New Law Makes Grocery Shelves Go Bare
Grocery stores say they will no longer stock thousands of products, in order to comply with a new labeling law in Vermont.
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Soon, Your Stockpile May Never Expire!
Lawmakers are proposing a standardized expiration-date system, to prevent us from throwing away food before it’s really expired.
Here’s One Way to Reduce Food Waste – Let’s Just Ban “Best By” Dates
A new proposal blames “best by” dates for causing food waste, so it suggests scrapping the dates altogether on many grocery products.
Sorry For All the Deadly Spiders on Your Produce – Here’s a Coupon
What do a black widow, Brazilian wandering spiders and a roach wing have in common? They may all be in your groceries!
Why You’re Wasting Thousands of Dollars a Year on Your Groceries
Sure, you clip coupons and shop the sales. But no matter how savvy a saver you are, even the best of us are guilty of overspending on some of our groceries in a big way, in one key respect. How many times have you poured out the remaining contents of a container of milk that had passed its expiration date?[Read More…]
Great, Now Our Kids Will Be Eating Chicken Nuggets Made in China
Kids love them, but chicken nuggets can be pricey. If you manage to combine a good sale with a coupon, though, you can sometimes get a 29-ounce bag for just a buck or two… Oh, forget the clumsy attempt to tie this into coupons somehow. Let’s just cut to the chase – your kids may soon be eating chicken nuggets[Read More…]
Sorry For The Nasty Yogurt – Here’s a Coupon For a New Nasty Yogurt
Couponers are pretty familiar with Chobani Greek yogurt – there are often coupons available that will make the single-serve cups free or close to it. But now, some are swearing off the product and wouldn’t accept a cup if you paid them to take it. If you can even find Chobani products in your local store, that is. Chobani has[Read More…]
Groceries Gone Bad: Does Your Store Sell Expired Food?
There are “sell by,” “best by” and “use by” dates on our grocery products – but, let’s be honest, most of us really only look at the date and not the description. Even if it’s just a “best by” date, and it’s probably perfectly safe to eat after the date passes, most of us tend to err on the side[Read More…]
Coupon-Friendly Company Ordered Closed Due to “Filth”
Normally grocery stores are good about informing us of product recalls, but this is one case where you might want to let your grocery store know about one product in particular. It’s not a recall, per se – it’s more along the lines of an entire company being forced to shut down until it cleans up its act. Literally. If[Read More…]
Former Trader Joe’s Exec: Selling “Rich Man’s Garbage” to the Poor?
If you’re not too concerned about “gently expired” or slightly damaged packages of food, you can save a lot by shopping at “scratch and dent” stores. But is it right to peddle such products to those who may have no other options? Doug Rauch, the former president of Trader Joe’s, is working to open a nonprofit store in Boston that[Read More…]
