This story is fascinating to me. According to Retail Wire, Walmart is asking its vendors to fund its Savings Catcher app, which calculates the difference between Walmart’s selling price and a competitor’ sale price and refunds it to the shopper: While this particular report would not be unusual in most circumstances, it seems somewhat curious […]
Changes are coming to my blog…
If it seems that I’ve been a little distant over the past couple of weeks, I haven’t been — in fact, I’ve been working harder than usual around here. (I’ve been getting some emails from readers hoping that everything’s okay with me too!) Sometime in the near future, you’ll log onto www.jillcataldo.com and find a […]
Using reusable bags makes you buy more organics… and more junk food
As strange as that headline seems, that’s the claim of a new study from the Harvard Business Review. From the article: Comparisons showed that people who brought their own bags were more likely to buy organic goods—but were also more likely to load up on high-fat, high-calorie junk. Do we tend to indulge ourselves with […]
Author of All You magazine’s “Scour Ebay” for coupons story lifted tip from another magazine
Earlier this week, I blogged about a new article in All You magazine encouraging readers to purchase manufacturer coupons on Ebay. All You posted a response yesterday which didn’t apologize or even explain how this dubious advice ended up in their magazine — their vague statement noted that All You is a source of “well-researched […]
Kraft to merge with Heinz
Big news in the CPG/food industry today: Kraft is merging with Heinz. From CNN: Heinz is buying Kraft Foods to create the world’s fifth largest food and beverage company, with sales of about $28 billion.Kraft owns popular brands such as Jell-O, Maxwell House coffee and Planters peanuts. Heinz, of course, is famous for its ketchup, […]
An interesting find in the Jewel dairy case today
I headed over to Jewel this morning to pick up the new April Jewel Big Book (yes, Jewel deals and matchups are coming later today!) and get a few things, and when I headed over to get some organic milk, this is what I saw: Next to the Wild Harvest milk — O Organics milk! […]
Why I’m no longer promoting All You magazine — and my thoughts on blog sponsors
All You magazine’s been “the magazine with coupons” for many years — it focuses on a frugal lifestyle, living well on less, and of course, couponing. All You has transitioned through many changes over the years — in years past, it was loaded nearly cover-to-cover with coupons. Recent years have brought more editorial content and […]
Facebook shuts down more illicit coupon groups
About six months ago, Facebook shut down many Facebook coupon groups (public, private and secret) for coupon fraud and misuse. Another wave of group closures recently took place, and it’s something I applaud. From Coupons In The News: It was half a year ago that Facebook lowered the boom on couponers who were using the […]
Scientists race to build a better diet soda
Bloomberg has an interesting article today about the struggles the soda industry faces to develop new, low-calorie colas that actually taste good: Major soda makers are desperate for a drink that tastes like the real thing, but doesn’t contain sweeteners that spook consumers. Globally, colas account for more than half of all sodas sold. The […]
Americans are spending more than ever on luxury toilet paper
So says the Washington Post in a new story about, well, TP: Americans have a new favorite way to flush money down the drain: luxury toilet paper. Sales in the United States of what the industry calls “luxury” rolls — anything quilted, lotioned, perfumed or ultra-soft, from two- to four-ply — climbed to $1.4 billion […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- …
- 72
- Next Page »
