One Grand Rapids toy company has caused more frowns than smiles after receiving nearly 100 Better Business Bureau complaints over the last few years, causing them to close their doors.
In January, downtown Grand Rapids lost a popular, and really needed business. If you work downtown, and ever needed something quick, like a snack, or cigarettes, candy, magazines, newspapers, whatever...you would go to Elliott's.
So I was standing in line at the store last night...waiting to pay in one of those "self serve" lines. And as I was waiting behind 3 women who paid for their ENTIRE 65 dollar bill using ONE DOLLAR BILLS AT A TIME, I got to thinking...
With wholesale food prices expected to increase by three to five percent this year, grocery stores will be passing this extra cost on to shoppers -- and maybe even a little extra. I'm poor, how about you?
Wouldn't it be great to know what the grocery stores are doing and avoid their traps?