Oh how I wish I was still able to shop at Cub and Rainbow. I live in a very small town with a very small and expensive grocery store.
My disabled, elderly mom came to live with us a couple of months ago. Now I’m unable to leave the house for not much more than an hour at a time unless we hire a caregiver.
My husband works near the Plymouth Rainbow, but he’s the type whose eyes glaze over the moment he enters a grocery store. :)
My husband was the same. He works 45 miles away 3 days a week and has access to Aldi’s, Sam’s and a local store with consistently lower produce prices. With the high gas prices, it is really not affordable to make a special shopping trip to save on food. He began to notice the prices locally, even at Walmart, compared to the ones in LaCrosse. Now, when he has the time to drive from his downtown office out to where the stores are, he calls and gets a list and does the shopping.
I have a friend whose husband is totally allergic to shopping, purposely does a so-so job (wrong stuff/can’t find something/buys the higher price). He thinks shopping is a female thing. Lately, my husband commented on that, negatively, so, I think he has had a change of attitude. Just keep pointing out the price savings. Leave the receipt out where he can’t help but see it. Moan a bit about the local high price. Maybe he will get it.
Mine will now make sure to check if Kwik Trip has $2 butter and if we need eggs ($1), Granny Smith apples (3/$1.29. I use them in salads of all sorts.), bananas, potatoes or onions (.39/lb). He stops there for gas, anyway, as they have pretty much a monopoly in our area. Their bag milk is $1.19 and they often have acceptable commercial bread for a $1/pound loaf.
Save $4 and it equals a gallon of gas.