Archive for May, 2013

Couponing While Hungry Could Be Hazardous to Your Health

Couponing While Hungry Could Be Hazardous to Your Health

It’s something we’ve all heard, about the best way to stick to a healthy diet: don’t shop when you’re hungry. A new study shows there’s some truth to that. Throw coupons into the mix, and shopping while hungry could be even more hazardous to your health. The study, “Fattening Fasting: Hungry Grocery Shoppers Buy More Calories, Not More Food“, appears[Read More…]

Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 10:25 AM Coupons In The News
Coupon Training for Cashiers? What a Concept

Coupon Training for Cashiers? What a Concept

“We’ll take it – this time.” If you’ve ever been told that before, you know that little phrase can be like fingernails on a blackboard. It’s what cashiers and managers say to end a disagreement over a coupon, when they don’t want to admit that you’re right, but just want to make you go away. Now the industry may be[Read More…]

Monday, May 6, 2013, 10:23 AM Coupons In The News
Controversial “Cart to Car” Service Clarified: No Means No, After All

Controversial “Cart to Car” Service Clarified: No Means No, After All

It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Jewel-Osco. What was meant to be a friendly customer service gesture, backfired in a big way for the Chicago-based grocery chain. Now, Jewel is backing off – or, to be more accurate, it’s clarifying what it was trying to accomplish all along. The controversial “cart-to-car” service is no longer compulsory. Jewel quietly[Read More…]

Friday, May 3, 2013, 10:09 PM Grocery & Retail News
Contempt For Couponers? What Retailers Really Think

Contempt For Couponers? What Retailers Really Think

We’ve all experienced it – the coupon-hating cashier or manager who looks for every excuse not to accept your coupons, or rolls their eyes when you try to use any. On the corporate level, though, stores at least pretend to be coupon-friendly – even when they’re not. But when they get together to talk shop, you might be surprised at[Read More…]

Friday, May 3, 2013, 10:12 AM Coupons In The News
Sunday Coupons – 5/5/13

Sunday Coupons – 5/5/13

You should find two coupon inserts this weekend from SmartSource and RedPlum. Here’s a preview of the coupons you can expect. A reminder, you may be able to find some of these coupons available as printable versions in the SmartSource or RedPlum section of our Printable Coupons page. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, try searching our coupon[Read More…]

Friday, May 3, 2013, 7:47 AM Coupons You Can Use
Counterfeit Coupon Ringleader is Sentenced

Counterfeit Coupon Ringleader is Sentenced

Hundreds of companies victimized. Thousands of customers scammed. Tens of millions of dollars raked in. And two years in prison. That’s fair, right? That was the sentence handed down today to 41-year-old Robin Ramirez, the ringleader of a counterfeit coupon operation that was busted in Phoenix last summer. Ramirez pleaded guilty in February to charges of counterfeiting, fraud and illegal[Read More…]

Thursday, May 2, 2013, 2:59 PM Coupons In The News
Expired Ice Cream Coupon Leads to Assault, Arrest

Expired Ice Cream Coupon Leads to Assault, Arrest

“I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!” And then you get punched in the face. In the latest unfortunate case of coupon-related assault, a New York man faces charges after he allegedly attacked a Carvel ice cream store clerk who refused his expired coupon. Police in Valley Stream, New York say 59-year-old William Hotz ordered an ice[Read More…]

Thursday, May 2, 2013, 11:40 AM Coupons In The News

Customers Are Complaining, But Are Stores Listening?

Most retailers will claim that they’re listening to customers and responding to our needs – right before introducing changes that customers clearly hate. JCPenney now has been reduced to begging customers to come back, after more than a year of not listening to them at all. And for a variety of reasons, grocery chains Kroger, Jewel-Osco and Farm Fresh are[Read More…]

Thursday, May 2, 2013, 9:37 AM Grocery & Retail News
Couponing’s Battle of the Sexes: Are Women Better Than Men?

Couponing’s Battle of the Sexes: Are Women Better Than Men?

Studies, surveys and simple observations have shown that more men are going grocery shopping, and using coupons these days. But are they any good at it? Just ask their wives – as soon as they stop laughing. A new survey says women still do the majority of the shopping and coupon-clipping. And many of the women say it’s because they’re[Read More…]

Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 11:15 AM Coupons In The News
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