Mouse Print*-- Salisbury Steaks -- Where's the Beef?
Clara Peller, the irate senior in the old Wendy's commercials, would be uttering her famous line when it comes to frozen Salisbury steak dinners. Many of them come up short in the beef department.
That story is in Mouse Print* this week.
Shoppers React More Negatively to Skimpflation Than Shrinkflation
A new academic study in the Journal of Consumer Research finds when a manufacturer reduces the quality of a product -- such as reducing the amount of an expensive ingredient but keeping the price the same -- that is perceived as more unfair and deceptive than shrinking the size of the package (shrinkflation). Here is an AI summary of the study. And last week, Business Week published a feature article about how manufacturers sneak cheaper ingredients into products.
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States With Best Quality of Life
In the course of making a list of best states for business, CNBC evaluated the quality of life in each state. They considered crime rate, environmental quality, healthcare, childcare availability, wages, discrimination protection, civil/human rights, etc. The number one state for best quality of life is Vermont, followed by Maine and New Jersey. At the bottom were Texas and Tennessee. To view the list in rank order, click the quality of life column header.
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CBS Reporter Almost Gets Taken in Bank Scam
CBS News reporter Matt Gutman tells the story of a call he got from his bank enlisting his help to try to catch fraud going on among employees at his bank branch. He almost fell for it. Here is a print version of this story and also a follow-up video by him.
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Rheem Tankless Hot Water Heater - $799.00 + 11% Rebate Credit
Menards, a popular alternative to Home Depot and Lowe's in the Mid-West and West Virginia, is offering several Rheem tankless hot water heaters at up to $1,000 less than some competitors. This 11-gal/min. model is $799.99 with an 11% merchandise credit rebate making it $711.99 net. The exact same model is $1,000 more at Ferguson Home. This and the other models on sale may be older models. (Delivery only in their market area.) Understand the various types of tankless hot water heaters and their capacities before purchase, and obviously read professional and consumer reviews. If you've never had one, be prepared for up to a 45-second delay in getting hot water after opening the faucet.
Get $10 Credit Per Transaction Using Paze Wallet
This is such an amazing deal, we are going to continue showing it here.
When you buy something at participating merchants for at least $10, and choose a new electronic wallet called Paze as your payment method with which you have associated your participating debit or credit card, Paze will give you $10 back as a statement credit. (See offer and terms.)
For example, MrConsumer has a CapitalOne Visa card and he associated it with his Paze account. If he uses the Paze checkout choice at Dominos.com and buys their $9.99 plus tax any size pizza special, he eventually gets a $10 credit for it on his CapitalOne statement (up to 10 times PER CARD in his Paze wallet for up to $100). If he added his Chase card, that could mean an additional up to $100 in statement credits.
Make sure you see the green "Spend $10, Get $10 back..." offer after selecting your card from Paze wallet for any particular transaction. Some merchants may limit access to Paze.
Participating banks include Chase, Bank of America, CapitalOne, Citi, PNC, US Bank, and Wells Fargo. Participating merchants also include Wendy's, Dunkin', United Airlines, Shop Rite, Newegg, GNC, 1-800-Flowers, and more. The offer runs until September 10.
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Heavy Metals Found in All Rice Samples Tested
In a major investigation, Consumer Reports tested over four dozen rice types, three samples each, and found detectable levels of arsenic, cadmium, and mercury in all 142 samples they tested, and lead in 66 of them.
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Clara Peller, the irate senior in the old Wendy's commercials, would be uttering her famous line when it comes to frozen Salisbury steak dinners. Many of them come up short in the beef department.
That story is in Mouse Print* this week.
A new academic study in the Journal of Consumer Research finds when a manufacturer reduces the quality of a product -- such as reducing the amount of an expensive ingredient but keeping the price the same -- that is perceived as more unfair and deceptive than shrinking the size of the package (shrinkflation). Here is an AI summary of the study. And last week, Business Week published a feature article about how manufacturers sneak cheaper ingredients into products.
In the course of making a list of best states for business, CNBC evaluated the quality of life in each state. They considered crime rate, environmental quality, healthcare, childcare availability, wages, discrimination protection, civil/human rights, etc. The number one state for best quality of life is Vermont, followed by Maine and New Jersey. At the bottom were Texas and Tennessee. To view the list in rank order, click the quality of life column header.
