I know, food prices are insane. Cliff Smith found a great way to save — and has eaten a lot of great meals in his quest.
🥫 This one’s for the (meal) preppers
- Store prepped portions in these microwave-safe glass containers. No microplastics and they work in the freezer (25% off for 10).
- This one’s soup-er — silicone freezer trays with lids to store individual soup or stock. Two trays are on sale for $17.99.
- Make mornings easier with grab-and-go breakfasts. This four-pack of leakproof jars is $15.99. They even have a spoon holder!
- Freezer fans know you need to label your food. Grab a set of 500 removable labels so there’s no guesswork. They’re only $6.98 on sale.
- When you’re headed to the office, pack up this chic, insulated lunchbox. The gray one is 62% off!
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Ditch Hulu’s algorithm and browse by channel: Click Browse > Networks, then filter from A-Z. What’ll it be? Renovations on HGTV? Recipes on Food Network? Rom-coms on Lifetime? Feels like old-school channel surfing!
National Cheeseburger Day 2024: Best apps for burger deals
Whether you prefer your burgers stacked high, smashed flat, or dripping with cheese, today is all about celebrating the king of fast food with some great deals.
🍔 I’m not lovin’ it: McDonald’s new self-serve kiosks accept cash and won’t complain if your order is annoying. They say no jobs will be cut and cashiers will move to roles like delivering food. For now, the kiosks are optional and in less than 2% of locations, but expect more soon.
3,601 chemicals
From food packaging have been found in the human body. Researchers found about 25% of the roughly 14,000 chemicals used in packaging in blood, hair or breast milk samples. This is your friendly reminder to stop microwaving plastic.
✨ Sparkling clean ✨
Just how I like my house before the weekend!
- Cleanup is so much easier with a microfiber mop with a built-in spray bottle (33% off).
- You can never have too many microfiber cloths. This 12-pack is 51% off.
- Silicone kitchen utensils won’t scrape your pots and pans (20% off).
- Grab an air fryer to make crispy food without the extra oil (23% off).
- Grab a handheld Dustbuster to remove pet hair, dirt and junk from just about any surface (20% off).
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75% memory boost
For older folks who mixed up their mental exercises. Just like with food, a “diet” of only a couple of things is less effective than a diet with a variety of foods. This study used different exercises for working memory — aka our ability to remember information while performing other tasks.
I pita the fool: Amazon just launched its own food brand: Amazon Saver. They say it’s to fight high grocery prices, but it’s really meant to take on Target and Walmart brands. Most Amazon Saver items are under $5. For example, a pound of smoked ham is $3.79, but dang … there are a ton of preservatives in there. Be sure to check the ingredients. Prime members score an extra 10% off.
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🍗 This week in deadly social media trends: “Mukbangs,” aka when an influencer livestreams themselves eating an obscene amount of food. A 24-year-old woman just died in front of her fans after eating 22 pounds of food in a 10-hour binge. The autopsy found a deformed stomach full of undigested food. Awful.
The rise of the restaurant robots
We’ve all heard the predictions that robots would take our jobs. Well, for fast food workers, that day has arrived.
Solutions for hiding ugly cables and more
You see ‘em and you want ‘em gone. Your wish has come true!
- Cover that wall outlet with this smooth, flat panel, which comes with an attached extension cord. Just plug and go for 23% off.
- This handy box organizes unsightly wires. Put your extension cord inside and voila! It’s 17% off right now.
- Clamp this cable tray to the bottom of your desk, and say goodbye to crawling underneath to plug in and unplug your cords. Plus, it’s 20% off!
- Get rid of that unsightly grease stain you’ve been staring at on the floor. This industrial cleaner wipes out heavy dirt, grease, food and other stains on lots of different surfaces, and it’s 49% off.
- Stop staring at the TV (cords). This wall cord hider is on sale for $9.99 and conceals all those wires to your wall.
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Affordable upgrades
Problem, meet solution. Inexpensive hacks that make life easier:
- This fridge lazy Susan spins around the stuff that gets stuck in the back of the top shelf. It’s on sale for $19.99.
- Fix loose outlets — no more half-in, half-out plugs! Get a 15-pack on sale for $6.99.
- Food storage lids can be a mess. This bamboo organizer keeps ‘em all in check.
- Hang up your cooking tools with under-cabinet rotating hooks. A space saver and an organizer for just $7.99.
- Your coffee mug, drink and remote will fit in this pillow. Plus, it’s 14% off in black. Movie night perfection.
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The “perfect meal” has three things: Caesar salad, fries and an ice-cold martini. Social media is calling it the “NYC happy meal.” I call it the “magic eraser,” guaranteed to delete the stress of the week. What’s your perfect food and bev combo? Reply and let me know!
$174,000 salary
To manage a fast-food restaurant in California. Monique Pizano, a 27-year-old Raising Cane’s manager, makes six figures (paywall link) after bonuses, depending on her location’s performance. That’s egg-cellent! (Get it? It’s a chicken fast-food joint. Tough crowd!)
1 trillion people
How many Jeff Bezos wants to send to colonize space. It’s still more of a pipe dream than a plan. From building 20-mile-long space habitats to growing food and, ahem, doing the wild thing in space, experts say saving Earth is still a way easier option.
Shoo fly, don’t bother me
Flies are so annoying. You need these on hand at all times:
- This telescopic flyswatter with a stainless-steel handle lets you find your nemesis without getting out the step stool. Get two for $6.99.
- A six-pack of flyswatters (15% off, $10.16) means you can keep one in every room. They also come with adhesive hooks for hanging.
- Keep flies out of your food with the holographic blades on these battery-operated fly fans. A four-pack is 36% off ($28.99). Putting this on my outdoor table, like, now.
- Flying bugs indoors? This bestselling indoor powered trap is $15 (17% off) and will get rid of flies, gnats, moths and more.
- For the outdoors, pick up this $10.49 Terro fly magnet that attracts, traps and kills a variety of flies, including house flies, barn flies and bottle flies.
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Every last bit
I hate waste and wasting money. These items help you get every last little drop of the stuff you paid for.
- For bottles: This bottle-emptying kit ($9.86) has a base cap and three adapters you can use to replace the top on your bottle. Get every last drop of shampoo, dish soap or ketchup.
- For jars: These skinny spatulas ($4.99) are made of food-grade silicone so you can use them to get the last of your swanky eye cream or fancy truffle hot sauce.
- For tubes: A good-lookin’ and good-workin’ squeezer ($12.97) to get the last bit of toothpaste, sunscreen and any other tube-based product.
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Get food freebies with these 3 apps
There’s nothing better than free food. Here are some apps to help you get it.
This mom goes screen-free
Most kids are glued to the computer. But Stacy Liberatore, Deputy Science and Technology Editor at DailyMail.com, takes a different approach — she says no to screens for her daughter. Plus, updates on ChatGPT-4o, Gmail AI features, and fast food freebies.