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Safeway Chief Predicts End of Paper Coupons

Safeway Chief Predicts End of Paper Coupons

Every time you turn around, it seems someone is predicting the end of good old-fashioned paper coupons. Most are – surprise! – digital coupon companies, many of them startups promising to revolutionize the industry. So it serves their purpose to declare the paper coupon dead and buried. And some have done just that (read: “The Death of Coupons”). But now[Read More…]

Saturday, March 9, 2013, 4:11 PM Coupons In The News
“Box Tops” Likes Giving Money to Schools. Unless They Cheat.

“Box Tops” Likes Giving Money to Schools. Unless They Cheat.

If you’re a couponer with school-aged kids, chances are you’ve clipped a “Box Tops For Education” label or two. Now, the program is marking a milestone – though it’s coming at something of an awkward time. This week, the Box Tops program announced that it’s surpassed a half billion dollars in earnings since its inception in 1996. In all, the[Read More…]

Thursday, March 7, 2013, 11:12 AM Coupons In The News
What’s Next, “Extreme Couponing: The Musical”?

What’s Next, “Extreme Couponing: The Musical”?

They say the movie is never as good as the book. But in the case of “Extreme Couponing”, is the book as good as the TV show? The TLC reality show has spawned an official book, released today, authored by Season 1, 2 and All-Stars participant Joni Meyer-Crothers. “Extreme Couponing: Learn How to Be a Savvy Shopper and Save Money…[Read More…]

Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 10:31 PM Coupons In The News
Double Coupons Keep on Dying

Double Coupons Keep on Dying

Another day, another store discontinuing double coupons. In what’s becoming a troubling trend, yet another Midwestern chain has decided to do away with doubles in some locations. This time, it’s Meijer, which is being oddly secretive about its decision. Over the weekend, signs such as the one pictured above (as posted on Meijer’s Facebook page) began appearing in some Meijer[Read More…]

Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 11:02 AM Coupons In The News
Misinformed Walmart Employee Allegedly Assaulted by Angry Couponer

Misinformed Walmart Employee Allegedly Assaulted by Angry Couponer

We’ve all experienced it – employees who don’t understand their own store’s coupon policy and won’t accept your coupon. You may get upset, you may let it slide – but would you attack the employee, and then pull a gun on her? If you’re Walmart shopper Mary Alday of Crawfordville, Florida, you just might. In a reversal of a recent[Read More…]

Monday, March 4, 2013, 8:55 PM Coupons In The News
Doubling Down on Double Coupons

Doubling Down on Double Coupons

Can David beat Goliath with super doubles? While Kroger tries to convince Cincinnati-area customers that eliminating double coupons is a good thing, a much smaller competitor is betting that keeping double coupons is even better. Just days after Kroger stores in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky joined Kroger’s Texas stores in doing away with double coupons, the 13-store Cincinnati chain[Read More…]

Monday, March 4, 2013, 2:29 PM Coupons In The News
JCP Gives Up the Game, Calls a Coupon a Coupon

JCP Gives Up the Game, Calls a Coupon a Coupon

Finally, officially, coupons are back at JCPenney. A year after doing away with coupons, and after several months of pretending it hadn’t brought them back, CEO Ron Johnson has finally admitted it. “We have brought back sales,” he told investors today. “We have brought back coupons for our rewards members,” though he couldn’t resist adding that “we still call them[Read More…]

Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 9:38 PM Coupons In The News
Double Coupons End, Quintuple Coupons Begin?

Double Coupons End, Quintuple Coupons Begin?

Kroger is winding down a popular coupon policy in one region, just as it wraps up an unprecedented coupon offer in all regions. For shoppers in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky, tomorrow is the last day that Kroger stores will double coupons (read: “Kroger Offers New Lower Prices! Oh, And No More Double Coupons”). Meanwhile, today is the last day[Read More…]

Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 8:12 AM Coupons In The News
Price Chopper Fined For “Deceptive” Double Coupon Policy

Price Chopper Fined For “Deceptive” Double Coupon Policy

The Price Chopper grocery chain and the New York Attorney General’s office are trading fire over double coupons, just days after they reached an apparently amicable settlement. The Attorney General is calling Price Chopper’s ads “deceptive” and “misleading”, and Price Chopper is calling the Attorney General’s accusations “inaccurate” and “inflammatory”. And customers who thought Price Chopper would double their coupons[Read More…]

Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 8:51 PM Coupons In The News
Will Your Town Sell Out For Free Arby’s Coupons?

Will Your Town Sell Out For Free Arby’s Coupons?

Call it a tacky PR stunt, or a good way to get a whole lot of free lunches, but Arby’s is offering coupons for a free Reuben sandwich to an entire town – on one condition. The town has to rename itself “Reubenville”. For real. “March is all about the Reuben sandwich for Arby’s,” the fast-food restaurant announced today in[Read More…]

Monday, February 25, 2013, 9:29 PM Coupons In The News
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