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Another One Bites the Double-Couponing Dust

Another One Bites the Double-Couponing Dust

A single coupon policy change may be a fluke. Two is a little more troublesome, three makes it a trend, and by the time you get to four, it may be a sign that this is becoming the new normal. For the fourth time now, the country’s largest supermarket chain is ending double coupons in many of its stores. This[Read More…]

Friday, April 26, 2013, 8:32 PM Coupons In The News
Kroger: Digital Won’t Replace Paper, Until All the Old People Die

Kroger: Digital Won’t Replace Paper, Until All the Old People Die

Digital coupons – the kids love ’em, we’re told. But does your great aunt Ethel? In certain marketers’ and retailers’ zeal to save the trees, retire the scissors and get us all to go digital, few seem to be considering our older friends. You know, those who think a smartphone is one that you can dial without having to call[Read More…]

Friday, April 5, 2013, 10:24 AM Coupons In The News
Everyday Low Prices? No Thanks.

Everyday Low Prices? No Thanks.

What’s not to like about low prices on the things you buy most often at the grocery store? Apparently Food Lion customers found plenty not to like. The grocery chain is ending an “everyday low pricing” test and raising prices – so it can have more sales instead. The East Coast chain, one of the largest in the country, has[Read More…]

Thursday, March 7, 2013, 9:05 PM Grocery & Retail News
Doubling Down on Double Coupons

Doubling Down on Double Coupons

Can David beat Goliath with super doubles? While Kroger tries to convince Cincinnati-area customers that eliminating double coupons is a good thing, a much smaller competitor is betting that keeping double coupons is even better. Just days after Kroger stores in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky joined Kroger’s Texas stores in doing away with double coupons, the 13-store Cincinnati chain[Read More…]

Monday, March 4, 2013, 2:29 PM Coupons In The News
Double Coupons End, Quintuple Coupons Begin?

Double Coupons End, Quintuple Coupons Begin?

Kroger is winding down a popular coupon policy in one region, just as it wraps up an unprecedented coupon offer in all regions. For shoppers in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky, tomorrow is the last day that Kroger stores will double coupons (read: “Kroger Offers New Lower Prices! Oh, And No More Double Coupons”). Meanwhile, today is the last day[Read More…]

Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 8:12 AM Coupons In The News
When “New Low Prices” Are Neither New, Nor Low (For Long)

When “New Low Prices” Are Neither New, Nor Low (For Long)

It’s an age-old question – which do grocery shoppers like more, sales and coupons that offer big savings off high regular prices, or just plain low prices? The country’s largest grocery chain is changing its strategy a bit, but its “new low prices” strategy is not exactly new, and its prices may not stay low. Read over this piece of[Read More…]

Monday, February 4, 2013, 9:12 AM Grocery & Retail News
The Death of Doubles?

The Death of Doubles?

As the country’s largest grocery chain, Kroger is getting all the attention today, as it rolls out a new low-prices program that also eliminates double coupons. But if you live in the affected area and are looking for sympathy, take a number. Grocery shoppers in Indiana were already dealt that blow a day earlier. Sharp-eyed shoppers of Indianapolis-based Marsh Supermarkets[Read More…]

Friday, February 1, 2013, 2:31 PM Coupons In The News
Kroger Offers New Lower Prices! Oh, And No More Double Coupons

Kroger Offers New Lower Prices! Oh, And No More Double Coupons

It’s good news, bad news for Kroger shoppers in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky. The grocery chain announced this morning that it’s introducing to the area its “New! Lower Prices” campaign that it first rolled out in Hampton Roads, Virginia last July. Unfortunately, it’s also introducing to the area its no-more-doubling-coupons policy that it rolled out in Texas back in[Read More…]

Friday, February 1, 2013, 11:46 AM Coupons In The News
Who Will Blink First on Credit Card Swipe Fees?

Who Will Blink First on Credit Card Swipe Fees?

If you’re going shopping this weekend, and paying with a credit card – watch out. Beginning Sunday, stores can charge you extra for it. Under the terms of a settlement reached last year, stores will have the option of adding a surcharge for credit card payments – passing the cost that they already pay to the credit card companies, on[Read More…]

Friday, January 25, 2013, 3:10 PM Grocery & Retail News
Make it Fast, And Make it Friendly – Or Else

Make it Fast, And Make it Friendly – Or Else

A grocery store can have all the modern bells and whistles – loyalty programs, digital coupons, online ordering. But what’s really important to you? A recent study says if supermarkets don’t get two key things right, customers are likely to leave and never come back. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ report “Experience Radar 2013: Lessons from the U.S. Grocery Industry”, price is[Read More…]

Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 9:21 AM Grocery & Retail News
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