Would a 1,600 calorie salad put you off?

When we were in New York a couple of months ago, Mrs MSE and I walked into a restaurant in order to have a healthy salad. Then we saw on the menu that they were 1,600 calories each… We don’t have that kind of info on British menus. However yesterday’s Sunday Times reported the Government wants our...

First time ever! 10m unique users in a month

I’ve just seen the stats for July and for the first time ever over 10 million different people used MoneySavingExpert.com in a month.  Staggering! The actual stats according to our internal Google analytics software are as follow: Number of people who visited: 10,004,323 Number of times they visited: 18,109,454 Number of pages they read: 79,865,443 For a...

Hello Ladies!

I feel a bit like Joey from Friends… How you doin’?  I’ve just spotted the ‘insights’ section of my Facebook page and been rather surprised by the profile of members on there, it’s packed with women. So for stats lovers here you go… Total number 51,830 USER PERCENT   Male Female Total   23% 75% 98% Age...

Policing benefit bashing in the forum: valid debate or hate crime?

The UK’s in the midst of the biggest benefits policy changes for a generation, and of course that’s reflected in the MSE forums, the UK’s biggest place to discuss money.  Yet the team and I are dismayed and infuriated; one person has accused us of being “complicit in a hate crime” because we allow benefits to be...