Discussion on how Albertsons double coupons work

I received a question on explaining how Albertsons double coupon works, and hope I can clear it up here.

Albertsons put 3 double coupons in their mailer ad this week. You cut those out just like a regular coupon, and bring them to the store. (If you threw yours away you can sometimes request one at customer service.)

You ALSO bring the coupon you want doubled, so for example I used the printable $1/1 package of Kraft 2% cheese.

Go and get your product, so for me it was the package of Kraft 2% cheese that is on sale for $2.

Bring it up to the register, hand the cashier your item, then your $1/1 cheese coupon and lastly your Albertsons double coupon. The cashier will manually enter how much the coupon is doubling for. (So for the cheese it will be $1)

Kraft Cheese on sale $2
Printable Manufacturers coupon- minus $1
Albertsons double coupon- minus $1
You pay $0 for cheese! FREE!!!

If you have three items to double, hand them your three regular coupons and then the three Albertsons double coupons, and the cashier will enter each of the three coupons in the system, but you walk out of there with free cheese or whatever else you decided to get with your double coupons.

So it's like using two coupons for one product, usually not legal, but since it's a store coupon, it's the store matching the cost of your first coupon, so the manufacturers aren't out double the money for you buying only one product.

I hope that helps!