tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post5245930804615726254..comments2024-03-28T18:58:47.880-07:00Comments on creative savv: Keeping a monthly log of what I buy is a money and time-saverLilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292553654219380455noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-90410266230104552302018-03-06T16:14:02.881-08:002018-03-06T16:14:02.881-08:00Hi Melissa,
I am hoping that this will save me ext...Hi Melissa,<br />I am hoping that this will save me extra trips to the store, and a bit of money. I did spend a lot today, but I think between the 2 stores I got the best price per unit on nearly everything I bought. (I did buy cabbage and some bananas at more per pound at Cash & Carry, just so we could get through the weekend. I could have saved even more money if I was willing to drive to WinCo this week. It's out of my way, so I'll do that just before Easter.) I have hidden away some of the duplicates of items, so we don't eat them all in the first week! Good luck with your own tracking. You may find it helpful. Have a great day, Melissa!Lilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292553654219380455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-22385642384231249562018-03-06T16:09:49.905-08:002018-03-06T16:09:49.905-08:00Hi Susan,
I was talking with someone about food de...Hi Susan,<br />I was talking with someone about food deserts last week. While your area would probably not quite be considered a FD, you do have limited choices for shopping, and higher prices. Very difficult if on a fixed income. Updating your price book sounds like a good project for these months when it's too chilly to spend much time outdoors. You might find something helpful in the process.<br />Have a great day, Susan!Lilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292553654219380455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-49700392550963544312018-03-06T16:03:05.568-08:002018-03-06T16:03:05.568-08:00Hi Belinda,
It did really simplify my planning for...Hi Belinda,<br />It did really simplify my planning for shopping. I wasn't guessing how much to buy to get through the month. We'll see if it all works out by the end of March.<br />Have a great day, Belinda!Lilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292553654219380455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-27773333666896863352018-03-06T16:02:07.654-08:002018-03-06T16:02:07.654-08:00Hi live and learn,
Now that your kids are grown, d...Hi live and learn,<br />Now that your kids are grown, do you still find that Costco is a good deal, with the cost of membership? Do you find a lot that you want to buy there? I have been on the fence for years about Costco. They opened a new one closer to us, so I keep thinking about it.<br /><br />The good thing about my shopping today was that I don't think that I forgot anything that we needed, unlike other months. Have a great day, live and learn!Lilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292553654219380455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-60345374833246863112018-03-06T15:59:37.927-08:002018-03-06T15:59:37.927-08:00Hi Alice,
There's a chain in the west called G...Hi Alice,<br />There's a chain in the west called Grocery Outlet that sounds like Daily Deals. I used to shop there often, but the convenient one closed, so I have to drive further.<br />That's so nice that your freezer is so well stocked. It must be such a good feeling. Have a great day, Alice!Lilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292553654219380455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-59221469447230254842018-03-06T12:42:14.383-08:002018-03-06T12:42:14.383-08:00I really like the idea of keeping track of how muc...I really like the idea of keeping track of how much your family goes through of each item. I'm trying to get better about this & even trying to implement at church, where I have to keep track of communion supplies. If I know how much we go through in a Sunday, it's a lot easier to decide how much & when to reorder! MelissaMatt Macduff Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11043554569369923416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-28234995336939182402018-03-06T12:12:01.718-08:002018-03-06T12:12:01.718-08:00I envy all of you. I live in a small town out in t...I envy all of you. I live in a small town out in the middle of nowhere. I only have one grocery store and they are expensive even with their sales. I have a Dollar General and a Shopko Hometown Store but both of those have a very limited selection of food items. And to get to a Wal-Mart or Dollar Tree I have to drive 100 miles.<br />I spend about $200 a month on my groceries for one person and then I consider myself lucky. <br />I have been debating on whether I should update my price book and whether I should keep an exact list of the food and its cost for a few months. Guess there is no time like now. It should be an interesting few months. <br />SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036831409586821197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-72759457497749495852018-03-06T06:57:23.582-08:002018-03-06T06:57:23.582-08:00I like this way of shopping, Lili. I need to do th...I like this way of shopping, Lili. I need to do that myself. Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486895127003368291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-48234019161867774702018-03-06T05:23:50.141-08:002018-03-06T05:23:50.141-08:00Anything that makes things easier is a good thing....Anything that makes things easier is a good thing. We are mostly Aldi's shoppers with Costco thrown in for a few things. Every once in a while we go to other stores for an ingredient we can't get at Aldi's which has a limited selection. We may not be getting the absolute best deal on everything, but we average out pretty well. We also try hard to limit our food waste which helps.<br /><br />Hope shopping is successful with your new system, Lili.<br />Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-12776658124178480072018-03-06T04:41:12.561-08:002018-03-06T04:41:12.561-08:00I am also re-thinking how I buy things and even wh...I am also re-thinking how I buy things and even where I buy things. Aldi will have to be the place I go for dairy, cereal and just about everything food related except meat. I find their meat to be very expensive. Then we move on to Daily Deals which is a discount store. They buy overages from other grocery stores and sell at reduce prices. They don't have everything like a grocery store would have but they do have a lot of deli meats and cheeses, frozen ground beef and sausage and lots of other frozen items. After this store we go to Save A Lot where we get most of our reduced priced meat. With these three stores, we get almost everything we need except shampoo, cat food, and few other things that these stores won't carry. That's when we hit the big store like Meijer. I get way more groceries at the smaller stores than I would get at the big store for the same amount of money. As a result, my freezer is packed to the brim when the goal was to eat from the freezer during the winter. It's a nice problem to have. For February I was somewhere around $400 so that wasn't too bad knowing that a lot of the purchases weren't used in February.<br /><br />AliceAlicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06024364480893258511noreply@blogger.com