Bar-S foods announced that they are withdrawing a legitimate coupon offer due to widespread counterfeiting. Earlier this year, Bar-S issued a limited number of $5.00 coupons for their products directly to a select number of consumers. The coupons were sent out via direct mail. But, according to a statement from Bar-S, “These counterfeit coupons are […]
My visit to CVS/pharmacy Headquarters
Life as a coupon blogger is always enjoyable, but sometimes I’m invited to peek behind the scenes of some of our favorite retailers. For three days this week, I was in Rhode Island, home of CVS/pharmacy’s headquarters and their 2012 “Extra Extra Care” bloggers’ event. Along with me, there were 22 other bloggers from around […]
Jewel-Osco discontinuing Avenu on June 18th, 2012
I just received a press release from Jewel-Osco. The Avenu ecoupon program is being discontinued on Monday, June 18th: Effective Monday, June 18th, we will be discontinuing our Avenu program and next week we’ll be announcing a new way for customers to save at our stores. I know your readers enjoyed saving through our Avenu […]
Jewel-Osco announces “Gotta Love Lower Prices” campaign for summer
Beginning tomorrow, Jewel-Osco has announced price drops on a variety of product categories for summer: Today JEWEL-OSCO has outlined plans for a significant price reduction to begin on thousands of items in key categories in its stores. With 180 locations and more than 113 years serving our local communities, JEWEL-OSCO remains committed to being Chicagoland’s […]
$14 apple juice? $16 bell pepper? $104 case of water? Welcome to Nunavut, Canada
If you thought food prices were on the rise here, our neighbors to the north have an entirely different definition of high-priced groceries. Residents of Nunavut, Canada have taken to Facebook to protest the high cost of groceries where they live. How high? And, before you think “Well, that’s in Canadian dollars,” keep in mind […]
We spend less on groceries than we did 30 years ago.
I’m going to have to play the age card on this one (my age was in the single-digits when this study began!) but NPR.org has a new story up stating that Americans spend less on groceries in 2012 than they did in 1982. The study notes that Americans spent about 13% of their income on […]
Remember the rules and ethics of couponing
Today’s Chicago Tribune has an article about the importance of ethical couponing: Scoring amazing deals on everyday products has become a craze of the post-recession era. But as with anything that smacks of “free money,” the incentive is strong to abuse the system… Some of the featured shoppers on “Extreme Couponing” have been criticized for […]
Woman arrested for using over $9,000 worth of counterfeit coupons
With counterfeit coupons in the news as of late, several readers have emailed to ask if they could be arrested for using counterfeit coupons, even if they professed not to know they were counterfeit at the time. The answer? Yes. From Rhode Island’s WPRI Eyewitness News: Arrest made in counterfeit coupons case: Coupons used to […]
Manufacturer: We’re not providing free pizza coupons to Extreme Couponers.
Schwan’s, manufacturer of Freschetta, Tony’s and Red Baron pizzas: “We can confirm that we are not providing hundreds of free coupons to the show or its participants.” Extreme Couponing often shows shots of its participants humbly clipping coupons out of the newspaper at their kitchen tables… but most of the coupons they’re using on the […]
How many people have to buy a new product for it to be a success? One in 67.
When a new product hits the scene, how many people actually have to buy it before it’s considered successful? Not nearly as many as you think. From CPG Matters, an industry trade publication focusing on consumer packaged goods: Only a tiny fraction of shoppers determine the success of new consumer packaged goods (CPG) product launches, […]
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