One-Stop Shopping is a Myth
A new study finds that most of us shop at more than one store for our groceries, despite stores’ efforts to get us to buy everything in one place.
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How Walmart & Others Plan to Catch Coupon Counterfeiters in the Act
Walmart may be ready to roll out new scanning software that will allow them to validate coupons, and catch counterfeits, on the spot.
Walmart, Target, Walgreens & Others to Feature New Digital Coupon Service
SavingStar offers details about how its digital coupon program will work at Walmart, Target, Walgreens and others without loyalty cards.
Fired Cashier Offers Cautionary Tale About Catalina Coupons
A Meijer cashier is fired for taking customers’ unwanted Catalina coupons – and she’s far from the only one.
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.
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…]
“We Are the 5%”: Meijer Fans Protest Double Coupon Decision
Add another store to the list of those that are doing away with double coupons – and this time, for a change, it’s not Kroger. Instead, it’s Michigan-based Meijer, which has quietly announced that it will discontinue doubling coupons in all of its nearly 200 stores in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, effective August 26th. “It’s true that we[Read More…]
Why Walmart is Not Couponers’ and Bargain Hunters’ Favorite Store
With its focus on everyday low prices and savings galore, you might think couponers and bargain hunters would be flocking to Walmart. But a recent survey says that’s not necessarily true. It may seem counterintuitive, but big-box bargain hunters are apparently finding their deals not at low-priced Walmart, but at higher-priced Target. In its report “The Supercenter Grocery Shopper: U.S.[Read More…]
Double Coupons Keep on Dying
Another day, another store discontinuing double coupons. In what’s becoming a troubling trend, yet another Midwestern chain has decided to do away with doubles in some locations. This time, it’s Meijer, which is being oddly secretive about its decision. Over the weekend, signs such as the one pictured above (as posted on Meijer’s Facebook page) began appearing in some Meijer[Read More…]
“The Stack” is Sacked, as H-E-B Goes Digital
Coupon stacking has ended, and digital couponing has arrived at Texas’ H-E-B. And – well, prepare to be underwhelmed. But there’s still time. The San Antonio-based grocery chain’s much-heralded digital coupon program got off to a rocky start, even before it began. The coming launch was overshadowed earlier this month, by the related announcement that in order to implement digital[Read More…]
