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…
WinCo grew out of one Boise discount store in 1967, and its employees have partly owned the chain since 1985. The person on the other side of that register has a stake in the store, which explains more about how WinCo runs than the shelf prices do. These are the things WinCo employees wish Idahoans…
Wegmans prices its online orders, curbside pickup included, about 15% above the same items’ shelf price. That means a $60 cart runs closer to $69 before anything gets substituted. These are the Wegmans curbside pickup mistakes Pennsylvanians keep making. 1. Ordering Under the $10 Minimum Wegmans sets a $10 minimum on every curbside pickup order,…
A Publix BOGO tag doesn’t work the same way in South Carolina as it does in Publix’s home state of Florida. That difference decides whether a shopper has to buy two items or one. These are the Publix weekly ad mistakes South Carolinians regret making once they know better. 1. Skipping the Rain Check A…
Allsup’s sold more than 24 million fried burritos in 2025, by the company’s count. That’s about 65,700 a day, systemwide. New Mexico built a whole category of gas station food around one accident in a Clovis fryer in 1974. These are the things Allsup’s does in New Mexico that other gas stations never bother with….
A coupon can look perfectly good in the Publix app and still leave you paying full price at the register. It isn’t a bug. Publix publishes its coupon policy in full, competitor coupons included, but like every grocery chain it keeps limits inside that policy. These are the Publix app coupon rules that cost Floridians…
A gift card sold in Texas has to stay good for at least five years under federal law, not the state’s statute. Plenty of shoppers assume it’s the other way around. It’s one of several rules on an H-E-B gift card rack that run backwards from what people expect. These are the H-E-B gift card…
