10 ways you’re wasting money on groceries (7 21 25)

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Sally McDonald
July 21, 2025

💵 Today’s Top Stories
Groceries

Do you buy in bulk, use coupons, look for sales and shop with a specific list? If not, chances are you’re wasting money on groceries. Let’s fix that. Read more.

Electric Vehicle charging

Clark has driven electric vehicles for 14 years and he loves them. With EV tax credits set to expire, now may be the time to buy an EV if you’ve been considering it. Read more.

Lifelock

LifeLock is a household name with consistent advertising built around protecting you from identity theft. But it’s a waste of money, Clark declares. Here’s what you should do instead. Read more.

VIP airport lounge

This prominent, popular travel rewards credit card increased its annual fee to $795 but promises “more than $2,700 in annual value.” Here are the best rewards in our estimation. Read more.

✈️ Delta Makes It Public: AI Dynamic Pricing Is Here

Adjusting prices for seasonal demand, and offering sales at certain high-leverage, industry-specific times is an extremely old concept.

However, price sensitivity to specific, real-time factors has been evolving fast. Uber’s (in)famous surge pricing is a recent example that ruffled quite a few feathers.

Airlines have occasionally played games with prices based on whether you’ve revisited the website multiple times or whether you’re a single flyer.

Like it or not, the newest evolution, this one involving artificial intelligence, is no longer on the horizon. It’s here.

By the end of this year, Delta Air Lines “plans for 20% of its ticket prices to be individually determined using AI,” Fortune wrote. The company already has run a pilot program on 3% of its fares, calling the results “amazingly favorable.” Delta also said it hopes to eventually do away with static pricing for good.

“We will have a price that’s available on that flight, on that time, to you, the individual,” Delta’s president said, comparing AI to “super analyst working 24 hours a day, seven days a week and trying to simulate… real time, what should the price points be?”

One critic of the move told Fortune this signifies the era of “fair” pricing is over.

📊 Stat of the Day

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 43%: Share of remote workers who say they have close friends at work. Meanwhile, 69% of on-site and hybrid employees say they have close friends at work.

💰️ Deal Alert: Today’s Top Deals
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🎙️ Podcast

It’s time for "Clark Stinks!" Christa reads the latest "Clark Stinks!" submissions and Clark responds. Also, the EV market is shifting. Clark reveals a rapidly closing window of opportunity for savvy drivers to find electric vehicle deals. Clark, a 14-year EV driver himself, shares his insights on how the changing landscape of incentives and inventory can work in your favor.

☎️ Need Money Help?

The Team Clark Consumer Action Center is a free helpline that can help you navigate your money questions. Call 636-492-5275. Visit clark.com/cac for more information.

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