Posted on 05/01/2008 5:21:12 AM PDT by randita
Our nearest Costco is 200 miles away. : (
I’m seriously considering getting goats again, but then you have feed prices to contend with. This time around you can’t win for losing!
Hey, get it right. The preferred term is "freegan". :)
A store where I live sells turkey backs for 29 cents a pound. Bake 'em in the oven for an hour, then boil 'em for broth. Makes a really good soup base.
Agree about red meat. I eat it maybe once every other week. Giant this week has chicken legs for 49 cents a pound. The freezer is now full of them.
I can still get chicken and pork at a reasonable price. I can’t figure out why . . . pigs and chickens gotta’ eat, also.
In the past I have saved a ton of money using coupons, easily 50-65% of my grocery bill. There are various coupon clubs that help you get organized, and in Arizona and Utah, www.couponsense.com is an awesome service that compiles all the local grocery ads and allows you to print reports with the best deals. One of the downsides of couponing is that they are usually for processed foods.
Gee, thanks.
My typical lunch at work is spuds, frozen veggies heated up in the microwave, and one piece of chicken - a thigh or drumstick. Add a bit of margarine and I'm happy. But, then again, I'm Scots-Irish (among other things), so I have mashed potatoes flowing in my veins instead of cholesterol.
Also, there often are bulk produce stores in your area. The quality is generally good - it may not have been top-shelf when bought, but the turnover is high, so it tends to be fresher than the grocery store stuff.
Mixing real milk with reconstituted powdered milk is not bad tasting.
Eat less and then only food you don’t really like.
Chickens apparently are more efficient at converting feed to meat than cows. Pigs are somewhere in-between.
I basically check the circulars, plan a grocery circuit and hit 3-4 stores for the week. Certain things are cheaper at one store than another on a continuing basis as well. And then you clean 'em out when they have certain things on sale, such as $1.39/lb boneless thighs at Redners. Or the $.49/lb legs at Giant.
I try to cut coupons, shop at cheaper stores (I love the Walmart Grocery Stores), buy generic and buy frozen or canned instead of fresh. One store close to me has a section where everything is a dollar - I buy the toilet paper (6 rolls for a buck), paper towels (3 rolls for a buck) soap, shampoo, dog treats, cleaning supplies, etc. I buy my laundry soap, softener and dishwasher detergent at Big Lots - a lot cheaper than even Walmart. Big Lots also has great bargains on canned products and other food products. I also buy eye shadow there - a dollar for a name brand with several colors.
I gave three of our school secretaries each a gift bag for secretaries day. In each gift bag was a regular size soft soap spa body wash and a bag of Dove candy. Altogether for everything including the bag and tissue paper I paid about 25 cents a piece. So I gave three gifts for 75 cents and trust me they LOVED it.
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In Missouri? Wow. Here in Iowa, I'm paying $2.59/gallon for 2% at Aldi. Sam's Club and everyone else is a tad over $3 though.
Yeah and what cracks me up is that we are smack dab in the middle of the dairy region for these parts!
Guess the local milk is “more special”.
LOL!
Cute.
A food ministry for everyone, not just the indigent and poor.
Even the “warehouse stores” like Costco are too expensive. Go to your local restaurant supply place...ours is called “Cash and Carry”. You won’t believe how cheap some stuff is.
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