Shopping

  • A young mother puts a sandwich into a clear food storage bag. She is in the kitchen with a concrete counter top surrounded by other fruits and vegetables that she is preparing and storing.

    I Tried Stasher Bags. Are They Worth It?

    You’ve likely seen them at your local Target, Whole Foods, or CVS: Stasher bags, the reusable silicone bags that all but promise to replace regular plastic storage bags. But are they as good as advertised? And at a significantly higher…

  • Buffalo, New York, USA - September 2, 2019: Wegmans Food Markets in Buffalo, New York, USA. Wegmans Food Markets Inc. is a privately held American supermarket chain

    Shoplifting Struggles End Wegmans Self-Checkout App

    Beloved northeastern grocery chain Wegmans is doling out disappointment to its cult-following of customers. The retailer is doing away with its popular self-checkout app, Wegmans SCAN.  The app, which rolled out in 2019, allowed shoppers to check out quicker, by…

  • Jan 9, 2020 Mountain View / CA/ USA - People shopping at a Walmart store in south San Francisco bay area

    Walmart’s New Virtual Fitting Rooms Take the Guesswork Out of Online Shopping

    Buying clothes online is akin to the retail world’s version of a blind date. You don’t know how an outfit will look on you until you see it on yourself, which is something online shopping doesn’t offer. But Walmart is…

  • Las Vegas - Circa June 2019: Walmart Retail Location. Walmart is boosting its internet and ecommerce presence to keep up with competitors V

    Walmart’s Newest Item: Checking Accounts With a Money Back Offer

    Most consumers head into Walmart for groceries, cheap socks, or other right-priced items. Soon they will also be able to pick up something else that’s useful —  a digital checking account that offers money back, too. Though Walmart aims to…

  • Costco Superfans Say Store’s Avocados Refuse to Ripen — Here’s Why

    A Costco superfan recently sparked a conversation about the wholesaler’s avocados on Reddit, where the original poster wrote that “they refused to ripen.” “They stayed rock hard for over a week and a day after that decided to immediately rot,”…

  • Costco Camp Burning Man

    There’s a Costco-Inspired Camp in the Desert for Finding Your ‘Soulmate’

    In the middle of the Black Rock Desert, nestled between goggled partygoers and towering effigies, you can find the strangest Costco in the world. This unofficial Costco location — subtitled the Soulmate Trading Outlet — doesn’t deal in bulk dry…