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…
A first-time WinCo shopper loads their cart with 40 pounds of rice and beans from the bulk bins, rolls up to the register, and reaches for a credit card that isn’t going anywhere. WinCo has run registers this way for years. It’s the flip side of an employee-owned company that pours card-fee savings straight back…
Florida runs roughly 915 Publix stores, and every deli counter inside them works off the same set of unwritten rules. Regulars know they drill. As for tourists and new residents? Not so much, but they’ll get there. These are the mistakes that mark you as new to Florida. 1. Not Saying “Dressed” A single word…
Independent researchers ranked Food Lion’s MVP Rewards the best grocery loyalty program in the country in 2020, ahead of every other supermarket chain in the survey. Food Lion earned its reputation as North Carolina’s own hometown grocer fair and square, born in Salisbury back in 1957. But even a chain with glowing reviews writes some…
A free card that knocks cents off gas sounds like the easiest money in Minnesota. Hy-Vee’s Fuel Saver + Perks card can trim a family’s gas bill when a shopper uses it right. But get it wrong on a program that’s far from flawless, and Hy-Vee keeps that discount instead of your tank. These are…
