I visited a doomed Bed Bath & Beyond as the company enters bankruptcy

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I went to a doomed Bed Bath & Beyond in my city and found stocked shelves, no deep discounts and few signs that the end was near

Bed Bath & Beyond said it wouldn't accept coupons on April 26, but some locations did anyway.Bed Bath & Beyond filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, April 23, surprising some employees and customers.

The company said it will pursue"an orderly wind down" of its business to shutter its remaining stores. Insider visited a location in Wisconsin that had managed to stay off the closing list before now. It didn't look ready to close. Bed Bath & Beyond filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday, April 23, following a long battle to stay financially afloat.The move meant that stores that were expected to remain open, like this one in Wisconsin, would begin winding down and prepare to close.The bankruptcy announcement caught many shoppers and employees by surprise. The company said it would begin store-closing sales on April 26.

But since the coupons were now unusable at that store, many ended up in a stack in a chair near the front door. They're not completely useless, though. Big Lots and The Container Store have said they will honor them.

 

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