Ground beef hit $6.83 a pound nationally in June 2026. That’s nearly 12% higher than a year earlier. Unfortunately, it’s not the only number that has risen past what Floridians used to pay for grocery items. These are the foods many Floridians have started buying less often because of what they now cost. 1. Eggs…
A CalFresh Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card works at every Trader Joe’s in California, but shoppers still can’t use it for a long list of things sitting on those same shelves. No exceptions. Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) rules draw that line nationwide, and California adds a few caveats of its own for 2026….
Food Lion runs more than 1,000 stores across ten states, and Virginia carries a big share of them. Every one of those stores follows the same written coupon rules, price guarantees, and reward math, whether the person pushing the cart knows it or not. Ask the associate scanning your groceries which of those rules pays…
Consumer Reports recruited shoppers to check sale tags at 26 Kroger-owned stores and found they paid an average of $1.70 too much on every item that was supposed to be marked down. That’s 18.4% over the advertised price. Kroger’s Make It Right policy lets an associate correct a wrong price on the spot. It’s a…
Costco’s return policy is a risk-free 100% satisfaction guarantee, with almost no time limit on most of what you buy. Take something home, open it, use it for a month, decide it isn’t for you, and Costco still refunds every penny. No receipt, no problem, most of the time. A few items break that open-ended…
Does Kroger take Apple Pay? At a growing number of Georgia stores, yes, but many registers around the state still won’t take a tap. Kroger spent years as one of the big grocery names that snubbed Apple Pay. That’s finally loosening up. Contactless payments have been spreading through Kroger lanes since 2023, so many Atlanta-area…
A lot of what H-E-B sells, H-E-B had a hand in making or choosing. The milk comes from its own plants, and the hot sauce won a statewide contest to earn its spot on the shelf. None of it by accident. These are the H-E-B secrets the people behind the counter wish you knew. 1….
Aldi built its whole reputation on a low sticker, and Georgia shoppers pack the parking lots off I-285 for exactly that. The savings are real. They’re also easy to lose, one small habit at a time, from the middle aisle to the checkout belt. These are the Aldi habits costing Georgia shoppers money. 1. Waiting…
Ingles doesn’t give older shoppers a senior discount. There’s no card that drops your total at 60, no percent-off day set aside for older shoppers, and no age that changes the number at the bottom of your receipt. So if you’ve been asking whether Ingles has a senior discount, that’s your answer, and it holds…
Virginia’s Kroger stores ended their nickel-off-every-dollar senior discount back in 2017. What replaced it doesn’t work anything like a Tuesday-only discount. These are the Kroger perks some shoppers over 60 are leaving on the table. Note: Prices, membership fees, and program details are subject to change and may vary by location. 1. Skip the App,…
