Loyalty doesn’t save you money at Publix. Knowing the rules does. These are the Publix deals Tennessee shoppers wish they’d grabbed sooner once they learn how they really work. 1. BOGO, Buy Just One Publix runs buy-one-get-one deals all over the store, and in Tennessee you can buy just one item. You read that correctly….
The cashier at your Food Lion asks for your phone number, punches in your MVP card, and hands you a receipt with a “you saved” line printed at the bottom. You feel like a winner. You shouldn’t. That line at the bottom is a sliver of what many North Carolina shoppers could be keeping. These…
Anybody can push a cart into Publix on a Sunday and pay whatever the shelf says. A shopper who’s watched the weekly ad flip every Wednesday for thirty years won’t. They’ve clocked which staples Publix brings back to buy-one-get-one on a rotation. Full price practically feels like a tax to them. These are the Publix…
Yes, Aldi takes EBT at its Florida stores, and your electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card works at checkout the same way a debit card does. Your Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits cover the eligible food, right there at the register. The card won’t cover everything, though. SNAP pays for groceries, not for the wine…
H-E-B doesn’t have a senior discount, and it hasn’t for years. There’s no over-60 percentage off, no dedicated senior day, and nothing at the register that lowers your total just because of your age. None of it. What the San Antonio chain runs instead is a long list of everyday deals, and a shopper past…
Count the ways you saved on your last Kroger run. For a lot of shoppers from Marietta to Macon, that’s a short list. Kroger builds savings into its app, the pump, and at the register. Week after week, people claim a few and leave the rest. These are the Kroger traps Georgia shoppers fall into….
Think California’s wildfire bills only land on the people who lost homes? They land on you too. Insurers are allowed to split a billion-dollar shortfall from the January fires with their customers this year, and the fee shows up where almost nobody looks. These are the hidden costs of living in California that nobody warns…
A shopper in Ocala slides the Publix ad across a Walmart register and asks the cashier to match a BOGO deal. The cashier shakes their head. Walmart won’t honor a competitor’s ad, and that’s only one of the grocery myths Floridians pay for every week. This is where shoppers lose the most money at Publix,…
Turn 70 in California, and you might expect your insurer to charge you more for getting older. It can’t. The state won’t let a company treat your age as the main reason behind your insurance price. That puts California drivers in a spot people in Arizona and Texas envy, though a couple of other changes…
A family of four throws out about $2,913 worth of food a year without noticing. That’s money, straight into the trash. These are the kitchen habits draining money from households across Virginia every year. Note: This is general information, not financial advice. Prices, rates, and dollar figures are subject to change, so confirm the current…
