These Stores Have Suspended Weekly Circulars

Grocery stores and big-box retailers have made a ton of changes over the past couple of months as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, from shorter hours to senior shopping hours to making non-essential goods unavailable to customers.

Now, a number of chains have discontinued their weekly store ads — aka “circulars.” From concerns about available inventory to discouraging in-store foot traffic, retailers have varying reasons for stopping their circulars.

 

National stores who have stopped publishing weekly circular ads

• Bi-Mart
• Commissary
• Food Outlet
• Fresh Market Stores
• H-E-B
• Home Depot
• Lowe’s
• Meijer
• Piggly Wiggly

 

Regional stores who have temporarily stopped publishing weekly circular ads

• AF Supermarket
• Big E’s Supermarket
• Farmer’s Fresh Market
• Milam’s Market
• Riccardo’s

 

 

Stores who have altered their weekly circular ads

• Albertsons: Reduced size of weekly ad amid inventory concerns
• Costco: Monthly coupon book suspended, available online
• Giant Eagle: No longer delivering weekly ad; shorter version available in stores
• Hy-Vee: Suspended production/distribution of its circular; online version only
• Kroger: Shorter ads (5 pages)
• ShopRite: Circulars have been adjusted to only feature items that have sufficient supply
• Sparkle: Print version no longer produced; shorter version online
• Sprouts Market: Shorter publication (2 pages)
• Target: Suspended print circulars, shortened online version
• The Fresh Grocer: Shorter version to account for inventory

 

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