This year, consumers witnessed a lot of
cost increases in food, so it's only natural that the price of Thanksgiving dinner has crept up, too. Agriculture experts estimate that
Thanksgiving costs have
risen by an average of six percent this year, and the
American Farm Bureau, which conducts a Thanksgiving yearly survey, cited
$44.61 as the average cost of a Thanksgiving for 10 in 2007.
I'm not surprised; in fact, I'm certain that I spend at least twice as much on my Thanksgiving dinner.
If Michigan-bred Mitt Romney
doesn't think Congress should bailout the auto industry, then the plan to
save Detroit might need a set of jumper cables. Mitt wrote today: Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay the course — the suicidal course of declining market shares, insurmountable labor, and retiree burdens, technology atrophy, product inferiority, and never-ending job losses.
Number two fast food chain
Burger King has been testing
a new line of premium items. This includes ribs and thicker burgers, made with grills, batch broilers, and other costly new kitchen equipment.
The fast food chain's decision to move in the direction of higher-price items comes at a time when the
casual restaurant industry is struggling.
Welcome to today's geeksugar Bargain Buys! Be sure to click through the slideshow to see what great stuff has already been discounted — anyone in your family need a Clocky for Christmas?
The creators of the awesome sites
Retail Me Not (online coupon code source) and
Bug Me Not (for bypassing unnecessary registration to view websites) have done it again with
Beat My Price, an online price comparison site. With Beat My Price, you can find out if you're getting the best deal on something by entering the name of the product, the URL where you found it, and then see if anyone else found it cheaper. Results are shown from a variety of sources, and it even shows
coupon codes and promotions from sites like Retail Me Not.
Welcome to today's issue of Bargain Buys, where I'm highlighting both the awesome new higher storage capacity Eye-Fi, as well as a taste of the low, low prices to come with Black Friday.
Seagate 500GB External Hard Drive $170
4GB Anniversary Edition Eye-Fi $129
Corion 42" 720p HDTV $400
60 GB Xbox 360 and 3 Games Bundle $300
Love chic fashion sales, too? Check out
salehabit for discounts online.
The extent to which our economy relies on consumer spending has been highlighted with the way stores are suffering and already preparing for a painful holiday season. Retail companies don't just rely on us to make them profitable; many of us also rely on them to print our paychecks. Can you guess how many Americans work in the retail sector?
Politicians have been hyping up the need to "Save Detroit" lately,
calling for a US automaker-specific rescue package to the tune of $50 billion. It looks like Motown will soon receive more taxpayer money, albeit
with strings attached. Since the government is so keen on rescuing America lately, I've created a few alternative bailout plans that might help more Americans.
