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Week of May 20, 2024
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Mouse Print*-- Movie Theater Drinks Not 24-oz. As Promised

mouse print A sharp Texas consumer suspected he was getting shortchanged at a big national chain movie theater when he ordered a 24-ounce beer. And guess what? He was right! That is our Mouse Print* story this week.


Quiz: Can You Spot the Product With More Sodium (Salt)?

salt Most of us eat far too much salt (sodium) daily. But do you really know which products are the most laden with salt? The New York Times put together a little quiz to see if you can select which of two products has more sodium.


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America's Healthiest and Unhealthiest Cities

doctor In order to identify the overall healthiest cities in the U.S., WalletHub compared 182 cities across four key dimensions: health care, food, fitness, and green space. Within these categories they evaluated 41 metrics (listed at end of story) to come up with a score. See the cities list. First place went to San Francisco, Boston came in 14th, Miami is 40th, and Brownsville, TX came in last place.


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Consumer Deals

Bin Stores: Home of Crazy Bargains

If you have never heard of or visited a "bin store" you are missing some bargains of a lifetime. Many retailers rather than resell merchandise returned by shoppers sell it off to liquidators who it turn sell it sight unseen by the pallet load to stores call bin stores. These stores put out the goods on tables and lower the price on them daily typically for a week. So you might pay $19 on day one, less on day two, and then a dollar on the seventh day. You never know what you will find so it really is a bargain hunt.



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Bargain of the Week

Memorial Day Garden Sales

Both Home Depot and Lowe's have already launched their Memorial Day sales. Find deals on bags of mulch and top soil (usually better priced at Lowe's for the size package). Hanging baskets of flowers are as low as $7.50. Lowe's also has 2.5 quart perennials for $4, and tomato plants $3.33 each.

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Consumer Reports

Things You Should Never Put in Your Dishwasher

Consumer Reports warns there are 10 types of things that you should not put in your dishwasher. And there are other things that can be washed that way but with cautions.

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