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How was your Thanksgiving? Did you eat a lot of turkey, watch football, and fall asleep? You are not alone. Did you go shopping the next day, taking advantage of big sales for the opening of Christmas shopping season? If so, then you were not alone there, either.
In fact, the Friday after...
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A plethora of deals reported by the AP:
By The Associated Press
Just in case massive markdowns aren’t enough to convince shoppers to fork over cash for presents on Black Friday, some retailers are hoping to woo shoppers with freebies and coupons. Friday is the traditional start of the...
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I was at the Vons in the Marketplace Saturday, powering through the dairy section, when a teenage employee asked whether I was finding everything I was looking for.
"Yes, thank you," I said, pushing my cart and nearly knocking over a display. I stopped at the deli counter, then moseyed...
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... so it's a good thing reporter John Cox found some places selling it for that and close to it.
Find other cheap gas on our map.
Good gas finds, anyone?
Help your neighbors here ...
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The Mervyns liquidation sales are now up to 50 percnt off original prices, according to sign holders (and wearers) along California Avenue.
Just passing it along.
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I've noticed a definite upswing in the number of stores handing out coupons.
Friday night at Dress Barn, after spending $10, the clerk gave me a coupon for 20 percent off a regularly priced item now through Nov. 15.
At Michael's craft store, after just spending $3, I got a coupon for 40 percent...
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Bankrupt retailer Mervyns announced Thursday that it would immediately begin a chain-wide going-out-of-business sale.
The sale is intended to liquidate inventory valued at $900 million across the 59-year-old company’s remaining 149 stores.
Mervyns has two locations in Bakersfield: one at...
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Reporter Jenny Shearer writes today about rising food prices.
Specifically, she found that food prices for items prepared at home were 7.6 percent higher in September than during the same period in 2007, according to the Consumer Price Index.
Jenny talked to everyone from a woman who grew...
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Saturday was grocery shopping day, and even though, luckily for me, I am not forced to cut back my grocery spending, I found myself being quite cautious.
I gave up buying cut flowers LONG ago. My co-workers can attest to the fact that they're no longer on my desk at the start of each week.
But...
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When you're watching your dollars, you're probably also watching how many ounces or gallons you're getting in that yogurt container of milk jug.
One friend of mine commented that cereal boxes were getting smaller while the price held steady. Another noticed a few brands of ice cream were...
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It looks like work on the Gateway to East Hills Mall is now complete.
Those of you who regularly pass by the northeast corner of Mount Vernon Avenue and Bernard Street have likely seen the construction under way for the past month or so.
The Rite-Aid, which has a drive-through pharmacy, has...
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It appears Gottschalks has completed its main store transition at East Hills Mall. Read about all the changes in John Cox's story from late May.
This weekend, the spot at the east end of the mall was a fully operational department store. It has an open and airy feel, and a pretty big shoe...
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It's sale time at J.C. Penney.
One deal the store is running right now is buy one, get the second one for 88 cents, on all kinds of items.
I can be skeptical of that — who wants two of the same shirt or shoes? Or, alternately, is the price of the first item so high that a second...
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Valley Plaza Mall will add three new stores in time for back-to-school shopping.
Mrs. Fields, G by GUESS and Select Comfort will join aboujt 130 stores at the mall and should open by late summer. COACH will also open around the same time.
“We are excited to add all these merchants to our...
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So by now you've likely heard the news that come June 1, the Vons on White Lane will be no more.
Read the full story from reporters John Cox and Courtenay Edelhart here.
A spokeswoman said the store just wasn't performing up to expectations.
So with Vons pulling out of that location, a...
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Attention ice cream lovers — Longs Drugs is selling Dreyer's Ice Cream is $2.99 for a 1.5- to 1.75 quart container.
The sale runs through Saturday.
Where do you find the best ice cream for the best price?
— Christine Peterson
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After my blog last week about a colleague sharing the joys of 99 cent and dollar stores, I pretty much had to go check one out.
So Sunday, I ventured to the 99 Cents Only store on Mount Vernon Avenue. The first thing that struck me? All the slips of paper flying around the parking lot. Seemed...
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I've never known much about 99 cent (or dollar) stores.
But today as I ate my boring lunch, a colleague basically told me I really haven't lived until I have taken some serious time to stroll the aisles of 99 cent stores. (Whatever. He says stuff like this.)
OK. Fine. What do they have that I...
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Last weekend I went to Linens 'n Things to buy an iPod dock. I ended up at the register with a new sheet set and comforter as well. I had thought the comforter was just $99 but at the register it rang up at $160.
"Oh, no thank you, then. I don't want to pay that much today," I told the...
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What woman does not like to receive beautiful flowers?
Here's a smattering of good buys for Mother's Day flowers:
• I was in the Albertson's on Mount Vernon Avenue last night. They had a rather large selection of bouquets and the flowers appeared nice and fresh. Bunches of five tulips were...
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Trying to convince us we're getting a break, Coke and Pepsi plan to roll out cheaper bottled sodas this summer, according to a USA Today story out today.
They're looking at charging 99 cents for 12- and 16-ounce bottles, rather than selling as many 20-ounce bottles.
So you get less but you...
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The competition is on!
Now Target has announced it's selling more than 300 generic drugs for $4 for a 30-day supply.
(They're also offering some meds at a 90-day supply for $10, just like Wal-Mart unveiled on Monday.)
Here's a list of medicines that are included, listed by condition.
Or look...
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Reporter Courtenay Edelhart dug up this fine little nugget today:
High-end handbag maker Coach Inc. plans to open a store at Valley Plaza Mall this fall.
Until the Bakersfield store at 2701 Ming Ave. opens on Aug. 15, the closest Coach store is in Fresno.
In addition to designer...
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A new shop called Tilly's — meant to appeal to the surfer and skater crowd — is set to open at Valley Plaza this May.
Read reporter Courtenay Edelhart's story for all the details.
Are you going?
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So, I was looking for local sales online and happened to find this website:
http://www.glamgirlboutique...
This links to the Sale items, which has Seven for all Mankind, Frankie B and Joie!
The bio on the person who owns it says: Her name is...
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Reporter Courtenay Edelhart is working on a story today about the rising cost of food, and how that's hitting people in the pocketbook.
What are you doing to save money on food? Are you going to restaurants less? Shopping at discounters rather than the grocery store you used to visit?
If...
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OK - this is a rant of two (2) parts:
1. Isn't there anywhere in this town that one can find plain, old fashioned sweat pants for kids?
2. The folks who manage the Valley Plaza Mall must enjoy driving people crazy with their directories/maps that don't show the correct locations of the stores...
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Ok - I haven't gotten p.o.'d about anything in awhile, but, last night I did.
Decided I needed some new threads, maybe some flashy ones, certainly some good looking ones. And there were sales going on. And I'm getting a big tax refund.
So, I go to Valley Plaza mall. I don't remember if it...
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I was just wondering, being relatively new here in B'field and all, if there is anyone or any organization that takes the time to acknowledge MOTHER'S who might not have family to be with them or send them anything for Mother's day? Among the most obvious reasons I ask is that last year,...
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Bakersfield's getting a Club Libby Lu, which parents in the know tell me is quite cool if you have tweens in your home. (Check out the Web site. Pink and sparkly and princessy. Is that a word?)
Here are the basics from reporter Courtenay Edelhart's story:
"Valley Plaza Mall on Ming...
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It's under discussion. Castle & Cooke will go before the Bakersfield Planning Commission on the matter Thursday night.
Read reporter Jenny Shearer's story here. She'll continue updating the details throughout the day.
What do you think?
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We'd heard there was a sign in a window hearalding the coming of a Williams-Sonoma at the Marketplace. True!
Check out this report from John Cox:
A Williams-Sonoma cookware store is expected to open in southwest Bakersfield at the Marketplace shopping center this summer, the San Francisco-based...
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Even with health insurance, prescription medicine can cost the arm and leg it was bought to heal.
I recently finished a story on getting the most for your money when it comes to medicine. Read "Pricey prescriptions: There are ways to cut costs" on Bakersfield.com.
The story includes...
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Some shopping tips from Mary Lou Fulton, a vice president here at The Californian:
I'm a big fan of 99 Cent stores. I was there last night (Columbus and Mt Vernon location) and they have tons of stuff for Easter baskets you can make on the cheap: baskets in a variety of colors, the fake...
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A colleague took her lunch break and landed at Timeless Furnishings.
Her mission? Find a bed.
She reports she got one at 50 percent off the regular price and got a quality mattress and box spring.
Lots of stuff is on sale, she said. The store's at 1918 Chester Ave.
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Ross too pricey for you? Then you may be pleased to hear that parent company Ross Stores Inc. is opening a new, more budget-conscious retail concept right here in Bakersfield.
Come Saturday morning, a 25,000-square-foot dd's DISCOUNTS debuts at 2693 Mount Vernon Ave. There you'll find clothing,...
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In addition to the Chick-fil-A, two more businesses are planned for the northeast corner of Stockdale Highway and California Avenue.
They're a CVS and The Vitamin Shoppe, assistant editor John Cox found out.
Read the full story.
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The Bakersfield Planning Commission gave an OK to preliminary design plans for Panama Grove.
It's a shopping center slated for the southwest.
The 50-acre center on the southwest corner of Panama Lane and Gosford Road would bring 580,940 square feet of retail options to neighborhoods that...
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Shhhh. Get in on the secret!
Developers will share what's being planned for about 50 acres in the southwest at Thursday's Bakersfield Planning Commission meeting.
Plus the commission will look at maps for the Shops on Brimhall at the northeast corner of Brimhall Road and Jewetta Avenue, across...
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Delayed! At least for now, with some lawsuits pending.
It was to be part of a project known as the Delano Marketplace, on which city officials were pinning hopes of additions to their tax base.
There's a meeting at 6 tonight at the Civic Center, 1009 11th Ave., Delano, for the public to...
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We had a story last summer about plans for a shopping center and mixed use development in Delano. The Delano City Council gave its nod to a report on the environmental impacts of such a project, known as the Marketplace.
Officials in the city hailed it as a great development for the area, and...
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What do you think of a large development slated for northeast Bakersfield? The city's Planning Commission heard comments about it Thursday night, and took a look at the report on environmental impacts.
Reporter Jenny Shearer was there and brings us this report.
You can also read the draft...
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Early this morning, it was time to cast my vote for president (and all the state propositions, of course.) This Super Tuesday, my polling place was the east end of East Hills Mall.
Those shop owners and managers are smart. They were open at 8 a.m., I'm sure to catch anyone who might have some...
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During my second trip to the northeast Bakersfield Albertson's in two days, I noticed signs for a new store at the adjacent big-box location.
Apparently a dd's DISCOUNTS is moving in. That's what the signs say, anyway. Right now there's a chain-link fence around the store entrances.
The big-box...
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January 19th
Saturday
11:30am Eastern
10:30am Central
9:30am Mountain
11:30am Pacific for Cable TV 8:30am for Satellite Viewers
Time and availability will vary. Be sure to check local listings for the programming provider in your area.
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Six days to go until Christmas and I admit, I've only purchased two gifts and some stocking stuffers. I'm exactly the consumer that retailers are frustrated with right now -- I didn't fall for their big early sales, I have the smallest budget for gifts in years, and I'm waiting until the last...
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Kohls is having really good deals on Friday, 3:00 pm to Midnight and Saturday, 6:00 am to 1:00 pm. Kohls usually has really good deals all the time but these are amazing and they're throughout every department.....
Women's
50-60% off Classic Collections
60% off slipper socks and socks
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Hey guys! I've been wanting to open this blog up for such a long time! Let me introduce myself, my name is Kimberly, I'm 22 years old and I'm obsessed with fashion. So much so that I actually majored in it; I graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising...
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I'm frequently amazed by some of the interesting things we have in our own backyard here in Bakersfield.
One such place is HowCool.com, a local storefront that has a sizable e-commerce business. The site contains a wide variety of items, ranging from clothes (including lots of sexy wear) and...
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JCPenney is having a big sale in the women's department. I just bought myself $400 worth of clothes for $200. Most items are Buy 1, Get 1 free meaning it's a great time to stock up on the basics.
If you don't have time to go to the mall, I also discovered a way to get discounts...
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