Clash of the Titans: The Two Greatest Grocery Stores Become Competitors
Wegmans announces plans to expand into North Carolina, setting up an epic battle with another beloved grocery store, Publix.
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Creep Takes a Peek Up Couponer’s Dress
A grocery shopper is arrested and charged with using his cell phone to peek under the dress of the couponer in front of him.
Why the Greatest Grocery Store is Slipping, and the Worst is Even Worse
A ranking of the country’s top grocery stores has a new number one – and a last-place finisher that fared even worse than last year.
Hooray, the Economy is Better! So Let’s Raise Our Prices
It’s a clever, and increasingly common, promotion designed to help gain customers’ trust in a tough economy – promise to “freeze” prices for weeks or months at a time, so shoppers know they’ll always get a good deal at your store. But once you get yourself into it, how do you get yourself out without looking like a chump? That’s[Read More…]
Retailers Rebuff Snipsnap: So Is This App Ill-Advised, or Illegal?
For a coupon app that boasts that it “works at most retailers,” retailers across the country are lining up in opposition to SnipSnap.
Your Grocery Store Wants to be Your Facebook Friend
Not all that long ago, the idea of interacting and chatting with your favorite grocery store online seemed improbable, if not pointless. With the advent of Facebook, though, it’s become the norm. And any store that’s not a part of the social network is seen as something of an online outcast. Now, one longtime Facebook holdout has jumped on the[Read More…]
Celebrate Earth Day With Grocery Coupons & Savings
After a week like this one, we could all use a little something to celebrate this weekend. And many of your local stores are helping out, by offering coupons, sales and freebies in honor of Earth Day. Target has the biggest giveaway on offer this Sunday. The chain will be handing out 1.5 million reusable bags, along with $40 worth[Read More…]
Talking Turkey and Other Thanksgiving Tidbits
On this day before Thanksgiving, we offer you what you usually don’t get until the day after Thanksgiving: leftovers! Here are some Thanksgiving tidbits to enjoy before the big day: Target’s Turkey is Tops “We aren’t in the business of high-low pricing or gimmicks,” a Walmart executive sniffed, in reaction to competitors’ deals on Thanksgiving staples. Too bad, because Target[Read More…]
Twinkies Sell Like Hotcakes
If you’ve had a hankering for Twinkies after hearing about them in the news today – you’d better drop what you’re doing and get to the store, pronto. They’re flying off the shelves across the country. Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies and other iconic snacks like Ding Dongs, Ho Ho’s, Sno Balls, Drakes Cakes and even Wonder Bread, announced[Read More…]
Good News, Bad News: Prices Won’t Rise, But They Won’t Fall Either.
It is perhaps a sign of the times that grocery stores don’t need to lower prices to generate excitement – they can just promise not to raise them. Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle has become the latest grocery chain to introduce a price-freeze program. Its “Low Price Lock” will guarantee that prices will not rise on about 300 selected items through the[Read More…]
