Caroline Petrow-Cohen
Los Angeles Times
June 23, 2026 - 8:14 am
LOS ANGELES — Bed Bath & Beyond is looking to signifier a comeback arsenic the decades-old institution reopens stores successful concern with the Container Store successful 22 cities, including 2 in Southern California.
To the delight of die-hard fans and coupon collectors, for a constricted clip the caller stores volition judge the chain’s bluish and achromatic coupons, nary substance however aged they are.
Customers tin usage their expired coupons until July 13. The institution is besides holding a contention to find the oldest coupon retired there, with a prize of a location renovation worthy $100,000.
“For decades, our customers treated these coupons similar treasure,” said Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. President Amy Sullivan successful a connection Monday. “They tucked them into purses, filing cabinets, cookbooks and representation boxes due to the fact that they believed they would beryllium invaluable someday. We deliberation they were right.”
Bed Bath & Beyond, which sells location goods including towels and room gadgets, filed for bankruptcy successful 2023 and unopen down each its locations. Following its bankruptcy, Bed Bath & Beyond was bought by Overstock.com, which has since rebranded to Beyond, Inc.
The institution announced the archetypal signifier of its brick-and-mortar reopenings past week. In summation to stores successful New York, Colorado, Illinois and different states, two locations volition open successful California successful the coming weeks successful Costa Mesa and Century City successful Los Angeles.
Over the past fewer years, societal media users lamented that they could not usage their expired Bed Bath & Beyond coupons.
“Found my full stash of Bed bath and beyond coupons today,” 1 Reddit idiosyncratic said earlier this year. “Sad I ne'er got to usage them.”
Another Reddit idiosyncratic said they recovered a ample stack of expired coupons 2 years ago. “I cognize I should astir apt flip them retired astatine this point, but they were amusive to collect,” they wrote.
In 2025, Beyond, Inc.’s enforcement president Marcus Lemonis vowed helium would ne'er reopen stores successful California owed to the “over-regulated, expensive” concern environment. He ruled retired aboriginal retail stores successful the authorities successful a connection posted connected X past August.
Less than a twelvemonth later, however, the institution announced 12 planned storefronts successful the Golden State, including 5 successful Southern California. The caller stores, dubbed Bed Bath & Beyond + The Container Store, volition connection location organizational products arsenic good arsenic furniture sheets, pillows and more.
Gov. Gavin Newsom welcomed the retailer back to the state.
“With a thriving system increasing faster than each different developed nations, California ever reaches retired with an unfastened manus — not a closed fist,” helium posted connected X successful April.
The Container Store filed for bankruptcy successful 2024 and emerged from it successful aboriginal 2025. Bed Bath & Beyond acquired the Container Store successful April for astir $150 cardinal successful banal and convertible notes, portion of the company’s effort astatine a comeback aft its ain bankruptcy.
“Our customers don’t deliberation astir their homes successful categories,” Lemonis said successful a statement. “By bringing Bed Bath & Beyond and The Container Store together, we’re creating a destination wherever customers tin bargain products, signifier their spaces, plan customized solutions and entree services each nether 1 roof.”
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