display, but it was blood looking and affordable. save-a-lot only carries name brand products when it can score a deep discount on them. with this formula, they claim to save its customers a lot, as much as 40%. the thing is, retail analysts back up that number. while traditional grocery sales are stagnant, revenue at limited assortment grocers save-a-lot, aldi and grocery outlet is growing. in fact, all three chains plan to expand dramatically in the next couple of years. they come in every day because we do save them so much money. to be able to save a family money in this economy, it s a great thing for us. reporter: some limited assortment stores push prices even lower by not accepting credit cards. the save-a-lot i visited charges a few cents for plastic bags and asks customers to fill those bags themselves. all to cut costs. so, of course, you re going to want a little cost comparison. first let s compare a couple of save-a-lot store brands to famous name brands.
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morning and much of the day. back to you. thanks for that lovely weather report. of course, we ll have much more on the monster storm later on america this morning and also on good morning america. in other news, another cruise ship sailing around antarctica has run into problems. this time it hit a rock that broke through the outer hull. officials say it did not breach the inner hull so thankfully the ship did not take on any water or leak oil. 80 tourists and 35 crew members are on board the polar star. there are differing reports, though, about whether they are being evacuated now. the ten-day cruise is set to end in argentina on sunday. now to egypt where tensions are high. despite president mubarak s announcement that he will not run for office again. while antigovernment protesters remain camped out in cairo s main square, pro-mubarak demonstrators are gathering there, too. alex marquardt is joining us by phone from cairo this morning.
and here are some stories to watch today on abc news. senate republicans could force a vote today on repealing the health care reform law. the republican-controlled house voted earlier this month to repeal it. and as we mentioned earlier, as one-third of the country continues to get pounded by this massive winter storm, punxsutawney phil will come out of his burrow for groundhog day and tell us how much winter we have left. apple and robert murdoch are teaming up to deliver the digital ipad-only newspaper called simply the daily . a lot of people had countdowns waiting for this to finally occur. it s here. just about time for verizon s iphone 4. you can start preordering it tomorrow. when it hits stores next thursday, verizon says they
of body scanners in use, nearly 500 altogether nationwide. this fix, if it works, will take care of about half the scanners. privacy technology for the other model is still in development. lisa stark, abc news, washington. federal officials in washington are wrapping up a two-day summit aimed at stamping out the nationwide bedbug epidemic. despite improvements in pesticides, research shows bedbugs are becoming more resistant. they re still turning up everywhere. from ritzy hotels to homeless shelters. officials here in new york city are now calling for federal funding to develop more effective pesticides. good luck with that. here s a fun story of the morning. it looks like women have an unlikely secret weapon in the battle of the sexes. you re having a sip of that weapon right now. i certainly am. british researchers say drinking caffeinated coffee gives women a big boost in brain power in stressful situations, but for men it has the opposite effect. they say a few cups of cof