Walmart Canada Will Stop Price Matching on October 15th
By Thomas Kenzaki
September 20, 2020Starting next month Walmart Canada will put an end to their long standing, consumer friendly policy of price matching other retailers. Here’s what to expect when the new policy goes into effect on October 15, 2020.
Walmart has long been one of the best places in Canada to shop due to aggressively priced products, and the ability to ad match other retailers. That policy allowed shoppers to make a single trip to Walmart to get everything they wanted at advertised sale prices from other retailers.
After October 15th, you’ll no longer be able to ad match other retailers in-store or at Walmart.ca. Walmart stores will however still price match their own website, Walmart.ca (should an item be available for less online).
The reasons given by Walmart for the change is that there’s “minimal usage of our (Walmart’s) Ad Match program” and that “the program has been causing delays at the checkout”.
Walmart has also released a statement saying that the decision to end their ad matching program was not due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (for those wondering).
Now that Walmart is ending ad matching in Canada, will you still continue to shop there or look for better alternatives to get the best bang for your hard earned dollar? Let us know in the comments below.
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View allI got my clarity about my store not price-matching with Walmart.ca. My store has never price-matched with other nearby locations because manager's have the discretion to lower prices. Those reasons are usually store specific: either an item was over-ordered, an item simply isn't moving, or is being discontinued at that specific store. But going back to Walmart.ca. The 44mm space grey Apple Watch 6 is $509.98 on Walmart.ca but $569 in stores. The watch says it's sold and shipped by Walmart. But for some reason, that colour size and model is $60 cheaper on our website. Its $569 at our competitors too. My manager has asked, why should we take a $60 reduction on it? She said that there must be a reason they've decided to reduce the price of this specific item. My manager says going forward, supervisors will decide on a case by case basis whether to honour Walmart.ca's prices.
Personally, I never do SCOP unless it's a high priced item.
A retailer adopting the Code must abide by the policies outlined below.
1. THE ITEM FREE SCANNER POLICY
(excerpt from the SCOP, retailcouncil.org)
Because now (if it's available that way), they're saying to get that price I have to create an order online for in-store pickup. Which means that Walmart needs to pay someone to go find the item I ordered, and process the order, and then bring it to me when I show up to pick it up. That requires that Walmart employ more people.
Meanwhile me walking in, grabbing it myself, and then taking it to a cashier to price match takes what, 15-20 seconds extra for the price-matching part? And doesn't require additional people to be employed?
lmao
Baby cereal is $3.47 at Walmart and $2.99 at shoppers. You gotta know your prices before blindly buying . This is rfd we are talking about . I could’ve bought the same stuff and Walmart and paid at least $5 more without getting anything back.
Maybe no frills in your neck of the woods is gross , not mine . Yes Costco prices have gone up too. Some people can’t be bothered to save couple bucks here and there. But every little bit adds up. Know your prices . Not saying blindly buy overpriced stuff to justify getting your points , essentially buying your points . Be smart .
Cooking oil was 5.99 for 5 liters, now it is 9.49.
Lemons are $8.99 from $6.99 and list goes on.
Everything is up by 20 percent at least this year(food items )
When you come out of the store , if you buy few items the bill is $75 plus.
In No Frills , I have seen people picking up the things and eating them.Stopped going to the store after seeing such a mess many years ago.
In Walmart apart from convenient grocery pickup, fresh is good.
During Lockdown , everything is closed,however you can find shoes , , non essential in particular for a good price in Walmart.
I don’t have to buy for 80 dollars (with price jacked up by 50 percent) and getting 24 dollars of points back unlike shoppers.
They aggressively mark down fresh foods (yellow stickers instead of Loblaw's pink stickers), offer discount produce bags & maintain a clearance rack of unadvertised specials you cannot look up online which are worth going for. You do not know what you are going to find until you get there, though.
Other people just go to Costco and save bundles of money. Buy in bulk and freeze the rest until you need it. Save tons of money like that. I saved about $100 on a new car battery when my buddy got if for me at Costco.
Yes, it can be irritating for the person behind.
If you are woman and buying cosmetics, don't bother as that won't help me. Makeup has a huge markup and if that's what you are buying, you are paying for your own points, basically.
alone, majority of the points were due to combination of using the pc master card and availing their personalized pc offers.
I have PC points and numerous points cards (but I find RCSS and Zehrs to be overpriced)... maybe you are posting in the wrong thread. My last Walmart points saved me $57 there. I got 3 pairs of prescription glasses there and they beat every other place I was quoted, except online of course. I had benefits to use.
When I go grocery shopping I want to be in and out, not having my checkout delayed by someone price matching 15 things and it takes 10 minutes longer. My time is more important than that. For the amount of groceries I buy (household of One), the savings would be minimal.
But, this is RFD and I respect the savings... I just can't be bothered for a couple bucks.
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Here is a nice "closure" for the thread:
https://globalnews.ca/news/7697306/walm ... -closures/