Sued Over Coupons: CVS, Walgreens, Hy-Vee, Stop & Shop, Food Lion & Others Named in Lawsuits
A tech company demands that more than a half dozen retailers either stop offering digital coupons – or pay up.
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Kroger Still Won’t Double Your Coupons, But They’ll Pay Their CEO $12.7 Million
While Kroger defends eliminating “expensive” double coupons, the former CEO admits that his own eight-figure salary was “ludicrous”.
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.
CVS Magic Coupon Machine Goes Cardless
Those pesky pieces of plastic cluttering your keyring or wallet have become a little less annoying lately, as more stores allow you to enter a phone number or alternate ID in place of scanning your loyalty card. At CVS, for example, you can get the advertised discounts and earn ExtraBucks just by providing the phone number associated with your account.[Read More…]
Find Expired Food, Get a $2 CVS Coupon!
Treasure hunt time at CVS! All you have to do is find the expired food, and you get a coupon for $2 off a future purchase, for every expired item you find. Ready, go! It sounds like an extreme couponer’s dream, or perhaps a “supermarket sweep” in reverse – gather up all the food you don’t want, in order to[Read More…]
CVS Relents; Shorter Receipts Coming Within Weeks
Social media has changed the way we communicate. It’s created entire new industries. It’s helped to topple governments in the Middle East. And now, it’s convinced a drug store chain to shorten its absurdly long receipts. Well done, internets, well done. After years of playing defense and deflecting customer complaints about its comically lengthy receipts, CVS has buckled under the[Read More…]
CVS Promises Shorter Receipts, Fewer Printed Coupons – For Real This Time
(Be sure to read this update: “CVS Relents; Shorter Receipts Coming Within Weeks”) “My CVS receipt is so long it’s being affected by the curvature of the earth,” wrote one CVS shopper. “Tonight I’m just going to stay in, relax and curl up with a good CVS receipt,” commented another. “A cheap alternative to buying a wedding dress is buying[Read More…]
CVS Enhances Loyalty Program, and Disses Walgreens
Are the drug stores taking the gloves off, in the battle for your loyalty? In announcing new enhancements to its loyalty program, CVS couldn’t resist swatting down the program offered by a rival. CVS has announced the launch of “ExtraCare Pharmacy & Health Rewards,” which offers new ways to earn discounts off future purchases. Filling ten prescriptions will get you[Read More…]
Walgreens Balance Rewards: Many Have Signed Up, Few Have Cashed In
Walgreens‘ new loyalty program is off to a strong start. But, so far at least, few people who have signed up are taking full advantage of the program. Since its launch in September (read: “Walgreens’ ‘Balance Rewards’ Begins”), more than 45 million people have signed up to participate in Balance Rewards. It took a year and a half for rival[Read More…]
CVS Wants to Know Why You’re Not Using Its Coupons
Wouldn’t it be nice if those surprise coupons that print out along with your receipt at some stores, were available before you shopped instead of after? Well, they are at CVS. And CVS wants to know why more people aren’t taking advantage of them. For a few years now, CVS has offered a “magic coupon machine”, otherwise known as the[Read More…]
