Kitchen & Groceries
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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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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 that the real reason prices are skyrocketing is because of…
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Sam’s Club to Open 30 Huge Stores
Though some retail companies are shuttering stores or going under completely, Sam’s Club, Costco’s biggest competitor, has plans to expand. Thanks to “historic comparable sales growth” and a record rise in memberships during the last two years, Walmart, Sam’s Club’s…
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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 go-around, TJ’s recently pulled some of the most frequent winners…
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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 “shopper rebellion”: Consumers who’ve had enough of inflation are buying…
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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 U.S. Department of Agriculture is tightening its guidelines for labeling…
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Mountain Dew’s Baja Blast Now Available as a Hot Sauce
Of all the heinous flavors Mountain Dew has introduced over the years — from Flamin’ Hot to the fruitcake-flavored Fruit Quake — Baja Blast is probably the variety with the…
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Forget McDonald’s: These Are the Best (and Worst) Frozen Chicken Nuggets
Fast food chicken nuggets are a time-tested guilty pleasure. The only problem? They’re not great for you, and if you want them, you have to actually leave your house. Good…
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Game Day Recipes From Your Favorite Celebrity Chefs
Football and food go together. So break out a new playbook this year, and change up your usual recipes with some ideas from famous chefs. Everyone from Jamie Oliver to…
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10 ‘Must-Have’ Products From Ikea, According to Superfans
Shopping at Ikea always seems like a gamble. Either you come home with something cheap, stylish, and functional, or you’re stuck with an impossible-to-assemble dud. One solution? Trust the experts —…
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Costco Sued for Allegedly Mislabeling Its Canned Tuna As ‘Dolphin Safe’
A Costco shopper claims that the members-only retailer misled consumers with its “dolphin-safe” label on Kirkland tuna, which is caught using “100% Monofilament Leaders & Circle Hooks,” a fishing practice…
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Shoppers Love These High-Protein Costco Products
While most Americans eat plenty of protein, active individuals do require a hefty dose of muscle-building amino acids — 0.5-.09 grams of protein per pound. Meeting that benchmark is especially difficult…
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We Tried 13 Kinds of Chocolate and These Are the Best
Sure, you could argue that a surplus of antioxidants is what makes chocolate good for you, but we all know the real reason: It makes you happy. You don’t really…
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Dollar General Hit With Restraining Order for Pricing Errors
With prices on many consumer goods rising quickly, shoppers have come to grips with not everything at the dollar store costing $1, even when it seems it should. But in…
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These Are the Most Trustworthy Grocery Stores in the US
Inflation might have shoppers searching for the cheapest store to score groceries, but the stores with the lowest prices might not necessarily be the most trustworthy. Market research firm BrandSpark…
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TikTok’s Wildly Popular Pink Sauce Has Hit Shelves at Walmart
Despite its controversial beginnings and bizarre Pepto Bismol color, Chef Pii’s Pink Sauce has hit store shelves at Walmart thanks in part to a partnership with Dave’s Gourmet of “Hot…
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6 Disposable Products You Should Reuse, According to Thrifty Redditors
Every year, millions of metric tons of single-use products are burned, tossed into landfills, or dumped into the ocean, releasing noxious pollutants into the environment. Not only that, but disposable…
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Over 35 Store-Brand Foods That Deliver Quality and Savings
It’s common knowledge that buying store brands can add up to big savings at the grocery, but some formerly resistant shoppers are taking a second look at these cheaper alternatives. Fortunately, many…
