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Old 02-21-2009, 07:47 PM   #89 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq View Post
But the most important thing that I do from the whole thing is wait for things to get cheaper. Yes, things get cheaper because there are sales, that's when I buy things, especially things that don't spoil. Canned goods, why pay full price when from time to time canned tomato sauce or other canned items go for 25% - 50% cheaper???

Also, buy only what you need. Do you really need to be a small warehouse of goods? This makes sense if going to the market is on the way home. Europeans go the market regularly, like every other day.
We split up our grocery shopping into a couple different types of trips, to different venues that sell different things. Once a month we go to the big warehouse grocery store (Winco) to stock up our pantry, twice a month in the winter we go to the indoor farmer's market, and every couple of days we buy what refrigerated staples we need from the local hippie food co-op (milk, eggs, yogurt, etc) as well as our coffee. Now and again we troll the local Grocery Outlet. We buy a lot of bulk foods--both Winco and the hippie food co-op have enormous bulk sections. Buying in bulk and then storing the food in reusable containers at home is much cheaper. Shopping for produce at the farmer's market forces us to buy what's in season--and what's in season is often cheaper.

This spring we'll be signing up for a CSA box. For about $19/week, we'll get a box of produce from a local organic farm that comes with guaranteed staples and salad mix every week, in addition to a variety of seasonal items. I'm pretty stoked!
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