Walmart sent a mass email to many of its customers on 2/13/15 regarding their Savings Catcher program. Did you get a notice too? If not, here is what was sent to many customers:
Dear Customer,
Thank you for using Savings Catcher. We wanted to share with you an update on some changes to the program. Beginning February 14, 2015, we are removing some departments consisting mostly of items that do not have a like for like match at other retailers, such as produce and bakery items. Additionally, we are limiting our comparisons to offers of other mass market retailers, grocery and dollar stores, removing comparisons with drug stores.
Thanks again for using Savings Catcher and shopping with us. We are dedicated to providing customers like you with Everyday Low Prices. It’s a mission we’re proud of and we’ll continue to work hard to deliver for you.
For details on these and other changes, please visit our Terms of Use or FAQs.
Sincerely,
Your Walmart Savings Catcher Team
Basically, the terms have been updated to state that Walmart will no longer price match drug stores such as CVS, RiteAid or Walgreens! In the past, SavingsCatcher “caught” savings on numerous items across all major grocery retailers; including produce, meats, and bakery items. They are now limiting the departments for price matching to exclude these departments.
Walmart’s reasoning for this change in policy, is due to most users of the SavingsCatcher program do not shop on a weekly basis at local drug stores for grocery items. Therefore, they did not see a reason for continuing to match their prices.
The good news is, they have not changed their ad match guarantee to reflect these changes! You may still ad match CVS, RiteAid, or Walgreens! Walmart will also let you ad match produce, meats, and bakery items as well!