Ain't nobody got time for comparison shopping....

I complain about how much Walmart makes me crazy, but there really is a good reason to shop there....the Walmart mobile app.  On that app there is a feature called the "Savings Catcher."  When you shop at Walmart, your receipt has a QR code on the bottom.  If you scan that code with your smart phone within 5 days of your visit, you can potentially get money back.  Here's what the code looks like:

QR Code on a Walmart Receipt

After you scan your receipt in, the app takes over and does the work for you. It compares the prices in your area at the local grocery stores with the price you paid that day.  If they find a lower price, you get a refund for the difference!  

The other day I bought cake mix and pudding mix to make a wedding cake with.  If I was a thrifty person, I would shop the sales and find out that Food Lion had that cake mix on sale for $1 a box. Instead, I chose to pay the $1.17 that Walmart charged me and I scanned my receipt.  Just today I got the notification on my app...

The app found the sale price and refunded me the 17 cents for each box I bought.  I bought six.  I also bought pudding mix which was on sale as well:

For each box of pudding mix I bought, I got 14 cents back.  All in all, I got a refund of $1.10 on that one shopping trip.

You don't realize how fast the savings add up.  When you are ready to cash in your rewards, you have several options to choose from including getting a Walmart gift card or printing out an e-receipt that you take to the register to apply to your purchases.   

Instead of shopping for the best price on cake ingredients, I trust the Walmart app to return the savings to me instead.  One trip to one store.  I call that WINNING.