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Matt Cardy / Getty Images Restaurant Chains That Still Serve Meat Containing Antibiotics
We all try to turn a blind eye when we eat out. But when it comes to the meat on your plate and the antibiotics behind it, maybe it’s time to pay closer attention. Overusing antibiotics in livestock — including…
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Sanny11/istockphoto These Are the Only Peanut Butters Worth Buying
There are two types of people: people who obsess over peanut butter, and people who have a fatal peanut allergy. And even then, sometimes it’s a Venn diagram. Whether it’s for PB&J, celery slices, smoothie bowls, or just a big…
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VeselovaElena/istockphoto 10 Easy and Delicious Easter Side Dishes
Prices at the grocery store are a point of pain for shoppers everywhere, and home cooks are dreading an expensive trip to the supermarket to feed their families. If you want to keep your Easter dinner on the cheaper side,…
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Reg Speller/Getty Images 10 of the Oldest Desserts in History
A sweet treat at the end of your meal is timeless, especially when you consider how long people have been enjoying it. Dessert stretches as far back into the past as we’re able to look, and though many have died…
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Travis R. / Yelp 11 Foods You’ve Never Eaten Unless You’re From Florida
Florida might be known for theme parks, hurricanes, humidity, and beautiful beaches. However, the state’s mashup of Southern, Caribbean, and Latin American influences has also created a menu that’s intriguing, bizarre, and deeply local. Some dishes are so specific to…
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DepositPhotos 15 Industries That Would Benefit From a Recession
The stock market tumbles, businesses halt operations, and consumers tighten their belts against inflationary price hikes — it all sounds pretty bad. Yet some industries have built-in mechanisms that allow them to survive, and even thrive, when economic storm clouds…
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Target Target Baby Food Recalled for Lead Contamination
It seems like nothing you buy at the grocery store is safe anymore, and now that unfortunately includes baby food. Target quietly issued a recall on some of its store…
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Packard Motor Plant, Detroit (Now) by Albert duce (CC BY) Photos of Abandoned American Factories: Then and Now
Times change, and there’s no greater reminder than the remnants of industries that once were. Some were rendered obsolete by new technology and others simply couldn’t keep up in economic…
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Cheapism Skip the Road Trip: Bake Your Way Across America With These 12 Legendary State Pie Recipes
From Alaska’s campfire salmon pie to Florida’s no-bake Key Lime, these regional desserts prove there’s a lot more to America than apple and pumpkin.Pie is as American as, well, you…
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Nes/istockphoto 32 Ways You’re Ruining Your Home and Don’t Even Know It
Our home’s walls, floors, porch, patio, roof, plumbing, lights — and so on — form our own personal safety net. When you look at it that way, of course you…
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filadendron/istockphoto States That Eat the Most Fast Food
Escoffier School of Culinary Arts analyzed some data on the number of fast-food restaurants in each state, as well as general fast-food consumption across the country, and gave each state…
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Wilder Shaw / Cheapism Why McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines Never Work
Every few weeks, usually at night, I have a sudden craving for vanilla soft serve from McDonald’s. But just as I start to fantasize about the immaculate, snow-white swirl, I…
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Frederick Breedon / Getty Images 20 Restaurant Chains Open on Easter Sunday (and Which Are Closed)
Easter Sunday might be a time for church, egg hunts, and awkward family photos, but it doesn’t mean the whole country shuts down. While some restaurant chains close up to…
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Ravo Y. / Yelp This Is Your Breakfast Burger Bucket List
Biting into a breakfast burger stuffed with oozing eggs and crispy bacon makes for a memorable way to start the day when you’re craving a savory breakfast. Across the country,…
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Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images How Much A Dozen Eggs Cost The Year You Were Born
In 2025, egg prices have gone through the roof, with some stores charging over $10 per dozen. The reason is a massive avian flu outbreak that’s wiped out millions of hens,…
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designer491/istockphoto 28 Ways Your Tax Return Could Trigger an IRS Audit
For most taxpayers, it’s unlikely that they will be audited by the IRS. But that doesn’t mean it’s completely out of the question. While the number of audits has dropped…
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Recollection Road / YouTube Once-Popular Pizza Chains That No Longer Exist
Everybody likes pizza. So naturally, if you want to open a food spot, you go for the obvious: pizza. Because duh, demand. But the thing is, when everyone loves pizza,…
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Lacey Muszynski / Cheapism 5 Name-Brand Items That Are Always Superior
A wise person once said, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” They were certainly onto something with that wisdom-soaked sentiment, and it’s never rung more true. In this day…
