New Jerseyans made over four in ten of their supermarket trips at ShopRite as of mid-2025, more than any other grocery chain in the state. That kind of loyalty isn’t an accident. ShopRite has run on a low-price promise since local grocers first banded together decades ago. It still backs that promise with programs a…
A Publix cashier waved a cart with 20 items into the express lane last week, and nobody said a word about it. Floridians have picked apart the “10 items or less” sign for years, half convinced cashiers never enforced it in the first place. Something shifted at Publix’s express lanes this August, though, and shoppers…
Dominion Energy Virginia’s offshore wind project off the Virginia coast is now worth more than $11 billion. A separate company owns the power it will produce; Dominion just sends the bill for it every month. Regulators only just finished deciding what that bill should look like for the year ahead. These are the utility charges…
A $150,000 home in Huntsville can owe $290 more in property tax than it needs to, and the reason is rarely obvious. Every Alabama county runs its senior exemption a little differently. One wrong assumption about how it works can cost a homeowner over 65 hundreds of dollars a year. These are the property tax…
Think you know exactly what your Piggly Wiggly bakery will do for you? We’re willing to bet you’re missing some things. A birthday cake order that goes smoothly at one South Carolina Piggly Wiggly can turn into a scramble at another, and the reason has nothing to do with luck. These are the Piggly Wiggly…
Costco charges Arizona members $65 a year just to walk through the door. Sam’s Club charges $60. Many Arizona shoppers assume any store selling groceries at warehouse-club prices must charge something similar just to shop there. Several things about shopping at WinCo say otherwise. These are the WinCo savings Arizonans over 60 miss. 1. No…
One overdrawn day at some Ohio banks can cost $105 before your account ever goes positive again. That’s not from one overdraft fee. It’s from three, each charged separately for a single rough afternoon of spending. These are the bank and credit union practices that turn one overdraft into a stack of fees. Several of…
A $500 grocery budget doesn’t buy the same amount of food in every state. In the most expensive state, a comparable cart can cost nearly $200 more than it does in Texas. This national ranking reveals where shoppers pay the most and why Texas lands much closer to the bargain end. Designing the Study These…
Walmart is midway through its biggest store overhaul in years. Its Supercenter on Clearbrook Village Lane in Roanoke is about to grow by roughly 7,000 square feet, with a new exterior color scheme Roanoke County supervisors approved this year over some neighbors’ objections. That’s not all. Shoppers everywhere around Virginia are noticing changes at their…
A Florida roof can lose its insurance over one blank line on a form: The date of its last roofing permit. That’s just one paperwork problem a roof can carry into a renewal. These are the roof problems that can end a Florida homeowner’s insurance policy in 2026. Note: This is general information, not insurance…
