Stretching Your Dollar: What to Know About Junk Fees
Brian Vendig, president of MJP Wealth Advisors, joined Cheddar News to talk about nuisance junk fees that tend to catch people off guard at the time of payment. Vendig broke down various uses for the fees and what consumers can do to protect themselves against surprise costs.
“Extraneous materials” triggered nine recalls in 2022 of more than 477,000 pounds of food regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service — triple the number of recalls tied to food contaminated with toxic E. coli bacteria.
About 146,000 U.S. auto workers are set to go on strike this week if General Motors, Ford and Stellantis fail to meet their demands for big pay raises and the restoration of concessions the workers made years ago when the companies were in financial trouble.
