﻿Hey what’s up everybody! Logan Allec, CPA, here, and today I’m going to show you nine different
ways on how you can save money at Walmart. If you’re a regular Walmart shopper, even a small
percentage in savings could add up to a lot of extra money at the end of the year. Walmart tends
to already offer low-base prices on most items, so you can easily save money on their products by
making a few simple changes. Whether you shop on Walmart.com, at a physical store, or both,
keep watching for nine ways on how to save money at Walmart. Number one is to check Walmart’s
weekly ad. While some of Walmart’s best sales come during the holiday season, you can still find deep
discounts on a wide range of products throughout the year. To find the weekly ad for your store,
just search “Walmart Weekly Ad” on any search engine, and it should lead you to a Walmart
website that allows you to choose your nearest store based on your zip code. Walmart still calls
these “weekly ads,” but your store’s offers may be available for more than just one week.
Simply click on an item in the ad to pull up more details including sizes, pictures, prices,
dates, and whether the deal is available online, in-store, or both. Number two is to get generic
prescriptions. Walmart offers highly competitive prices on various generic prescriptions including
medications for cholesterol, diabetes, and mental health. In fact, many of these prescriptions are
available for just four dollars for a thirty-day supply or ten dollars for a ninety-day supply.
Even if you think you have good insurance, it’s worth comparing your current prescription price to
the generic alternatives available at Walmart. If you’re worried about taking a generic medication,
keep in mind that the FDA recommends generic medicine as “an equal substitute for its
name-brand counterpart.” Number three: use the Shopkick app. Shopkick is a shopping rewards
platform that offers gift cards in exchange for making purchases at certain retailers,
with Walmart being one of these retailers. Rewards are available for both in-store and online orders,
and you can redeem your points — called “Kicks” — for gift cards to brands like Amazon, Apple,
Starbucks, Best Buy, and more. I actually published a video here on the channel previously
where I visited Walmart while using Shopkick to show you how the app works and how it can save you
money at Walmart, there is a link to that video, my Shopkick review video, at the top of the screen
and in the description below. Also, if when you download the Shopkick app you use my promo code
LOGAN you will get a $5 bonus when you download the app and earn at least 10 kicks within 7 days!
Alright, this next tip is for the tech heads out there, tip number four on how you can save money
at Walmart is to buy refurbished electronics. Unboxing brand-new electronics can be fun,
but you can get the same device for a lower cost by buying refurbished instead of new. The price
difference between a new and refurbished item will depend on the product and the seller you buy from.
Some refurbished products on Walmart.com are sold by third-party vendors rather than Walmart
itself. On the other hand, they’re still backed by a minimum 90-day warranty that gives you
more than enough time to make sure the product functions as intended. Number five is to take
advantage of price matching. It’s impossible to always buy from the store with the lowest price
on a particular item, but price matching makes it easy to get the best possible deal without
going to multiple stores. If you’re shopping at a physical Walmart, you can talk to an employee
to get a price match on regular prices for the same item on Walmart.com. When shopping online,
you can receive a Walmart.com price match for prices displayed for in-stock items on a variety
of other ecommerce stores including Amazon, Best Buy, Target, and Walgreens. Unfortunately, Walmart
doesn’t offer any price adjustments on products that receive price drops after a purchase. Next
up is to buy store brands. Walmart’s Great Value brand offers budget alternatives to a wide range
of products. While some of these items may not be exactly the same as their name-brand counterparts,
many are produced by name brands and simply packaged for sale at Walmart. Again, the price gap
between Great Value and the name brands is different for different products. For example,
we found Great Value Almond Crunchy Honey Oats Cereal at just $1.33 for an 18-ounce box
when ordered for pickup, while an 18-ounce box of Honey Bunches of Oats was nearly triple the price
at three dollars and sixty cents. When you reach for a name-brand product, don’t forget
to check the shelf to see if there are any Great Value alternatives. You might be surprised at
how much you can save on an average shopping trip simply by switching to store-brand items. Granted,
sometimes, the taste isn’t exactly the same, and if you frankly don’t enjoy the store-brand,
there’s no shame in going back to brand name, but all I’m saying is give it a try
and be sure to ask yourself, “Do I really like the name-brand product better or is it just
that I’m used to it and the new one is just different?” Look out for that haircut effect.
Number seven is to look for pickup and shipping discounts. Some Walmart.com products
come with pickup and/or shipping discounts that give you money off the sales price
simply for changing your delivery preferences. There’s no easy way to predict which items will
be eligible for either of these discounts, but you’ll be able to see the option when you add
an eligible product to your cart. Pickup discounts come with a small markdown in exchange for picking
the item up at a Walmart store instead of having it delivered. Shipping discounts offer a similar
price drop when you accept a longer turnaround — typically three to five business days instead of
the standard two. Keep an eye out for these tags when you’re shopping on Walmart.com.
Number eight on my list is to create a Walmart baby registry. When you create a baby registry
at Walmart, you’ll automatically receive a free welcome box that includes “up to a $40
value” in baby essentials. And obviously, friends and family members can easily find your registry
and look for products on Walmart.com, and eligible registry items also come with stress-free returns
for up to one year. If you’re expecting, this is an easy way to let your family and friends know
what you need while getting a little extra gift with samples from brands like Huggies,
Johnson’s, and Dr. Brown’s. Simply go to the Walmart Baby Box page and fill out some basic
information to sign up for your free box. And finally, number nine get the Capital One Walmart
Rewards Card. This card isn’t for everyone, but it’s an easy way to earn rewards when you spend
money at Walmart—particularly on online purchases. It offers 5 percent cash back on all Walmart.com
purchases including pickup and delivery, 2 percent back at physical Walmart stores, restaurants, and
travel companies, and 1 percent back everywhere else. Best of all, you can use the rest of the
tips on this list to save money and then get even more cash back through the Walmart Rewards card.
While the standard cash back rate is 2 percent on purchases at Walmart stores, you’ll get the online
rate of 5 percent on all in-store purchases for the first year as long as you use your phone to
pay with your Walmart Rewards card through Walmart Pay. Of course, you should compare the rewards you
would get on this card to the rewards you might get on other credit cards, I have a link in
the description below to some other good rewards credit cards worth looking at right now. Alright,
folks, those are my nine ways to save money at Walmart, if I missed anyway, let me know in the
comments, also be sure to check out this video right where I review the GetUpside app, which is
currently my favorite way to save money on gas, as well as this video right here where I review the
Shopkick app, using it to save money at Walmart, I’ll see you over in those videos, buh-bye.