Trader Joe’s — which is Aldi’s cousin — publishes a thorough and entertaining Fearless Flyer around holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and at other times of year. But what if all you want is a simple list of…
I have some friends who love Trader Joe’s beauty products, from facial cleansers to 3-in-1 hair and body wash. I’m often on the lookout for different personal care products to try when I shop at Trader Joe’s, which is a…
Workers at a Trader Joe’s store in Hadley, Massachusetts, are among the latest retail workers in the U.S. pushing to form a union. Organizers at the store sent an open letter dated May 14th, 2022, to Trader Joe’s CEO Dan…
Honey Nut Cheerios is the best-selling cereal in the United States. The original Cheerios date back to the early 1940s, but General Mills hit the jackpot in 1979 when it added honey and almond flavor to the oat-based cereal. The…
My family likes Indian food. I sometimes purchase it at Aldi, which sells jarred tikka masala and butter chicken sauces, basmati rice, naan, and sometimes mini samosas. Trader Joe’s, which is a cousin to Aldi, is another good store to…
Not long after the end of the Second World War, Charles Edward Doolin — the inventor of Fritos — developed a new idea. This snack was cheesy like a cheese puff but crispier … except that the Frito Company didn’t…
This post contains affiliate links. Not long ago, I saw a meme regarding men’s and women’s shampoo. The woman in the meme was looking at shampoo for dried and damaged hair. The man in the meme was looking at 6-in-1…
We are a house divided when it comes to milk. My wife and my oldest daughter don’t drink milk, at least not by itself. Both will pour it on cereal, and both like chocolate milk and hot chocolate with milk…
This post contains affiliate links. I’ve learned the hard way that there aren’t usually shortcuts on taste. Diet soft drinks don’t taste like regular soft drinks. Keto ice cream doesn’t take like regular ice cream. And anything that is reduced…
A while back, we went shopping at Trader Joe’s, Aldi’s distant cousin. We were on the hunt for a few specific products, one of them being Unexpected Cheddar, which we’d heard rave reviews about online. We didn’t find Unexpected Cheddar…
