Week of March 17, 2025
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7 Egg Substitutes That Actually Work
Consumer World Original
Last summer, a California consumer sued Mattress Firm alleging they made exaggerated savings claims during their mattress sales.
That story is in Mouse Print* this week.
Simply Recipes tested about 400 products to come up with their 20 best groceries of 2025. They used their own staff and nutrition experts to find healthy and satisfying products suitable for the dinner table. You will probably not recognize most of the brands they picked however.
For decades, MrConsumer never paid more than a dollar a dozen for eggs. But then Massachusetts, like some other states, required hens to be "cage-free" and that easily doubled the price. And now with the bird flu and allegations of price manipulation and profiteering, eggs prices are through the roof. A dozen at Star Market in Boston is $5.49. Outrageous,
but they are even more expensive in other stores/states. MrConsumer, however, tries to pay zero. How does he do that? A Massachusetts law that he wrote nearly 40 years ago requires that grocery stores that charge more than the posted or advertised price have to give the customer that item free. So, he looks for shelf labels in the dairy case where the store has not kept up with the
current price. At the checkout, he thus gets overcharged, and asks for the item free. Some other states like Connecticut, New Jersey, and Michigan
have similar laws, and some chains like Albertsons, Safeway, and Vons in California are required to offer up to a $5 penalty for overcharging.
In Omaha, a group of senior women has been recruited by the sheriff's department to inspect bitcoin ATMs for scam warning signs to help potential victims avoid being conned. Here is the print version of this story.
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