Michigan’s licensing board had more than 100 companies registered to sell vehicle service contracts as of September 2026. Those are the plans many drivers simply call an extended warranty. Complaints about these contracts turn up in Michigan and across the country. These are the extended warranty promises that often don’t hold up for Michiganders. Note:…
Publix has over 70 stores in South Carolina, and its store-brand groceries sit next to the name brands in them. Many shoppers scan past that shelf without a second glance. That’s often a mistake, if you ask us. These are the Publix store brands South Carolinians wrongly walk past. 1. GreenWise Organic Orange Juice Publix…
Search for Piggly Wiggly pickup or delivery in Georgia, and Instacart turns up service in a cluster of Middle Georgia towns like Macon, Milledgeville, and Gordon. Outside that cluster, independent owners run the state’s other Piggly Wiggly stores. These are the Piggly Wiggly pickup rules, and the delivery ones riding along with them, that Georgians…
A first-time shopper at the Joe V’s Smart Shop in Katy stands in front of the bundle box shelf, holding a hand basket instead of a cart. A regular reaches past her, grabs the box marked Taco Truck without checking the price tag, and keeps rolling down the aisle. These are the Joe V’s produce…
More than 600 produce items move through a Harris Teeter’s Farmers Market section every day, by the chain’s count. If you’re paying attention, any one of them can show up as higher than the listed price. These are the Harris Teeter systems employees wish North Carolinians understood. 1. Cashing in on a Wrong Scan Harris…
A Kroger checkout screen has a brutal way of exposing every shopping assumption you made in the aisles. By the time you realize the total looks wrong, the mistake may already be printed on your receipt. These are the Kroger checkout mistakes Tennesseans keep making. Note: This is general information, not financial or tax advice….
A Hy-Vee quarter sheet cake runs $28.99 and feeds 16 to 24 people. A full sheet runs $62.99 and feeds up to 96. The bigger cake costs about a third as much per serving. That math is the easy part of a Hy-Vee bakery order, and it’s the part people rarely get wrong. These are…
Stopping for gas and stopping at Wawa are two very different errands in New Jersey. One fills the tank. The other has regulars walking inside with expectations no ordinary gas station could meet. These are the things Wawa does in New Jersey that other gas stations never bother with. Builds Hoagies by Touchscreen Wawa’s touchscreen…
Aldi sets a target for its cashiers of up to 1,200 items scanned an hour. A cart that isn’t ready when the belt starts throws the whole line off. There’s no room to fumble, and what causes fumbling at an Aldi register isn’t what causes it anywhere else. These are the Aldi checkout mistakes Missourians…
Portsmouth lets a restaurant seat dogs on its patio only between April 15 and November 15, with a city variance renewed every year. That window closes in seven weeks. A place can call itself pet friendly and still have a policy that says something much narrower. These are the signs a New Hampshire hotel or…
