So glad I got a freezer

[mariadnoca]

Out of curiosity, I wanted to see how much the freezer I bought last June is selling for today, one year later, at the same store, Costco. The price has increased 54%! Holee cow!

I looove having a full size freezer. So happy I invested in it. I’m able to freeze things I find on sale and prep in my souper cubes I got in tandem w the freezer. My fridge freezer is so small I basically had to buy/use everything fresh. Now I have a selection of of too lazy/hot to cook pizzas I pop into my countertop oven I keep in the garage w the freezer. Nothing heating the house during a heatwave. Now if only I can find king salmon on sale…

 

[marilynfl]

What fortunate timing. I'm still waiting to hear about your first iced cake experience.

There are so many more senior citizens shopping at the discount grocery store than ever before. I only shop in two aisles: dairy for brand name butter and STOK cold brew coffee (48 oz for $1.50-$2 versus $7 at Publix. Then I use BOGO organic creamers and/or cold foam >> My large iced coffees cost less than a $1 for the same $5 -$6 at Dunkin).

The other aisle is baking. I recently found 21 oz jars of Bonne Maman cherry pie filling for $2.99 ($10.99 at Publix) & bought six!


What I DON'T buy is meat, because I'm concerned why it's so much cheaper than Publix or Ingles. I don't eat much meat anyway, but I've seen senior citizens fill their carts with pork (mostly pork) and Angus beef, which is on sale every Tuesday. Since I was disappointed in the taste of the small $18 steak I bought at Publix a few months back, I can't imagine what cheaper meat tastes like.

 

[mariadnoca]

What fortunate timing. I'm still waiting to hear about your first iced cake experience.

There are so many more senior citizens shopping at the discount grocery store than ever before. I only shop in two aisles: dairy for brand name butter and STOK cold brew coffee (48 oz for $1.50-$2 versus $7 at Publix. Then I use BOGO organic creamers and/or cold foam >> My large iced coffees cost less than a $1 for the same $5 -$6 at Dunkin).

The other aisle is baking. I recently found 21 oz jars of Bonne Maman cherry pie filling for $2.99 ($10.99 at Publix) & bought six!

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What I DON'T buy is meat, because I'm concerned why it's so much cheaper than Publix or Ingles. I don't eat much meat anyway, but I've seen senior citizens fill their carts with pork (mostly pork) and Angus beef, which is on sale every Tuesday. Since I was disappointed in the taste of the small $18 steak I bought at Publix a few months back, I can't imagine what cheaper meat tastes like.

I do buy the chicken thighs, ground beef, and sometimes bacon there (at grocery outlet, I just got home from there). All get a critical reading of type/where from/etc. I haven’t seen the pie filling, but they had some of their jam, I didn’t look at the price because I actually went there to get my Smuckers strawberry jam because it’s cheaper than even Walmart. I found you have to start paying attention to the prices even at these type of stores. For example, I was going to get hotdog buns and they used to be fairly inexpensive here, not Walmart inexpensive, but decent and now they are practically Safeway prices so I put them back.

I did end up going to Safeway because I was picking up stuff for tuna sandwiches for the twins, and I wanted to get them organic. Even at Safeway, the organic pickings were slim. I wanted butter lettuce for me and they didn’t have it. The albacore packed in oil, which they didn’t have at grocery outlet (they had in water) was only a few pennies more at Safeway not on sale.

i often compare prices on store apps before shopping so know what to get where. For example apparently Safeway no longer sells ff milk except in plastic, I used to get carton. Plastic milk and cream is my line in the sand. I got milk at grocery outlet even though they didn’t have ff, but I got low fat in a glass bottle. Glass is my fav, but I will do cartons. Somehow those plastic milk jugs are just a hard no for me. I will go to a different store.

 

[mariadnoca]

What fortunate timing. I'm still waiting to hear about your first iced cake experience.

There are so many more senior citizens shopping at the discount grocery store than ever before. I only shop in two aisles: dairy for brand name butter and STOK cold brew coffee (48 oz for $1.50-$2 versus $7 at Publix. Then I use BOGO organic creamers and/or cold foam >> My large iced coffees cost less than a $1 for the same $5 -$6 at Dunkin).

The other aisle is baking. I recently found 21 oz jars of Bonne Maman cherry pie filling for $2.99 ($10.99 at Publix) & bought six!

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What I DON'T buy is meat, because I'm concerned why it's so much cheaper than Publix or Ingles. I don't eat much meat anyway, but I've seen senior citizens fill their carts with pork (mostly pork) and Angus beef, which is on sale every Tuesday. Since I was disappointed in the taste of the small $18 steak I bought at Publix a few months back, I can't imagine what cheaper meat tastes like.

I’m still waiting for a refurb bigger dc motor mixer become available at the ka site so I can make smb without it taking all day. I’m on the waiting list and got emails several times it was available, only to click the link and it wasn’t available. I check every day! Sigh…