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grocery shrink ray
Lack Of Grocery Shrink Rayage Is Peanut Butter Selling Point
Matt spotted this jar of Jif peanut butter that proudly boasts its eluded the all-seeing scope of the grocery shrink ray and still packs 18 ounces of goodness within its plastic confines. More » -
steak
Consumers Forgo Restaurants, Cook Fancy Steaks At Home
Americans love steak. Now, in a recession, we still love it, but we've shifted to buying and cooking delicious high-end steaks at home instead of eating them in restaurants, thanks to greater availability of fancy cuts of meat to consumers. More » -
when online coupons go offline
Kroger Rep Cops To Ralphs Not Accepting Its Own Online Grocery Coupons
Ronald printed out coupons from the Ralphs grocery website but store management wouldn't let him use them. He sent of a letter to Kroger, which owns the grocery chain, and got this response. More » -
coupons
Free Groceries Outweigh Coupon Shame
Impatient fellow shoppers huffing and puffing behind you are a small price to pay if it means free groceries. Slate dove into the world of hardcore couponing to uncover the secrets of the coupon all-stars. For instance, do you rock the Catalinas? More » -
extreme
Coupon Ninja Spends $5 For $91.97 Of Merchandise
Sure, not everyone has the time, inclination, or buying habits that make extreme coupon-shopping worthwhile. But everyone can benefit from learning some of the proud secrets of the coupon ninjas, such as coupon sources for products you probably already use, and combining sales, rebates, and coupons. More » -
safety
The 10 Riskiest Foods That Aren't Meat Or Poultry
This list of the 10 riskiest foods might surprise you at first, because there's no mention of any sort of meat or poultry. But that's because it's from the FDA, which doesn't regulate those two food categories. When it comes to produce, dairy, eggs and seafood, here's what to watch out for, listed in order from most outbreaks to least. More » -
shopping
Man Goes Into Business Delivering Costco To Overpriced NYC Neighborhoods
Groceries on the Upper East Side and Upper West Side of Manhattan are expensive. How expensive? One guy with a truck has started a business delivering cheaper groceries. One catch, he doesn't own a grocery store. He will go to Costco, where items cost a fraction of their Manhattan prices — and split the savings with you. More » -
muffins!
Teen Girls Accused Of "Food Contamination" After Squeezing Muffins
We're not quite sure what to make of U.K. grocery chain Tesco. First, the store bans a Jedi after he refuses to lower his hood. And, now, the chain is threatening legal action against two teenage girls who squeezed a couple of muffins to see how fresh they were. More » -
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grocery shrink ray
Banquet Finds Grocery Shrink Ray Isn't Enough, Hikes Price As Well
Banquet Foods wasn't satisfied with reducing the size of their mac & cheese meals by a third, from 12 ounces to 8 ounces. They also increased the price, notes our reader Richard, who confirmed the price hike at both his local Seattle supermarket and at Walmart (although Walmart's prices were lower in both versions). Funny, we thought the whole argument for the shrink ray was that it protected consumers from paying more.
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grocery stores
Math Proves It: Grocery Store Express Lane Not So Express
Here's a different sort of grocery store math than you're probably used to. A high school math teacher in Santa Cruz, California drew up a lesson plan for teaching students to answer the question: "which checkout line is the fastest?" Clearly, this is education after our own hearts. You may have your own anecdata on this subject, and even try to make predictions as you choose your line and thus your destiny, but that is no match for science. More » -
budgets
Coupon Master Spends $4 Weekly To Feed Family Of Six
If you want to learn how to be insanely efficient with coupon clipping and watching for sales, follow Kathy Spencer and learn from the master. WCVB TV in Boston notes that Spencer manages to spend only $4 on average each week to feed her husband, four kids, and four pets. We carefully re-read the pets line to make sure there was no past tense involved, as this would suggest cheating on where the food comes from. But nope, they're still around, so it looks like she really is good with coupons and sales. More » -
groceries
Save Money On Groceries, Save The World ...Er, Wallet
Our sibling publication ShopSmart has a great article this month on ways to save money at the grocery store. It's available as a PDF download, but here are some of the highlights. More » -
farming
Should You Keep Your Own Chickens?
We're gonna say "nope." But since we're all here, let's look at the recent New York Times article over the subject and consider whether the current "chicken boomlet" is right for you. More » -
grocery stores
Grocery Store Cancels Facebook Coupon Deal, Enrages Customers
Marsh, a grocery chain in Indiana and Ohio, made a special coupon available to their fans on Facebook. The coupon was good for $10 off a purchase of $10 or more. Great deal, right? Until the promotion got out of hand, and the store stopped accepting the coupon on Friday, with no warning to customers. Based on past similar experiences, you can guess how well this turns out. More » -
videos
Grocery Shopping Tips From The 1950s
Society may have come a long way since the 50s, but the grocery shopping tips remain the same. Inside, the wisdom that helped a generation of college-aged mothers conquer the scary supermarket. More » -
food
Store Brand Mixed Vegetables: Not Quite As Mixed As You Would Think
Have you ever taken a serving of mixed vegetables and sorted it by vegetable? Louis, annoyed at inaccurate depictions of food on labels, decided to sort, count, and weigh the vegetables in his can of Always Save brand canned vegetables. The results? Uh, not so mixed. More » -
deals
Amazon Releases July '09 Grocery Coupon Codes
Amazon.com has released the latest batch of special grocery coupon codes and Probargainhunter has the roundup. Among them, there's 20% off Elegant Cheese Cakes that are shaped like burgers for some reason with coupon code ELEGANT7.
Amazon coupon codes for July 2009 [Probargainhunter]
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