How to Save Money at Walmart by Taking Advantage of Price Matching

You can take advantage of other retailers' advertised sales at Walmart.

The first Walmart discount store was opened in 1962, according to Walmart.com. Since then, Walmart corporation has expanded, opening Walmart Supercenters, Walmart Neighborhood Markets and Walmart Marketsides. All of these stores follow the same price-matching policy, which allows you to take advantage of competitors' advertised sale prices at Walmart. This allows you to save time by purchasing all of sale items at one store as opposed to shopping at multiple stores to save money on sale items. This is especially helpful on big shopping days, such as Black Friday, when making multiple shopping trips may not be practical.

Instructions

1. Gather the competitors' sale ads in your area. This may include other discount stores, grocery stores, drug stores, pet stores and department stores.

2. Circle items in the ads that you want to purchase.

3. Bring the competitors' ads with you when you shop at Walmart. Purchase items that are the same brand and size as the item advertised for sale in the competitor's ad, in compliance with the Walmart price-matching policy.

4. Tell your cashier that you will be price matching. Show her the circled items in the competitors' ads so that she may verify the sale prices.

Tips & Warnings

• Many Walmart stores will allow you to price match their Great Value brand when a competitor's store brand is advertised for sale.

• Increase your savings by using coupons on price-matched items.

References

• Walmart: Price Matching
• Walmart: About Us