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The Clark Howard Podcast

11.30.22 What Clark’s TV Grocery Study Reveals / Red Alert Postal Warning

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

How much can you save at Costco vs traditional supermarkets? You may be surprised! Clark also has an important warning issued by the USPS concerning how you mail cards and packages. Clark shares tips for more secure mailing & bill pay - and tells you the one thing you should NEVER carry with you because if it’s stolen, YOU could end up in jail.  Clark’s TV Grocery Study: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Holiday Postal Alert: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: CNET-Costco Shoppers: Here's How Much You Actually Save Compared to a Grocery Store 4 Things To Know About the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Overhaul The Best International Phone Plans Actual Cash Value vs. Replacement Cost Value Coverage Lifehacker: Avoid Using Blue Mailboxes During the Holidays, USPS Warns Do Not Give Your Social Security Number at These Places Welcome to Clark’s Christmas Kids 2022 Clark.com resources Episode transcripts 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

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0:00.0

I think that the holidays feel like frozen noses. I love walking with the dog for long periods of time.

0:10.0

Hopefully it's snowing and you've got to wrap up warm. So I think a frozen nose is

0:13.6

then sweaty armpits because like you're wrapped up so warm but then you're climbing hamps

0:17.9

and heath and you get to the top and you're like and then you can see the breath

0:21.6

but then your nose is still freezing to touch.

0:25.0

Joy in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks.

0:35.0

It's my pleasure to welcome you to the Clark Howard Show where I'm

0:38.4

is just to serve you and empower you to make better financial decisions in your life.

0:44.5

So I'm going to start out with something we all do, grocery shopping.

0:49.1

I recently did a study at my TV work. I have some tips for you to say

0:54.1

big bucks. Also I have a very important warning for you to heed before you send out any

1:00.1

holiday cards or other items with the postal service. So I recently on the network of TV

1:09.1

stations that air my TV stuff. I recently did a television special and one of the areas I

1:17.7

concentrated on was grocery prices and we went out and we really shopped and saw what things cost

1:25.8

and it's not hype that groceries are cheaper at Walmart. They really are. It's not hype that they

1:34.9

are much cheaper than Walmart if you go to Aldi or if you live in a part of the country that has

1:41.6

leadal. Now I just name three stores that a lot of people are really polarized about and may not

1:50.0

like the experience of shopping in Walmart, shopping at Aldi, shopping at leadal. But there's

1:57.3

another store that is kind of a it's way past a cult in the United States because we got tens of

2:04.0

millions of people that are members of it. It's Costco and by the way this information about

2:11.1

Costco would also trend very closely at Sam's Club or at the regional warehouse club, BJ's

2:20.7

wholesale club. So the crazy thing according to a study done by CNET is that a traditional supermarket

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