Facts and figures for Valentine’s Day 2025
Shoppers will spend more than $27.5 billion on Valentine’s Day this year. That makes Valentine’s Day the third-priciest holiday […]
Food
Washington state is the top apple state in the nation
Since I grew up in the Wenatchee, Washington, area, the Apple Capital of the World, I’ve always known the state
What the new tariffs will mean for consumers
Recently, I wrote about what prices might go up due to the tariffs President Trump is imposing. Among them are
Consider stocking up on items before Trump’s tariffs hit hard
Some consumers have been stock piling food and other items for months in anticipation of prices going up due to
Check out these 25 books about food that answer why
For winter reading, Dani Nierenberg, president of Food Tank, a think tank on food, offers another great reading list, this
What to buy and not buy in February 2025
February is a good month to look for winter clothing on sale. One example is evening dresses. If one of
Trump’s executive order to reduce prices is worthless
Issued Wednesday, President Trump’s executive order to “Defeat the Cost-of-Living Crisis” is extremely disappointing. However, I’m not surprised. A man
FDA bans use of Red dye No. 3 in food and drugs
More than 30 years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration determined that the synthetic food dye Red No. 3
Top 10 articles on my blog during 2024
It’s been quite a year, 2024. So much has been happening in consumer and personal finance. I’ve been writing my