Tag: eating out

Good News for Shoppers: Prices Dropping on These 13 Grocery Items

You don’t need me to tell you about skyrocketing food costs. Over the past couple of years, a trip to the grocery store to pick up eggs, milk, or butter has been breathtaking. The financial strain on consumers has become nearly unbearable. But now the price of some food items is starting to recede. The…


Dining Outside? Here’s How to Keep Your Stuff Safe

By Michael Klein From The Philadelphia Inquirer The weather’s nice and tables are filling up once again on sidewalks, streeteries, and patios. All smiles and happiness. Well, almost all smiles and happiness. Let’s take a moment for a quick refresher about safety. Stuff happens, unfortunately everywhere. Most crimes involving restaurant patrons involve theft — a…


Kids and Money: Readers Advice on Teaching Kids About Money

By Steve Rosen From Tribune Content Agency My columns on motivating kids to learn their financial ABCs generated lots of advice from readers over the past year. Their input covered everything from how to deal with difficult money questions, the need for more financial education in classrooms, being aware of identity scams, tackling knotty ethical…