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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 or not). While this gives you a chance to get…
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Got a Colossal Zucchini That Overgrew in Your Garden? Try These Easy Recipes
Even the greenest green thumbs have overlooked a ready-to-pick zucchini during harvest and come back the next day to find a Hulk-sized zuke glaring at them from beneath the large leaves. But before you decide there’s no way to use…
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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 should you do with those extra takeout cartons? What about…
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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 satisfying freezer absolutely full of meals, all neatly stacked, organized,…
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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 for the company’s tricks, you should come prepared with a…
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Pizza Sauce, Contact Solution, and Loose Produce: Here Are 11 Items Redditors Wish Aldi Carried
Aldi is known for its combination of low prices, ease, and convenience. While shoppers appreciate the wide range of budget-friendly options offered at its stores, there are still some items such as loose produce, buttermilk, and rotisserie chicken that shoppers…
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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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Costco Shoppers Debate Whether You Should Be ‘That Person’ in the Self-Checkout Line
Checking out at Costco used to be a nightmare — and a major time commitment. Even if you just ran in to grab a (very large) box of croissants, actually…
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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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The OfferUp 8: The Most Confusing Things for Sale I Saw This Week
The rush of firing up OfferUp in Asheville, North Carolina, where I live, will never get old. There’s just so much stuff for sale in the wastelands of OfferUp that…
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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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I Stopped in My Local Amazon Go Store — Here’s How It Compared to 7-Eleven
Last year, I noticed that a new Amazon store had opened near me — not Amazon Fresh, or that weird Amazon 4-Star experiment that crashed and burned, but a small…
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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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Need to Revive Your Wooden Deck or Fence? This Viral TikTok Video Has the Answer
Does summertime have you itching to revamp your outdoor spaces? Maybe you’ve decided to go full bore and hire a landscaper. Or perhaps you’re like the rest of us and…
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A7 Memobottle Review: This Flat Water Bottle Will Fit Anywhere
In This Article: Who Should Buy This? What We Liked What We Didn’t Like What Consumers Think Pros and Cons What To Look For The Bottom Line Our Process A7…
