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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

3 panel: Left: Mom holding a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. Middle: Mom holding 5 blocks of cheese, caption overlay reads "Grocery haul/total at the end." Right: Mom holding 32 boxes of frozen pizza.

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“Hey so this is actually crazy”: Mom of three slammed over $476 “junk” grocery haul

Cans of Arizona brand ice teas in various flavors isolated on black. Caption overlay from tweet reads: "Life won't be worth it when AriZona Iced Tea costs more than $0.99."

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“Like DEFCON 0”: AriZona Iced Tea’s iconic 99-cent cans may soon see a price hike thanks to Trump’s tariffs, and people aren’t happy

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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‘What a shame’: Costco’s food court is raising prices. Is the beloved $1.50 hot dog combo safe?

Tangie Mitchell is a creative writer, journalist, and editor based in New York. Her interests include pop culture and entertainment, poetry, and morning cups of herbal tea.

Tangie Mitchell

Screenshot of Tiktok user @xochisme; Photo of the Knott's Berry Farm entrance.

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‘Less than a trip to the store’: Woman buys $160 Knott’s Berry Farm dining pass. Now she gets 2 meals a day for an entire year

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The McDonald’s Snack Wrap is coming back…recession indicator?

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, Playboy, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

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‘I paid $12 for those at Sam’s last week’: Dollar Tree shopper finds 20-pack of Entenmann’s Little Bites. Then she rings them up and sees the price

3 panel image: on the sides a person explains and in the middle is a Dollar Tree store. Text over: Dollar Tree just embarrassed the hell out of me

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‘Just embarrassed … me and made me pay double’: Dollar Tree customer tries to pay with food stamps. Then the worker intervenes

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‘The workers laughed at me’: Chipotle customer gets 3 sides, quesadilla, chips and a small drink for $4.77. You just can’t DoorDash it

Amara Thomas is a freelance writer and cultural worker. She has written for the FADER, the Village Voice, Gothamist, and Highsnobiety.

Amara Thomas

Left: Exterior of a Stop & Shop supermarket; Right: Screeenshot from @knightfall__vader's Tiktok of a Stop & Shop Rotisserie Chicken

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‘I feel like this is getting out of hand’: Customer goes to Stop & Shop. Then he sees the price of a rotisserie chicken

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer for the Daily Dot. She graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

Chicken in bag at grocery store with text that reads: "Did you know that a hot rotisserie chicken from Walmart is $6 BUT" on left. Walmart storefront on right.

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‘Never knew this!’: Walmart shopper reaches for hot rotisserie chicken. Then they look at the chilled ones

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

Woman talking with text "chili's needs to chill"(l), Chili's sign(r)

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‘Wasn’t it $14.99 a month ago?’: Woman orders this popular entree at Chili’s. Then she reads the fine print

Rachel Joy Thomas is a music journalist, freelance writer, and hopeful author who resides in Austin, Texas.

Rachel Joy Thomas

A photo of hands holding a carton of eggs with dollar signs floating around it; a screenshot of Tiktok user @_emily_martin__ in front of hundreds of cartons of eggs.

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‘Then why are retail egg prices so high?’: Farmer shows ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of eggs. There’s just one problem

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‘I don’t think they should be doing this’: Woman uses Just Egg to make brownies. Then she takes them out of the oven

Mars Ramos is a museum educator and freelance writer. She loves long walks in nature, doing yoga, and baking brownies!

Mars Ramos

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‘It’s usually like 80 cents’: Starbucks customer orders 2 tap waters. Then they charge her for ‘custom tea’

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

Chips stacked on shelves(l) Man wearing black shirt and big chains(c) Hand holding a small bag of cheetos chips

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