Archive for the 'Consumer Reports - Is It Worth It' Category

Ice Cream Container Sizes

The other day I wrote an entry about milk price increases. That brought back memories of an entry I wrote a long time ago about how ice cream manufacturers have joined the ranks of so many other food suppliers in using smaller containers, but keeping prices the same or even raising them. See […]

Milk Price Increase

What is it with price of milk lately? Have you noticed ridiculous surges in retail milk prices in your area too?
(I suppose know you’re getting old when every time you go to the grocery store, you feel compelled to remark how much more things cost than when you were a kid, but that should […]

Eyeglass Prescriptions

It was just a about a month ago when I posted my last entry about wanting to order eyeglasses online from the discount (extremely so) eyeglass website ZenniOptical.com.
I said I would give an update on the site as soon as I had more information. Finally, after a month I am ready to place the […]

Speech Recognition Software

I just came across this typing information about a speech to text product called Dragon Naturally Speaking. One of the features on the website is a typing challenge to see how fast you can type manually versus how fast the computer can type for you by processing your speech and turning it into text. […]

Inexpensive Eyeglasses Online

I have mentioned the bargains available on eyeglasses available online before including the review of one such company, Zenni Optical, by a consumer reporter. In fact, that site still has people commenting almost every day on the original consumer story over a year later. People there were reporting some trouble accessing the […]

Holiday Cards

I was just writing about some back to school stuff here in late September. However, for those of us in business who have to plan for holiday cards for customers, clients, or other business associates, late September is when the research on this topic begins. There are several factors to consider including finding […]

Calories In Dannon Yogurt

Why do these yogurt companies (Dannon & Yoplait) keep disappointing me with their calorie counts?
You may remember that I wrote almost a year ago about Yoplait Yogurt Versus Dannon Yogurt. In that entry, I took Yoplait to task for their advertising implying that Yoplait is such a great weight loss helper when […]

HP Coupon Codes

If you are not using coupon codes when you shop online, then you are not shopping on the Internet as efficiently as you should be. Every penny you save really does count as it can be used towards something else so searching for percentage off online coupons and dollar amount savings when you purchase […]