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Woman Hospitalized After Tampa House Fire

The Tampa Fire Marshal has identified the woman injured in a house fire earlier today at 1915 E. 18th Ave. She is Francis Baker, 85, and she is still being treated at Tampa General Hospital for severe smoke inhalation. ...more

November 27, 2008

Costing The Least Matters Most

	ALDI	BRAVO	PUBLIX	SUPERTARGET	SUPER WAL-MART	SWEETBAY
Turkey/Brand	Butterball	N/A	Butterball	Archer Farms	Riverside	Jennie-O
Price per pound	$.82	N/A	$1.79	$1.39	$.88	$1.29
Total cost for 8	$8.99 (11 lb)	N/A	$17.90 (10 lb)	$14.43 (10 lb)	$13.20 (15 lb)	$15.48 (12 lb)
Stuffing/Brand	Chef's Cupboard	Pepperidge Farm	Stove Top	Stove Top	Great Value	Hannaford
Servings	6	11	6	6	6	6
Price per box	$1.19	$2.99	$1.69	$1.69	$.96	$.89
Total cost for 8	$2.38	$2.99	$3.38	$3.38	$1.92	$1.78
Carrots/Brand (2 lb)	Freshire Farms	All Natural	Publix	Green Giant	Fresh Brand	Hannaford
Total cost for 8	$1.49	$3.38	$1.69	$1.59	$3	$2.98
Potatoes/Brand (5 lb)	Freshire Farms	Thrifty Pack	Publix	Market Pantry	Idaho	Mountain King
Total cost for 8	$3.29*	$2.99	$4.99	$2.99	$4.87	$3.99
Canned Cranberry Sauce/Brand	Sweet Harvest	Ocean Spray	Publix	Market Pantry	Great Value	Hannaford
Servings	6	6	6	6	6	6
Price per can	$.89	$1.59	$1.15	$.99	$.78	$1.15
Total cost for 8	$1.78	$3.18	$2.30	$1.98	$1.56	$2.30
Gravy/Brand	Chef's Cupboard	McCormick	Publix	Campbell's	Great Value	Hannaford
Servings	5	4	4	5	4	5
Price per jar	$1.19	$.85	$.79	$.87	$.38	$.79
Total cost for 8	$2.38	$1.70	$1.58	$1.74	$.76	$1.58
Canned Yams/Brand	N/A	Bruce's	Bruce's	Bruce's	Bruce's	Hannaford
Servings		5	5	3	3	5
Price per can		$1.89	$1.79	$.82	$.94	$1.39
Total cost for 8		$3.08	$3.58	$2.46	$2.82	$2.78
Marshmallows	Toasty puffs	ShurFine	Publix	Market Pantry	Great Value	Hannaford
Total cost for 8	$.69	$1.05	$.99**	$.99	$1.08	$1.29
Canned Green Beans/Brand	Happy Harvest	ShurFine	Green Giant	Market Pantry	Great Value	Hannaford
Size	14.5 oz.	14.5 oz.	14.5 oz	14.5 oz	14.5 oz	14.5 oz
Price per can	$.49	$.49	$.79	$.62	$.78	$.60
Total cost for 8	$.98	$.98	$1.58	$1.24	$1.56	$1.20
Can Of Condensed Cream Of Mushroom Soup/Brand	N/A	ShurFine	Publix	Market Pantry	Great Value	Hannaford
Total cost for 8	N/A	$.99	$.85	$.59	$.58	$.99
French Fried Onions/Brand	N/A	N/A	French's	French's	Great Value	French's
Total cost for 8	N/A	N/A	$5.98	$5	$1.88	$6.38
Premade Pie Crust/Brand	Baker's Corner	Keebler	Publix (2)	Keebler	Great Value	Hannaford
Total cost for 8	$.99	$1.65	$1.69	$1.69	$1.28	$1.19
Canned Pumpkin	N/A	N/A	Libby's	Libby's	Libby's	Libby's
Total cost for 8	N/A	N/A	$1.45	$1.82	$1.08	$1.45
Whipped Topping/Brand	N/A	ShurFine	Publix	Market Pantry	Great Value	Cool Whip
Total cost for 8	N/A	$1.39	$.99	$.92	$.78	$1.89
Brown and Serve Rolls	Buehler's	N/A	Publix	N/A	Sara Lee	Sweetbay
Total cost for 8	$2.29	N/A	$1.79	N/A	$1.78	$1.69

*Aldi's least-expensive potatoes only come in a 10-pound bag ...more

November 26, 2008

Sprinklers Help Squelch 2 Tampa Apartment Fires

Sprinklers helped save the day for more than 40 Tampa apartments in the past few days, Tampa firefighters say. ...more

November 7, 2008

Grilling: It's Even More Of A Breeze In The Fall

All my friends from "not-Florida" are gushing about their cozy fall dishes, how it's time to break out the Dutch oven and that, finally, they can start wearing boots. And I'm just here, lounging in my swimsuit, sipping iced tea, toes dangling a $3 flip-flop and beaming from ear to ear, gently shaking my head. ...more

October 5, 2008

Olive Oil Enhances Shrimp

I'm probably not the right person to ask for olive oil advice as it's not used in Asian cooking. (Though I'm sure the Sherpas can spew out more opinion and facts about olive oil than you have time for.) ...more

September 17, 2008