Order breakfast at a landmark spot near Erie, and the sign out front spells the word D-I-N-O-R. That’s not a typo. These are the things a Pennsylvania diner will do that a chain restaurant hardly ever does. 1. The Handwritten Ticket Most Pennsylvania diners run on a handwritten ticket. The cook changes that order however…
Meijer’s app puts more than $1,000 in mPerks savings in front of shoppers every week. There’s work you need to do on your end, though. mPerks can help you save money, but no rewards program is perfect. These are the mPerks rules we think cost Kentuckians the most at Meijer. 1. Skipping the Digital Clip…
Giant Eagle can make grocery shopping feel straightforward, especially when you’re already familiar with the rewards program. But a routine trip can get more expensive when you fall into a few habits without realizing it. The frustrating part is that some of these mistakes don’t feel like mistakes at all. You may not notice what…
The Canfield Fair pulled down its midway in Mahoning County on Labor Day, September 7, closing out its 180th year as Ohio’s largest county fair. By the next morning, some of its best-known food trailers were already hitched up for a different county’s fairgrounds. These are the Ohio county fair foods locals track down long…
Alabama has roughly 31 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants. That’s a rocking chair on a porch every few exits down I-65, I-59 and I-20. In our opinion, Cracker Barrel’s biscuits are still better than most of its competitors. But not every menu item has withstood the test of time. These are the dishes Cracker…
A shopper’s cart at Rouses can ring up like a win and still leave money on the table. Rouses earns loyalty for good reason, but loyalty doesn’t erase a habit that drains a grocery budget. Here are the bad Rouses Markets habits that cost some Louisianans every week. 1. Skipping Rouses’ Free Coupon Sign-Up Rouses…
Harris Teeter built ExpressLane to save South Carolinians a walk through the aisles. The grocery pickup system works wonders for those who understand the ins and outs of it. These are some mistakes newbie South Carolinians make when they start using Harris Teeter’s ExpressLane. 1. Checking Out Under $35 Harris Teeter charges a flat $4.95…
Scan & Go makes a Sam’s Club trip feel almost too easy. Scan your cart, pay on your phone, and head for the door. Except there are a few things that can stop that smooth exit, and some of them are easy to miss until you’re standing in front of the greeter. Here are three…
Walmart won 12 grocery categories in the 2026 Newsweek trust awards. But Publix outscored the retail giant by nine points in the American Customer Satisfaction Index’s 2026 grocery report. The ACSI scores are national, and Publix comes out ahead of Walmart in them. In a poll of shoppers across the country, this is where Publix…
Most Giant Eagle shoppers know to scan their Advantage Card. Far fewer stop to see what that scan actually unlocks. Here are four Giant Eagle discounts West Virginia shoppers over 60 may be missing. 1. Giant Eagle’s $4 Generic Prescriptions Giant Eagle fills more than 400 generic medications for $4 for a 30-day supply, covering…
