In North Carolina beer and wine wholesalers are not allowed to give quantity discounts to retailers. Whether your local wine shop buys one case or 100 cases they, by law,…
It’s a very good idea to look at the fares on American Airlines’ website as well. As Ely Portillo of the Charlotte Observer explains: If you’re flying from Charlotte to…
Samoa Air is pricing tickets based on passenger weight. That means the average American man weighing 195 pounds with a 35-pound bag would pay $97 to go one-way between Apia,…
By now most people have heard that NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing that the city government ban sugared soft drinks sold at restaurants that come in larger than 16…
Today’s Wall Street Journal includes a number of pro/con features on various aspects of health policy, leading off with the question of mandating the purchase of governmentally approved insurance. In…
The online petition seems to be the new vehicle for harnessing the power of consumers to make their views known to sellers of services, good or bad. The flap over…
Boy, this should be fun. Time Warner is looking at changing its “all-you-can-eat” pricing plan for broadband to an — altogether now — tiered pricing set-up. Ta-da! Cable guys will…
Has anybody seen this kind of discounting in North Carolina?
The governor urges “patriotic” water conservation measures. Maybe he was thinking of Joe Coletti‘s ever-present flag pin.
I was in Charleston SC for business last week and found my wallet contained gas receipts from Sunoco in Smithfield, NC, for $2.79, and the same day at Sunoco in…
I have never seen so much disparity in the price of a gallon of gasoline. On my commute, KMart is $2.59/gallon still; across the street at a Kangaroo it’s $2.53…
This site reports gas in Fuquay ranging from $1.58 to $1.62, at least until you start out of town. As soon as you get to Garner it hops to $1.75…