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…]
Oh, Walmart workers, when will you learn that coupon crime never pays? Well, actually, it appears to pay very well – at least until you’re caught. That’s what Elgin, Texas resident Cindy Hufford has become the latest to find out. The 42-year-old former employee of a Walmart store in North Austin has been formally charged with stealing more than $70,000[Read More…]
You should find three coupon inserts this weekend, two from SmartSource and one from 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,[Read More…]
Grocery shoppers in Florida have been buzzing about a new wrinkle in Walmart’s ad match policy that could possibly, eventually, go nationwide. For the first time, Walmart is not just matching competitors’ advertised sale prices that are lower than its own – it’s beating them. And by a lot. The new wrinkle, introduced in Walmart stores across Florida last week,[Read More…]
(10/7 update: “U.S. Military Grocery Stores Are Back in Business”) There are certainly perks to shopping at a government-run grocery store – you can get big discounts as compared to for-profit chains. The down side? When the government shuts down, so do its grocery stores. You can’t get big discounts if your store’s doors are padlocked. That’s the dilemma facing[Read More…]
You can’t use manufacturer’s coupons at Big Lots, though you can earn store coupons if you’re a member of the bargain-priced closeout chain’s frequent shopper program. But now, Big Lots is making some changes to its rewards program that may turn out to be good in the short term – but not quite so good in the long term. Up[Read More…]
Coupons and sales aren’t the only ways to save money on your grocery bill anymore. Every time you turn around, it seems another app or website is promising a new way to save. There’s Ibotta, which gives you cash back after you purchase selected products. And Endorse – before it went bust earlier this year – refunded you a percentage[Read More…]
Coupon decoding is bad, we’ve been told – except when it’s not. That’s the shorthand version of what one smartphone app is trying to accomplish. And on an issue that most manufacturers see in terms of black and white, the app’s makers say there’s an awful lot of gray. The “QSeer” app for iPhones and iPads is not the only[Read More…]
