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• A Dancing Rotisserie Chicken Somehow Needs a Checkout PartnerOn October 24, 2026, a post in r/TikTokCringe declared that the best Halloween costume of 2026 had already been decided.
• Does Strawberry Shortcake Have to Be Small? Japan’s Whole-Cake SurpriseIn Japan, strawberry shortcake can be a full round cake or a single slice. Here is what “short” means, how to order, and why American shortcake looks different.
• 3,000 Page Views a Day, but Does Anyone Read a Second Page?Search engines bring people in. The chart climbs. Then visitors take their answer and leave.

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• Biddy Blas “Scrib Doon” Meaning: The Star Wars Quote Meme"The Scrib doon alien from Star Wars: Galactic Racer inspired a commissioned cereal illustration on October 19, 2026.
• COSRX The Vitamin C 13 Serum: How Many Drops, When to Use It, and Whether It Goes Before or After Toner and MoisturizerCOSRX The Vitamin C 13 Serum looks simple until you actually hold the bottle.
• Sims 4 Kit Says Not Owned in the EA App? Don't Buy It AgainChecked October 13, 2026. No spoilers. If a Kit you bought in The Sims 4 Marketplace shows as “not owned” in the EA app, it doesn't mean you lost it, so…
• When Do Poe Free Points Reset? The 24-Hour Rule, Paid Plans and Add-On ExpiryPoe's free compute points refresh at the end of each 24-hour period, and unused free points do not carry forward.

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• Do Steam Family Games Show on Your Profile? What It MeansPlayers report borrowed Steam Families games appearing on their public Games tab. Does that mean a purchase, and can you keep your play history private?
• Sengiri Inflation guide: reach Planck length, position auto knives and choose rebirthLearn how to click, drag and hold to chop cabbage in 千切りインフレ, where to aim automatic knives and what happens after the first clear.
• JUST SHAKE. guide: pressure, shake strength, items and five stagesLearn the controls, pressure gauge, three shake strengths, token-powered items, ability choices and five-stage goal in JUST SHAKE.
• Who is the “Viral Cheez-It Girl”? The $500 T-shirt influencer parody explainedOne snack joke turns into a fake influencer empire: quitting a job, releasing music, selling $500 shirts and arguing with viewers.
• Infernal Power Co. demo guide: reach the Doomsday Core with OverdriveStart the free browser demo, generate Hellwatts and Heat, build six machine types, pick Sin Pacts, and understand the precise demo endpoint.
• A Dancing Rotisserie Chicken Somehow Needs a Checkout PartnerOn October 24, 2026, a post in r/TikTokCringe declared that the best Halloween costume of 2026 had already been decided.
• 40% Off Sticker, Full Price at Checkout? The Supermarket Discount WatchdogA bright sticker says “40% off.” That is why you pick up the food. But at checkout, the screen shows the full price.
• Is The Sinking City 2 Getting a PS5 Disc? What the Kickstarter Collector's Edition Actually PromisesLooking for a physical PS5 copy of The Sinking City 2? Separate a retail game disc from Kickstarter collectibles, download codes and shipping updates.
• Does Strawberry Shortcake Have to Be Small? Japan’s Whole-Cake SurpriseIn Japan, strawberry shortcake can be a full round cake or a single slice. Here is what “short” means, how to order, and why American shortcake looks different.
• 3,000 Page Views a Day, but Does Anyone Read a Second Page?Search engines bring people in. The chart climbs. Then visitors take their answer and leave.
• Will Dragon Age Survive BioWare's Closure? Could EA Sell the Franchise?BioWare is closing in October 2026. Here's what EA actually said about the studio, why Dragon Age fans are discussing an IP sale, and what would need to happen…
• Why did Candela Peña want to tell Spain's prime minister about a birthday card with an incontinence pad?What Candela Peña wanted to tell Pedro Sánchez, why a birthday greeting with a urinary-leak pad angered her, and how the story became news in October 2026.
• Why did SNL UK make Andy Burnham save the future with one extra tin of beans?The 24 October 2026 cold open turned a real Gogglebox appearance, 72-hour emergency advice and the prime minister's own cupboard inventory into a time-travel…
• Why Did SNL UK's Tower Princess Say “You Should Be Discontinued”? The Lilt JokeThe October 24, 2026 sketch “Princess in the Tower” turns a British soft-drink brand change into a personal insult. Here is the context behind the laugh.
• Will Krafton Make Last Epoch Pay-to-Win? The Developer's Answer ExplainedLast Epoch players questioned whether Krafton's acquisition of Eleventh Hour Games would lead to paid combat advantages.
• Biddy Blas Gets a Fictional Cereal Box, and Fans Already Want to Buy ItA commissioned Biddy Blas cereal-box illustration sparked real Reddit jokes about breakfast, merchandising and human-made art on October 19, 2026.
• Is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Being Delisted After Its Updates Ended?The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has not been delisted from Steam as of October 14, 2026. Its store page still offers the game for sale.
• The Sims 4: Paid for Moola on Steam, but Your Balance Didn't Change—What Now?A player paid for 500 Moola through Steam and still saw the same in-game balance. EA has given that player a specific support route.
• Catchy Cove walkthrough: catch fish, get PERFECT LEAP and finish the River Raft demoA practical Catchy Cove guide covering the descent trap, catching on ascent, leap bonuses, upgrades and the exact demo endpoint.
• Biddy Blas “Scrib Doon” Meaning: The Star Wars Quote Meme"The Scrib doon alien from Star Wars: Galactic Racer inspired a commissioned cereal illustration on October 19, 2026.
• Why does Silksong have two November physical-release dates?Fangamer's US listing says Silksong physical copies will not ship until November 10, 2026; Spain's distributor lists November 27 as the release date.
• When do Leonardo AI's 150 free tokens reset? Paid rollover and top-ups in 2026Leonardo AI Free refreshes 150 tokens every 24 hours. Paid Essential, Premium and Ultimate plans refill monthly and can bank unused tokens.
• Pika Free now has 0 monthly credits: what happened to the old 80/150?As checked on October 18, 2026, the new Pika Free tier lists 0 credits per month, packs only .
• Raining Money guide: How to score higher, use SHOP and survive MISS in v1.1Learn the actual controls and scoring rules of Raining Money, including the SHOP coin, 30-second difficulty increases and the v1.1 missed-coin penalty.
• Five Question-Mark Ceramics, Seven Jobs—and a Song Asking Why They ExistAmy’s thrift-store mystery became a seven-part kitchen experiment, with a Billie Eilish piano cover providing the perfect punchline.
• Is League Classic shutting down in January 2027? What happens to your pass and purchases?Riot has set an end date for League Classic's current run.
• Why Is McDonald’s Japan’s New Ad a Weird Math Remix? The “Misesan” JokeThe October 20, 2026 social clip pairs =LOVE’s Hitomi Takamatsu with comedian Niiyama of Sayaka.
• Will NBA 2K25 MyCAREER Still Work in 2027? What Survives the Server ShutdownNBA 2K25 leaves sale on October 30, 2026, and MyCAREER becomes inaccessible on January 1, 2027. Here's what owners can still play offline.
• Will Warzone Skins and COD Points Survive the PS4 and Xbox One Shutdown?Warzone leaves PS4 and Xbox One in 2026. Find out what happens to operator skins, blueprints, unspent COD Points and real-money bundles when you move to PS5…
• Jimothy Is a Dog Toy. Why Do the Humans Want Him More?A Jimothy the Raccoon plush is being sold as a dog toy at select Costco stores.
• Why Does Sato's Ajin Shooting Target Give Headshots Zero Points?A real, officially licensed Ajin poster assigns zero points to Sato's head and chest but higher scores around his arms.
• Why Did McDonald’s Japan Clone Tsukimi Tabemi Six Times? The Bobobo Popularity-Poll JokeOn October 13, 2026, McDonald’s Japan posted six versions of Tsukimi Tabemi with a simple thank-you.
• Do Claude extra usage credits expire after six months in Japan? The three balances explainedClaude Pro and Max users in Japan face a six-month expiry rule for purchased extra usage credits from September 10, 2026.
• Workplace DC or NISA: Should you use both?An employer may contribute to a defined-contribution retirement plan while an employee invests separately through Japan's NISA.
• Is GTA 6 Really Coming Out on November 19, or Could Rockstar Delay It Again?GTA VI still has a November 19, 2026 release date. Here is what Rockstar’s October launch trailer, preorders and November 12 preload actually tell us about…
• Do Ideogram free credits reset weekly? Who qualifies, and what paid plans changeIdeogram's free allowance is weekly for eligible accounts, but the amount is not a universal promise.
• Does PixVerse Free Reset to 30 Credits a Day? The 60-Credit Welcome Bonus ExplainedPixVerse Basic currently lists 60 initial credits and 30 daily credits.
• When Do Poe Free Points Reset? The 24-Hour Rule, Paid Plans and Add-On ExpiryPoe's free compute points refresh at the end of each 24-hour period, and unused free points do not carry forward.
• Is Professor Layton and the New World of Steam Getting Delayed Again? The December 10 Date ExplainedAfter the game moved from 2025 to 2026, fans wondered whether the next Layton adventure would slip again.
• Google Flow free 50 credits daily: reset time and conflicting subscription rulesAn October 2026 check of 50 daily credits, first-generation refresh, Plus/Pro/Ultra monthly allowances, Veo costs, eligibility and Japan top-up rules.
• When do Krea’s 100 free daily credits reset? Krea 3 and the 14-day unlimited offer explainedKrea Free refills 100 compute units daily, but at what time?
• Do Gamma’s 400 free credits reset every month? What actually renewsGamma starts free users with 400 AI credits, but when do they come back?
• I Went Looking for a Cheap Winter Sweater. My ¥700 Bargain Had Short Sleeves.I already owned a long coat. The next sensible purchase was a sweater to wear underneath it.
• Can you buy ElevenLabs credits on the Free plan? PAYG expiry, mobile subscriptions and purchase limitsElevenLabs Free users can purchase Pay As You Go credits, but those credits expire after 12 months.
• Does the GTA 6 physical edition include a disc? What the November 12 box actually containsRockstar's announced GTA 6 boxed release contains a download code, not a game disc.
• Do You Need to Buy No Rest for the Wicked Again for 1.0? The 2027 Founder's Pack DeadlineWhat Steam Early Access owners keep when version 1.0 arrives, and which bonus deadline applies after the delay.
• Sims 4 Kit Says Not Owned in the EA App? Don't Buy It AgainChecked October 13, 2026. No spoilers. If a Kit you bought in The Sims 4 Marketplace shows as “not owned” in the EA app, it doesn't mean you lost it, so…
• Why is the Laughing Cow sad? The Not Laughing Cow, explainedIf you've seen the red cow on a cheese wedge suddenly looking grim, you're not imagining it.
• Headquarters: Bed. Meeting Room: Voice Input. Factory: AI. — The Productivity Glitch of “Doing Nothing (While Actually Doing Something)”One day, a resale specialist was outside checking unwanted items to see what could still be sold.
• Where to Find Your Awin Product Feed API Key (Create-a-Feed)You run an automation script for Awin product feeds. The script asks for the product feed API key.
• Delete Background Processing from Your Life: From “What the Hell?” to “Your Turn” in Eight MinutesThe expensive part of a ten-minute complaint is often not the ten minutes.
• Is a Membership Worth It? Choose by How Often You Use It (JAF, Costco, Montbell, Times Club in Japan)A membership is worth more than a discount.
• Can You Play The Crew Motorfest Offline on Switch 2? The Train-Ride ProblemThe Crew Motorfest launched for Nintendo Switch 2 on October 8, 2026, but Ubisoft still requires an internet connection.
• Another Food Business I Never Visited Is Disappearing“Why do food places and drinks I never buy have such a suspicious tendency to disappear?”
• Another Food Business I Never Visited Is Disappearing“Why do food places and drinks I never buy have such a suspicious tendency to disappear?”
• Hollow Knight: Silksong Physical Edition Delayed: Is Sea of Sorrow Now on the Cartridge?Silksong's boxed release has shifted to November. Does that mean the expansion is included, or has the DLC's release date quietly been confirmed?
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is Leaving Game Pass—Will an Installed Copy Still Work After October 15?Xbox has confirmed its October 15 departure. For anyone halfway through Expedition 33, the big question is whether keeping the download is enough.
• Will Leisure Suit Larry Disappear from Your Steam Library on October 23?Summary: Steam sales of Wet Dreams Don't Dry and Wet Dreams Dry Twice are due to end on October 23, 2026.
• Mafia III Was Free on PlayStation—Why Has It Disappeared from Some Libraries?Players claimed Mafia III for free in October 2026, then some reported losing access.
• PICO PARK Is Showing a White Screen Online on Switch 2. Should You Buy It?On October 13, 2026, TECOPARK warned against buying the original PICO PARK for online play on Nintendo Switch 2. Players reported a white screen at World 1-2.
• ¥199 Shine Muscat Grapes? Why "Per 100g" Price Tags Feel Like a TrickYou're walking through a Japanese supermarket and spot Shine Muscat grapes with a big "¥199" sign.
• Are Japanese Shareholder Perks a Glitch? PayPay, Restaurants, Travel, Kiritani on a Bicycle—and Why 10,000 AEON Shares Still Do Not Make Shopping 100% OffJapanese companies often offer shareholder perks in addition to cash dividends.
• COSRX The Vitamin C 13 Serum: How Many Drops, When to Use It, and Whether It Goes Before or After Toner and MoisturizerCOSRX The Vitamin C 13 Serum looks simple until you actually hold the bottle.
• Will Japanese Joy-Con 2 Work With a US Switch 2? The Warranty CatchBuying Nintendo Switch 2 controllers in Japan for a US console sounds simple. What do Nintendo's Japanese and American warranty terms actually cover?
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide — Is It Really a New October 2026 Switch 2 Release?Checked October 12, 2026. Spoilers: only the premise shown on the official store page. No.
• Steam Deck Verified but Your Game Still Has Issues—What Does the Green Check Actually Mean?Valve tests controls, readability, launchers and system compatibility before awarding Deck Verified.
• The AI Built More Checks Than Products: Why Finishing First Matters“Let's add another check.” “What about an edge case?” “Shall I look for more improvements?” You asked a brilliant AI to deliver a product.
• Twelve Frozen Gyoza for ¥215: Bargain Dinner or a Vegetable Serving?A Japanese supermarket has a pack of 12 frozen gyoza for ¥215 .
• Check Your Receipt: A Missed 40% Discount Can Cost More Than Reward PointsYou buy a few marked-down items, pay, and have a small reaction:
• Why Do Mental Health Clinics Require Masks, and Can They Refuse You for Not Buying One?Even now, you may walk into a mental health clinic or hospital in Japan and hear this at the front desk:
• I Love McDonald's and Saizeriya, but I Still Want a 10,000-Yen French Meal: Trying Food I've Never Had, for LessI'm not trying to become a gourmet.
• How Can a Small Shop Feel More Welcoming? Useful Shelf Labels and Approachable StaffImagine a small gift shop.
• Is a 20,000-Yen 1TB SSD “Cheap”? 5-Year Prices and M2 Mac TimingI want a 1TB external SSD that plugs into my M2 Mac over USB.
• Is Cheap Land Plus a New Rental Building Better Than an Old Apartment Block?A listing promises a 12% gross yield.
• Can You Load an Apple Gift Card onto ICOCA? My 3000 Yen Lesson in Not GooglingJR West, the railway company behind ICOCA, says you can top up ICOCA in Apple Pay with a credit, debit or prepaid card (and similar) in your own name that…
• Should You Sell Every Item Before Moving? Your Bookshelf Says NoA forgotten figure turns up while packing. An Amazon seller app recognizes it. Brilliant: one scan, and the clutter is practically money.
• Self-Checkout Is Convenient, but I Hate That Only Mistakes Get Treated Like CrimesSelf-checkout lanes are everywhere now.
• Why Packed Shelves Are Fun at Don Quijote but a Mess at HomeThe gummy aisle at Don Quijote, the Japanese discount chain, is basically a decision-making test.
• Which of Mie's 6 AEON Malls Is the Most Fun to Wander?Mie Prefecture has six malls in AEON's official "AEON Mall" category (AEON is Japan's biggest mall and supermarket operator):
• "Just a Quick Look, Please": Touring a Model Home When You're Not Ready to BuyCan you tour a model home if you're not planning to buy? Yes. I did it on a whim during a walk, and even a quick visit told me what I needed to know: the price.
• How Can One VTuber’s Merch Cost ¥3.31 Million? Shigure Ui’s Art Editions“Surely you can buy all the merch from just one VTuber?” It sounds like a manageable shopping challenge: badges, keychains, shirts, plushies.
• Can Yakult 1000 Actually Make Irritation Go Away?Some people say they sleep better after drinking Yakult 1000 (a probiotic milk drink sold in Japan, also called Y1000).
• Shareholder Perks With Outrageous Value: Japan and OverseasI am the “look at this” guy.
• 7x Leverage on BTC: Liquidation, Take Profit, and 250 USDTBTC is around 86,500 USDT.
• Why Did Japan's Bubble-Wrap Maker Rename Itself PutiPuti? The Product Outgrew the CompanyImagine answering the phone at a packaging-materials factory: “Hello, you've reached PutiPuti.”
• Why Pasting Best-Selling Products Doesn't Make Affiliate Money: What Really Decides ItWhen people start thinking about affiliate marketing, the first thing they want to do is look up "the best-selling products."
• The 199-yen-per-100g trap: why "so cheap!" becomes "per 100g?"A sign shows a huge “¥199.”
• One Person Can Now Run an AI Quant Lab: What Remains Is Ideas and the BillThe interesting part of autonomous investing is not asking a chatbot what to buy today.
• Cake Police gets 40% off, then heads for the freezer: chocolate packsA cake is sitting in the supermarket with a 40% discount sticker.
• How to make money from a website when readers use ad blockersThe best way to deal with ad blockers is not to beat them. It is to build a site where 100% of the ads can vanish without 100% of the income vanishing too.
• What Do Ceramides Actually Do? Ceramides vs. Moisturizer, Vaseline and Niacinamide, Explained by JobWalk down the skincare aisle and the words pile up fast. Lotion. Cream. Serum. Vaseline. Ceramides. Niacinamide.
• Is Claude Max 20x 4x more than 5x? Only the 5-hour limit isShort answer: Max 20x ($200 a month) gives you four times the five-hour session limit of Max 5x ($100), but Anthropic doesn't publish how much bigger the…
• Which closures are bad news? Reading a mall's healthWalk through the same shopping mall often enough and you start noticing strange substitutions.
• Does DEX arbitrage need suckers? Bot races vs lasting frictionDEX arbitrage sounds trivial: buy the same asset where it is cheap and sell where it is expensive.
• Why Do Retail Workers Meet Customers You Never See?“A customer demanded a refund without even bringing the item back.”
• Lost your ED medication? What replacing it really costs in Japan“I put the pills somewhere.” That sentence is annoying with any medicine.
• I wanted to sell my SIXPAD and PC. The dealer said to dispose of them myselfI had a batch of unwanted items checked by a secondhand dealer.
• Is ¥5 Million in Rent Really “Money Thrown Away”? For One or Two People, Buying Only the Space You Actually Use Can Be SmarterHearing, “You paid a total of ¥5,000,000 in rent,” can make the number feel painfully large.
• Which Japanese Gummies Should You Buy at Don Quijote? Why Meiji Kaju Gummy Keeps WinningWalk into the candy section at Don Quijote (Donki, the giant Japanese discount store) and your first thought is: Fruity ones. Sour ones. Extra-chewy ones.
• Apita Yokkaichi: Is 20% Off Supermarket Food Better Than a Restaurant?You came to Tonarie Yokkaichi to choose dinner. Mapo tofu? Curry udon? Sushi?
• Does taking a ¥2,000 errand mean someone is short on money?After a move, small physical tasks multiplied: shopping, taking out bulky recyclables, buying household equipment, replacing parts, installing a board and…
• I paid ¥2,000 for small moving chores—and cleared my mental to-do listAfter moving, the enemy was a swarm of tiny errands: shopping, buying a laundry pole, disposing of two large recycling boxes, adjusting a monitor, replacing a…
• “It still works” keeps even mystery cables living in your homeA cable with no known device to plug into.
• Why buying less stuff works: two boxes of clutter sold for ¥500 and the hidden cost of small thingsBefore moving, I took a pile of small stuff to a resale shop. Two cardboard boxes. The offer: ¥500.
• Is the cheapest used car the best value? Wagon R and Aqua surviveIf a used car will be kept for many years and resale value barely matters, the math changes.
• If AI makes everything, who buys it? Demand after cheap labor“Soon, if you cannot pay hundreds of dollars a month for generative AI, you will not be able to compete in business.”
• Why Does a Yogibo Store Look Empty? Three Things Foot Traffic Can't Tell YouThe mall is packed.
• Can You Stack the Minamioguni (Kurokawa Onsen) Voucher With Kyushu's 60% Travel Discount? One Ends Sept 30, the Other Starts Oct 1Reading about Japan's travel discounts can send your brain down a very specific path. A few minutes later: And then, naturally: Then you check the dates.
• List price is the final boss: free models, mystery meals, dealsYou can book a haircut at the normal rate, eat at a restaurant like everyone else, buy products at retail, and pay full price for a facial.
• Beyond haircut models: how practice models and mystery shopping can slash everyday costs—and where the catch hidesA haircut model is only the entrance. Once the same idea is extended to skill practice, portfolio building, school training, mystery shopping, product testing…
• Can Amazon FBA make decluttering easy? Barcodes, FC splits, wallsWhen you declutter before or after a move, boxes quickly fill with books, games, figures, small electronics, and miscellaneous goods.
• Why Is Japan's "Eat Within 5 Minutes" Cream Crepe So Popular? CINQ MINUTES and an Extra-Cream Crepe in InuyamaShort answer: the "eat within 5 minutes" line is easy to remember, the giant cream crepe turns heads on the street, and the cream is lighter than it looks.
• Why does logistics choke in peak season despite automation?Buy ten things online and, from the customer side, almost nothing happened.
• Where does the name UNO come from, and why do you have to shout it?Short answer: UNO is not named after a person.
• Used gaming desk shipping: how to move a ¥6,000 desk, and what it really costsYou start out asking, “What kind of chair is this?” Before long you are checking trunk sizes and highway tolls. That is what happened here.
• Joyfull’s “Water Surface Slash” beef: where’s the water?Joyfull calls it “Water Surface Slash” beef. The photo shows thin slices of meat.
• ChiikawaIs Kura Sushi's ¥110 price because of the Chiikawa collab cancellation?No: Kura Sushi announced its ¥110 minimum price on August 20, 2026, before the Chiikawa collab was cancelled on September 5.
• Why Ask a Person Instead of Googling? Indonesia's “Human Search Engine” HypothesisPeople will buy an expensive phone. They will happily consider an iPhone. Then a tiny setup question appears—and instead of searching, they ask somebody.
• Faulty Item From a Flea Market App: Can You Return It After Paying? (No "8-Day Cooling-Off")You bought something on a flea market app and it arrived broken. The number to look for is not "8 days."
• A 50-Year Mortgage Does Not Make a Home Cheaper — Debt, Rate Risk, and Japan’s FSA Scrutiny Explained Simply¥10m equity plus ¥40m debt buys a ¥50m property: leverage.
• "Otsutomehin" doesn't mean "thanks for your service": discount huntingThe Japanese word otsutomehin looks funny if you associate tsutome with “work” or “employment.”
• The Weekday Lunch Research Club — Hunting the Cheap Daytime Entrance to Expensive Restaurants in Higashi-MikawaRestaurant seats cannot be stored as inventory.
• Has Suzuki Changed How It Makes and Sells Things?Suzuki Plaza’s third floor looks peaceful: looms. Yet one loom opens into the entire company.
• Lunch Was Half Price. Then KALDI Added Snacks to the PlanLunch was simple: discounted potato salad and discounted sausages, both at half price.
• Who are the weekday couples at Ginza or AEON Mall?A couple strolling through Ginza on a weekday, stopping at a café and a department-store food hall, can look retired, independently wealthy, or free from…
• Why Are Empty Stores So Hard to Enter?When walking through a shopping mall, you sometimes see a store that looks interesting.
• Why Public Housing and Danchi Can Be So Cheap: Housing Priced to Sustain Life, Not Maximize the MarketWhen I walk near public housing or a danchi apartment complex at night, I sometimes find myself wondering:
• A Weeknight Solo Outlet Mall Food RouteOutlet malls are usually seen as places to buy clothes, shoes, and brand-name items.