Price matching is a fantastic way to save money. Instead of having to shop at multiple stores to get all the great deals, you only have to shop at one.
If you’re new to price matching, be sure to watch my video on how to price match in Canada.
Following is a list of stores that allow price matching, and their price matching guidelines.
The Bargain Shop
They will price match any competitor’s ad, if you bring in the sale flyer.
Best Buy
They will price match any competitor’s ad, including prices advertised online.
Within 30 days of purchasing an item from Future Shop or www.futureshop.ca, if you find the same product advertised at a lower price, they will gladly refund you 10% of the difference.
14 day exclusion for items such as computers, monitors, printers, digital cameras, etc.
The Brick
If you find the same brand and model you purchased from The Brick, and this brand is either advertised by The Brick or a competitor at a lower price, on identical terms and conditions of sale (including, without limitation, finance terms) within 30 days of the delivery or pick-up of the product, they will refund you the price difference in full.
The Price Guarantee on all sleep sets is extended to 90 days of delivery or pick-up of the sleep set plus an additional 10% of the difference between the price you paid for your purchase from The Brick and the price advertised by The Brick or a competitor for the same brand or model.
In order to qualify, merchandise must be available for immediate sale and cannot be of limited quantities, damaged, used, being liquidated, sold without warranty, or close out inventory.
Canadian Tire
They will price match any competitor’s ad on any identical item and will also give customers an extra 10% of the lower price in Canadian Tire money.
You must bring the flyer with you to show the cashier when you are checking out.
Fresh Co.
They will price match any local competitor’s ad, as long as you provide the sale flyer. They will beat the price by $0.01.
Applies to identical items only (same brand, item type – such as produce & meat, size, etc.). Excludes ‘spend x get x’ promotions.
Future Shop
They will price match any competitor’s ad, including prices advertised online.
Within 30 days of purchasing an item from Future Shop or www.futureshop.ca, if you find the same product advertised at a lower price, they will gladly refund you 10% of the difference.
14 day exclusion for items such as computers, monitors, printers, digital cameras, etc.
Home Depot:
They will price match any idential in-stock item at any retail location of a local competitor in Canada and they will also BEAT that price by 10% (on regular price items only).
They do not price match online prices.
London Drugs
If you find the same merchandise advertised in print at a lower price, London Drugs will match that price.
If you find that lower advertised price after you buy, you can bring in your receipt and a copy of the competitor’s ad and get the difference back (for up to 30 days from the date on your receipt).
London Drugs does not price match online pricing or items purchased through their online store.
No Frills
They will price match any competitor’s price only during the effective date of the competitor’s ad or within 7 days of the date on your receipt. Item must be identical. Excludes multi-buys and discounts obtained through loyalty programs.
You must present the competitor’s ad.
Office Depot
They will price match any other office product or consumer electronic supplier within 14 days after your Office Depot purchase.
Price Chopper
They will price match any local competitor’s ad, as long as you provide the sale flyer. They will beat the price by $0.01.
Applies to identical items only (same brand, item type – such as produce & meat, size, etc.). Excludes ‘spend x get x’ promotions.
Real Canadian Superstore
They will price match diapers, baby wipes and formula when you bring in the competitor’s ad. Items must be identical. They will price match for the duration of the competitor’s sale flyer.
They do not price match multi-buys or clearance sales. They will also not price match training pants, baby cereal or personal/household wipes.
Rona
They will price match any competitor’s ad, if you bring in the sale flyer. They will not only meet that price, they will beat it by 10%.
Applies only to products advertised within a RONA flyer during the same flyer’s period of validity. Does not apply to products advertised on www.rona.ca.
Sears
They will price match any local competitor’s advertised price for identical merchandise offered in Sears catalogues and on www.sears.ca within 30 days of purchase.
Staples
They will price match any competitor’s ad on the day of your purchase or within 14 days of making your purchase.
They will match the price AND give you 10% of the difference as a credit toward your purchase (up to $50.00).
Toys R Us
They will price match any local competitor’s ad. Competitor’s ad is required. Item must be identical and the competitor must have the advertised item in-stock and available for immediate sale in the same local market area.
Where a Low Price Guarantee is applied after purchase, the difference will be refunded in the same method as the original payment within 7 days of original purchase date. Original receipt is required.
The Low Price Guarantee does not apply to the following: online sales, mail order offers, advertising errors and/or misprints, limited/minimum quantity, limited time offers, bundled offers, close-outs, liquidations/clearances.
Toys R Us will also give you a gift card for an additional 10% of the competitor’s advertised retail price if the difference of the Price Match is more than 5%.
Online Policy:
In addition to our “Everyday Low Prices”, www.toysrus.ca also offers a “Low Price Guarantee”. The merchandise is identical and price is current, the price to be matched is the price quoted for Canadian online stores only, the merchandise is offered by a legal, authorized Canadian online retailer.
The Low Price Guarantee does not apply to the following: mail order offers, advertising errors and/or misprints, limited/minimum quantity, limited time offers, bundled offers, close-outs, liquidations/clearances.
Where a Low Price Guarantee is applied after purchase, the difference will be refunded in the same method as the original payment. Low Price Guarantee is effective within 7 days of purchase date. Toys R Us will also give you an online promotional code for an additional 10% of the competitor’s advertised retail price if the difference of the Price Match is more than 5%.
Online promotional code for use on next purchase. Code valid for 30 days.
Walmart
They will adjust the price in the following types of ads: buy one get one free ads with a specified price (example: buy one for $2.49, get one free), competitors’ ads that feature a specific item for a specified price, fresh produce and meat items when the price is offered in the same unit type (lb. for lb.; each for each).
Items purchased must be identical to the ad (size, quantity, brand, flavor, color, etc.). They also allow you to price match store brand for store brand.
Walmart does NOT adjust the price in the following types of competitors’ ads: Items that require a separate purchase to get the ad price (example: “Buy [item A] to get [item B] for xx”), buy one get one free ads with no actual price given, percentage off, online pricing.
Zellers
They will price match any identical item, if you bring in the competitor’s ad. They will cut out the ad price from your flyer and place it in their till.
Zellers will NOT price match a sale of “limited” quantity or online pricing. Most locations have a limit of 6 identical priced matched items per person.
Many stores are following suit with price matching, since so many consumers are doing it these days. It really is a fantastic way to save some cash when you’re out shopping.
Remember to always keep your competitors’ ads with you when you leave the house, since most stores do require them if you want to price match.
Do you price match? What store is your favourite for price matching?
Staples Canada will only match pricing now.
Thanks for the concise summary!
FYI…. I went to price match an item from Shoppers Drug Mart at Freshco and they told me they don’t price match with them b/c they don’t consider them competition. They’ll only do it with other grocery store flyers.
Walmart is the best for price matching and I can do my household and grocery shopping all at once!
When I’ve gone to no frills, I have price matched other stores under the same banner, they have always told me they price match any store as long as you have the flyer, the one I go to in Hamilton will only price match 4 identical items though.
HI I would just like to mention that yes No Frill’s does price match but not with their stores that are connected as in Fortino’s and the Superstore
Real Canadian Superstore in Brockville has been price matching not only baby items, but everything since Christmas. They were doing it for the holidays and then just kept going! I have no idea if all of the stores are doing this or not.
*they do keep your flyer, though
Zellers new policy states that you can use a coupon with a price match. I did just that 2 days ago with no problems
Today, I went to get some items at Zellers the lady told me that now when they PM you can not use a coupon towards that item
No point Price matching there anymore unless you have no coupons for those items. Also, I went to Freshco and was told I can not price match SDM or Giant Tiger. So, I had to go else where for these items 
not happy as they said they will beat anyone’s prices. I thought they would have when it’s only 10 mins away. I find Walmart is the best to Price Match and Coupon at and Loblaws is my second choice if just couponing (especially at the self serve).
Georgina
Toronto
Krystal: That’s what I was told when I contacted head office. However, some people have been able to price match other items.. it might be best just to call your local to store to see what they will allow price matching on.
I am new to the world of Price Matching and couponing, I just wanted to ensure that I am understanding correctly that only diapers, wipes and formula are price matched at Superstore.
This spring we purchased new appliances at future shop & I priced matched plus got 10% of the difference on the price/ also received a discount when I told them their insurance was more expensive then other stores..
I did have a problem with wallmart when I first started couponing/because a smaller bottle of mouthwash was attached to a larger one ,they told me my coupon was not good. Next day arrived with my policy & got 3 bottles of mouth wash with my coupons. Print out each store’s policy so you can show in writing. Have had no problem since even when buying garbage bags with printed coupons. Great saving there as you get $1.50 off !! Buy box of 30 for $4.48 minus coupon plus tax you pay $1.33 per 10 bags Great work you are doing Cassie TY
Sharon: Walmart, Zellers, Loblaws, Zehrs, Real Canadian Superstore, Fortinos, Your Independent Grocer, Shoppers Drug Mart, Co-Op, Giant Tiger, Highland Farms (except “FREE” coupons), Longos, Valu-Mart and Thrifty Foods
HI- Wondering if you can tell me what retailers accept coupons printed off of the internet. I was at Sobey’s last week and was told they do not accept them, and at Metro this morning I was told the same thing. The bar code on the coupon was very legible, but they would not accept them.
Thanks for all of your hard work!
Sharon
Cassie,
Thank you. I appreciate knowing about these things.
Mel: Most stores will only allow this for 1-2 weeks after the purchase date.
What if you buy something and less than a month later they lower the price signifigantly. If you request it, will they ever give you a discount on what you’ve already purchased?
Here’s the deal with No Frills. Each No Frills store is independently owned so therefore each store has it’s own price match policy. I learned this because the No Frills near my mother’s price matches tons of stores including Shopper’s. When Shopper’s had Cottonelle toilet paper on sale a few weeks back that when used with a coupon got 12 double rolls for $1.99 I wanted to get a few and Shopper’s was all out. So I went across the street to the No Frill’s (by my mother’s) and picked up one there no problem. A day later I ended up with another of the same coupon and decided to grab one more so I went to the No Frills close to my home and got up to price match and was told they don’t price match Shopper’s. This is where I learned that each No Frills price matches different stores. The one near me doesn’t price match many stores at all. They do Metro, Price Chopper and Food Basics as well as some local Asian market. Then there is one between my home and my mother’s which price matches Metro, Food Basic, Price Chopper, RCSS, Highland Farms, and Wal-Mart Superstore. Then the one near my mother’s does every store you can think of!
So what you want to do is ask your No Frills which stores they will price match and make note of that. They usually have a sign near the entrance that says it but not all of them do so you might need to speak with the manager, who is usually up by the front, past the checkout at a little podium thingy.
hi the other day i went to price chopper and planned on price matching a few items i was purchasing while i was there. i was told price chopper does not price match which shocked me so i went to thier website and email them about it. i received an email in return that states price chopper does NOT price match. by the was i live in london, on.
amanda – They should have allowed you to price match. FreshCo advertises in their flyer and website that they price match.. and Price Chopper IS FreshCo.
weird,i went to price chopper and they told me they dont price match
Jenny – I’m glad it is helpful to you.
Shakeel – I am sorry you have had such a bad experience price matching at No Frills!
ellie – That’s great! And aww thank you.
dawn – That’s interesting thet they said they will not price match those stores. I would confirm with head office to be sure.
Michelle – Yes, you can.
Jeanna – It may be that particular store.. or maybe they just forgot to mention that to me when I called head office. As for Office Depot, this is for the store. I posted that for people that plan to shop there before June 11th.
@Jjubetwins: Best Buy & Future Shop have the same policy, they are owned by the same company (I used to work for them).
Cassie, the Future Shop in Victoria, BC will not just price match items, they will also give you the 10% difference- now. Your text says they do that if you had already purchased something within 30 days. Also I have PM’d several items at Future Shop that WalMart was currently selling cheaper (not in ad). They simply called the store to confirm price & if it is currently in stock and gave me price-10% difference. I wonder if that’s only that certain store?
Office Depot- they’re closing all of their stores in Canada by June 11, 2011. Or did you mean their website (which will be still open)?
Thank you so much for doing the research for us. It is greatly appreciated
Great!
I just noticed that Future Shop and Best Buy have the same text in your post. Is the Best Buy policy poste correctly?
RCSs only matches those items? I thought they pm’s pretty much anything?
if I price match at walmart will they also let me use a coupon? I have a good deal on cat litter I want to go pick up at canadian tire but I’m not sure if they’ll let me use the coupon too.
I checked with my local FreshCo and they will match but only 2 times per item and they will beat it by 0.01 but they will not maych prices with Shoppers Drug Mart and Giant Tiger. This is info from my local store in Windsor, Ontario.
I phoned Walmart manager just now, and she told me to bring the products back with receipt so she can refund the difference. She was very nice about it too!
Thanks Cassie! You are so savvy!! and informative
Hi Everyone,
I just wanna let you everyone know about NO FRILLS “WON’T BE BEAT” policy. They do not match any chinese store price, they do not match more than five flyers and I wonder they dont match zellers. The store manager of NO FRILLS said that zellers is not our competitors. This is just a gimmick to attract customers and when you ask for price match they do have so much arguments.
So I just say, they don’t act what they say, they just have slogan WON’T BE BEAT”, you will be disappointed at NO FRILLS.
Thanks,
Shakeel
wow. thank you for this!! this is awesome. i’ve never pricematched because i never really knew about ‘regulations’ and whatnot. this is so handy. thank u!
Ann-Marie – Thank you! I’m glad you are enjoying my posts.
ellie – They were incorrect.
Cassie,
i just went to walmart with safeway’s flyer but they said that they do not PM to anything from safeway and shoppers and such because they are “club” price.
is that correct?
Cassie, I price matched at Walmart last weekend and I was astounded as I saved almost $14! I hope to save even more in the future
I wish I knew about this years ago! I have printed your price match list for my new binder. (Also gave a copy to hubby as he is a Canadian Tire, Loews and Home Depot man! LOVE, love, love all of your advice – keep up the good work!
you are a life saver iam soooooo glad I found you.
Marg – I’m so glad this is helpful to you.
Theresa – Shoppers Drug Mart does not price match.
What is shopper drug Mart Policy, I am looking for something on Sale at Rexall will they match it at Shoppers
Thanks for a posting,, this one is hitting the bookmarks. Thanks for doing all the research for us!
This information was gathered through flyers, phone calls and online guarantees. The RCSS guarantee is posted in their flyer and online at http://superstore.ca/pricematch
Just wondering where you got all this information from.. I’ve price matched at RCSS for multi-buys, baby cereal, and household wipes??