At one Walmart in Liberty County, Georgia, a dozen eggs became 30% cheaper in a year, according to NPR’s price check there. Eggs fell the most, but others fell too. The not-so-sunny side is that many other items went the other way. These are the price jumps NPR tracked at Walmart that will worry Virginians…
The more familiar your Food Lion feels, the easier it is to shop on autopilot. You know your way around, grab what you need, and head home. But slowing down enough to check a few details can help you avoid an expensive or frustrating surprise. These are the precautions North Carolinians should take when shopping…
Two points on a 100-point scale separate Wawa from the chain that took its best-convenience-store title in the American Customer Satisfaction Index’s most recently published study. Wawa didn’t lose a single point. But the chain that passed it picked up six, and it did that without a single store in Pennsylvania. That’s how Pennsylvania’s Wawa…
The first Schnucks opened in north St. Louis in 1939, and it wasn’t a supermarket at all but a confectionery run by Anna Donovan Schnuck. That candy counter grew into a chain of 113 stores across Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, with store policies that many shoppers never think to read. The employees behind the counters…
If you shop a warehouse club, you may assume the biggest package in your cart is the cheapest per ounce. Checkbook, a consumer group whose Delaware Valley coverage area includes New Castle County, ran the per-unit math. ALDI’s per-unit prices came in lower. So, Delawareans who shop warehouse clubs for savings may pay more per…
There are 14 Joe V’s Smart Shop stores currently in Texas, according to H-E-B’s newsroom. Every one of them sits in Houston or Dallas-Fort Worth. H-E-B owns every single one. These are the things Joe V’s does differently than H-E-B that Texans miss. 1. Much Smaller Stores At Joe V’s Smart Shop, one recent Houston-area…
Publix’s annual report to federal regulators lists the historical influx of winter residents to Florida as one reason its sales typically rise every winter. The everyday shopper can feel Publix shift in the winter from its aisles to its staffing. Here are four things Publix shoppers in Florida experience in the winter that aren’t the…
Tennessee still taxes groceries at a reduced 4% state rate, according to the state’s Department of Revenue, on top of whatever a county adds. A Food City ValuCard can’t change that. It can cut down your bill, though. These are the Food City deals Tennesseans only get with their card scanned first. 1. Everyday Fuel…
More than one in five Arizonans is 65 or older. That’s about 20.6% of the state’s population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Fry’s has built programs around that. Several of them sit behind a pharmacy counter, a loyalty app, or a Medicare enrollment window that closes before many shoppers notice it opened. These are…
In February, Stop & Shop said its store-brand chicken drum value packs dropped from $1.89 a pound to $1.29. Eight months later, its chicken hasn’t skyrocketed in price like many other grocery stores. Stop & Shop promises that lower chicken prices are here to stay, as many Connecticut residents can attest to. February Announcement Stop…
