LOS ANGELES — Bed Bath & Beyond is mounting a comeback, reopening stores in partnership with the Container Store across 22 cities, including two in Southern California.
Die-hard fans and coupon collectors have reason to celebrate — for a limited time, the new stores will honor the chain’s iconic blue and white coupons, regardless of how old they are.
Customers can redeem their expired coupons through July 13. The company is also running a contest to track down the oldest coupon in existence, offering the winner a $100,000 home renovation prize.
“For decades, our customers treated these coupons like treasure,” said Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. President Amy Sullivan in a statement Monday. “They tucked them into purses, filing cabinets, cookbooks and memory boxes because they believed they would be valuable someday. We think they were right.”
Bed Bath & Beyond, which carries home goods ranging from towels to kitchen gadgets, filed for bankruptcy in 2023 and shuttered all its locations. Overstock.com then acquired the brand and has since rebranded itself as Beyond, Inc.
The company unveiled the first phase of its brick-and-mortar return last week. Alongside stores opening in New York, Colorado, Illinois and other states, two California locations will debut in the coming weeks in Costa Mesa and Century City in Los Angeles.
For years, social media users have mourned their inability to use expired Bed Bath & Beyond coupons.
“Found my entire stash of Bed bath and beyond coupons today,” one Reddit user said earlier this year. “Sad I never got to use them.”
Another Reddit user said they found a large stack of expired coupons two years ago. “I know I should probably toss them out at this point, but they were fun to collect,” they wrote.
In 2025, Beyond, Inc. executive chairman Marcus Lemonis swore off California entirely, citing its “over-regulated, expensive” business climate. He ruled out future retail stores in the state in a statement posted on X last August.
Less than a year later, the company reversed course, announcing 12 planned storefronts across the Golden State, including five in Southern California. The new stores, branded as Bed Bath & Beyond + The Container Store, will carry home organizational products alongside bed sheets, pillows and more.
Gov. Gavin Newsom welcomed the retailer back to the state.
“With a thriving economy growing faster than all other developed nations, California always reaches out with an open hand – not a closed fist,” he posted on X in April.
The Container Store filed for bankruptcy in 2024 and emerged from it in early 2025. Bed Bath & Beyond then acquired the Container Store in April for roughly $150 million in stock and convertible notes, a move that forms part of the company’s broader comeback strategy following its own bankruptcy.
“Our customers don’t think about their homes in categories,” Lemonis said in a statement. “By bringing Bed Bath & Beyond and The Container Store together, we’re creating a destination where customers can buy products, organize their spaces, design custom solutions and access services all under one roof.”
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