Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, has declared bankruptcy

Saks Global, the luxury giant that owns Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, has declared bankruptcy https://t.co/7ZCSyxzIvw

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 14, 2026

Very sad that so many will be without a job. 

Macy's Store Closures

 

I have been shopping at Macy's for years and it's so sad that it's been hit by the down turn of our economy and they are having to close stores. Below are a list of store closures according to USA Today:

• 5500 Grossmont Center Dr., La Mesa, California
• 3400 Naglee Rd., Tracy, California
• 4880 Briarcliff Rd. NE, Atlanta, Georgia
• 7900 Ritchie Hwy., Glen Burnie, Maryland
• 3850 Rivertown Pkwy. SW, Michigan
• 4101 W Division St., Saint Cloud, Minnesota
• 50 Fox Run Rd., Newington, New Hampshire
• 112 Eisenhower Pkwy., Livingston, New Jersey
• 225 Interstate Shopping Center, Ramsey, New Jersey
• 1255 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst, New York
• 3801 Sumner Blvd., Raleigh, North Carolina
• 100 Pittsburgh Mills Cir., Tarentum, Pennsylvania
• 5488 South Padre Island Dr., Corpus Christi, Texas
• 17855 Southcenter Pkwy., Tukwila, Washington

Walmart: TWO (2) FREE Pitaya Protein Bowls

 

Aisle:

https://try.gotoaisle.com/pitaya-foods-PBGO0126

$3.86/2 Ibotta offer

Dollar Tree: Hive to Home 100% pure honey 6 oz. Only $1.25

 

A reader, Denise, says the following:

At the Dollar Tree I found Hive to Home 100% pure honey 6 oz. for $1.25. I thought that was a good price.

Thanks, Denise!

Sprouts: FREE+MM Bionaturae Pasta

 

https://www.socialnature.com/organic-sourdough-pasta

Also $1 offer on Ibotta 

Source Reddit

The Update to Sprouts Rewards

 

When I first came to San Diego, there was a Henry's Farmer Market not far from where I lived (at the time, we didn't have Henry's in Sacramento) and it reminded me of like a hippy type of store because it was different than the conventional grocery store.  Henry's lean into more organic products, they used to honest to God, paper Newsletters written by real people with interesting stories and I remember as apart of the newsletter they had dates and times that you could come to the store for a Vitamin B Shot for like $10 and they had presentations about health related information from like an expert in the field.  

I had never heard of Henry's nor Whole Foods until I moved to San Diego and it just so happen that my coworker was a multi-generational San Diegan and when I was looking for housing, in San Diego, she recommended that look in the neighborhoods of La Jolla or North Park.  Anyways, it turns out that Whole Foods owned Henry's and they sold Henry's to a private equity firm that turned Henry's into Sprouts.

Fast forward to 2025 and Sprouts decides to announce a Sprouts Rewards to be live October 8th.  Instead of Sprouts, hiring someone who has experience in running a rewards program, it appears that they did what most corporations do, nowadays, and did a nepo hire (nepotism) and had one of their programmers build a Sprouts Rewards table with pretty no interaction with the customers.  

Sprouts has next to no social media presence, they don't bother to send out mailers to their customers and their rewards program kinda sucks.

Sprouts recently sent us an update to their rewards program, saying the following:

We’re writing to let you know about upcoming updates to the Sprouts Rewards Program Terms & Conditions,effective January 5th, 2026. No action is required on your part. Below is a summary of the changes and clarifications:

Updates & Clarifications:

• The points earn rate is changing to 5 points per $1 spent. • Members will receive a $2 reward for every 1,000 points earned. • Introduction of Member-Only Point Accelerator Events, offering opportunities to earn points faster. • Introduction of Member-Only Sales Events, providing access to exclusive promotions.

No changes are being made to point expiration policies. By continuing to use your Sprouts account, you agree to the updated Rewards Terms & Conditions, and the Sprouts Terms and Conditions. Your personal information will continue to be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy. If you prefer not to participate in Sprouts Rewards, you may manage or delete your account at any time here. Thanks for being part of the Sprouts community.

Check for a Mondelez Settlement Payment

 

This morning, I received emails that I'd gotten reimbursed for the purchase of the FREE Eat Happy Kitchen Premium Pasta Sauce and FREE Teeccino Caffeine-Free Herbal Teas and so I checked my Venmo account to confirm receipt of payment and I saw that I had also received $6.07 from the Mondelez settlement.