A couple of months ago we saw a little flurry of articles about how Walmart is targeting ALDI in its ongoing price wars in stores across several states, including Illinois. In the initial tests reported in these articles, spot checks of various View Post
What determines where you grocery shop?
I caught part of this story on NPR the other day about shifting grocery store shopping in Chicago -- it starts at about 39:30 in the audio, if you want to skip and take a listen. Did you know ALDI has the largest number of stores in Chicago of any View Post
Peapod — the never ending review, sale, and hints from readers
This post was sponsored by Peapod. All opinions here, however, are my own. So my Peapod delivery order showed up tonight as promised! Here's the good and the bad, as well as info on an upcoming sale and some more tips! The good Their View Post
Peapod — update and double coupons
I thought I'd do a little Peapod update from yesterday, because some of you have commented raving about the service! A couple of people mentioned that Peapod doubles non-Internet paper coupons -- so I went and looked at their policy, and sure View Post
Fascinating article — Supermarkets Battle for Chicago
Have you all seen this article on Chicago-area supermarkets? It talks about each chain's market share, a lot about Dominick's recent price cuts, and about competition from supercenters. With 170 locations in the 14-county Greater Chicago market, as View Post
Costco is my enemy ;)
So is it just me... or do you spend a lot of time saving money at the grocery store only to have your husband "run to Costco for a couple of things" and come home each time with $40-$50 worth of items? I'm looking at this receipt from Saturday which View Post
