Aldi’s prices run 30 to 40% below the average grocery store, according to a national pricing study that shopped seven U.S. metro areas. Certain bad habits, though, can hand a slice of that discount right back to the store. These are the Aldi habits that can end up costing Ohioans more than they save. 1….
A Trader Joe’s shopping cart holds about half the groceries as a standard supermarket cart. Only Dollar Tree’s carts are smaller. Even so, wedging a cart down a Trader Joe’s aisle at rush hour causes tempers to fray fast. These are the Trader Joe’s habits that annoy other California shoppers. 1. Parking Carts Across the…
If you always accept the total on Wegmans’ checkout screen at face value, you may be leaving money behind. Wegmans has fixes for pricing errors, missed discounts, sold-out specials, and even lost receipts. The catch is that you usually have to speak up so that Wegmans can make things right. Here’s what you need to…
More than 35,000 Americans weighed in on which grocery store they trust most for 2026. One retailer walked away with more trust awards than any other grocery chain in the country. To the surprise of many Floridians, it wasn’t Publix again. Here’s who won America’s most trusted grocery store title in 2026, and how Publix…
Ask a longtime Publix shopper what’s free in the store, and the list usually stops at the kids’ cookie. That’s only the start. These are the free things at Publix that many Floridians never think to ask for. 1. Dietitians on Call Publix employs its own registered dietitians, and any shopper can send them a…
A hundred Harris Teeter Fuel Points is worth ten cents off a gallon at the pump. But if you’re not careful, your VIC account can lose every one of them. These are the VIC card mistakes that cost North Carolinians. 1. Shopping Before Loading Coupons Harris Teeter’s e-VIC coupons don’t come off a single item…
Pull into a California car wash for a $13 exterior special, and the number on your receipt can land nowhere close to $13. The wash itself was the cheap part. But extra charges piled on somewhere between the entrance and the dryer. These are the car wash charges that catch California drivers off guard. 1….
That neatly wrapped package in the Publix meat case may be convenient. But convenience doesn’t always come with the best price. Many South Carolinians don’t know there are ways to score cheaper packages, free butcher services, and more at Publix’s meat counter. These six mistakes are easy to make, but they’re just as easy to…
Think a Kroger shelf tag in Ohio tells you exactly what you’ll pay at checkout? Not always. Some of Kroger’s signs need a clipped coupon, a scanned Plus Card, or a minimum purchase before that price is the one you pay. Kroger’s free rewards program still beats what many other chains offer. No grocery store…
A longtime Reading shopper drives fifteen minutes out of her way to Weis Markets rather than deal with Aldi, certain the discount grocer won’t lift a finger if something in her cart goes wrong. She’s wrong. Aldi’s written policies say otherwise, and Pennsylvania shoppers over 60 are among the least likely to ever put them…
