Coupons in the News: The Top Stories of 2013
From the demise of doubles, to coupon crime, to changes in couponing itself, here’s a look back at the 10 biggest coupon news stories of 2013.
Post Tagged with: "Albertsons"
How Do Your Store Brands Stack Up?
A new survey ranks grocery stores based on the quality of their private-label products.
Are Self-Checkouts an Endangered Species?
Plenty of grocery stores don’t have loyalty cards. But when Albertsons very publicly eliminated them in its newly-acquired grocery chains earlier this year, it was enough to generate headlines speculating that loyalty programs as a whole were officially on the way out. That being the case, is it time to declare the impending death of self-checkout lanes? Because now, the[Read More…]
How Much Do You “Like” Your Grocery Store?
You may like your local grocery store just fine, but it takes a real commitment to show the world – or at least your Facebook friends – that you “like” it. Occasional customer satisfaction surveys have declared certain supermarkets to be the most or least liked of all, but a look at how many grocery shoppers have hit the thumbs-up[Read More…]
Big Buyout, No Big Changes? Albertsons Acquires United Supermarkets
The grocery landscape is changing in the Lone Star State, and local shoppers aren’t quite sure whether that’s a good thing. But Albertsons LLC and Lubbock-based United Supermarkets are assuring customers that their big business deal announced today will be good for everyone. In its first major acquisition since buying five supermarket chains from Supervalu earlier this year, Albertsons LLC[Read More…]
Twinkies Are Back, As Impatient Stores Start Selling Them Early
Why wait til Monday when you can get a Twinkie today? Despite a huge marketing push heralding July 15th as the official return of the Twinkie, some stores are jumping the gun and selling them already. Might as well put them on the shelves now, than have desperate fans trying to break down the back door to get at the[Read More…]
Shaw’s and Acme Ditch Loyalty Programs, Digital Coupons
The other shoe has dropped, for the rest of the grocery chains recently acquired by the parent company of Albertsons. As their corporate cousins embrace “card free savings” and phase out digital coupons, Acme, Shaw’s and Star Market are following suit. Acme has ditched its SuperCard loyalty program, and Shaw’s and Star Market are expected to eliminate their Rewards Card[Read More…]
Albertsons: No More Loyalty Card – And No Consistent Coupon Policy
The reunited Albertsons has finally clarified some confusion and confirmed what many had suspected but hadn’t quite pinned down – the “Preferred Card” loyalty program is history. Oh, and so is the Albertsons coupon policy. More on that in a bit. But first, “our Preferred Card is no longer required at our stores to receive sales prices on items,” the[Read More…]
Digital Coupon, Loyalty Card Changes for Albertsons and Jewel-Osco
In a reversal of the current trend toward gathering our data, accumulating “points” and loading our coupons onto shoppers’ cards, at least two newly-acquired grocery chains are heading in the opposite direction under new ownership. Jewel-Osco will be doing away with its loyalty card before the end of the month. And the Albertsons stores that currently offer e-coupons and grocery[Read More…]
Wanna Buy a Supermarket? Sweetbay, Harveys Are Reportedly For Sale
(Be sure to read this update: “Sold! What Will Become of Sweetbay, Harveys and Reid’s?”). Heads up, southeastern supermarket shoppers: the Belgian-based owners of Food Lion, Hannaford and Bottom Dollar Food are apparently looking to cut their losses with two smaller grocery chains. Delhaize has reportedly hired an investment bank to help unload the Sweetbay supermarket chain – and they’ll[Read More…]
