Changes in grocery shopping
maifleur03
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How often do you grocery shop? How many places do you go?
Comments (29)I shop at multiple stores. Pay day is every other Friday so I that is when I go to Wal-Mart or Smith's (Kroger owned). Every 2 weeks we also get coffee beans at the little mom and pop shop. We go to Sprouts every 2 weeks as their ads overlap on Wednesdays. This is actually getting less frequent as they have not put the bulk things on sale that I want the most as frequently (steel cut oats and short grain brown rice). The bread outlet is a once a month trip. Other stores such as Keller's (for meat), Trader Joe's, the international markets, Vitamin Cottage (for other bulk items), I alternate months. Some things I get through Amazon's subscribe and save and that can vary in frequency. Eggs are mostly from my hens and many of our vegetables come from our garden. Some of the variety in shopping is about the money savings but it is more along the lines of trying to match the quality to a certain price point and meeting my needs of acquiring a diversity of ingredients. Arborio rice at TJ's, quality meat at Keller's, red lentils in bulk at Vitamin Cottage, etc. Part of it is me trying to maintain a well stocked pantry because my moods are fickle and if the pantry has a variety of things, I can cook according to my mood. Pre-planned menus never, ever work for me....See MoreWho Would Rather Shop for Groceries or Kitchen Items...
Comments (31)I don't really enjoy either. They're things I need to do occasionally though. For clothes, I check the clearance racks and if there's something in my size that I need and the price is right, in the cart it goes - and it'd better fit because I don't return many things. Groceries have gotten better. Don't hate it as much as I used to but I really use my lists, shop more at Target & Aldi and keep up on prices. Target is great for checking out the clearance endcaps. Bought a Calphalon 12" saute pan on clearance for $27 and it's going to be a valuable addition. Yesterday I bought a couple of large read clock/timers cheap enough and a large serrated icing spatula that looked like it'd be a good knife for cutting sweet breads and the like ($2 on clearance). They also had a small offset spatula for $1.28 that I thought would be a good butter knife - nice and stiff, good handle on it and was cheap enough. It rang up at 98â so it was cheaper than expected. Should have gotten another at that price. I've wanted to pick up some things from Hickory Farms but I don't do malls so I'll have to see what they get into the other stores. Usually I see it in the other stores but haven't yet this year. No big deal. BTW, anyone who also enjoys Menard's is all right in my book!...See MoreHow Vitamix has changed your grocery shopping and cooking?
Comments (39)I've joined the Vitamix club! My 16-year-old son and I made smoothies this afternoon, starting with every fresh and frozen fruit we had in the house...and then my son asked if we could throw in some spinach or kale. We didn't have any, so we added some romaine lettuce. He guzzled it and asked me to buy some kale. Tonight we made milkshakes -- naughty ones with ice cream, peanut butter, and chocolate syrup -- no hidden veggies. They were yummy. Tomorrow, we'll go back to healthy smoothies. And then we'll start playing with soups, etc. One thing that amazed me with the cookbook that came w/ the blender is that it looks like there are soups and sauces that start out as raw ingredients. and then actually get heated up during blending. Are they really hot enough to eat without heating further?? I will say that I like some soups to be chunky. Split pea, for me, should be somewhat chunky. I like the peas, chunks of potato and ham, and shreds of carrot. But for others, smoothness will be great -- like sweet potato or asparagus. Looking forward to playing around with it!...See MoreGrocery shopping companion
Comments (44)I am sorry, acdc. We rarely go together because of something DH did to me years and years ago. (I don't remember if I told this story before on here or not. Oh well.) It was near Christmas. The store was packed with shoppers. We had lots and lots of groceries to buy, and our cart was filled to overflowing. I started piling the stuff on the counter and the young woman checker was tediously punching them in. This was in the old days before barcodes. Anyway, she got about halfway through when DH turns to me and says LOUDLY, "Did you bring enough food stamps to pay for all this???" (Let me say here that we were NOT, and have never been, on food stamps.) The young woman looked up, astonished, and said equally loudly, "If you are paying with food stamps, you're supposed to tell me ahead of time so we can separate the items!!" Everyone nearby turned to stare, DH nearly fell on the floor laughing, and I - with red face - tried to explain to her that he was just kidding. And that's why we rarely go together....See MoreAlisande
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