Super-Smart Shopping


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Before spending money, smart shoppers save, budget, and compare.




How to Shop for Free


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Kathy Spencer can whittle a 267.22 grocery bill down to one penny. How to Shop for Free is Spencer's smart, sassy, step-by-step savings guide that teaches you how to do just that -- and more. You'll learn how to find the best savings and combine them with store promotions, rewards programs, and store credit to get almost anything for free -- from organic produce to makeup, prescription drugs to clothing. With an eye toward cutting your monthly spending on the basics, Spencer guides you through many popular stores -- including CVS, Kohl's, Safeway, Target, and Walgreens -- and explains how to maximize your savings. Follow Spencer's plan and, by the end of the book, you'll be shopping for free.




Being the Shopper


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Take a Tour Through the Mind of a Shopper "What's my test of a book I've been asked to review? Pure selfishness. How intense are the underlinings? How many quotes can I add to my presentations? How often are the things I believe 'for sure' effectively challenged? Phil Lempert's Being the Shopper is off the charts on all three counts. And not-so-incidentally, though Phil is a 'supermarket guru,' this book will inform anyone who markets anything." --Tom Peters, coauthor, In Search of Excellence "Being the Shopper is gourmet reading . . . a delicious and healthy resource for the smart shopper and forward-thinking marketer. Set your taste buds for Lempert's cutting-edge insights and pragmatic advice on the one experience we all share!" --Chip Bell, author, Customer Love and Customers as Partners "Phil Lempert convinces me I'm something called a consumer. It seems I'm obtuse, savvy, sensual, and picky-- and that my dynamics and demographics are constantly changing. So if you want me to buy something, you ought to try and understand me. reading Being the Shopper seems (to me) a real good place to start." --Barry Gibbons, former Chairman/CEO of Burger King author and entrepreneur "Rarely do you come across a book that's as meaningful to students and 25-year marketers alike. Being the Shopper delivers to both audiences by enlightening the reader on how to approach critical issues if you want to succeed in today's incredibly demanding environment. It's easy to talk about listening to the voice of your customer, but Mr. Lempert provides a refreshing guide as to how you really can do it." --Brian Perkins, Worldwide Chairman, Consumer Pharmaceuticals and Nutritionals Group, Johnson & Johnson "Is there anything more American than choice? We expect it, we demand it, we revel in it. Phil Lempert understands what your customers really want, and how you can help them find it." --Steve Rivkin, President, Rivkin & Associates coauthor, IdeaWise and Differentiate or Die




Why We Buy


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Guide to ever-evolving consumer culture, offering advice on how to keep current customers and attract new ones.




Good Housekeeping Good Deals and Smart Steals


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"Whether you want to cut back on expenses or simply love a great bargin, 'Good deals & smart steals' will show you how to get what you want for less--without sacrificing quility"--Back cover.




Shop Smart, Save More


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These days the cost of food and other basic necessities is going through the roof. Teri Gault's groundbreaking website, www.TheGroceryGame.com, has already helped millions save serious money. And now she shares the secrets to sensible shopping in one essential volume, so you can feed your family and take care of their needs for thousands of dollars a year less! Shop Smart, Save More provides step-by-step instructions on how to: find and shop the right stores decode "Everyday Low Prices" and other grocery store lingo master the science of coupons organize your shopping list stockpile effectively recognize bogus "bargains" and anticipate real sales go green for less green . . . and much, much more!




Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?


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You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and thrown in a blender. The blades start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do? If you want to work at Google, or any of America's best companies, you need to have an answer to this and other puzzling questions. Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google? guides readers through the surprising solutions to dozens of the most challenging interview questions. The book covers the importance of creative thinking, ways to get a leg up on the competition, what your Facebook page says about you, and much more. Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google? is a must-read for anyone who wants to succeed in today's job market.




The Smart Shopper Diabetes Cookbook


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Planning meals for a hectic schedule is hard enough; planning meals for diabetes can be downright torture. The Smart Shopper Diabetes Cookbook is here to help. This contemporary collection of recipes is based on a simple concept—let fresh packaged and minimally processed foods, such as those found in the deli or salad bar sections of the grocery store, do the work for you. To simplify meal planning even more, all of the 125 recipes have been organized into thorough menus that show which recipes can be combined or swapped with other recipes in the book to meet certain nutritional recommendations. Perfect for people looking to control calories or keep carbs consistent. Now, with one small shopping basket, one local grocery store, and a quick pass through the express checkout, people with diabetes can have a complete healthy, delicious, and hassle-free meal planning solution.




Youtility


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The difference between helping and selling is just two letters If you're wondering how to make your products seem more exciting online, you're asking the wrong question. You're not competing for attention only against other similar products. You're competing against your customers' friends and family and viral videos and cute puppies. To win attention these days you must ask a different question: "How can we help?" Jay Baer's Youtility offers a new approach that cuts through the clut­ter: marketing that is truly, inherently useful. If you sell something, you make a customer today, but if you genuinely help someone, you create a customer for life.




Supermarket Shortcuts


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A perfect cookbook for anyone who just doesn't have time to cook No time to cook? No worries! You can finally skip the drive-through and put home-cooked meals on the table any night of the week! The key is saving time not just in the kitchen, but during that time-consuming trip to the supermarket. "Supermarket Shortcuts" will get you in and out of the supermarket quickly, efficiently, and cheaply with strategies for streamlining your shopping, then preparing hundreds of delicious, quick meals, almost from scratch. Filled with 370 recipes made easy and speedy with convenient prepackaged foods and pre-set shopping lists, "Supermarket Shortcuts" includes A variety of home-style favorites and new flavors, like Cheesy Meatball Stew, Stir-fry Chicken and Peppers, and Spiked Pot Roast and Potato SimmerWays to make meal preparation faster and easier-saving you not only time in the kitchen, but also time (and money!) at the supermarketA "Shortcuts to Supper" chapter presents 50 great-tasting convenience products followed by five recipes for each (250 recipes in all!), all ready with a minimum of time and effort "1 Grocery Bag, 5 ways" chapter presents a shopping list with 10 ingredients and lets you decide which of five recipes you want to fixA make-ahead chapter perfect for removing stress from dinnertimeA "Workaday Dinners" chapter with family-style recipes ready in 30 minutes or less, with short ingredients lists (10 or fewer ingredients) featuring easy-to-find convenience products and/or fresh ingredients that require minimal preparation With 24 pages of beautiful color photos, "Supermarket Shortcuts "has the easy, quick recipes you need to make dinnertime-and shopping for dinner-a snap.