Kitchen & Groceries
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Hungryroot Helped Me Discover Some Delicious New Products. But Is the Grocery Delivery Service Worth It?
Going to the grocery store is an enormous time and energy suck. It’s the reason so many meal kit subscription services exist. Companies like Blue Apron have simplified things quite a bit, but they can also nuke a lot of…
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Resist the Pricey Friday Night Fish Fry: 7 Better-Than-the-Restaurant Fish Fry Batters to Try at Home
Restaurants all over the nation tout Friday night fish fry specials, and some even sling all-you-can-eat iterations. For the latter, you might be able to fast all day to get more bang for your buck and actually get a good…
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Whole Foods on the Cheap: The 8 Best 365 Products at Whole Foods, According to Superfans
With its large selection of organic and specialty foods, Whole Foods isn’t known for affordability. But frugal shoppers shouldn’t discount the retailer entirely. Thanks to the store’s in-house 365 brand, savvy consumers can shop at the Amazon-owned store without spending…
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Need Some Good Karma? Here Are the Best Things to Donate to Your Local Food Pantry, According to Redditors
Donating to a local food pantry is always a wonderful way to give back, and often flies under the radar as one of the most useful. Looking to clear out your own personal pantry and help out somebody else’s? So…
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Sick of Ham and Cheese? Here are 8 Reddit-Approved Cheap Work Lunch Ideas
If you’re brown bagging it to work every day, you might be starting to get sick of your standard rotation. Ham and cheese again. Bologna and cheese after that. Just cheese next, because you ran out of meat. Need some…
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Thanks, Reddit: Users Share 10 Costco ‘Life Hacks’ That They Swear By
There are just certain unwritten rules that you only pick up at Costco after wandering the unmarked, wall-to-wall aisles for years. But we can put you on the fast-track to Costco mastery with these 10 money- and time-saving life hacks,…
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Meijer vs. Kroger vs. Target: I Grocery Shopped Online at All Three — Here’s How it Went, from Order to Pickup
Sometimes my passion for penny-pinching scores me amazing deals that pump me up with pride, and other times my cheap tendencies are a real pain in the ass. The day…
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Battle of the Mustards: Where Does French’s Rank in Our Head-to-Head Honey Mustard Showdown?
Different types of mustards have endless applications, but when it comes to things like chicken nuggets, salad, and crudité, there’s no replacing honey mustard. It’s the king. What’s the best…
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You Can Now Order Sam’s Club Food Court Items on Your Phone (Your Move, Costco!)
As if $1.38 hot dog combos and the best cheap ice cream sundae around couldn’t get any better, Sam’s Club just rolled out a new feature in their app that…
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You Can Order Custom Oreo Cookies, and We’re Not Mad at Anything but the Price
Are Double Stuf Oreos not doing it for you? Something about the birthday cake flavor not sitting quite right? Need to crank up your party favor game? If any of…
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Did You Know There’s a Tiny Trader Joe’s Just for Kids?
Grown-ups love Trader Joe’s. They may say they’re just picking up some groceries, but the truth is, they love wandering the aisles, sniffing the low-priced flower arrangements, and perusing all…
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Everything You Wanted to Know About M&M’s But Were Afraid to Ask
Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat with burning, unanswered questions about M&M’s? Sure you do; we’ve all been there. The candy…
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Feeling Too Lazy to Cook? TikTok’s Viral ‘Girl Dinner’ Is Your Answer for a Fast and Easy Meal
If you’re feeling guilty because you’re too tired to make a proper dinner and end up just snacking, don’t feel bad about it — you’re actually on trend. TikTok’s newest…
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Here’s What You Should Buy Using the Whole Foods Bulk Bins — and What You Should Get Pre-Packaged Instead
While many of the products lining the shelves at Whole Foods Market tend to be of a higher quality than other grocery stores, there’s one inescapable truth about the Amazon-owned…
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I Tried All of Trader Joe’s Gummy Candy, and the Best Rivals Sour Patch Kids
I am a gummy candy connoisseur. It’s been my favorite candy format all my life, so I was heartbroken when I found out Trader Joe’s had discontinued two of my favorite…
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‘The Customer Is NOT Always Right!’: Here’s What Retail Workers Would Do if They Were in Charge
Office work comes with its drawbacks: paper cuts, eyestrain, aches and pains. But dealing with entitled customers and abusive bosses in retail is a special kind of hell. Life in…
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No One Is Doing the Viral TikTok Fruit Roll-Up Hack the Way I Would, So I Put My Own Spin on It
I can’t tell you how many TikTok videos I have scrolled through of people spreading ice cream into a Fruit Roll-Up and rolling it up before taking a bite, resulting…
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Bulking on a Budget: 9 Things Frugal Weightlifters and Athletes Eat (and Drink) To Stay Fit
Putting on muscle costs a lot of money. You’ve got to pay for your gym membership, a medicine cabinet full of supplements, and 3,000-plus calories worth of daily fuel. Since…
