ROCK HILL, SC (WBTV) - Harris Teeter just lost it's crown as the favorite grocer in the Charlotte metro area. It could be a symptom of families looking to save money.

Walmart has taken the lead in the grocery store wars however Lynn Cain says she chooses sides by who has the better deals.

It's spring break for school in Rock Hill, which means Lynn Cain's seven children need to be entertained and fed.

"This would be my bill, one of my bills this would last me maybe two weeks," said Cain holding up a grocery receipt that is 3 and a half feet long.

In the last six months Cain says that bill has tripled in price.  With the price at the pump going up, price for goods going up too.

"$4.99 for a bag of chips a couple of months back $3 was the most expensive," said Cain "Milk has gone up tremendously, and coffee it's gone up four or five bucks."

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Tax season is here and making it easy for taxpayers to understand and file their taxes is a top priority for the North Carolina Department of Revenue.  Providing the correct information and remembering a few simple tips will help ensure you have an error-free tax return that can be processed quickly and correctly.

NCDOR offers the following easy tips and recommendations as you prepare your taxes this year.

1. Extended filing date- Individual income taxpayers will have until April 17, 2012, to file returns, extensions and payments normally due on April 15. The extension is to accommodate Emancipation Day, a legal holiday in the District of Columbia. Get more details on the extension.

The Better Business Bureau released 2011 ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of area businesses with the most unanswered or unresolved complaints in 2011 on Tuesday.

Consumers filed 12,914 complaints with the BBB against businesses in the Southern Piedmont area of North and South Carolina last year.

“This year, there are only nine businesses on the BBB’s Dirty Dozen list,” said BBB President Tom Bartholomy, “because we are not including companies that have gone out of business.”