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No, Really, How Much Does Yogurt Cost At This Kroger?
An anonymous and slightly confused tipster sent in this photo of a cooler filled with ambiguously priced yogurt at a Kroger store. The sign on the left says that yogurt cups are five for $10. The one on the right says that they're 10 for $5. The latter is the more likely price for little six-ounce store brand yogurts, but we don't want to rule anything out.
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131,000 Pounds Of Ground Beef Sold At Kroger Recalled Because E. Coli Doesn't Make For Good Seasoning
Tyson Fresh Meats is recalling approximately 131,300 pounds of ground beef products sold at Kroger because of possible E. coli contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
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Kroger Killing Double And Triple Coupons
Continuing the anti-extreme couponer trend, Kroger announced that they'll stop doing double and triple store coupons in North Texas stores.
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Mother Of 10: Kroger Manager Refused To Take My Mountain Of Coupons
Here's the latest dispatch from the front in the battle between the growing armies of extreme couponers and the beleaguered retailers who are beginning to fight back. An Atlanta-area mother of 10 children says a manager at her local Kroger just said no to taking her pile of clipped coupons.
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How Local Is That "Locally Grown" Produce At Your Grocery Store?
Last October, Walmart announced a pledge to
double the amount of produce it purchases from local growers by 2015, with the three-pronged goal of saving on fuel costs, reducing spoilage and catering to a growing consumer appetite for local produce. But while Walmart defines "local" as grown and sold in the same state, your grocery store might have a different definition for the term.
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These Kroger "Build Your Own Sixpack" Signs Are In Conflict
Karl was surprised when he saw this printed-out sign on the beer case at his local Kroger. It informed him that it was "unlawful" for the store to sell singles or six-packs where you get a six-pack box and fill it with a variety of beers of your choosing. He was surprised because just a few away were several shelves of beers underneath a giant sign that loudly advertised "Mix a Six, $8.99, Pick your style!"
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Dole Recalls Some Bag Salads Because Listeria Isn't Part Of The "Italian Blend"
The folks at Dole have announced a recall of certain batches of its Italian Blend bag salads — including those it makes under the Kroger Fresh Selections Italian Style Blend name for the Kroger grocery store chain — over concern of possible Listeria contamination.
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Kroger To Stop Doubling, Tripling Coupons In Houston
Houston coupon clippers have only a week to bask in double and triple coupon glory at Kroger, which announced it's doing away with the discount multipliers April 13.
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E-Mail Breach Hits Best Buy, TiVo, Walgreens, Chase, Kroger, Many More
What first looked like a small e-mail list breach at
New York & Company over the weekend was just the tip of the iceberg as multiple national retailers and banks found themselves the victim of the same data hackers.
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King Soopers Defends Easter Creep
End displays of Cadbury eggs cropping up in supermarkets in December have had our readers doing double-takes. First there's Christmas creep, then we had Halloween and Thanksgiving creep, but Easter creep? Yes, because you demanded it to be so, says King Soopers.
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