From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Snack Pack Robbery – How Snack Size Food Packaging Costs You Dearly

April 30, 2009

Food manufacturers are constantly looking for new ways to persuade you to spend more money on their products. They create ever more clever packaging, add “healthier” ingredients, and introduce new flavor combinations.
Packaging products into “convenient” snack size portions is one particularly clever way they convince you to place their products into your shopping cart.
These snack [...]

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How to Buy Bread and Bakery Products So Cheap You’ll Think You’re Stealing

April 23, 2009

A Review of the Bakery Outlet
It always amazes me how people pay vastly different prices for the very same product or service. One person on a transcontinental flight may pay $925, while the person right next to her is charged only $350.
One family walks into a showroom and shells out $18,700 for a new car, [...]

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3 Simple Reasons Now is the Perfect Time to Try Store Brand Products

April 17, 2009

With the worsening economy people are looking for more ways to save money. Food costs make up our third largest household expense. Its no wonder then that groceries are the first place people look to cut costs.
Yet we commonly overlook the huge financial advantages of buying store brands. Here are three simple reasons you should take [...]

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Carnival of Pecuniary Delights Blog Carnival

April 16, 2009

We’d like to thank Miss Thrifty for including our article Insider Restaurant Secrets That Save You Money in the latest edition of the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights financial blog carnival.

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The Baby Step Plan to Huge Savings at the Grocery Store

April 15, 2009

As bad economic news continues to make headlines, many people are battening down the hatches. Everyone is looking for ways to save money in this economic downturn.
We slash the cable bill, cancel the gym membership, lower the thermostat, and take fewer trips to the mall. Yet these steps pale in comparison to the savings we [...]

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Big Brother is Watching You (In the Grocery Store)

April 13, 2009

Unknown to many, grocery stores are one the largest living laboratories around. Unfortunately, we are the mice and the large corporate supermarket chains are the investigators.
Every single inch of your local friendly supermarket has been tested and re-tested to achieve the maximum amount of profit for the supermarket – from the color of the floor [...]

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Carnival of Personal Finance

April 13, 2009

I would like to thank David over at MoneyNing.com for including our article,  The Little Secret Supermarkets Use to Get You to Spend More in the 200th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. Carnivals are an easy way to read a host of great personal finance articles from bloggers around the web. 
If you have time [...]

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The Little Secret Supermarkets Use to Get You to Spend More

April 7, 2009

Every inch of a typical grocery store is designed to get you to spend more than you intend to or need to.
In fact, studies indicate that between 40% to 50% of all our grocery store purchases are impulse buys.
One of the tactics employed by grocery stores to increase impulse purchasing is the use of cross-merchandising [...]

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A Beginner’s Guide to Shopping at Aldi Supermarkets (How Not to Look Like A Newbie)

April 3, 2009

Many people are taking advantage of the great prices found at Aldi supermarkets.
Its estimated that consumers will save 40-50% at an Aldi grocery store compared to conventional supermarkets, and save 16-24% over large discount stores.
With these types of savings its no wonder that Aldi parking lots are filling up.
Yet the no frills shopping experience at [...]

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