Kitchen & Groceries

  • Exterior view of an ALDI grocery store with shopping carts outside and large ALDI and Food Market signs on the building. The sky is partly cloudy.

    I Shopped at Aldi for the First Time and Here’s What I Learned

    German grocer Aldi has earned more and more U.S. devotees, but I’ll admit I’d been late to the party. After all, I already shopped for food at a lot of places — Kroger, Costco, Trader Joe’s, and Target — and…

  • 10 Costco Meal Kits You Should Never Buy

    Costco has a special place in a lot of shoppers’ hearts, and many consider the abundance of meal kits a highlight of the wholesale club. But which kits are worth buying and which ones should you leave on the shelf? …

  • The Most Popular Snacks in Every State

    America likes to snack. That’s not a big revelation. But a 2024 study by data firm HubScore tried to make sense of who snacks on what, and where. Using geotagged online reviews, search trends, and consumer behavior data, the study…

  • 10 Things I Always Buy at Sam’s Club — and Not at Costco

    Superfans are vocal in their love for Costco and its in-house Kirkland brand products, but what about the warehouse’s largest competitor, Sam’s Club?  I’ve had memberships to both clubs for years now, and there are some things I prefer about…

  • A woman stands in a supermarket aisle, holding a bottle of milk in one hand and looking at her smartphone in the other, while standing next to a refrigerated display of dairy products.

    35 Tricks That’ll Save You Serious Cash at the Grocery Store

    Does anyone else feel grocery shopping is a total gut punch these days? The prices at the grocery store have gotten so out of hand that we’re forced to psych ourselves up to go and then have an internal pep…

  • Costco’s 17 Best Salty Snacks

    Everyone loves to snack, and whether you’re more of a sweets person or a salt craver, Costco has you covered. The aisles and aisles of snacks can seem a little daunting (especially in bulk sizes if you’ve never tried the…