I hope you used his recipes!..........
Posted on 05/01/2008 5:21:12 AM PDT by randita
Grocery costs are going through the roof. Do you have any suggestions for trimming the skyrocketing grocery bills?
We don't buy much in the way of pre-packaged or prepared food items and we do eat a lot of dried beans. Don't eat out much either. Still my weekly grocery bill is about 25% higher than I'd like.
Let the suggestions roll...
I vaguely remember an old joke about going to an Ethiopian restaurant.
That's where you lose her.
If you are in good health and a religous person, do not overlook the spiritual benefits of fasting one day a week for the purposes of prayer, even a bread and water fast. A little hunger concentrates the mind wonderfully :)
My experience is we do quite well by just using several local markets and buying the sale items. One of our markets has a 10% off everything sale every Wednesday. Since we eat almost all fresh food, coupons are not often of much help to us.
Yes prices are much higher over the past year, but I’ve noticed that eggs have dropped by 10% in the past month. The law of supply and demand still rules!
LOL! She IS one of you.
They don't have the wide selection of most grocery stores nor the same things all the time, so my drill is to go to Aldi's and get what I can off the list, then get what I couldn't at a regular grocery store. The savings much more than pay for making two trips. If it's a long trip you could take a cooler for frozen and refrigerated items and do it in one trip.
Don't forget to get your non-grocery items like dish soap and such at Aldi's, too. Big savings there.
I don't know how Pa laws are, but in Michigan Aldi's carries Winking Owl wines. At $3.00/bottle isn't much cost if you add a cup or so to a soup and really turns it into something special.
Not going to let you slither off the hook, sorry. You appeared on this thread to demagogue the free market and argue for more governmental intervention. Acting in a childish manner doesn’t conceal the above.
whoa!
I hope you used his recipes!..........
That is always there, just at what price?
The 'market' which we all must bow to, now recognizes the lesser value of the dollar due to our taste for foreign made goods. i.e. we've flooded the world with them.
Those of us who purchase our needs and wants in 'dollars' now have to come up with more of them because: A) they are prettier. B) They are now less scarce.
You choose.
And taxes?
The last year I had my business, I received at least three or four calls a month from companies trying to place workers.
These workers had all lost their jobs due to imports and there were various .gov (meaning you and I paid for them) retraining programs.
These weren't bad guys, like ex-cons they were trying to place, just Joe Sixpacks who the powers that be decided the new world economy didn't need. In conversations with the placement folks, they admitted less than 20% would find a job paying anything near there old rates.
So talk to me about taxes?
Great wine deals at Aldi’s, and some other products, too-especially chocolate.
Check the country of origin, though, on food. I find it is missing on many of their items, and I will not buy garlic since it comes from China-at least at my Aldi’s.
The last year I had my business, I received at least three or four calls a month from companies trying to place workers.
These workers had all lost their jobs due to imports
How many calls did you get to place workers who already got jobs due to exports?
So talk to me about taxes?
I think lower taxes are better than higher taxes. But maybe that's because I'm a conservative.
As I've stated many times on this board, there are going to be winners and losers in the new global economy. Simple fact of life: Yes or No?
As we have the highest over all wages, the USA blue collar guy is going to be the loser. Not everyone is cut out to be a hedge fund manager or brain surgeon, sorry that's life's lottery.
So those that lose, do they retain their belief in hard work and fair play? Or do they vote for the Democrats and their wealth transfer plans?
Shop at the Dollar General. They have the cheapest prices on bread, milk, chips, shampoo etc.
I have a couple ways I save money on groceries. One is buying meat, milk, oj, shredded cheese, eggs, yogurt on clearance. I freeze the milk, cheese and oj when I find more than I need and can afford to buy extra. (I have a small upright freezer so that helps.) I repackage the meat using my Foodsaver so it doesn’t get freezer burn and keeps longer. Also, if eggs are on sale and the store is out, I get a raincheck for 2 dozen. Then I go back to the store in 2 days to see if they are back in stock. (The store is on the same street I live on.) If not, I get another raincheck. Sometimes I end up with 3 or 4 rainchecks. I also use coupons with the rainchecks. I eat organic so eggs at regular price are expensive. I have also learned to make my own soups. I can make enough organic soup for about 5 dollars to last me a week for lunch at work. On most things, if I am out and it’s not on sale, I go without until it goes on sale or is clearanced. This doesn’t happen often since I stock up on things. It mostly happens with eggs.
There's also a great recipe in here for Bumper Bambi Fawn Doo.
Absolutely. Automation will also produce winners and losers. Maybe we need to stop automation? Go back to farming with horse pulled plows?
So those that lose, do they retain their belief in hard work and fair play? Or do they vote for the Democrats and their wealth transfer plans?
We need Republican wealth transfer plans to defeat the Democrats and their wealth transfer plans. For conservatism!!
Farsighted enough for you?
Well the Dems would like to raise taxes on oil companies to lower gasoline prices.
What marroons.
Priced out a load of diesel lately LOL?
But seriously, you didn't refute any of my points: We have flooded the world with dollars (via trade deficits)
Flip comments can't change that.
And another poster commented about $30 billion for farm subsidies.
Ha - what chump change is that? Guess how much Dubya the Mumbler has sought for Aid to Africa?
What food security will that Thirty Billion Dollars bring us?
Here’s a link to the food storage pamphlet (pfd file):
http://www.providentliving.org/fhs/pdf/WE_FamilyResourcesGuide_International_04008_000.pdf
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