Shopping

  • Man shopping in a supermarket while on a budget. He is looking for low prices due to inflation, standing looking at his phone in front of a row of freezers. He is living in the North East of England.

    9 Things You Should Always Cheap Out On, According to Thrifty Redditors

    Brand-name drugs have exactly the same risks, benefits, and effects as generic drugs — and yet they’re 80-85% more expensive on average. The frugal choice? Always buy off-brand medicine. While you can apply the same logic to other purchases, it’s not…

  • Hands of a man turning knob to light a gas stove

    Will Gas Stoves Be Banned in the US?

    Home cooks might have to say goodbye to the satisfying “click, click whoosh” of their stovetop burners igniting courtesy of a ban on gas stoves proposed by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Some states and cities have already restricted…

  • Trader Joe's vegetable pad thai

    Trader Joe’s Shoppers Share Their Favorite Low-Calorie Frozen Meals

    It’s rare that food is quick, cheap, yummy, and low in calories, but these six Trader Joe’s products manage to be all four. To be clear, we’re not saying these frozen meals are healthy — sodium levels are off the charts in…

  • M&M's peanut bag purple supporting women

    Will You Buy ‘Woke’ Female M&Ms?

    Sweets-maker Mars has begun selling bags of M&M’s that feature only the female characters’ candy colors as a way to commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8, and the marketing idea has some consumers up in arms. The special packages…

  • Hamburg, Germany - April 12, 2014: New Aldi Shopping Carts from a just opened new Aldi Discounter. Aldi is a German large discount chain splitted in Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd.

    The ‘Worst’ Aldi Foods You Should Never Buy, According to Shoppers

    After reading detailed descriptions of Aldi’s “absolutely foul” lobster mac and cheese, we feel obliged to caution other shoppers. No matter how much you love seafood, gooey cheese, or the thought of the two mixed together, many shoppers warn: never,…

  • An AI-generated illustration of two groups of people building two cabins. One is large and in the forest; the other is smaller and more modular and is built on a foundation. Trees and greenery surround both cabins.

    Prefab Cabins That Can Be Shipped to Your Door

    Have you been dreaming of a second home? Something small and modest but also different, and a place you can escape to when you’re sick of staring at the same walls, cooking in the same kitchen, sitting on the same sofa?…