Discover the meaning of a rain check, its origins, examples, and your rights as a consumer. Learn how rain checks work in retail and protect against unavailability.

A rain check is a voucher from the grocery store that allows you to buy on-sale items — at their sale price — on a later date. I’ve gotten rain checks for jarred pasta sauces, coffee creamers, chicken ...

It’s a coupon lover’s worst-case scenario: An item you want is on sale with a coupon; but, when you get to the store, the shelves are empty because all of the items have been snatched up already.

A Sydney man is furious because Woolworths won’t honour a $12 rain check voucher. The man, a shopper at Woolies in Parramatta, took to Facebook to vent his frustration on Thursday. He had purchased ...