner: Price scanning machines located at certain stores that serve to check the price of items and also print CVS store coupons when you CVS Extra Care Bucks card is used.

•CVS Store coupons: These can be stacked with manufacturer coupons for added savings. Can only use one per transaction.

•CVS $/$$ coupons: These coupons provide a discount once your order reaches a certain value before coupons. For example: you could save $4 when you buy $20 or more. This total is always before any other coupons.

Order of handing coupons to the cashier: First hand CVS dollar off transaction coupons, then CVS store coupons/manufacturer coupons, and finally your ECBs.