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The Clark Howard Podcast

11.19.25 Save More On Thanksgiving / The Clark Smart Way To Shop Online

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Thanksgiving is upon us and the expense can get crazy. Clark shares ways to spend less on the family feast. Later - you may be charged more when purchasing online because of the WAY you shop, among other factors. How do you know you’re getting the best price?  Clark explains “surveillance pricing”  and money saving tricks of the trade. Plus, at the very end of the podcast Clark has an important tip for Medicare Advantage plan holders. Save On Thanksgiving Dinner: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Savvy Shopping Online: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: ⁠Aldi's Thanksgiving dinner is just $4 per person⁠ ⁠The Best Deals of Aldi's Middle Aisle in November⁠ ⁠#1 Way To Protect Yourself From Credit Card Skimmers⁠ ⁠Is a HELOC a Good Idea? The Simple Answer⁠ ⁠How To Get the Best Price Possible Shopping Online⁠ Secret Pricing Tricks Companies Don’t Want You To Know ⁠How To Use Camelcamelcamel⁠ ⁠Clark Deals - Laptops⁠ ⁠Booking a Cruise? Here Are 5 Ways To Do It for Less⁠ ⁠Don’t miss out on the early Christmas gift from your Insurance Company when your Medicare Advantage (MA) plan gets canceled. ⁠⁠ Clark.com resources: Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com  /  Ask Clark Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm so glad you're with us on the Clark Howard Show.

0:08.1

You know, our mission is to serve you with advice and information that empowers you, so you make

0:14.3

better financial decisions in your life.

0:17.9

And Thanksgiving is just about upon us next week.

0:24.6

What's even crazier is everything involved with putting together a Thanksgiving feast.

0:31.5

It can be expensive.

0:34.4

And, you know, there have been all those stories about how much more it is to put together your Thanksgiving meal than it's been in prior years.

0:42.7

But I got a tip for you about that.

0:45.0

And later, do you know that the technology exists where particularly online sellers can charge different prices to different shoppers. And what's hard to know

1:00.2

is who's doing it, but I do know how to combat it, at least in part. I need to tell you the

1:06.7

tricks of the trade. And at the very end of the podcast, I've got a little nugget for you

1:13.8

if you are a family member have a Medicare Advantage plan. Just a little thing you might need to

1:21.1

know. But that's coming at the very end because, well, it only is something that applies to

1:26.8

a sliver of our audience, but I want to make

1:28.8

sure you know. So here's something I want you to know. Aldi has made a big splash for next

1:36.6

week's Thanksgiving coming up with lower prices on all the things you need to put together a Thanksgiving feast for 10 people for 40 bucks.

1:48.8

That's right.

1:49.6

Four bucks a person.

1:51.8

We can go eat for $4.

1:53.5

You can't.

1:54.7

But Aldi has 21 products that you need to put together a full Thanksgiving feast and they price them all

2:05.5

so that you can do it for 40. I mean, that's great, right? So Aldi is becoming powerful enough

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