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.
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Grading Grocery Stores: The Best May Surprise You, the Worst Probably Won’t
Two southern supermarkets battle for the top spot, while a usual suspect brings up the rear, in a pair of new customer satisfaction rankings.
ALDI Plans to Take Over the World
ALDI announces a major new expansion plan that will make it one of the largest grocery retailers in the U.S., and the world.
ALDI Shoppers Emerge From Cave, Just Now Learn of Horse Meat Scandal
Why is ALDI’s Facebook page filled with comments from customers concerned about an old scandal?
ALDI Relents, Will Honor Coupon it Dismissed as Bogus All Weekend
ALDI finally decides that a controversial $10 off a $40 purchase coupon is valid and will be accepted, after initially dismissing it.
As Long As You’re Not Brand Loyal, the Best Place to Shop Is…
If you’re looking to save by buying whatever brand is cheapest, which store has the rock-bottom cheapest prices of all?
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…]
Could Accepting Coupons Help Competitors Outdo Aldi?
With its limited selection, low prices and coin-operated shopping carts, ALDI has a lot going for it. But one thing keeps some shoppers from fully embracing it. ALDI doesn’t take coupons. The horrors! But as competitors try – and fail – to outdo ALDI, could accepting coupons be the one thing that sets others apart and really gives ALDI a[Read More…]
We Love Paper Coupons, But Not Paper Money
We love little pieces of paper when they have a discount printed on them. But when it comes time to pay the post-coupon balance, we’d rather forego the paper and pull out the plastic. That’s according to a new study on how most of us pay at the grocery store. In its annual Grocery Retailing Payments Study, the National Grocers[Read More…]
Milk Prices Won’t Double – But Why Are They So High Anyway?
If you found it hard to follow the “fiscal cliff” story, you may have been too weary to try to wrap your head around the related “milk cliff” story – though the shorthand was a bit easier to understand: the price of a gallon of milk will double overnight! Thankfully, that won’t happen this year. But there’s always next year.[Read More…]
