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Why a Grocery Store You’ve Never Heard of Could Be the Next Big Thing

Why a Grocery Store You’ve Never Heard of Could Be the Next Big Thing

Whole Foods has been quite successful doing what it does, but competitors always seem to pop up, promising to do even better. Winn-Dixie is remaking some of its stores to be “like Whole Foods but cheaper“. Fresh & Easy was touted as having “Whole Foods quality with Walmart pricing” (and look at how well that worked out for them). Now,[Read More…]

Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 1:23 PM Grocery & Retail News

Disastrous Grocery Experiment Was Not So “F & Easy” After All

It may have seemed like a good idea at the time – a small, easy-to-get-in-and-out-of grocery store offering a combination of prepared foods and everyday necessities. Kind of like a Whole Foods in a convenience store setting. What could possibly go wrong? Well, just about everything. The British grocery company Tesco has finally confirmed what’s long been expected – it’s[Read More…]

Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 9:36 AM Grocery & Retail News
Facebook Peeks Into Our Pantries With Loyalty Card Data

Facebook Peeks Into Our Pantries With Loyalty Card Data

Have you seen any strangely specific ads on Facebook yet – almost as though Facebook knows what you’ve been buying at the grocery store? Well, it does. Just because you went through self-checkout and hid your purchases in a brown paper bag doesn’t mean everyone doesn’t know what you’re buying. So much for privacy. We’ve all known that store loyalty[Read More…]

Monday, April 15, 2013, 8:58 AM Grocery & Retail News
Why Walmart is Not Couponers’ and Bargain Hunters’ Favorite Store

Why Walmart is Not Couponers’ and Bargain Hunters’ Favorite Store

With its focus on everyday low prices and savings galore, you might think couponers and bargain hunters would be flocking to Walmart. But a recent survey says that’s not necessarily true. It may seem counterintuitive, but big-box bargain hunters are apparently finding their deals not at low-priced Walmart, but at higher-priced Target. In its report “The Supercenter Grocery Shopper: U.S.[Read More…]

Friday, April 12, 2013, 8:25 AM Grocery & Retail News
Walgreens: “There Are Some People Who Do Not Like” Balance Rewards

Walgreens: “There Are Some People Who Do Not Like” Balance Rewards

Nearly seven months after the launch of Walgreens‘ new loyalty program, the company is acknowledging what many customers have been saying all along. While the company may think Balance Rewards is the best thing since sliced bread, it turns out that not everyone loves it. But that’s okay, Walgreens says – that just means better rewards for everyone else. Since[Read More…]

Monday, April 8, 2013, 8:31 AM Grocery & Retail News
Store Says Requiring Loyalty Card at Self Checkout is for Our Own Good

Store Says Requiring Loyalty Card at Self Checkout is for Our Own Good

Most of us have grown accustomed to needing a store loyalty card to take advantage of sale prices and perks like doubled and digital coupons. Those who refuse loyalty cards quite literally have to pay the price: no card, no savings. Many privacy enthusiasts are okay with that. But some are not okay with one store’s latest move – requiring[Read More…]

Thursday, April 4, 2013, 9:01 AM Grocery & Retail News
Schnucks Repairs Security Breach – But For Some, the Damage is Done

Schnucks Repairs Security Breach – But For Some, the Damage is Done

Days after St. Louis-area police warned local shoppers not to use credit cards at Schnucks, the grocery chain has announced it’s “found and contained” a credit card hack and that it’s safe to shop with credit and debit cards again. But for some shoppers, the damage – financial and otherwise – is already done. In a news release issued this[Read More…]

Saturday, March 30, 2013, 10:38 AM Grocery & Retail News
One Interesting, One Ridiculous Idea for Online Ordering

One Interesting, One Ridiculous Idea for Online Ordering

If you haven’t ever ordered your groceries online, what would get you to give it a try? Free delivery? Discounts? Coupons? Or perhaps a stranger showing up on your doorstep with your stuff? A couple of big companies are working on new ways of delivering your online orders, and let’s just say one is more promising than the other. First,[Read More…]

Friday, March 29, 2013, 12:35 PM Grocery & Retail News
Fraud Alert: Police Warn Not to Use Credit Cards at Schnucks

Fraud Alert: Police Warn Not to Use Credit Cards at Schnucks

(Be sure to read this update: “Schnucks Repairs Security Breach – But For Some, the Damage is Done”) Another supermarket chain has been hit with an apparent credit card hack, as more shoppers come forward to complain their account information has been stolen. St. Louis-based Schnucks says it’s investigating, and police are recommending that its customers put away their plastic[Read More…]

Thursday, March 28, 2013, 1:00 PM Grocery & Retail News
JCPenney Raises Prices, So It Can Lower Them Again

JCPenney Raises Prices, So It Can Lower Them Again

“Fake prices” are back at JCPenney. The company that famously tried to do away with coupons and sales is now reportedly raising its prices, so that it can lower them again with coupons and sales. In theory, it makes little sense. And that was CEO Ron Johnson’s argument when he took over the company and tried eliminating coupons and sales[Read More…]

Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 12:01 PM Grocery & Retail News
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