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  • The 7 Deadly Sins of Grocery Shopping

    The 7 Deadly Sins of Grocery Shopping

    You are grocery shopping all wrong. Sadly, I can’t personally accompany you to the Piggly Wiggly and force you to navigate the supermarket correctly. I mean, I’m working on an army of atomic super-robots will be able to handle that, but until a naive venture capitalist shows up with first round of funding, you’ll have…


  • Here’s Where Your Teacher Discount Works Year-Round

    Here’s Where Your Teacher Discount Works Year-Round

    If you checked your holiday calendar this morning, you already know we are in the midst of the Parent Teacher Association’s National Teacher Appreciation Week. While many retailers are offering limited-time offers as their way of saying thanks to America’s 3.2 million educators, here are ten companies that offer teachers year-round discounts.


  • Why a ‘Cheap’ IKEA Kitchen Is Actually Expensive

    Why a ‘Cheap’ IKEA Kitchen Is Actually Expensive

    The average kitchen reno costs about $25,000, with a high end closer to $40,000. The cost depends on a lot of factors, from your geographic location (it’s a lot cheaper in the South, for example) to your taste and the size of your kitchen. Still, no matter how you slice it, renovating a kitchen is…


  • Which Household Items to Buy (and Avoid) at the Dollar Store

    Which Household Items to Buy (and Avoid) at the Dollar Store

    When it comes to dollar stores, there’s a lot to unpack — like their tendency to pop up in food deserts, and their impact on a local economy — but that’s not what we’re talking about today. Because regardless of how you view these discount chains, 80% of Americans shop at dollar stores at least…