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Janine Dorsey

Janine is a 20-year veteran journalist who puts her sleuthing skills to use unearthing deals and discounts for families in the Tampa Bay area. Raising her own two daughters has taught her that some of the best things in life are “free” but not necessarily “cheap.”

Gayle Guyardo

Gayle Guyardo co-anchors “News Channel 8 Today” weekday mornings with Rod Carter. She does a special segment, “Ways to save today,” each Monday between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. Gayle is a third generation Tampa native and a graduate of Auburn University. She and her husband Mark raise four little girls - Katie, Lindsay, Ali and Ella.

Todd Davis

Todd Davis is a photojournalist with News Channel 8’s investigative team. When he’s not tracking down a story, he’s hunting down a good deal.

Michael Egger

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The Tampa Tribune’s retail reporter, Richard Mullins writes about consumer trends and everything you buy at the mall, grocery stores and restaurants. He believes credit cards are the window to our souls. And yes, he gets paid to wander the mall for work.

Debbie Swartz

Debbie, a 20-year veteran journalist, can typically be found at the end of Target aisles looking at clearance items. She’s also been known to send one her young daughters through the checkout lane to redeem a coupon.


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Incentive to use your reusable bags at Target

Posted Nov 2, 2009 by Janine Dorsey

Updated Nov 2, 2009 at 10:15 AM

I was hitting the after-Halloween sale at Target early Sunday morning. Got several rolls of ghost-adorned Bounty paper towels, some black disposable plasticware for lunch boxes and a host of other bargains.

At the register I was delighting in watching all the items ring up at 50% off when my reverie was cut short by the clerk. “And two bags,” she said, hitting another key on her pad.

“Excuse me?” I said. I thought she was charging me for the cloth bags that I was using. Could she not see they were not Target products? One clearly said “Publix” and the other was from some long ago book festival I attended.

“You get 5 cents off for each reusable bag you use!” she replied.

Huh. I didn’t know that. Makes me regret deciding to just throw the paper towels loose in the cart, should have brought in more bags to use from the car. Now I know.

And so do you.

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