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7 Ways to Save Money on Groceries without Clipping Coupons

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Inflation may have started to cool, but the price of food and other necessities remains much higher than last year. If you feel like food prices are out of control, it’s not all in your head. According to the USDA Economic Research Service, food-at-home prices rose 7.1% Why are groceries so expensive right now? Cook at home.

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The hidden truth behind job market numbers and how they influenced the vote

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When the bare minimum, like food and gas, are breaking the bank, buyers tend to cut costs where they can, but it’s not a sustainable fix. Many indicators, such as small business retail sales appearing up 2.1% Household debt is also rising, with mortgage debts at the top of the list at a $77 billion increase.

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Employers still aren’t hiring people without college degrees

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That group, which the report identifies as “skills-based hiring leaders,” was largely comprised of smaller employers but also included major companies, including Koch Industries, Walmart, Apple, General Motors, Target, Cigna, Tyson Foods, ExxonMobil, and Yelp, along with a handful of government employers.

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Why more middle class Americans are defining themselves as working class

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Meanwhile, 53% of Gen Z says the high cost of living is a barrier to financial success, according to a Bank of America survey.Inflation is partly to blame. Grocery store food prices were 1.2% families who are unable to afford the basics of housing, child care, food, transportation, health care and technology.

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Slim & Husky’s Uses Their Artisan Pizza as a Means for Social Change and Community Empowerment

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To them, it encompasses everything they can achieve through pizza, which includes using food as a vehicle for social change. Once we made a dollar from the business, it went right back in the bank account. But the S+H founders know people come for more than just the food. We had $3,000 and an idea,” he recalls. “We

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Pizza Redo: Domino’s Sizzling Secrets

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It was virtually unheard of in food service circles. After making another promise—that the food customers received would look like the photos used by the company —Domino’s adopted a “ Show Us Your Pizza ” campaign, wherein Doyle encouraged customers to upload their pizza photos on a website built for that purpose. billion in the U.S.

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More companies are offering child care at work. Is it a good idea?

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The center serves children of Allegheny County Airport Authority employees as well as those of select airport workers, such as food and beverage workers, ground handlers, and wheelchair attendants. Those employers represent the technology, medical, banking, academic, and public service industries, among others.