Do You Shop With a Grocery List?
Marilyn Sue McClintock
7 years ago
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rob333 (zone 7b)
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Do you bag groceries where you shop?
Comments (49)Most of the grocers here bag your groceries and offer to take it to your car except for a afew of the high volume discounts which I rarely shop at as their meat and produce quality is poor. Competition is high among grocers here so I support the better ones, in the long run, I don't save much by shopping the discount stores except at Costco who still ring up your goods and put themm back in your cart. We stopped at a costco once that had self check out but we went on strike and opted for the clerk checkout. I hate self check out, if they expect to sell me something, the least they can do is collect my money and put it in a bag for me. Otherwise I check out Amazon for the items. I would rather support vendors that are trying their best to show you they appreciate your business....See MoreHow Often Do You Shop For Groceries?
Comments (19)I have a chalkboard in my kitchen, and a running list is kept there. Even if I forget my paper list, I can usually close my eyes and see the board list. I works really well. Since DH loves to go to the grocery store, I certainly let him. He would stop every day if he could. He is always afraid of missing a good unadvertised sale. I, on the other hand, could live out the rest of my life without shopping at all. I don't like to make decisions, and shopping is full of them. Our freezer stays pretty well stocked, so very rarely do I need to make pot shot runs to the store. Maybe for beer for DH, but that is about it. Trin...See MoreHow Often Do You Shop For Groceries?
Comments (31)I am very fortunate here. Within a 10 mile radius of my house I have 6 major grocery chains, Walmart, (4 stores) Big-Y(A local high end grocery chain- 8 stores), Stop & Shop(5 stores), BJ's (same as Costco or Sams wholesale), Costco, Price Rite (a bring your own bag discount grocery-3 stores) then we have 4 small local butcher shops (one of these butcher shops is larger than some grocery stores but its meat only), then we have a commercial restaraunt supply that sells direct to the public (super prices but bulk lots), 3 Oriental Grocery stores, a Jewish Kosher Grocery store, A Greek Grocery store, 3 Farm markets, plus a local Farmers market on the common once a week that is like a big flea market(best place for fresh veggies in season). This week I got huge Hubbard squash and Acorn squash for $.60 each and 50lbs of potatoes for $12. Right now the tomatoes are so cheap its not worth planting a garden. Being less than 75 miles from the Atlantic coast we also have 3 fish markets with some fantastic deals. Jan and I do not eat fast food or purchase any prepared food save for the occassional pizza about once a month or oriental take out delivered about twice a month and maybe a sit down meal at a restaraunt about once a month, but the truth is, I can cook every bit as good as any of the restaraunts so we just do all our cooking at home. It is just the two of us so we have a small apartment size deep freezer and a huge pantry. Generally we only shop once a month for meat, poulty & dry good. I buy meat in a 50lb mixed bulk pack from the butcher shop and generally get top quality meat for about 2/3 the WalMart shelf price. We don't use much milk so I just buy a quart at the convenience store next door whenever we need it and for bread I generally make my own. My daughter laughed at us till I showed her the receipts. We average less that $300 a month for groceries and we eat rather high off the hog daily....See MoreDo you check expiration dates when grocery shopping?
Comments (41)I try but do forget. I have also purchased items that were not out of date where they had gone bad. I don't live around the corner from where we purchase our fresh and other non bulk purchases. It is a chain grocery(not national). If I get something spoiled I call and let them know. They have told me twice to throw out the food and they will refund my money at the next trip. They do it no questions asked and with a smile. I asked my most regular checkout lady once if people take advantage of and she said she thought it was rare because customers appreciate their service. I have also noticed they don't do price checks if something won't scan. They ask if you know what it was and will take whatever you say unless they thinks it is too high. Another experience where I was supposed to get a free ham ( points program) they computer system was not programmed correctly and I swiped my cc before the cashier realized. I had to spend some time at customer service to get it refunded because it was busy. I was given a 25 dollar gift card for my trouble. (I wasn't complaining even in my head, it was a mistake) I was able to bless an acquaintance with card who could very much use it. They have captured the idea that I will drive a little extra and be very patient because I know they are focused on the customer....See Morerob333 (zone 7b)
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoMarilyn Sue McClintock thanked rob333 (zone 7b)littlebug zone 5 Missouri
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