On 8/11/22 8:45 PM, Leo Isenteze wrote:
> On 8/11/2022 12:01 PM, Lenona wrote:
>> There are 43 slides. A lot of the tips involve apps, which I don't have, since my phone isn't set up for that.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/costly-mistakes-people-make-while-grocery-shopping/ss-AASvY8d?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz&fullscreen=true#image=1
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>> At any rate, I have to wonder if all these tips would REALLY result, for one adult consumer, in a grocery bill that's lower than $80 per month - or even lower than $90.
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>> (But yes, buying in bulk can be a bad idea if 20% of the food rots.)
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> "But Gault said you should avoid buying seasonal fruit by the bag rather
> than by the pound.
>
> For example, when apples are on sale for 99 cents a pound, a bag of the
> same type of apples will usually cost more, she said."
Easy enough to do the math. The stuff in bags is usually smaller.
> This Gault person must shop in very strange stores. At the stores I shop
> in bags of apples and oranges are cheaper per pound than buying
> individual items per pound.
The ethnic markets (and we have a lot of them) used to have much cheaper
and better produce. It's still better, but pretty much everyone (except
the truly frou-frou stores, of course) has the same price now.
Dollar stores are still significantly cheaper, but not as much as they
used to be.
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