Tide for a Penny? PlayStation for $90? The Dark Side of Walmart’s Online Price Match Policy
Loophole-seekers and scammers are getting amazing deals, by abusing Walmart’s online price match policies .
Grocery & Retail News
Top Secret Memo Slams Walmart’s Fresh Food
A leaked internal memo criticizes Walmart’s fresh food departments, and urges managers to step up their game.
What’s in a Name? Price Chopper Gets a $300 Million Makeover
Welcome, “Market 32” – the Price Chopper supermarket chain rebrands itself with a new name and a new concept.
ALDI’s Expansion Plans Puncture an Inflatable Pig
ALDI buys out the Bottom Dollar Foods discount chain, as part of its effort to expand all across the U.S.
Shelf Clearer Buys Cereal for Resale, Everyone Has a Good Laugh
Shelf-clearing is bad, we’re told. So why is a beermaker who bought out two stores’ entire stock of Count Chocula cereal being celebrated for it?
TV Ads, Loyalty Perks, Low Prices: This is the New Whole Foods
With new lower prices, a loyalty program and TV commercials, Whole Foods is starting to act more like a regular supermarket to attract more shoppers.
Four Ways That Walmart Plans to Win You Back
From lowering prices to improving customer service, Walmart unveils a four-point plan to get more shoppers into its stores.
Dollar General Wins, Target Loses (Badly) in New Price Survey
If you’re not picky about what you buy, a new price survey says Dollar General has the best prices, and Target has the worst.
Your Supermarket Circular is Making You Fat
A new study examines what supermarkets are advertising in their weekly circulars – and finds that it’s not particularly good for us.
Someday We’ll All Be Checking Ourselves Out
Love them or hate them, a new survey predicts that self-checkouts are the wave of grocery stores’ future.
