You should find two coupon inserts this weekend, one each from SmartSource and RedPlum. Here’s a preview of all 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[Read More…]
In a move that was not entirely unexpected, but still something of a surprise to anyone accustomed to their grocery shopping routine, one of the nation’s largest traditional grocery chains is getting a little smaller. Safeway has announced it’s exiting the Chicago market, and putting the “for sale” sign on the entire Dominick’s grocery chain. Adding to Chicagoland shoppers’ (and[Read More…]
Next time you get arrested on charges of using tens of thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit coupons, it’s probably not a good idea to threaten to kill a witness, then jump bail and go driving around out of state without a license. But that’s just what 29-year-old Philadelphia resident Samir Muhana was accused of doing, in the months following[Read More…]
It’s not unprecedented, but still unusual, to see a coupon good for two different products made by two different companies. But a couple of the biggest names in groceries are trying to make that a little more common. Depending on how closely you paid attention, you may have done a double take – or you may not have batted an[Read More…]
If you do your grocery shopping in the South, chances are good that at least one of your neighborhood stores is getting a new look and a new name. The latest to undergo a change will be Sweetbay in Florida, and Reid’s in South Carolina. Nearly a year after the troubled Sweetbay began shuttering many of its stores in a[Read More…]
Coupons can sometimes appear in the unlikeliest of places – when you recycle your newspapers and magazines, for example. Or, when you get money from an ATM. Now, you can get coupons just for parking your car. A company that operates parking lot kiosks has partnered with MasterCard, to offer coupons when you pay for parking. The “unique couponing platform,”[Read More…]
The U.S. government may be largely closed for business, but taxpayer-supported grocery stores on military bases across the country are open once again. Now all they need is something to sell. The Pentagon decided over the weekend to recall furloughed employees “whose responsibilities contribute to the morale, well-being, capabilities and readiness of service members.” That included thousands of workers who[Read More…]
Are mobile coupons too high-tech for you? Paper coupons too burdensome? Well, one Japanese restaurant has the solution – just grab a kid or two, bring them in and use them as human coupons for a discount on your noodles. Oh, and “live children” only, please. The unusual coupon offer launched today in Tokyo-based “Hanamaru Udon,” a popular chain of[Read More…]
Ah, fall – time for pumpkin-picking, hayrides, trick-or-treating – and getting the flu and realizing you don’t have any tissues in the house. Kleenex is trying to help you avoid that scenario, by predicting when you’re most likely to get sick. And if that encourages you to run out and stock up on some Kleenex tissues, all the better. Kleenex[Read More…]
You may not have noticed, but a federal appeals court this week upheld a law that bans coupons. For real. Oh well, this couponing thing was fun while it lasted. Ok, to be more specific, the coupon ban is actually only in effect in one U.S. city, and only applies to one type of product – tobacco. Whether or not[Read More…]
