Mouse Print* -- Skimpflation Hits the Medicine Counter: Cough Syrup Strength Cut in Half
If you haven't checked the dosing instructions on your "Tussin DM" store brand cough syrup lately... surprise! Major store brands are finally catching up to the change that Robitussin made several years ago. They are cutting the active ingredients in half, thus requiring you to take twice as much as previously.
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Return Policy Rules Changes This Year
Our new survey of a dozen top retailers' return policies has just been released. Most stores continue to have extended holiday return periods into January so there is no need to wait in those long lines the day after Christmas. Contrary to various media reports, none of the mass merchandisers and retail chains in our survey imposed new or increased fees to return online purchases by mail.
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Growing up as a kid in New York, MrConsumer would always get a "frozen face" feeling after eating Chinese food. Soon he learned that that problem came from the MSG in the food. Now decades later, and after years of testing, experts are questioning whether MSG has been given a bad rap.
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