Two Ways to Save on Groceries
Grocery bills can be a killer. Still, you can’t really avoid them – though many of us eat too much for our own good, one does have to eat.
Now, there are two ways to save on those food bills. First: you can shop smarter. Apparently many stores and foods have multiple recurring sale “cycles”; buying at the right time in quantity can save a pretty penny. This article from AOL News gives a good description.
There’s also a second way – though it’s not one I’d recommend. This video demonstrates both the method and its drawbacks.
I do hope they thoroughly sanitized those packages before putting them back out for sale, though.
I haven’t seen any follow up on whether or not he was arrested and charged. He sure had “meat for the month”.
Is that a rack of ribs in your pants, or are you just glad to see me?
No spew alert! Good thing I hadn’t quite lifted the ice tea all the way.
Thanks for the AM laugh!
Just one more reason even hamburger is approaching $5/lb.
The advice about sales cycles is very true. I keep track through the twice-weekly sale papers, which show up on Sundays and Wednesdays.
Laundry detergent regularly gets marked off by $3/25-load jug, so that a $6 jug of Tide or Arm & Hammer is knocked down to $3/jug, and I can get 3 for the price of less than 2 at the full price.
There’s also chicken; one store will offer it in bulk lot prices if you call and order it ahead of picking it up, which means a 40-lb case of B/S chicken will cost me less than a 5-lb pack.
Coupons help a lot, too.
We BOGO the hell out of Publix. If they were a publically traded company their stock would plummet every time we entered the store.
Hamburger Helper = Add 2 to 3 cups of additional macaroni/penne, add veggies, cut back on hamburger, and adjust water/milk. Significantly expands servings w/o sacrificing taste too much. The sauce packet is overpowered for the puny servings in the box.
Can of Chili = Add can of kidney/pinto beans, tomatoes, onions, etc.
Keep eating out to a minimum.
Leftovers are your friend.
Skip feeding the cats for couple days, they don’t need to eat everyday (kidding).
“Skip feeding the cats …”
Not around here. If they don’t get fed on time, the little grey one (Heidi) will stalk you constantly, and the fat one (Fritzey) will jump on you while you are examining your eyelids for leaks, resulting in bruises and claw scratches.
Mine sits and stares at me, and drools.
I went on an alcohol diet once…
I lost six weeks…
When I read in the paper that Kris Kristofferson (Ranger, ex-Huey pilot in Nam, etc.) was 80 today, I resolved to give up drinking this morning. Luckily, it now past noon.
I heard him sing in Dallas in ’71 or ’72. He was better in person than in any recording I have heard. I was only about 15 feet away. Will always remember.
Heh. Upon reading the article to my Bride of Chuckie, her first response: “3rd way, give up food and just drink.”
I like that plan.
Yep we utilize the buy one get two free sales at our local stores regularly…nothing more satisfying than ribeyes on the grill but at one third the price…
Grocery prices have become a burden for a great many people lately, any method for getting the most bang for the buck without resorting to stealing meat in your nether regions is a good thing….
‘stealing meat in your nether regions’ – no, that’s never a good idea. The bulkier you look, the more suspicious the appearance.
Can you imagine the reaction if that had been brats instead of ribs?
“Can you imagine the reaction if that had been brats instead of ribs?” Please quit! Your making my side hurt from laughing!
Then don’t even think about what would have happened if he’d tried to “5-finger discount” a whole salami. (smile)
We built up a food storage with the “copy canning” method, and now restock when stuff is on sale. This gives us two months of food for an emergency (like being out of work for five weeks due to injury) and let’s us buy on sale.
“Nothing for me today” Pinto – Animal House
That was my first thought, too.
“gained a little weight since you walked in here didn’t ya, sweetie”?
There is a third way.
And it is practiced by none other than the False Commander “Phony” Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics).
He just expenses them to the taxpayer as he pads his logistical contracts based on his false Native American, Navy SEAL and LEO claims.