justsqueakingby.com » groceries http://justsqueakingby.com Practical financial advice to revitalize your wallet. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:06:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Unnecessary Grocery Expenses And The Need For Corrective Lenses http://justsqueakingby.com/2008/deals/unnecessary-grocery-expenses-and-the-need-for-corrective-lenses/ http://justsqueakingby.com/2008/deals/unnecessary-grocery-expenses-and-the-need-for-corrective-lenses/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:40:42 +0000 JSB http://justsqueakingby.com/2008/deals/unnecessary-grocery-expenses-and-the-need-for-corrective-lenses/ In our never-ending quest to find deals and save money, my wife and I shopped at a locally-based supermarket today. We tried the same thing last week with a regional supermarket – what a letdown. We were less than pleased and ended up spending more money than we normally spend.

Well, the same thing happened today. We spent about $72 when normally we hover right around $60 for a weeks’ worth of groceries. Close inspection of the receipt afterward revealed that my reading skills are less than optimal. We spent $9.99 on a package of 19 hot dogs! We never buy hot dogs. But the sign said $1.99 (I swear!) and I couldn’t pass up a deal like that.

The good news is that we’ve finally found a grocery store with reasonable prices on produce and poultry. We’ll return, but also stock our cupboards with items from the larger regional stores.

More good news. Hot dogs won’t be on the list for a few months.

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