Grocery store loyalty cards promise discounts and special offers, but some are actually designed to make consumers spend more, not less. Instead of helping you save, they use tactics and pricing ...

Store loyalty cards compromise your privacy; the deals you love are down to your data. Even knowing the risks, I still use my store loyalty cards all of the time—but there are a few ways I try to ...

Companies have been treating loyalty programs less like reward systems and more like data-harvesting tools. Here's what to ask yourself before signing up for one. Store loyalty programs used to be ...

Last week's column about loading e-coupons to loyalty cards led to - what else - lots of reader comments about store loyalty cards. Whether they love them or loathe them, my readers are chiming in.

I spend a lot of time in line at grocery stores. It’s important for me to see the mistakes that are made that end up costing the shopper in front of me money. Amazingly, few of these mistakes include ...

When you're in a grocery store nowadays, chances are your data is being collected. From a swipe of the loyalty card to the ...

Nearly every grocery store attempts to lure customers in with their loyalty programs, boasting special deals and price savings, but which ones should you truly trust? Inflation stood at 3.4 percent ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- 7 on Your Side's Michael Finney has a Quick Tip for you that will help you get a store loyalty discount without having a membership card! Can a 1980s pop tune actually get you ...