Aldi offers Thanksgiving meal for 10 people for less than $50
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Aldi is unveiling its lowest-priced Thanksgiving spread in five years, with the discount grocery chain possibly taking a page from the recent playbook of fast-food chains offering $5 value meals to entice price-sensitive Americans.
Aldi on Wednesday announced its "inflation-busting holiday meal" for 10 at a cost of $47.00, or $4.70 a person. Aldi's Turkey Day fare runs about two bucks less than an offer by its bigger rival, Walmart.
U.S. inflation in September hit its lowest point since February 2021, reflecting lower gas prices and a small rise in food costs, prompting one analyst to declare inflation to be "dying, but not dead."
Child care in the U.S. today can cost more than families pay for rent, a mortgage or college tuition
The soaring cost of child care in the U.S. can now exceed what families pay for housing or college.
Mexico suggests it could retaliate with tariffs after Trump threat: "There is no subordination here"
President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Tuesday that Mexico could retaliate ———with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% import duties on Mexican goods if the country doesn't stop the flow of drugs and migrants across the border.
A special agent at the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been charged with sexually assaulting two women, according to police and court records. The agent, Eduardo Valdivia, was previously acquitted of attempted murder for shooting a man on a Metro subway train near Washington, D.C., four years ago. He was arrested in Maryland on Monday.