E. coli found on 50 percent of shopping carts
Researchers who swabbed shopping cart handles in four states looking for bacterial contamination found that half of the carts they studied were tainted with E. coli.Full story
Want to save at the store? Leave kids at home
Marketing expert Martin Lindstrom says stores are targeting children in an effort to get families to spend more. Is your family being fooled? Find out.
See how supermarkets get you to spend more
From supersized shopping carts to illuminated displays, grocery stores are pulling out all the stops to get you to consume and spend more. So are you being tricked into buying more? Find out with CNBC’s Tyler Mathisen.
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