one example is kroger foods. kroger uses the killer questions approach. and you don't think of kroger as being an innovator, a grocery store chain, but their innovation team based in cincinnati has come up with just phenomenal not just tech knowledges, experiences, how do they sell, how do they reach out. mobile devices that enough your kitchen at home where you input what your needs are, leave that device at home, you go to the store and it maps out the store for you and tells you where to pick it up. >> and they get to those things through the questions. >> through the questions. there's certain killer questions that force you to look at who your customer is, how do you think differently about your customer, how do you think differently about your products, but also how do you run your business, how do you think about all the nuts and bolts and stuff that do you dyou do day in and how do you get in the mental mode of i'm just turning a crank to actually change the business. >> it seems the way most companies have stumbled or lost their way, that the ans

three plants that produce pink slime have suspended operations after grocery chains like safeway, kroger and bjs announced they would no longer stock meat containing it. but just when things lack darkest the-- the road in, i'm talking about the beef steak governors, america's meat men. rick perry, harry brantad, sam brownback. yah! incidentally pink slime may contain traces of brownback. last week these men road to the rescue touring the last operating pink slime plant and pledging support for this embattled industry. >> it's time to end the smear campaign. >> yes, it's time to end the smear campaign. though full disclosure pink slime may also contain traces of smear. the beefy three believe the term pink slime is an offensive slur against slurry. because it already has a lovely name. >> the real name of the product is lean finally textured beef. it's called lftb. >> stephen: yes, lftb because our beef now has so many here moans it's a member of the transgender community. that's why-- (applause) that's why the beef state gov came up with a catchy new slogan. dude, it's beef. (laughter) >

. >> jose went into a kroger store to try and buy a six-pack of beer. he is 22 years old and has a driver's license to prove it. but the clerk thought it was a fake i.d., so he denied him the beer. jose started demanding and police say that he was cursing at the employees and he said that was -- he even curseded at the police. he talked to cbs atlanta, and this is what he said of the incident. >> well, of course i was kind of angry. i was like, you know what, i have a right to buy this beer. you can call the police and let them know what's going on. >> he even sounds like a really young person, right? >> yeah. >> i did not curse at them. >> did you curse under your breath while they were there? >> i might have. but i didn't curse at them. >> he was probably just frustrating at years of being treated like a kid. >> frustrated with it. >> that guy can't be mad at this clerk. he could get in a lot of trouble as an employee if he sold alcohol to an underage client. >> this happened in georgia and the driver's license he had is from pennsylvania so i can see

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major chains like kroger's, cvs rite aid, and even target have been putting the squeeze of couponers. harder to redeem those coupon combos that make items virtually free. >> $10 off a 20 minimum dollar spend. they're increasing that minimum. instead of buy one get one free, now it's buy three get one free. >> reporter: not just the extreme couponers getting snipd, retailers are scaling back on coupon to affect even casual snippers. last year, retailers cut back 8% on coupons. with less coupons customers redeem 12% more, saving more than 4 billion. >> people are starting to stop spending when things are regular priced. they're getting a sense of when there's going be a discount. >> reporter: and now those expiration dates are coming up quicker. so, are the days of coupons numbered? >> why so many coupons. this is ridiculous. >> reporter: jc penney recently did away with coupons altogether. >> whoa, everybody, i'm just getting some coupons. >> we should note that ralphs is improving their customers rewards system in lieu of double coupons. >>> coming up on "good morning america" -- chec

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his name is conner kroger, he was a passenger in his grand mom's car when she suddenly passed out. conner acted quickly and may have saved two lives in the pros. >> he grabbed the steering wheel. >> i pulled the emergency brake. the car jolted this way. and went -- right into the ditch. the car -- i was at the top. my grandma was at the bottom. when i first got out of the car my legs were all shaky. >> you can imagine why. conner and his grandmother were shaken but didn't have a scratch. >>> coming up. no matter what the new york farmer is doing, you can be sure that goose you see there is going to be right behind him. we'll tell you why. >> but up next, groupon is going to give you some clearer explanations about what you're getting for the money. and don't forget, we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> a daily deal can turn into a dud if it expires before you get to use it. so now discount leader groupon is changing its voucher disclosures to help you understand how much time you have to use that deal. groupon did this after connecticut's attorney g

major chains like kroger, cvs, rite aid, even target have been putting the squeeze on couponers, makingharder to redeem those combose that make a product virtually free. >> rather than having $10 off a $20 minimum spend, they are increasing that minimum to $30 or $40. additionally that are buy one, get one free, things like three three, get one free. >> reporter: it's not just the extreme couponers getting snipped. retailers are scaling back on coupons that affect even casual snippers. last year retailers cut back on the amount of coupons they offered by more than 8%. even with less coupons, customers redeemed 12% more. saving more than $4 billion. >> people are starting to stop spending when things are regular price. they're getting sense that they should wait for when there's going to be a discount. >> reporter: those expiration dates are coming up faster. redemption periods have shrunk by 20% since 2007. so are the days of coupons numbered? >> why so many coupons? this is ridiculous. >> reporter: jcpenney recently did away with coupons altogether. >> whoa, everybody. i'm just get som

several big chains including kroger and safeway banned the sale of so-called pink slime in their storesn light of the controversy. no word yet how many jobs will be lost. >>> look at kentucky fans celebrating the big ncaa championship win last night. things got out of hand pretty quickly. thousands poured into the streets. more than 30 fires set. police say one man was wounded in a shooting. they arrested dozens of people, all this after the big wildcats win over the kansas jayhawks. 67-59, to take home kentucky's eighth national championship. carlos diaz live at the site of the game in new orleans. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, you know, it's one thing to say that you had 30 fires last night in lexington, but it's an improvement over the 50 fires they dealt with in lexington saturday night after kentucky beat louisville, their in-state rival. kentucky's eighth national championship and wildcat fans had been waiting 14 years to celebrate. john calipari, head coach of the kentucky wildcats has been waiting all his life to cut down the nets. he's never won a national cham

so that is kroger norquist in the wall street journal this morning. tampa, florida, bart, an independent. caller: i think i pay too much in taxes. nobody has touched on this, the reason is the self employment tax. the small, independent person that may be working by himself or working as an independent has to pay self employment taxes on top of independence regular taxation that he would normally receive. also, i think a flat fair share type of tax system would alleviate all the forms. reducing the size of government substantially, paying people -- paying people less is a good way to bring down the taxes. a federal employee makes a lot more money than a person sitting there and passed to figure out how he's gotten to work every day. caller:host: zachary, a democran harrisburg, pennsylvania. caller: i pay my fair share. i see what happens when the fair share at the top does not get paid. the first thing that comes to the table to get cut is education. when we talk about how we got here, try to stop this on a dime, alike with the other gentleman said. w

that is bigger than the retail forces of target, kroger, mcdonald's, and walmart combined. again, a huge drain on our economy. we have gathered a lot of statistics and i have thrown out a lot of numbers, but the important thing to remember here is that as we think about redesigning our tax system, we should not just worry about the rates of tax charge, the various deductions, but we need to think about making it easier to file and pay taxes, and be more transparent. when we do that, people will recognize more clearly how much their government costs them, and they might just demand a government that spends their money a little more wisely. check out the study online, ntu.org taxing trend. >> all the various documents we have been referencing here, including a list of who has taken the taxpayer protection pledge. the pledge is a written commitment that a lot of elected officials and candidates for office have taken, and it is written commitment to oppose any and all efforts to raise net taxes on the american people. so let's get rid of it deductions and credits, but let's red