groceries

The 80s grocery store was packed with products that seemed completely normal at the time. Then the 90s showed up—and a surprising number of them were suddenly gone. Seriously, how many of these do you actually remember?

25 household staples that have been hit by shrinkflation, where packages got smaller while grocery prices quietly climbed.

A duplicated $10 purchase is frustrating, but duplicating a $300 grocery run can suddenly make rent or another bill harder to cover. Debit-card transactions draw against money in your checking account, so even a temporary duplicate authorization can reduce what you have available to spend. Figuring out who caused the problem starts with determining whether that second charge was merely pending or actually posted.

From cereal and soda to bacon, frozen pizza, and orange juice, these grocery staples from the 2000s once felt cheap but can give shoppers serious sticker shock today.

Yes, supermarkets can often give loyalty members different discounts and tailor offers using shopping data. But secret individualized pricing based on personal information is different. Federal regulators say undisclosed personalized pricing may violate consumer-protection law.

Driving across town for cheaper groceries can feel like smart shopping, but gas and extra mileage may erase the savings. Here’s how to do the math—and why some old-school grocery strategies from the 1980s no longer make much sense.