Comments on: The Lure of a Gourmet Grocery Store

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:29:17 +0000

In reply to Minnesota Housewives. Whole Foods produce section gets me every time. I always walk out with the most expensive bag of cherries, grapes or some other fruit I had absolutely no intention of buying :)

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:28:35 +0000

In reply to Budget & the Beach. Glad to know I'm not alone.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:28:21 +0000

In reply to Sense. I agree wholeheartedly Sense. While I do try to avoid spending a lot of money at the grocery store I think everyone has their areas for splurging and if good, quality food is high on your list I don't think it's such a bad thing. There are much worse vices in the world!

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:27:09 +0000

In reply to Cindy Brick. Avoidance is the best trick for me too!

By: Minnesota Housewives

Minnesota Housewives — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 02:43:54 +0000

I’m totally the same way! Usually at Whole Foods, all the organic and natural foods win me over and I end up spending way more on things that weren’t even on my list.

By: Budget & the Beach

Budget & the Beach — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:48:30 +0000

Yes, and there are a million within a mile of where I live. It’s very tempting!

By: Sense

Sense — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:57:04 +0000

I’ve given up all hope of a grocery budget in NZ. I don’t have a discount place near enough to bus to, so it’s more convenient to go to the normal grocery stores with the higher prices. It drives me nuts that I spend $500+ a month on groceries alone, but a girl’s gotta eat! I don’t even normally step foot into the gourmet shops, but when I do I am the same as you, dreaming big about food. It all usually ends up as waste, so I go there maybe once or twice a year. Food is the one thing I can’t seem to make myself be frugal about, as I am picky and it affects my health if I restrict myself even more than my palate does.

By: Cindy Brick

Cindy Brick — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 05:06:16 +0000

The only gourmet grocery store I have trouble leaving is Trader Joe’s — and up til recently, there weren’t any in Colorado. You had to go 8 hours drive away to get to a store. (Now there’s one starting up in Boulder.)
At Trader Joe’s, you’ve got the lure of the bargain getting you to stay! But it seems like the easiest way to keep your purchases down is to only have cash (a certain amount) — or just not go in the store, in the first place.