Food & Drink
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The 5 Best Trader Joe’s Frozen Pizzas, According to Fans
If there’s one thing Trader Joe’s does well, it’s cheap frozen food. The California-based retailer offers everything from basics like white rice and stir-fried veggies to unique all-in-one meals from far-flung countries. When it comes to the latter, the chain’s…
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The Whole Foods Chantilly Cake is a Huge Hit — Here’s Why
The Berry Chantilly Cake from Whole Foods has developed a cult following since it launched 13 years ago, with shoppers lining up in droves through power outages and impending natural disasters to buy it, according to Whole Foods. Made with…
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Burrito Season Is Real, and Chipotle Is Hiring 15,000 Workers To Prepare for It
Move over, swimsuit season, because burrito season is where it’s at. Every year from March to May, customers flock to Chipotle (and probably other burrito chains) in some sort of burrito feeding frenzy. The company attributes the phenomenon to various…
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How to Cut Costs for Your Super Bowl Party Menu
Whether you watch for the amazing plays, the halftime show, or the commercials, the real star of Super Bowl Sunday in many households isn’t the game, it’s the snacks. As grocery prices have continued to soar — up an average 11.8%…
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Papa Johns’ Latest Gimmick To Get Pizza Fans To Like It: Cheese on the Bottom
Papa Johns has a terrible reputation. Not only do many consumers remember the racist rants that founder and spokesman John Schnatter engaged in before resigning as CEO, but lots of them think Papa Johns pizza just plain sucks. Like many…
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Tight Grocery Budget? Redditors Say This App Is a ‘Tremendous Help’
With eggs more than doubling in price in the past year, many families are feeling the pinch of inflation at the grocery store. To cut down on costs, budget-conscious Redditors on r/Frugal and r/PovertyFinance have turned to Flashfood, a Canadian…
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Frugal Redditors Are in Love With This Money-Saving Recipe App
Let’s be honest: When it’s the end of the week, you’re tired, and your fridge looks empty, nine times out of 10 you’re going to order takeout. After all, who…
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Why Are Eggs So Expensive? Some Point to Record Profits
As egg prices have continued to soar, so, too, have profits for America’s leading egg producer. And consumers, lawmakers, and advocacy groups are angry. “They don’t want you to know…
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Fireball Cinnamon Maker Sued for Lack of Whiskey in Mini Bottles
Fans of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky are seeing red after some customers discovered that mini bottles of Fireball Cinnamon sold at convenience stores and other locations contain no whiskey. The tiny…
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Has McDonald’s Reached Its Final Straw? Fast-Food Giant Tests Strawless Lids
Plastic straws at McDonald’s may soon be a thing of the past if a pilot program the fast-food giant is trying out proves successful. The burger chain is testing a plastic…
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The Most Popular Items at Trader Joe’s
Trader Joe’s fans, the results are in. The cult-favorite grocery chain has released its annual list of customers’ favorite items in nine categories. To make the yearly survey more interesting this…
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The Best K-Cups For Your Morning Brew
There’s nothing like a good cup of coffee, but many of us don’t need freshly ground beans every day. We’re coffee lovers, but we know the bean juice that comes…
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The Most Over-the-Top Fast Food of the Past 10 Years
Fast food used to be a simple burger-and-fries affair, but for many big-name chains, food stunts can create buzz and swipe curious customers from the competition. There has been no…
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7 Money-Saving Grocery Store Hacks, According to Redditors
After months of high prices, inflation is slowing as companies back off from prices increases. That move is driven in part by what The Wall Street Journal has called a…
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Nutella Is Just the Start: Fancy Peanut Butters and Other Spreads to Try
Forget the oversize jar of ordinary peanut butter or when being fancy, that familiar chocolate hazelnut spread. These days, creativity is what’s being spread on everything from crackers to sandwiches…
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Cheap and Easy Beef Recipes You Can Make for Dinner
Beef comes in so many forms — ground, roast, shank, steak, and so on — and is an ingredient that many have in our freezers a lot of the time.…
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25 Kitchen Mistakes You’re Probably Still Making
Whether you’re just learning to cook or consider yourself a savvy home chef, you’re likely making plenty of mistakes that prevent you from turning out gourmet dishes every night. From…
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Meaning of ‘Organic’ To Become Clearer Under Tougher USDA Rules
Labels describing products as organic were once a rarity, but lately, it seems like every other item at the grocery store has one. That could soon change, though, as the…
