This is 99% Invisible.

I'm Roman Mars.

Last summer, despite his better judgment, Brian Vance found himself in a situation that, unfortunately, many of us have been in, an argument with some random person on Reddit.

Which is probably not the best thing to do.

You know, getting into online fights is not a good use of anyone's time, and it's

definitely not good for your blood pressure.

Brian is a journalist based in Portland, Oregon, who founded something called Stumptown

Savings.

That is frequent 99PI contributor, Will Aspinall.

Stumptown Savings is a website that covers local grocery deals.

Every Thursday, Brian releases a newsletter where he helps his readers find the best food prices

in the area.

He read me a little snippet.

Pantry through August 19th, equal exchange chocolate bar, select varieties 399 each,

Annie's organic salad dressing, select varieties two for eight. You can see this is pretty dry.

Like, there's not a lot that I can do to make it intriguing to read. Once again, organic peanut

butter, select varieties, $5.99 each. Yeah, I mean, I'm not under the guys that I'm

going to win like a Pulitzer Prize in literature for this. In Middenby, Faulkner, but Brian takes a lot

of pride in his work, including visiting grocery stores in person to find the hottest deals

for his readers. Stumptown Sav savings has become my full-time job.

Like, I spend 40 hours a week doing this.

Just trying to help people, like, have some say, have some power in what feels like a

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