Bargain Hunting At The Grocery Store
Mar
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For the last two months I have been comparing sales and coupons at different stores and now I only spend less than half of my grocery budget at Costco because I am finding such good deals. We are also able to buy more food with our small grocery budget and we are even working towards building up our Emergency Food Storage! With gas prices being lower than last year and JJ taking the bus now we don’t spend much on gas anymore so we decided to raise our grocery budget to $200 a month to help us with our food storage goals and help JJ not starve anymore 
But again with the ‘savvy shopper’ skills I am learning we were not hungry at all and we spent less than $200 on groceries and only ate out once – on valentines. And this is healthy food we buy, I don’t understand when people think it is more expensive to eat healthier – it can be very affordable!
I went to the Sunflower market in Orem for the first time today. I love it! I bought grapes for 62 cents a pound, 19 oz of tofu for a dollar and all natural boneless, skinless chicken for $1.62 a pound. I am happy with those prices! I was disappointed in the Vegan cheese prices because from what I remember it is cheaper in Canada. I was wanting to buy Vegan cheese for my daughters since they are lactose intolerant. If you live in Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona or Colorado you will want to find out if there is a Sunflower Market close to you. They have awesome prices on produce and great sales on healthy, natural foods! I even got 10 cents off because I used a reusable canvas shopping bag
Each week I am excited to find out what great deals I am going to find! I even find wonderful deals at the overpriced unionized Albertsons each month!
March 5th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
I’m a coupon person too!
whenever there are big ‘offers’ or ‘sales’ signs, there you’ll find me. *laugh*
saving a little at a time would result in BIG savings in the future. Agree? *wink*
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March 6th, 2009 at 8:18 am
Oh no! Reusable canvass bags? You are one of those people! (just kidding
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Melissa Reply:
March 6th, 2009 at 11:14 am
When I run out of plastic bags for the bathroom garbage can I take bags from the “bag recycling bin” at Walmart where people put their plastic bags they don’t need and JJ says I am stealing them. I think their purpose is for people to take them who need it
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March 6th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Hey ladies! shelfreliance.com is having some sales right now so you should check out their website for all the good deals on food storage stuff!!
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March 6th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Hi and welcome to MBC!
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March 7th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
I remember shopping at Albertson’s out West. They are overpriced. I use the canvas bags too. Mainly because they are wide and easy to carry everything in. I have 4 and fit it all in.
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March 7th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
I always use my own bags whether its canvas or the heavy duty plastic ones that have lasted me over two years so far. It helps though that Superstore charges for bags. I am confused though as to why you describe Albertsons as overpriced and unionized? Superstore employees are unionized and its still overall much cheaper to buy groceries there then other grocery stores. Also, I think Unions can be good …. gave me a raise and managers more incentive to treat their employees well. I have a good manager but others would take advantage of their employees if they could.
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Melissa Reply:
March 8th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
I said that because Albertson’s became unionized about 2 years ago and once that happened their prices went up.
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March 7th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
come to think of it most grocery stores here are unionized, all belonging to the same union .. Safeway, sobeys, walmart …
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