Comments on: Initial Lessons: Avoiding Full Retail Prices for Thirty Days

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:03:00 +0000

The milk is often on sale at the grocery I shop at, which is largely Hispanic. As for carrots, I can’t imagine a vegetable that is much cheaper, it amazes me how cheap they always are. I don’t know how I would recognize vegetables “on sale,” they just aren’t presented that way in the store. I can generally recognize if they are more than I usually pay, but that’s about it. I don’t worry about sale stuff in terms of groceries, I rarely buy prepared foods. I stick to my grocery list, and I’m saving money now by not tossing old rotten food out like I have done previously.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:06:00 +0000

I am definitely going to search around for better milk prices. Thanks for all the tips and good wishes!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:38:00 +0000

In Michigan we've got a big local chain called Meijer that has milk on sale just about every other week. It's usually less than $2.50 a gallon when they put it on sale.

It may be that you have to start looking at getting milk at alternative stores, not just your usual grocery store.

By: My Journey From Debt

My Journey From Debt — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:47:00 +0000

I agree the grocery store would probably be the hardest place to meet the requirements of this challenge. I'm glad to see you did a pretty good job.

As a side note, milk here does go on sale every once in a while (on a fairly regular basis actually)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:13:00 +0000

Sales definitely vary by stores. The Kroger stores use the card system, so it seems most weeks nearly everything is on sale, including meats and milk.

By: Sense

Sense — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0000

yeah–at grocery stores i buy what I like to eat…prices be darned. i’m picky, so if i like something, i stick with it. otherwise…I don’t eat!

By: Amphritrite

Amphritrite — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:17:00 +0000

This is an interesting look into how we shop, and I'm glad you were honest with your readers about your almost-hangups.

Some tips for milk - check the other stores around you. If you've got Giant, you've probably also got Aldi, Safeway, and Food Lion.

Safeway runs a perpetual sale 2/$5.38. Freeze a gallon and drink it next week.

Produce - Check with your local international markets and farmers markets. They tend to have better, cheaper produce than the large stores like Giant.

Good luck :) I've got my fingers crossed for you!