Home Chef Oven-Ready Trays on Workdays: Two Weeks In
Oven-ready trays sounded perfect for my workdays, so we tried two weeks of Home Chef. What worked, what …
Walmart+ After the Free Trial: Why We Kept Paying
Walmart+ started as a back-to-school free trial. A month later we kept paying $12.95. What we order for …
Instacart Markups at Aldi: One Receipt, Compared in Person
I priced the same 31 Aldi items through Instacart and in the store. The gap before fees and …
Summer Grocery Creep: Why Our Bill Jumps When School Lets Out
Our grocery average rose from $258 a week in April to $281 in July. Where the extra money …
Four Weeks of Meal Kits Versus Cooking From Aldi: The Math
After four HelloFresh boxes I put every receipt in my spreadsheet. Meal kits versus our usual Aldi dinners, …
HelloFresh for a Family of Five: The First Two Boxes
We tried HelloFresh to see if meal kits could survive three kids. Two boxes in: what the recipes …
Eggs at $4.67 a Dozen: How Our Breakfasts Changed This Spring
Eggs hit $4.67 a dozen at our Aldi this spring. How a family of five that goes through …