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In This Issue
May 2009
- Departments
- Up Front
- Your credit is bailing out banks
- Truvia vs. sugar
- Costco outshines the rest
- Chocolates Mom could love
- Claim check: Nasal Ease "allergy blocker"
- Hidden costs of home remodeling
- Paper or plastic...or your own
- Claim check: Get A Grip handle
- Recalls & Safety Alerts
- CR Health
- Relief for aching backs
- Plus: Be wary of narcotics for treatment
- CR Money
- Low-cost brokers score high in service
- Viewpoint
- Cable rates' endless rise
- From Our President
- Please respond to our Annual Questionnaire
- Selling It
- Your Letters
- Ask Our Experts
- Browse issues
- Shop smart & save big
Our exclusive survey of more than 32,000 readers reveals the best and worst supermarkets. Plus: How to cut hundreds from your grocery bill. - Ratings of 59 supermarket chains
- Super supermarket products
Top product choices from a year’s worth of testing. - 13 ways to save
Best strategies for making your shopping pay off.
Features
Our tests of 81 machines find eight CR Best Buys to help keep your lawn in its best trim.
10 tips to save time and money so that you can enjoy your yard this summer.
Lab Tests 
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Cell phones
Three new models sport innovative features. -
Monitors
Shoppers can find great deals. -
Food processors
Best ways to chop time and cut costs. - More Tests: Movies on demand, Infrared oven, Toilet paper, and Refrigerators
Cars
Road tests of the Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner Hybrid, Jeep Patriot, Suzuki Grand Vitara, and Toyota RAV4.
Road tests of the Chevrolet Silverado, Dodge Ram 1500, and Ford F-150.
Consumer Reports May 2009 provides recommendations, expert buying advice, and Ratings on hundreds of consumer products. Consumer Reports is one of the most trusted sources for information and advice on consumer products and services, with more than 7 million
print and online subscribers. It conducts the most comprehensive testing programs of any U.S. publication or Web site, and
the magazine's experts have decades of experience in testing and reporting. To become a subscriber, consumers can call 1-800-234-1645.
Updated information and reports from the magazine can be accessed online at www.ConsumerReports.org.
