One hundred Kroger fuel points knocks 10 cents off a gallon. That means a 20-gallon fill-up saves $2. Some shoppers mistakenly think it should be $20. These are the Kroger mistakes certain Georgians repeat. 1. Skipping the Digital Clip Kroger builds much of its weekly ad around digital-only prices instead of shelf tags. Open the…
South Carolina has over 70 Publix stores, and the chain opened its first one in the state in 1993. Every one of them has a meat department with a cutter behind the counter. Publix publishes more about that department than many shoppers ever read, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture publishes the rest. These are…
Publix has been remodeling stores onto a new format since 2025, and Supermarket News listed olive bars, popcorn stands and Pours beverage bars among the additions. The aisles a snowbird left in April often aren’t the aisles they come back to. The giveaways stack up fast. These are the things Florida snowbirds do at Publix…
Publix runs at least 30 buy-one-get-one deals a week, and a Georgia shopper meets many of those deals and more on their phone screen. The app doesn’t treat them all alike. These are the Publix BOGO rules Georgians misread on the app. 1. Where the BOGO List Lives Publix built its BOGO list into the…
An Ohio shopper looking for an Aldi senior discount won’t find one. AARP lists the chain among the stores that skip them. But that doesn’t mean Aldi isn’t worth it for seniors. These are the Aldi perks Ohio shoppers over 60 leave on the table. 1. Twice as Nice Guarantee Aldi confirmed to AARP that…
October is National Seafood Month, a NOAA Fisheries observance that puts a month of attention on what’s in Publix’s fish case. These are some of the biggest Publix seafood counter mistakes Floridians make. 1. Skipping the Smell and Look Check Publix’s fresh seafood case won’t stop you from picking up a fillet that’s already past…
Giant Eagle sold GetGo in the summer of 2025, so the gas pumps outside a Frederick store don’t belong to Giant Eagle anymore. But the rewards still work there. That’s the kind of thing nobody announces at the register, and it’s the smallest of what a Maryland shopper is missing. These are the things Giant…
Pennsylvania has no unit-pricing law on the books. But a bill introduced this session, House Bill 1797, would change that. Right now, no law makes a store post a price per unit correctly. That costs shoppers. These are the grocery pricing tricks that make Pennsylvanians spend more than planned. 1. Shrinkflation on the Shelf A…
Saving money at Harris Teeter takes more than choosing the products with bright sale tags. A few innocent habits can erase part of the discount before you walk out the door. These are the Harris Teeter mistakes that cost Delawareans more at checkout. 1. Letting a Wrong Price Ride Harris Teeter puts a scan guarantee…
Publix caps coupons by the item, not by the deal, which is a different number than shoppers tend to count. That’s written down in the coupon policy. So is everything else that decides what a BOGO tag takes off at the register, and almost nobody has read it. These are the Publix BOGO tricks Floridians…
