Aldi has no senior discount, no senior day, and no card to swipe for a lower total at any Pennsylvania register. A company spokesperson told AARP that Aldi typically doesn’t offer discounts at all. Not on Tuesdays, not with a card, not for shoppers 60 and older. That’s the whole policy. Yet 20.4% of Pennsylvania’s…
Kroger takes EBT at all 166 of its Georgia stores, from Rome and Dalton down to Waycross and Hinesville. That Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card works online too, for both pickup and delivery. Your benefits cover groceries. But here’s the part that trips up Georgia shoppers: Your Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits pay for…
Costco runs a warehouse in south Orlando with no food court, no tire center, and candy sold by the carton. Many members have no clue about it. The staff behind Costco’s counters have more little-known tidbits like this one up their sleeves. 1. Prescription Card Your Costco card doubles as a prescription discount card. Costco…
A cook on Maryland’s Eastern Shore fries a slice of scrapple and slides it next to some eggs. Tourists are better off asking what’s in it after they’ve eaten. These are the Maryland plates that horrify the rest of the country. 1. Muskrat for Dinner Out in the marsh country of Dorchester County, people eat…
Think a slimy bag of Food Lion salad mix is money you’ve lost? It’s a double refund. Food Lion’s refund policy on its fresh departments is more generous than the receipt suggests, but many South Carolinians throw the bag away. These are the Food Lion mistakes shoppers make. 1. Paying the Wrong Scanned Price Food…
Some of the most stubborn plants in a North Carolina yard arrived in a nursery pot, with a tag and a price on them. Regardless of their origin, N.C. Cooperative Extension publishes control instructions for several plant species. Homeowners with yards need to be aware of them. These are the plants North Carolinians regret ever…
A homeowner in Punta Gorda calls her insurance company eleven months after landfall, the week her contractor finally has an opening. She’s four weeks from losing the claim. Florida gives you one year from the day a hurricane comes ashore to put your insurer on notice, and a contractor’s calendar has nothing to do with…
A Costco membership costs $65 a year for a Gold Star card, or $130 a year for the Executive tier. That’s the easy half. The harder half is whether the Executive upgrade earns back the extra $65 it costs. It turns on one figure almost nobody works out before they hand over a credit card:…
A dad hands his six-year-old his phone at bedtime and gets thirty minutes of peace out of the deal. Not long after lights out, a stranger left a bag of food on the porch. Then another stranger did. These are the things kids accidentally order the second a parent hands over the phone. Take this…
Your first set of directions in Missouri ends with a letter. Take Z to MM, then watch for the outer road. The person telling you that assumes you already know what a letter on a road sign means. These are the things Missourians do that confuse everyone who moves there. 1. Asking Where You Went…
