I buy discounted meat.

Not on food. I like sales. Safeway just had diced canned tomatoes or beans, .25 cents ea if you buy 12. T-bone, $5.47 a lb. I like "fresh" Thomas brand bagels...not day old. Dollar Tree here has Sara Lee & Thomas bread/bagels/buns for $1 Fresh!

Our mark down meat actually cost more than when it's on sale. I agree about not buying mark down milk....it needs to be fresh!

I will buy meat discounted. They mark it down before the "sell by" date. There's nothing (usually) wrong with it.

I won't buy milk products discounted, that's my line too.

I’ve never even seen discounted milk—not that can I recall, anyway. Edited to add, though, that if I did see it—and the date was still good—I wouldn’t have a problem buying it.

Definitely meat, produce if it's still OK and I can use it up quickly. Day old bread is fine. No dairy.

Nothing wrong with saving a few bucks! A lot depends upon the store. Some grocery stores are better than others about marking down the price when there is still some useful life in the product. I only buy reduced-price meat if I'm definitely going to cook it the same or next day. Milk -- my favorite local dairy often knocks a dollar off its price and I've never had it go bad, but we use about a gallon a week so it doesn't linger long. Fruit and veggies -- if I can examine the item and judge how much "good" is left, sure I'll buy reduced price stuff. Sometimes, like toward the end of the holidays, bags of cranberries go on steep discount and I'll buy a whole bunch for the freezer. I don't buy enough bread to bother with discounted loaves; it's either a splurge loaf from a great bakery, or my home made.

I love a good sale and will stock up and freeze, but I never buy anything discounted. In fact, I keep all my dairy in the fridge arranged by date in narrow rows with the oldest toward the front.

I always check out the discounted meat....that is typically my first stop when I visit the grocery! But that is all that is ever discounted, except for some discontinued items. Anything else that is approachng the grocery pull date and all day old bakery stuff is donated to local food banks. I have never seen any discounted dairy or produce ever offered for sale here.

Sale items are different. But that is usually a seasonal thing (like the cranberries) or an intentional overstock, not a sell-off of old(er) product.

I stop by the discounted bread stores.

Yep. I'll buy almost anything on discount provided it appears still okay and I can use it yet that day.

Yes, I do, have for decades, and never a problem. If I can't use meat right away (within a day, at most) I will freeze it. I will buy marked down bakery goods (if I already wanted the particular item), I resist buying on impulse or just because it is half price! Again, sometimes half of it will go into the freezer for later. Yesterday I bought a day old multigrain baguette to slice and toast, to have with some olive bruschetta topping that I also bought on markdown.

I will buy discounted milk, but again, only if I can use it up before it will spoil or can freeze it (skim milk freezes well) -- however, I use very little milk day-to-day so it is rarely discounted when I do want some. My local Kroger will often discount milk near its sell by date if they have many cartons to move. My grandmother always used just starting to spoil milk for her biscuits and cakes (many old recipes call for soured milk); but I prefer sour cream.

My local store will also bag up random fruits or veggies & sell the bag for $1. This is sometimes useful for me if I want an assortment of a couple of potatoes, an onion, a zucchini -- or an orange and a couple of apples, that sort of thing, but I inspect it carefully to be sure they won't just end up in the compost pile. Again, I have to know that I will use them that day or the next (fruit will sometimes last longer in the fridge).

Last year, after the holidays, I bought 2 big bags of in the shell mixed nuts for $1.

Yes, I will buy something 'reduced'. It has to be within its 'use by' date, and I'd need to be able to use it promptly or freeze it. It also has to be a good buy. I'm not interested in a half-price 'bargain' when the item was originally triple what I'd pay for it.

If you think about it, you only need to use half of the product before it spoils to break even. Use more of it and you’re ahead of the game.

I also use slightly turned milk for baking. Many of my recipes actually specify soured milk, which usually I have to artificially sour by adding lemon juice.

A couple of the stores near our house will mark down the meats to 50%-off two days before the sell-by date. Considering that the most expensive store near to our house has most of their meat full price and out on the sell by date, I think a few days in advance is great and I won't hesitate to buy a few packs.

Except for discontinued items, I never see discounted food where I shop. I've heard that they use meat that is nearing it's use by date in the daily take out meals that are prepared by the deli.

Edit to add that what I said above is not entirely accurate. There is another store nearby that offers prime rib roasts for sale at half price the day after Christmas. I usually buy four or five of those. One to roast right away and the rest go in the freezer. Since we don't eat that type of heavy meal very often, the remaining roasts often get turned into stew meat or used in Mexican food for tacos and enchiladas. At that price, the prime ribs are less expensive than stew meat!

Dawn, they used to mark down the rotisserie chickens at about 8pm every day, but no more - I think that now they go into the chicken salad, breaded tenders and so forth for the take away case.

I'll buy discounted meat if it still looks OK. My favorite discounted item to find are loose crab leg pieces bagged up usually for sale at 6 or 7 dollars a pound. Usually they are snow crab but a couple times they've had bags of king crab knuckles on discount. I can't remember the last time I bought crab legs at the regular exorbitant price.

Yes! If it's something I can freeze. I have a separate freezer and love a good discount!

The only thing I ever buy discounted is the organic or grass fed flank steak sold by my food coop. It's not always available in the meat case, so I buy it whenever I see it and sometimes it's discounted.

Recently I saw Filet Mignon steaks heavily discounted (from $15 per package to about $4) it was the day before the "sell by" date. I one package that day, the other the next day and they were delicious.

Interesting that this is showing up today. My laptop came with Edge and Money is one of the things that show up when you go to start it. This morning there was an article about younger people trying to save up to 70% of their take home pay so that they could retire early. It was mentioned only buying food that was near or at the end of it's shelf life was one of the things that they did. Not something I would have done at that stage of my life but apparently there are some that want to retire very early.

Once in awhile, meat. I don't think I have ever seen milk marked down, but I wouldn't buy it because I don't use enough milk even bought fresh to make it worth it. As it is, most of the milk I do buy goes to the animals because I don't use it up.

No, I don't think I ever have. I'm pretty picky with what I buy!

We buy discounted beef all the time. My uncle was a butcher and he told me to always look for discounted beef, but to stay away from any other discounted meat.

A new grocery store opened close to me. For the first few months they always ground WAY too much beef. They finally got a handle on it - good for them but boo for me.

Maybe once in a great while. Never milk or dairy though!! Ugh-the thought of sour milk! Marilyn have you ever tried almond milk? Its very good and lasts longer. High in calcium. My son and I used to volunteer at United Against Poverty in Orlando. Its members only grocery store for low income people. They receive donations (usually outdated) and resell at deep discounts.

DH heads for Meat Manager's specials all the time. Always buying marked down steaks.

My brother has worked in grocery for over 50 years and he always brings me meat that has been discounted which I freeze and sometimes dairy and it is fine even after the sell by date. You just go by your nose, if it smells sour don't drink it. Sour cream lasts a long time after the date on the container. Same for fine filtered milk. I often buy discounted produce and fruit for making stew, soup or banana bread.

No....never tried almond milk, although I it would taste better than cow's milk, which I don't drink because I can't stand it. My dad thought it was the perfect food....which it is....for calves, but I wouldn't drink it. We even had a milk cow because he drank so much milk, but they ended up selling her because my mother got tired of milking and no one drank milk but him. I liked Cherry, the cow, and hated to see her go, but still didn't want to drink milk. I don't eat cereal or anything that needs milk, although I do cook with it, or most often buttermilk.

Purchase discounted bread, as I am not a big bread eater. Freeze and use when I need it. Favorite bread is rye.

I've learned not to buy the "Manager's Specials" in the big grocery store nearest me. That seems to be what they do with products that they know have been compromised. Ice cream that was partially defrosted then re-frozen. Wheat germ that has gone rancid. Egg noodles that "dissolve" to mush when cooked according to directions. Apples that have gone mealy. I'll buy any other kind of sale, clearance, special, discount, mark-down, etc. Just not those "Manager's Specials". Yuck.

Yeah, the “Manager’s Specials” are pretty gross my store. The meat looks disgusting... the pork is kinda brown, the steak in marinade looks like it has a disease...

I don’t buy discounted meat. If ground beef (I get the vacuum sealed, organic grass fed beef from Costco) in individual packages is on sale, I’ll pick it up sometimes so I don’t have to buy so much from Costco. But I almost never buy discounted meat, especially chicken. Just I’m case....

The grocery stores often put 50% off stickers on meat, but I'm never at the grocery store early enough in the day to take advantage. I've never seen milk 1/2 off, although one of the stores in the chain I work for, does coupon their milk. The store I work at would never see a jug of milk couponed. Those who are on my FB page know why...………. ;) Would I buy milk at a discount? Only if I had a LOT of baking to do and I know I would use it all up before it expires.

Debby, I've never seen milk marked down. I have no idea where he bought it.

I buy milk at your store on Senior's day and save 20%. I've never seen it being honoured with coupons.

Is that the one that has the 20% off on Seniors' Thursday ... with the Optimum card (that works in several grocery stores, now that the drug store has been bought by that grocery chain)?

I buy most of my milk there ... use about a bag a week.

ole joyfuelled ... who's also fuelled by milk ... pretty well daily

Bread..... when bread pudding is on the menu. Fruit/veg, if I can use it. Bananas always.... I prefer very ripe ones for eating and overripe for banana bread. Beef always. I have discovered that the 1/2 price beef that is slightly more expensive than the beef on sale is usually a higher grade, so worst case is I will freeze it. I will sometimes buy pork and chicken as long as it looks good and is before the best before date. Fish...... never. I don't think I've ever seen dairy marked down.

Food can't be too fresh for me, so no, I don't.

Glenda, you're miles ahead not eating much bread, but maybe you'd like it better if you bought it more fresh than stale. After all, that's why bakers bake every night and discount day old goods. People prefer freshly baked bread, it tastes better.

I have never ever seen discounted dairy or meat products. I don't think I would purchase either.

I HAVE seen discounted baked goods and canned goods (usually dented cans or past their best-used-by-dates) and will buy them.

A smaller neighborhood store that I used to go to, but which isn't convenient for me since I moved, recently had a special where they have many different store-packaged meats that are sized so that they cost around $5 each, but if you buy 5 packages the total cost is $19.99, so they are $4 each.