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Trying to find what family of three spends on groceries per week or month...anybody?
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 498468" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>You could never go by mine. I still smoke so cigarettes and lots of pet food probably make up a third of what I spend in the grocery store. </p><p></p><p>But I find it fascinating to watch what other people are buying! You can tell a lot about people by what items they're checking out in the grocery store. You can tell who mostly cooks from scratch, the people buying more fresh meats and vegetables, lots of staples, less junk. You can tell who takes a lot of shortcuts, lots of premade, pre-packaged foods. And you see some whose carts are half full of junk foods and snacks, bag after bag of chips and cookies... they're usually the ones complaining that their grocery bills are so high!</p><p></p><p>The deli in our grocery store sells pre-cooked whole rotisserie chickens and I've bought them many times, especially in the summer. They taste <u>very</u> good, I don't have to spend my time and electricity cooking it, don't have to heat up my kitchen, and they cost less than a dollar more than a raw chicken of the same size that I'd cook myself. To me, that's worth it. And Janet, I understand completely why it makes more sense for you to buy the pre-cut veggies, etc. because it makes it so much easier for you. But some people take "convenience" to ridiculous lengths and there's no good reason for them to do it! Our store sells potatoes by the bag, then they have nice baking potatoes in a bin where you put your selections in a plastic bag. But then they also sell baking potatoes that are ready to put in the oven! They are already washed and wrapped in foil, covered in plastic wrap. They cost more than <u>twice</u> as much as a regular baking potato out of the bin! And they sell lots of them! Now is anybody really in that much of a hurry (or that lazy) that taking the time to wash a potato or wrap it in foil before they put it in the oven is going to throw them completely off schedule and ruin their day? I don't think so!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 498468, member: 1883"] You could never go by mine. I still smoke so cigarettes and lots of pet food probably make up a third of what I spend in the grocery store. But I find it fascinating to watch what other people are buying! You can tell a lot about people by what items they're checking out in the grocery store. You can tell who mostly cooks from scratch, the people buying more fresh meats and vegetables, lots of staples, less junk. You can tell who takes a lot of shortcuts, lots of premade, pre-packaged foods. And you see some whose carts are half full of junk foods and snacks, bag after bag of chips and cookies... they're usually the ones complaining that their grocery bills are so high! The deli in our grocery store sells pre-cooked whole rotisserie chickens and I've bought them many times, especially in the summer. They taste [U]very[/U] good, I don't have to spend my time and electricity cooking it, don't have to heat up my kitchen, and they cost less than a dollar more than a raw chicken of the same size that I'd cook myself. To me, that's worth it. And Janet, I understand completely why it makes more sense for you to buy the pre-cut veggies, etc. because it makes it so much easier for you. But some people take "convenience" to ridiculous lengths and there's no good reason for them to do it! Our store sells potatoes by the bag, then they have nice baking potatoes in a bin where you put your selections in a plastic bag. But then they also sell baking potatoes that are ready to put in the oven! They are already washed and wrapped in foil, covered in plastic wrap. They cost more than [U]twice[/U] as much as a regular baking potato out of the bin! And they sell lots of them! Now is anybody really in that much of a hurry (or that lazy) that taking the time to wash a potato or wrap it in foil before they put it in the oven is going to throw them completely off schedule and ruin their day? I don't think so! [/QUOTE]
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