Tagged: grocery


Groceries cost 5.8% more than the same time last year

Posted on July 3, 2008 and Tagged ,

Yesterday I learned through YumSugar that several big label grocery items are shrinking in quantity yet keeping the same price. This information came from a Time magazine article stating that rising commodity and fuel prices are causing manufacters to either raise the price of food or lower the quantities. Harvard Business School Professor John Gourville explains this change to the fact that,”People are just more sensitive to changes in price… Read more →




The Great Grocery Store Secrets

Posted on July 12, 2007 and Tagged ,

Photo Credit: The Consumerist MSN Health & Fitness has an article on 10 Things Your Grocery Store Doesn’t Want You to Knowthat was pretty disturbing. There are several things I certainly didn’t know and kind of wish I hadn’t thought about. Shopping carts are as dirty as public toilets. “Just think about the fact that a few minutes ago, some kid’s bottom was where you are now putting your broccoli.”… Read more →