San Francisco is a foodie city with more than enough restaurants to satisfy any craving. The last few times I've made reservations at places that usually require them, I've looked around thinking that I didn't need to bother calling ahead. The one exception was when I dined at the Italian restaurant
that changed its pricing scheme to offer cheaper portions of the same quality dishes.
In
a fashion recession, shopping smart is the way to survive. I normally try to shop smart, but with
the holidays around the corner and money top of mind, it's great to have some survival tools.
I told you about
SaleHabit.com, a site that allows you to only search the best of the best sales right now.
This year, consumers witnessed a lot of
cost increases in food, so it's only natural that the price of Thanksgiving dinner has crept up, too. Agriculture experts estimate that
Thanksgiving costs have
risen by an average of six percent this year, and the
American Farm Bureau, which conducts a Thanksgiving yearly survey, cited
$44.61 as the average cost of a Thanksgiving for 10 in 2007.
I'm not surprised; in fact, I'm certain that I spend at least twice as much on my Thanksgiving dinner.
In today's installment of Bargain Buys, you'll find an iPod alternative, a flat screen TV, video games, and a very fun geeky home accessory. Let the deals begin!
If Michigan-bred Mitt Romney
doesn't think Congress should bailout the auto industry, then the plan to
save Detroit might need a set of jumper cables. Mitt wrote today: Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay the course — the suicidal course of declining market shares, insurmountable labor, and retiree burdens, technology atrophy, product inferiority, and never-ending job losses.
Number two fast food chain
Burger King has been testing
a new line of premium items. This includes ribs and thicker burgers, made with grills, batch broilers, and other costly new kitchen equipment.
The fast food chain's decision to move in the direction of higher-price items comes at a time when the
casual restaurant industry is struggling.
Welcome to today's geeksugar Bargain Buys! Be sure to click through the slideshow to see what great stuff has already been discounted — anyone in your family need a Clocky for Christmas?
The creators of the awesome sites
Retail Me Not (online coupon code source) and
Bug Me Not (for bypassing unnecessary registration to view websites) have done it again with
Beat My Price, an online price comparison site. With Beat My Price, you can find out if you're getting the best deal on something by entering the name of the product, the URL where you found it, and then see if anyone else found it cheaper. Results are shown from a variety of sources, and it even shows
coupon codes and promotions from sites like Retail Me Not.
