Family and Consumer Sciences

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Basic, but often forgotten: Unit Pricing

If you are conscious of your grocery budget, you’re probably taking steps toward savings, like shopping for sales, using coupons, and comparison-shopping. Comparison-shopping for different prices on similar products is a great way to save money – if it’s done in a way that truly gives you an apples-to-apples comparison. Unfortunately, sometimes when we compare […]

WRITTEN BY: Joanna Rini, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Medina County, rini.41@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Kathy Michelich, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Warren County, michelich.1@osu.edu

SOURCES:

  • http://cookingmatters.org/at-the-store

REFERENCES:

  • http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/pdf/5341.pdf
  • http://www.choosemyplate.gov/budget-price-tag

Online and Mobile Banking Safety

Many of the errands or tasks that once required us to leave the comfort of our homes, we’re now able to do online – at your kitchen table, on the couch, or in bed. Whether it’s shopping, DVD rentals, library checkouts, or license plate registration, tasks that used to require a paper and pen or […]

REVIEWED BY: Melanie Hart, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension

SOURCES:

  • http://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/201406_cfpb_consumer-tips_mobile-rfi.pdf
  • http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/mobile-devices/2012-current-use-mobile-banking-payments.htm

REFERENCES:

  • http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0014-tips-using-public-wi-fi-networks

Lending Practices in America….Who Wins?

How long has consumer credit been available? It is a rather modern concept and I still hear my mother-in-law talking about signing off for groceries at the mining store and waiting to pay the bill until the next paycheck arrived. Today, many consumers would be hard pressed to obtain a new vehicle if they didn’t […]

WRITTEN BY: Nancy Stehulak

REVIEWED BY: Candace Heer

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Pixabay.com

SOURCES:

  • ConsumerFinance.gov

March Madness: Looking at Ohio’s Foreclosures

A simple scan of court cases today compared to those of three years ago will let you see that the number of foreclosure cases has diminished across the state of Ohio. In fact, in 2014, the annual sum of completed foreclosures declined 15% from 2013…but still remains at twice the level of normal activity from […]

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