Modern supermarkets try to be everything to all people – you can get everything you need there to feed your family for the week, but you can also pick up whatever health care, personal care or other nonfood needs you might have on your list. Or, you can go to a grocery store for your groceries and go somewhere else to get the rest. A new survey finds that the vast majority of us are doing just that. Acosta Group has shared the findings of a recent survey, in which it asked grocery shoppers where they typically buy their nonfood necessities. 87% said they usually end up buying their nonfood it ..read more

It’s been more than seven years since Coca-Cola discontinued its My Coke Rewards loyalty program. If you still have code-imprinted bottle caps sitting in a box or a junk drawer somewhere, the resolution of a long-standing legal dispute means they are now finally, officially worthless. New York resident Glenn Coe sued the soda company two years ago, on behalf of himself and similarly disappointed My Coke Rewards members who objected to how Coke discontinued the program and devalued all of the codes they had collected. Coe and the beverage giant have now settled their differences, jointly agree ..read more

Kroger has been known to print price tags with bold red numbers on a yellow background, suggesting to the casual shopper that the items are on sale when they’re not. Publix often advertises items as having a “surprisingly low price” when the surprise is that the price is the same as it always is. So how can you be sure if an item that appears to be on sale, actually is? If you’ve been confused by misleading price label language, you’re not alone. It’s happening to shoppers on the other side of the world as well. The Australian consumer group CHOICE surveyed shoppers, using real-world examples ..read more

It seems lately that the publication of Sunday coupon inserts is becoming an every-other-week occasion. Your Sunday newspaper contained two inserts last weekend, and none the weekend before. There were two inserts the weekend before that, and none the week before. And now, it’s once again an off week, as there will be no coupons in the paper this weekend either. You have to go back to the first two weekends of March to find the last time your Sunday paper contained any coupon inserts for at least two weeks in a row. Instead, this now becomes the sixth weekend out of 17 so far this year, when ..read more

A participant in one of the most notorious counterfeit coupon schemes in recent years has been ordered to serve out his sentence, after a federal judge denied his request for an early release. 46-year-old Pacifico Talens of Virginia Beach is serving a sentence of seven years and three months, for assisting his wife Lori Ann Talens in a scheme to create and sell tens of millions of dollars worth of fraudulent coupons. He’s since made two requests for an early release, the first of which the judge in his case has now denied. His first request was made a mere seven months into his sentence, when ..read more

Amazon made headlines back in 2016 when it sought to eliminate the traditional checkout lane with its “Just Walk Out” technology. Then it made headlines earlier this month when it announced it was abandoning the system in its full-scale grocery stores. And it turns out coupons might have had something to do with the strategy shift. Just Walk Out was billed as “the world’s most advanced shopping technology” when Amazon first introduced it. Sensors located all over the store detect when an item is moved from a shelf into your shopping basket. Then you can leave without stopping to scan each ite ..read more

Federal regulators and at least two states have expressed great skepticism that Kroger and Albertsons’ plan to divest more than 400 stores to clear the way for their proposed merger will actually work. So Kroger and Albertsons are trying to calm those concerns – by selling even more stores. The two grocers now plan to sell 579 stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers, up from a previously-announced 413. Specific locations were not provided, but aside from Kroger-owned stores in Washington state, Oregon, Illinois and the DC area, the vast majority of the locations designated to change hands are Alb ..read more

Target and a handful of other retailers made headlines recently when they decided to limit self-checkouts to “10 items or fewer.” Now, in one state, that limit may become the law. The California State Senate is considering a bill that would impose a number of restrictions on retail self-checkouts. In addition to limiting self-checkout purchases to no more than ten items, the proposal would require at least one open, staffed checkout lane for every self-checkout terminal in operation. And it would ensure that employees would not be required to monitor any more than two self-checkout stations a ..read more

You should find two coupon inserts in your Sunday newspaper this weekend, one each from SmartSource and Save. Here’s a preview of the coupons to look out for. In the meantime, you can search our coupon database for additional coupons. And be sure to look at the latest cash-back offers from Ibotta, Checkout 51 or Makeena for additional savings, or check out Merryfield or Fetch to see how you can turn your receipts into gift cards! And now, as provided by Sunday-Coupons.net, here are the coupons to watch for this weekend: SmartSource coupon insert – April 21, 2024 Allegra Product (exc. 5ct &a ..read more

Did you give up on the Box Tops For Education program after it went all-digital a few years ago? Many participants did, and schools across the country have paid a steep price. Now, the program is making changes to help encourage more participation, by making its all-digital program – well – all digital. The General Mills-run program, which provides money for schools when participants buy promoted products, has introduced “Connected Accounts.” Similar to savings apps like Ibotta, which let you link a store loyalty account, Box Tops Connected Accounts will allow you to earn money for your chose ..read more