Kitchen & Groceries
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Costco Is Cracking Down on Membership Sharing, and Redditors Have Some Horror Stories
It’s official: Costco is cracking down on membership sharing. That means if you normally lend your card to your brother, or use your friend’s card to buy your groceries, you better come up with a plan B. Costco superfans on…
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Trader Joe’s Sells Frozen Water Bottles for Dirt Cheap So You Can Keep Your Frozen Groceries Cold During the Drive Home
I recently gave in to the siren song of Trader Joe’s addictive orange chicken and trekked over an hour away to the nearest TJ’s with my best friend to get my fix. After loading our carts with frozen vegetables, dips,…
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Save the Spaghetti: 8 Leftover Pasta Recipes To Stretch Your Food Budget Even Further
Still freezing tons of leftover cooked pasta without knowing what to do with it? I get it; I have personally never actually cooked the correct amount of pasta in my entire life. Thankfully, there are plenty of dishes to make…
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‘Ban the Food Samples!’ and Other Unpopular Costco Opinions
The problem with most online communities is that they become so niche and insular that everyone starts saying the same thing. The r/Costco subreddit is no exception. If you’re a member, there’s a good chance you love the rotisserie chicken…
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Psst: You’ve Been Storing Nuts Wrong This Whole Time
Nuts seem like an obvious pantry-safe food. Given that they’re a staple ingredient for snacks like trail mix and granola bars —and, once upon a time, were handed out on airlines — they can last forever, right? Well, not exactly.…
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Here’s How I Transform Costco’s Sheet Cakes for Parties
Are you still spending half of your kid’s birthday party budget on the Spiderman cake you had to order a month in advance from a bakery? If you’re looking for a cheaper alternative, take it from me: Costco’s sheet cakes…
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Costco Makes You Buy Two Boxes of Muffins — Shoppers Share What to Do With the Second One
It’s a cross many Costco fans have had to bear — buy a six-pack of muffins (or Danish or bagels) and get another pack for free (whether you want it…
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Rice Reimagined: Here’s How Savvy Home Cooks Transform Leftover Rice Into Entirely New Dishes
A little bit goes a long way with rice, and chances are, whether you’re ordering takeout or cooking it yourself, your meals might end up with lots left over. What…
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‘This Is Brilliant’: A Redditor Made 106 Meals for $165 and the Internet Is Impressed
Meal prepping an entire month’s worth of meals is an insane amount of work, but the results are 100% worth the effort. Need convincing? Just look at Redditor u/ArtisanGerard’s very…
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‘Current Costco Obsessions’: Superfans Are Raving About These 10 Must-Buy Products
Costco’s maze-like stores, vast inventory, bulk products, and sample stations are all designed to make you spend as much time and money in the store as possible. To avoid falling…
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‘Greedflation’: Why Inflation Is SO Good for Food Billionaires
While inflation rates seem to be cooling in the last few months, that doesn’t mean they aren’t enormously high.  Two years ago, white bread was 22% cheaper and butter was 31%…
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This TikToker Hatched Chickens From a Carton of Trader Joe’s Eggs, and Now We Are Traumatized
Be careful which eggs you buy from the grocery store, or you may end up with your very own backyard chicken flock.We weren’t the only ones in shock when we…
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Costco’s Self-Checkout Process Is ‘Awful,’ According to Customers
Have you found yourself getting increasingly annoyed with Costco’s self-checkout stations? You’re not alone. Some of the warehouse chain’s biggest fans on Reddit’s r/Costco community — not to mention we…
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Put On Your Noise-Canceling Headphones: Supermarkets Are Trying To Trick You With Music
The next time you’re at the grocery store, try to tune out the noise. That innocuous background music playing may have a hidden agenda. Stores may be using music to get…
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Is Costco Cracking Down on Membership Sharing? Signs on Reddit Point to Yes
Costco fans on Reddit’s r/Costco community have noticed something at their favorite warehouse store lately: Costco appears to be cracking down on membership sharing. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s when the…
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A National Summer Crisis: Ice Cream Inflation and Other Grocery Staples Rising in Cost
One minute we’re reeling from inflation at the grocery store and the next we’re being told price increases are slowing down. It’s inflation-induced whiplash, but it’s here to hit you…
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I Tasted Trader Joe’s New Buttermilk Ranch Dressing — Here’s How It Compares to Hidden Valley Ranch
I have not had the best of luck with Trader Joe’s refrigerated dressings. The Green Goddess was nightmare fuel when I tried it, and there was one I only remember…
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This Easy Hack Will Make Your Bagged Lettuce Last for Weeks
I freely admit I am very dependent on bagged lettuce. What is it about washing and cutting fresh lettuce that seems so darn time-consuming? I’d rather go without salad than…
