Shopping
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The Best Dog Harnesses for the Car — and Why They’re Important
Dog sweaters, dog nail polish, and dog beer … it’s all a bit much. While dog seat belts and safety harnesses sound like another addition to that long list of silly, self-indulgent pet products, the evidence shows otherwise. We spoke…
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Designer Sunglasses You Can Buy at Costco at a Discount
Since Luxottica monopolized the eyewear industry with its purchases of nearly every well-known brand from Chanel to Versace, buying a pair of designer sunglasses has become akin to highway robbery. In 1999, you could buy a pair of Ray-Bans at…
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The 8 Best Places to Find Cheap Maternity Clothes
With its loose fabric and added breastfeeding bib, the first-of-its-kind Baroque maternity dress, dubbed the Adrienne, marked a key moment in fashion history. Rather than simply donning an apron or just making do as expecting mothers did prior to the…
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Power Tools From Home Depot and Amazon Recalled Due to Safety Risks
If you’ve recently bought power tools, take a second look at the brand and model, or you may risk serious injury. DeWalt is recalling nearly 1.4 million miter saws due to safety hazards. There have been more than 570 reports…
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Best Costco Buys for Spicy Food Fanatics
If you’re someone that splashes hot sauce on every breakfast, sprinkles pepper flakes on pizza before you taste it, or doesn’t eat a snack without it having a kick, you should probably consider getting your spicy food fix in bulk.…
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Competing Brands That Are Owned by the Same Company
Between big-box stores and online retailers, U.S. consumers have access to a wealth of options for most any product they wish to buy. Sometimes, however, the choices aren’t as varied as the brand names might indicate. Some companies practice “multibranding,”…
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Taco Bell’s Crispy Chicken Tacos Are Buy One, Get One Free For a Limited Time Only
For the next two weeks, Taco Bell enthusiasts can buy one Cantina Crispy Chicken Taco and get another free, at participating locations nationwide. Taco Bell’s $2 Crispy Chicken taco features…
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The 10 Best Stemless Wine Glasses for Swirling and Sipping
The internet is full of posts asking if stemless wine glasses are gauche or tacky. Some advice: Ignore pinky-in-the-air wine snobs who only drink from $100 crystal glasses. Stemless wine…
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I Stopped Shopping on Amazon and This Is What Happened
It took some time to recognize it, but … I’m an Amazonaholic. I had an addiction to clicking “Buy Now” in my spare moments. For many of us, the pandemic…
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Toilet Paper, Hot Sauce, and Other Pandemic-Era Shortages
If you were brave enough to venture out to a grocery store early on in the pandemic, you probably couldn’t believe your eyes. Displays were swept clean of tons of…
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These 10 Aldi Products Are Customers’ Favorites
Aldi asks customers to pick their favorite products annually, with more than 360,000 customers weighing in since the survey began. Here are some customers have praised most from 10 categories…
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Things You Didn’t Know About Mushrooms
It’s neither plant nor animal, it can glow in the dark, and it can be deadly. No, not aliens. We’re talking about mushrooms — those strange, mouthwatering morsels that grow…
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Cheaper Alternatives to Popular Products That Won’t Disappoint
Some products inspire a fanatical devotion among fans — but that makes them an easy target for other companies who want a piece of the pie. Often, knockoffs and lookalikes…
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We Tried 19 Kinds of Beef Jerky and These Are the Best (And Worst)
Beef jerky is odd. Like a lot of other dried food, it thrives as a snack, and when you’re in the snack game the competition is fierce. There are so…
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I’m a Coffee Snob. This Cheap Coffee Is the Best, IMHO
Life is too short to drink cheap coffee. That’s my philosophy — or was until the economy tanked, groceries prices skyrocketed, and my favorite coffee shops closed down. In an…
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The Aldi Family Feud And Its Connection to Trader Joe’s
From Rubble to Riches On the heels of World War II, brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht returned to their war-torn hometown Essen, Germany, and transformed their mother’s corner store into…
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The Best American-Made Watches
Two countries come to mind when people think of watches: Switzerland and Japan. But the United States has a notable watchmaking history, too, with early companies like the Waltham Watch…
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We Tried 9 Canned Biscuits — This Is the Best
Biscuits are notoriously hard to make. Most people go years struggling through highs and lows to perfect a biscuit recipe, but there isn’t always a need for that. The best…
