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.

Comments

[alabastardragon.livejournal.com]

I think they just kind of have a coupon of the week type thing and dont take into account what a person buys..

ground sirloin???

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Usually the automatic coupons have something to do with what you purchase. Whenever I buy soymilk, they usually pop out a coupon for the opposite brand, for example. I've never had one pop out that didn't have some correlation to the groceries I was buying on that trip. Odd, huh?

Mmm...ground sirloin (er, hamburger) makes the best spaghetti sauce...yum.

[alabastardragon.livejournal.com]

oh, you mean mince.. now I get it *smirk*

Maybe the other brand of soya milk doesnt sell so well then.

[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!

[aramintasnape.livejournal.com]

Oh God, now I've managed to post it twice! Sorry, I have no idea how to delete it!!

[aramintasnape.livejournal.com]

Ok, I worked out how to delete the double!! Sorry, I will now stop wreaking havoc in your journal!

A question to ponder...

[bob-the-mighty.livejournal.com]

Is it better to wreak havoc or run amok?

>;-D

Re: A question to ponder...

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Wreaking havoc is less taxing.

[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...