Social media and coupons are a great combination for companies. But for consumers, it can be a little more complicated. Do you really want to hit “like” and let all of your friends know what kind of deodorant or toilet paper you prefer, just to get access to a coupon on Facebook? Well, that’s nothing. How about letting your co-workers[Read More…]
What’s not to like about blinkies? Nicknamed because of the blinking red light on top of the little automatic coupon dispensing machines, they can be a welcome surprise when you come across them in the grocery store. In this age of printable, digital and load-to-card coupons, though, they’re just a little old fashioned. So one company is trying to bring[Read More…]
If you’ve signed up with your favorite store to get mobile coupons sent to your cell phone, better sign up again – and soon. Because if you don’t, in just a few days your favorite store won’t be sending you deals anymore. In recent weeks, many cell phone users have been bombarded and befuddled by text alerts from companies like[Read More…]
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…]
