Clueless.

[valis2]

I went to the grocery store...did that whole "U Scan It Yourself so that We Can Save Money on Cashiers by Using Your Time as our Labor" thing.

I bought lactose-free milk, ground sirloin, a sirloin steak, gyoza, and chai.

I received an automatic coupon for Whiskas cat food.

While certainly I understand that cats do consume milk and sirloin, and probably wouldn't turn their noses up at gyoza, I fail to comprehend how purchasing these items together would alert the Powers That Dispense Coupons to dispense money-saving missives for feline products.

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[aramintasnape.livejournal.com]

I tried to post this reply earlier, but for some reason I kept getting an error message! Luckily I saved it on the 'copy' function!

We haven't got this advanced technology where I live yet (France), lol! The whole 'scan as you go' thing seems to be quite popular in the UK though - my stepmum swears by it, although my mum I don't think bothers with it at all. We *do* get the coupons though - usually related to what we've bought, but the most expensive brand name available of course! Since we tend to go for the cheapo brands on a lot of types of food, we hardly ever bother to use the coupons as they wouldn't save us any money. They had a great offer recently though - 10 euros off every 50 spent on toys and games! That came in useful with the Christmas toy shopping!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Some of the grocery stores here have cards now instead of coupons. You have to have the card to get the sale price.

Newest promotion? If you spend a certain amount there in between a certain date range, you'll save 10% on one purchase in the future. I don't know if they send you the coupon in the mail or what, but I have qualified now and will be interested in seeing how they handle it...