Want to save money on organic food at the supermarket? One of the easiest ways is to buy non-brand-name and the store’s private label products instead. Previously known as “generic” food, organic store brands are not only certified organic, they are also often made by the same manufacturers of national name brands! In other words, the cheaper store brand is often the exact same product as the national brand sold at the higher price. When you add the savings from your shopper loyalty card, you save even more.

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Here’s one tip to save money and help save your eyes, too: Reduce the brightness on your computer, phone and TV screens. Our digital screens are often set to the highest levels of brightness; the brighter the screen, the more power is used, which raises energy costs and drains batteries more quickly. Simply reduce the screen brightness in the settings section of your device and try to match it to the same brightness as a sheet of white paper under lighting.

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Whether you’re looking for the best deal on organic cotton sheets or all-natural skin care products, if you regularly shop online, you might wonder why the prices don’t often change. It’s not a coincidence; it’s your browsing history. Online retailers use information from your browsing cache and search history and will designate prices based on that information. Clearing your cache and then looking again will almost always generate the absolute best prices for what you need to buy.

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