Smarter Eats: Buy Premade Salads at the Grocery Store For Lunch


Updated 11/11/10 6:11 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Buy Premade Salads to Bring to Work

Of course you know that a healthy salad is a great workday lunch option . . . but time constraints and lack of available ingredients usually keep me from throwing one together at home to bring to the office. So I do what many urban office-dwellers do: pick up a veggie-filled salad from one of the many lunch establishments near the office. Eight dollars later I'm satisfied, but broke. This all Read more

Smarter Eats: Pay Cash at the Grocery Store


Updated 10/20/10 6:22 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Pay in Cash at the Grocery Store

Researchers have long maintained that consumers making purchases with actual cold, hard cash spend less money and make wiser purchasing decisions than those who pay with plastic. Parting with your actual, physical hard-earned money creates something called "pain of payment," which decreases the enjoyment of consumption. And apparently, the same logic applies to your grocery store habits. Read more

How-To: Shop Green at the Grocery Store


Updated 04/08/09 3:05 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 0 comments

How-To: Shop Green at the Grocery Store

If you want to go green in your household, but also want to save money, you can find a number of green products at your grocery store. Want to know what to look for when you're shopping for groceries? Check out the slideshow for some of my suggestions. Source Read more

When Buying Groceries, Do You Visit More Than One Store?


Updated 07/29/08 11:47 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 53 comments

When Buying Groceries, Do You Visit More Than One Store?

These days, it seems as though food prices are creeping higher on everything from corn to sushi. Since I'm no stranger to a budget, I've increased the amount of time I spend shopping by heading to different stores for certain items. For instance, I frequent Chinatown and farmers markets for produce, a large-scale grocery store for packaged foods, and a gourmet shop for seafood and specialty Read more

Turkey Thief Drops Her Loot


Updated 02/06/08 7:34 PM · Posted by · 9 comments

Security Camera Catches Grocery Store Turkey Thief

This muumuu-clad bandit is on a mission to take home some turkey, but there's one problem: She hasn't practiced waddling with a 10-pound bird squeezed between her thighs. So when the time comes for her to tip-toe from the meat department to the store exit, the turkey comes tumbling to the ground. So much for sanitary eating, eh? Read more