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Clark reveals secret new pricing trick (11 19 25)

Clark reveals secret new pricing trick (11 19 25)

Jennifer Hutcheson
November 19, 2025

💵 Today’s Top Stories

Secret Pricing Tricks Companies Don’t Want You To Know

There’s a new term: “surveillance pricing.” As data on your shopping habits proliferates, don’t be surprised if companies know they can (or need to) charge you more or less, Clark says. Read more.

Why Now Is the Time To Switch Your Cell Phone Service

With big players AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon raising prices often, now is the time to switch your cell phone service to a much cheaper option. Here are the Clark-approved plans to consider. Read more.

Drivers Beware: Watch Out for This Toll Notice Scam

There’s a major scam impacting drivers across the nation. If you get a text or letter about a toll violation, don’t just pay it without a thought. Here’s why. Read more.

Clark Loves the Deal on Aldi’s $40 Thanksgiving Feast

Feed 10 people for $4 a person in a Thanksgiving deal that Clark loves for your wallet. Aldi has become a force for savings and competition in the grocery market, Clark says. Read more.

🍝 New Tariffs May Make Italian Pasta Vanish

Buongiorno!

Planning to cook up a batch of pasta straight from the motherland (Italy)? You may want to stash those noodles instead – and add to your inventory.

For reasons that aren’t important to the end result, Italian pasta imports face tariffs of 107%, possibly forcing 13 Italian pasta makers to pull their goods from American shelves faster than you can say “buon appetito.”

America imports $750 million of Italian pasta per year – or at least it did as of last year.

Barring a change, the new rate hits the market in January. So there’s time to stock your shelves before then if you’re so inclined.

Want imported pasta even if legitimate noodles from Italy get removed from the market for now? You’ll likely be getting them from South Korea or Canada, the next in line among American pasta imports.

To the upside, many pasta makers beyond those legitimately made in Italy try to convince you, the consumer, that they’re truly Italian. If made-in-Italy brands disappear from shelves for a while, perhaps it will be easier to spot the impostors.

📊 Stat of the Day

👽️ 4 billion: Revenue Disney generated on Lilo & Stitch merch sales in the fiscal year 2025. That’s more than double the year prior. That’s right: Disney made as much money as Harley Davidson just by selling toys, blankets and clothes 23 years after the original movie debuted.

💰️ Deal Alert: Today’s Top Deals

4-pack Apple AirTags for $65

Get this deal.

7-night Mexican Riviera cruise from $549 + FREE 3rd & 4th guests

Get this deal.

🎙️ Podcast

In this episode, Wes Moss shares the real-life story of a couple wrestling with the common parental dilemma of whether to pay off their son's significant student debt. While the urge to help is strong, Wes breaks down the financial reality, explaining why protecting your own retirement is actually the greatest act of love and generational generosity you can give your kids. Also, Wes shifts gears to the economy, diving into the fear that AI is taking all the jobs. Drawing on a comprehensive World Economic Forum report, he offers a surprisingly optimistic outlook: while some existing jobs will be displaced, the creation of an estimated 170 million new jobs globally will result in a substantial net gain.

☎️ 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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