Rare Coupon-Doubling Grocery Stores Won’t Double Anymore
Kroger-owned Roundy’s stores in the Midwest will no longer offer double coupons, effective this weekend.
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Smokes and Scratchers Scam Could Send Couponing Cashier to the Slammer
A Wisconsin grocery cashier is charged with scanning coupons to get cash for scratch-off lottery tickets.
Kroger Expands Again With Another Acquisition
Kroger announces its purchase of Roundy’s, the owner of Pick ‘n Save, Copps, Metro Market and Mariano’s.
The All-New 13 Worst Supermarkets in America
According to a new survey from Consumer Reports that ranks 68 of the country’s top supermarket chains, these 13 are at the very bottom of the list.
Even Double Coupons Couldn’t Save This Supermarket
Shoppers in the Twin Cities may be seeing the end of double coupons, as Rainbow Foods is sold and its owners exit the market.
These are the 13 Worst Supermarkets in America
According to a new survey from Consumer Reports that ranks 55 of the country’s top supermarket chains, these 13 are at the very bottom of the list.
Could Too Much Grocery Competition Be Bad For Shoppers?
Competition is supposed to be good for consumers. The more that retailers have to work to get our business, the better the deals we’re likely to get. But executives at one grocery chain are suggesting the opposite – with so many big-box stores, drug stores and dollar stores getting into the grocery game, the deals at your local supermarket might[Read More…]
Supermarket Surrenders to the Walmart Challenge
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. A grocery chain that launched one of the most vigorous public responses to Walmart’s series of price-comparison ads is now waving the white flag and quietly making plans to lower its own prices. Roundy’s, the parent company of Milwaukee-based Pick ‘n Save, says the chain is testing a more everyday low pricing approach[Read More…]
Legal Challenges to the “Walmart Challenge”
January 7 update: read “Walmart Responds to Competitors’ Challenge”. It started with supermarkets, then drug stores, then toy and electronics stores, too. Now a number of retailers are crying foul, and asking authorities to investigate the “Walmart Challenge”. The nearly year-old TV, radio, print and online campaign is officially known within Walmart as the “Market Basket Challenge”. The ads are[Read More…]
Supermarket Offers Prizes It Has No Intention of Actually Awarding
Have you ever wondered if anyone actually wins the grand prizes in sweepstakes like the one a Milwaukee-based grocery chain recently ran? Well, here’s your answer: No. Roundy’s Supermarkets, which operates Pick n’ Save, Copps, Rainbow Foods and other grocery chains, recently wrapped up its second annual Monopoly “Collect & Win Game”, similar to the one that McDonald’s is currently[Read More…]
