Special orders

Some of you mention that you do a special order for some items. I was wondering how that works. Since you need 16 rolls of paper towels for this deal, doing 2 or 3 deals will probably clear any rolls that are on the shelf. Someone said they ordered a case (or 2). When the case of say 48 rolls comes in, do you just tell the cashier to divide it into 3 orders? Is there a limit of how many orders you can do back to back? Jill, it sounds like your Jewel is very receptive to couponers (you've trained them well). I'm wondering if other Jewels are willing to do special orders? Any tips on these orders other than moving to your neighborhood so we can shop at your Jewel!


Pre-pay

If you do a special order, Pre-pay so you get your Cats now (make sure the Cats are active) and pay the current deal pricing. Then you just bring in your receipts to pick up your goods when they come in. Ring the orders up seperately just like you'd do if everything was in stock. You can even roll your Cats. If one item is on the shelf, just use that repeatedly to do the scanning.

One issue of waiting to pay for a special order until it arrives is if it doesn't get in until after the Cat deal is over is no Cats will print. Also, if you don't pre-pay at least make sure the current price is locked in through a rain check.

Cant

do pre-pay anymore and rainchecks are your enemy in cat deals.

Jewel policy

I remember some stores said no others had no problems.

Is this official Jewel companywide policy or specific stores?

I forget the detail on rainchecks causing Cat issues outside of making sure you'll have enough items to qualify based on preferred pricing. You lock in the preferred pricing so have to bring more items to the counter since the regular pricing isn't locked in like a black belt trip. Was that it or are there other issues with Cats and rainchecks? TIA :)

I thought it was all Jewels

that stopped pre-pay. Never tried so I cant say. Guess one can ask at their store to see.

I am pretty sure with rainchecks, the raincheck price is the scan price so that messes with the price spread.

Thanks

I thought that was the deal with rainchecks, not good for black belters but if you're just using preferred pricing you shouldn't have a surprise.

No

You can do as many orders back to back as you want - self-check is a good place though so you don't tie up the regular lane. If you're doing 2 cases (48 rolls) split it into two orders of three.

I went to my Jewel tonight to put in a special order of paper towels, but they said they're getting many more in tomorrow, so I'll just try to stop back and get some. I would guess though that the paper towels are going to be the crazy, hot item that the warehouse gets depleted of very quickly during this sale...