SPECIAL REPORT: COPING WITH HIGH PRICES
Smart solutions, tough times
Strategies, suggestions for stretching your dollars:
• Driving: People keep cars longer | Find cheap gas
• Transportation: Travel deals | MARTA | Cobb | Gwinnett
• Groceries: Getting the most for your money
• Cooking: Prepare quick feasts at home
• Having fun: Free events ... | ... or those that cost little
• Tell us: Food-savings tips | Other penny-pinching tricks
• Travel: Ways you can still vacation on a budget
• Mortgages: Tips, calculators to get the best deal
• Car-buying? Tools to help you research, compare
• 31 ways to save: Tips from metro Atlantans
Food prices: A local look
• Grocery store brands feed on bargain hunger | Compare prices
• Tough times chip away at snack sales
• Feeding a family of 10 on $250 per week | Photos
• Diesel spike means rough times for seafood prices
• Restaurants feel squeeze from both ends
• Economic toll nips at scotch buyers, too
• Beer prices rising | Photos
• Egg price reflects soaring diesel, feed costs | Photos
• Groups that feed families on edge are pushed to limit
• Poor not only ones feeling pressure
Clark smart: High gas prices
Clark Howard videos help you ease the pain at the pump:
• Do hybrid vehicles pay off? | • Cheap gas is OK
• How you drive affects mileage | • Public transit
• Ride a scooter and save | • Predicting prices
Around the home:
• Energy-saving tips | • Replacing appliances
Tell us!
How are you saving money? The AJC is looking for readers who've found ways to cut costs on everyday expenses, as well as vacations, fitness and entertainment. Send your stories, along with a phone number and e-mail address, to tracybrown@ajc.com.
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