Double Coupons?

[Nick Danger]

Are there any grocery stores in the Tulsa area that double coupons? I know there used to be, but haven't seen any lately. We need to get Kroger in here to stir up some competition, but they probably won't because we can't sell wine in the grocery stores here.

[Steve]

I think the only grocery in Tulsa that still has double coupons is Homeland, but you have to be signed up for their Homeland customer card to take advantage of special pricing and double coupons.

[tulsaborn]

Food Pyramid does everyday up to .50 cents.

[sgrizzle]

Homeland does Triple coupons a couple of times a year as well. The only weird rule at homeland is you can only use one of a coupon so if you have two coupons for $1 off a 12 pack, you have to buy them seperately.

[sauerkraut]

I have found that Tulsa does not have good food stores like other cities. In Omaha we have HyVee stores that have super in-store bakeries and low prices they also sell hot food items, the stores are huge, modern and clean, they also have a Bakers stores  (Bakers Stores are the Kroger stores in Omaha) and stores like "Food 4 Less" and "Bag 'N' Save", plus Aldi stores and "Save-A-Lot" stores. Many Tulsa stores seem old and outdated. The store most up-to date in Tulsa is the Reasoners Stores. I see a big vacuum of good food stores in Tulsa, ripe for a new food chain to move in and corner the market. Tulsa's Homeland Store and Warehouse Market are old out-dated stores and look like they have not changed since the 1960's. My favorite home improvement store does not market in Oklahoma - Mennards that store can run circles around Home depot & Lowes. I wish Mennards would open a few stores in Oklahoma.

[Townsend]

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

"I have" "HyVee"'s "and" "have" "huge" "Mennards"

That is just as helpful as your real post.

[carltonplace]

but...but...we have so many Wal*Marts! Please don't look down on us []

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

I have found that Tulsa does not have good food stores like other cities. In Omaha we have HyVee stores that have super in-store bakeries and low prices they also sell hot food items, the stores are huge, modern and clean, they also have a Bakers stores  (Kroger store Bakers is Omaha's Krogers) and stores like "Food 4 Less" and "Bag 'N' Save", plus Aldi stores and "Save-A-Lot" stores. Many Tulsa stores seem old and outdated. The store most up-to date in Tulsa is the Reasoners Stores. I see a big vacuum of good food stores in Tulsa, ripe for a new food chain to move in and corner the market. Tulsa's Homeland Store and Warehouse Market are old out-dated stores and look like they have not changed since the 1960's. My favorite home improvement store does not market in Oklahoma - Mennards that store can run circles around Home depot & Lowes. I wish Mennards would open a few stores in Oklahoma.

We have Aldi and Save-A-Lot and Food Pyramid which is a new chain developed for Oklahoma by Kroger's.

[Nick Danger]

Food Pyramid is not connected with Krogers --

"In 1919, John Ramey bought a small grocery store in Springfield, Mo., with his mustering-out pay from the army. It was a small, neighborhood grocery store which proved to be successful, and eventually he expanded to a total of eight small stores.

In 1939, Ramey boldly established the first modern supermarket in this area. It was located in an empty field outside of town. People thought he was crazy for building a store out in the country, but this turned out to be one of the most successful ventures in the food business in the area.

During the war it was difficult to obtain merchandise for eight stores, so John Ramey consolidated all of his stores into this one supermarket and permanently closed the other small stores. This transition marked an important milestone in Ramey history. In 1946, John Ramey sold his supermarket to two gentlemen from Kansas City. These people followed with a second Ramey Supermarket in 1954, another one in 1957, and one more in 1965, all of which were located in Springfield.

On January 15, 1967, the stores were sold to a new corporation, the Cohen family through Roswil Inc., a Maryland-based company that was taking its first venture into the supermarket industry. Initially under the management of Richard Taylor, the small chain of stores grew beyond southwest Missouri by acquisition and consolidation in rural markets.

Richard Taylor transitioned the management of Ramey to his son Erick in 1993. Erick Taylor continued to expand the company through a combination of acquisition and new store development. As part of this process, many Ramey stores were converted to the Price Cutter banner, primarily in the metropolitan Springfield, Missouri, area.

In April of 2002, Price Cutter acquired seven Albertson's stores in southwest Missouri, which now operate under the banners of Price Cutter Plus and Smitty's. Inside these stores, customers find full-service Starbucks kiosks, large international aisles, an extensive variety of natural and organic foods and products, and fresh sushi prepared daily. The format is a Price Cutter store "Plus," hence the name.

Because the company started operating with more than two banners, RPCS Inc. (an acronym for Ramey/Price Cutter/Smitty's) was established in 2004 as the parent company's name.

In July 2007, RPCS Inc. acquired nine Albertson's stores in the Tulsa area, adding yet another name. Food Pyramid was born. This concept was new and innovative, with a goal of providing helpful nutritional information in order for consumers to make informed decisions about what they feed their families.

Since its initial acquisition of stores, the company has successfully transformed itself into a multi-bannered chain, providing customers in three states with new facilities, full-service departments, and more variety.

Today, RPCS Inc. operates a total of 42 retail grocery stores – 33 in Missouri under the Ramey, Price Cutter, Price Cutter Plus, and Smitty's banners; one Save-A-Lot store in Siloam Springs, Ark.; and nine Food Pyramid stores in Tulsa, Bartlesville, Ponca City and Stillwater, Okla. The company also offers online grocery shopping in the Springfield and Joplin areas."

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by carltonplace

but...but...we have so many Wal*Marts! Please don't look down on us []

That's one area Omaha is lacking in, we don't have as many Wal-Marts. I'm not looking down at Tulsa, I'm just saying what Tulsa could do to make it better. Tulsa's market could be attractive for a big food chain store to move into the area. For a city with  800,000 people in the  metro- population the food store selection is not like what other cities have. Tulsa & Omaha are very simular cities both have almost exactly the same population and Omaha has many more food stores. I just made a suggestion how Tulsa can be even better.

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

I have found that Tulsa does not have good food stores like other cities. In Omaha we have HyVee stores that have super in-store bakeries and low prices they also sell hot food items, the stores are huge, modern and clean, they also have a Bakers stores  (Kroger store Bakers is Omaha's Krogers) and stores like "Food 4 Less" and "Bag 'N' Save", plus Aldi stores and "Save-A-Lot" stores. Many Tulsa stores seem old and outdated. The store most up-to date in Tulsa is the Reasoners Stores. I see a big vacuum of good food stores in Tulsa, ripe for a new food chain to move in and corner the market. Tulsa's Homeland Store and Warehouse Market are old out-dated stores and look like they have not changed since the 1960's. My favorite home improvement store does not market in Oklahoma - Mennards that store can run circles around Home depot & Lowes. I wish Mennards would open a few stores in Oklahoma.

We have Aldi and Save-A-Lot and Food Pyramid which is a new chain developed for Oklahoma by Kroger's.

That's right. Sheridan & 21st has a "Save-A-Lot" Food store it's right next to Big Lots. I forgot about that. Didn't Tulsa use-to have "Food-4-Less" Store about 10 years ago? maybe I'm thinking about OKC.

[cannon_fodder]

Reasor's and Hyvee are pretty comparable.  At least from the 24 years I lived in a state with a Hyvee, that's my take.

Homeland sucks something serious.  Prices are higher.  The selection is weak.  And the liens are way, way too long.  I can go the extra mile to Reasor's or Walmart and get the item just about as fast.

[TUalum0982]

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

I have found that Tulsa does not have good food stores like other cities. In Omaha we have HyVee stores that have super in-store bakeries and low prices they also sell hot food items, the stores are huge, modern and clean, they also have a Bakers stores  (Kroger store Bakers is Omaha's Krogers) and stores like "Food 4 Less" and "Bag 'N' Save", plus Aldi stores and "Save-A-Lot" stores. Many Tulsa stores seem old and outdated. The store most up-to date in Tulsa is the Reasoners Stores. I see a big vacuum of good food stores in Tulsa, ripe for a new food chain to move in and corner the market. Tulsa's Homeland Store and Warehouse Market are old out-dated stores and look like they have not changed since the 1960's. My favorite home improvement store does not market in Oklahoma - Mennards that store can run circles around Home depot & Lowes. I wish Mennards would open a few stores in Oklahoma.

We have Aldi and Save-A-Lot and Food Pyramid which is a new chain developed for Oklahoma by Kroger's.

That's right. Sheridan & 21st has a "Save-A-Lot" Food store it's right next to Big Lots. I forgot about that. Didn't Tulsa use-to have "Food-4-Less" Store about 10 years ago? maybe I'm thinking about OKC.

We used to have a "buy for less" at 44 and peoria. Then it changed to Sutherlands express, and now it is some plumbing supply store I believe.  I agree Warehouse market and Homeland are outdated.  Kind of remind me of the old bud's (and before that, sipes) at 61st and yale in the old shopping center where Pei Wei and the ice cream store are now.  I am just fine with our grocery store selections.  Between Reasor's and Walmart, I can find we we need.

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

Reasor's and Hyvee are pretty comparable.  At least from the 24 years I lived in a state with a Hyvee, that's my take.

Homeland sucks something serious.  Prices are higher.  The selection is weak.  And the liens are way, way too long.  I can go the extra mile to Reasor's or Walmart and get the item just about as fast.

The new HyVee stores in Omaha are huge and  larger than a Reasoners Store. The HyVee Stores have a in-store bakery  that pumps out all sorts of goodies and a big selection of hot foods to go. Reasoner's Bakery is not bad, but the cookies selection is poor and many times they are out-dated, I wonder when they replace their cookies in the bin (Yale & 41st Store). I found that both Warehouse Market & Homeland are overpriced, the stores look like they came out of the 1960's. Homeland stores requires a "Homeland discount card" to get some sale items.. The Tulsa Pyramid store at Harvard & 51st has a good in-store bakery  they made yummy muffins and cookies. The last time I was in there The bakery girl told me the cookies are 25 cents each but they ring up 2 for a dollar at the check-outs.[:O]

[sauerkraut]

Go back a few years and does anyone remember the Tulsa "Safeway" stores? They had one at Denver & 11th many decades ago. I don't know if that chain just quit marketing in Oklahoma or if they went out of business or got bought out. I lived in Texas at the time and all the Texas Safeway stores closed up around 1984. Funny thing is they just built and opened a new Safeway Store across from 6-Flags Amusement Park right off of I-30 in Arlington, Texas. It was a huge modern store and it was open for about a year before it closed up. The Tulsa Piggley Wiggley Store on Admeral looks just like the Piggley Wiggley Store we had in Fort Worth, Texas on HempHill road just south of Magnolia in 1980. I lived near that area in 1980. The store in Fort Worth is long since gone. The Tulsa store is very old and  outdated that it has a charm all it's own, it feels like you went back in time, I liked it, but the neighborhood is not that safe I would not shop there at night, however, the store has pretty good prices, Parts of Admeral Road in Tulsa look alot like parts of HempHill Road in Fort Worth, same kind of buildings. Felt like a trip in a "Way-Back Machine".[]