Here’s a funny article from HuffPost about what’s being passed over during panic shopping (and it ain’t just kale!).  One person points out that all the pasta in gone from the regular grocery section, but the Italian pasta in the International section is fully stocked.

Stroll the aisles of your local grocery store right now and you’re bound to get frustrated by all the things that aren’t in stock: Eggs? Good luck. Bread? Eh, maybe, though even then, it might only be something like Hawaiian sweet rolls. Pre-packaged romaine lettuce? You better grab the last one before it goes, my friend.

Update:  Start and stop times are British Summer Time, so adjust your viewing schedule accordingly

Andrew Lloyd Webber will be streaming his musicals online for free every week.

Lloyd Webber’s series, The Shows Must Go On, will begin with his 2000 adaptation of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starring Donny Osmond, Joan Collins and Richard Attenborough.

The musical will be available on YouTube from Friday April 3 at 7pm for 48 hours.  Here’s the article on msm entertainment with a few of the others coming up.

For many shoppers, the first day of a new month can be both anxiety-inducing, and reassuring. First, the monthly rent or mortgage payment is due. But the first of the month is also when many SNAP and WIC recipients get their benefits replenished. And it’s traditionally the day when your favorite printable coupon site unveils dozens or even hundreds of new offers for you.

Unfortunately for cash-strapped couponers navigating their way through the current coronavirus crisis, one of those monthly events didn’t occur yesterday.  Here’s the entire Coupons in the News article which points out that the majority were for Air Wick products 🙂

Baking bread is seriously a no-brainer, I don’t care how many times you’ve tried and failed.  Don’t go The Great British Bake Off approach – just realize that people (read: women) have been making this stuff almost every day for a thousand years or more without fancy cookbooks with exact measurements and certain salts (yogurts and butter).  Here’s the link to a prior post and a photo of tonight’s bread.

Will SmartSource start offering more printable and digital coupons – and fewer, if any, printed coupon inserts or in-store coupon machines? Will Checkout 51 ever go receiptless, or expand into new categories?

We may find out soon, as the owner of those two brands, and others, is about to come under new management.

Nine months after announcing that it was exploring a potential sale of its News America Marketing division, News Corp has announced that it will indeed be selling the business, to private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners. Here’s the full Coupons in the News article.

First batch of the season – well, technically it’s the only thing I got going around here since I already did a load of laundry.  woot!  Haven’t taken it out of the pan to cool on the rack yet.  one thrill at a time…

It’s hard enough to save money when you’re trying to stock up to survive a pandemic, when stores are suspending their sales circulars and many people don’t know where their next paycheck is coming from. Now, in a cautious move that has the unfortunate effect of adding to all the economic uncertainty, one major grocery chain is taking aim at coupons.

BJ’s Wholesale Club, the East Coast retailer notable for being the only club store that accepts manufacturer’s coupons, has announced that it will no longer accept paper coupons of any kind – indefinitely.  Here’s the entire Coupons in the News article, but frankly, I don’t buy this explanation.

No more Sephora minimums with promo code FREESHIP, so grab the one mascara or lip liner you love – you know, the one you buy with the money freed up with coupons and sales!  ’cause only buying the cheapest and denying yourself something you really want isn’t really treating yourself very well.