Grocery ads - well maybe

I did get the grocery ads for Alberways.  QFC is a two week ad from last week.   I can't honestly say that there are any good buys  at Alberways.    I got very reasonable produce at Winco .   Favado has Winco s  specials-- just beware, they aren't a,ways 100 percent accurate, especially when they pair the coupons,    I think they have the coupon list, but not the actual coupons so they don't read the particulars.   Coupons have to match on the description exactly.    IE You can't use a coupon for a 13 ounce can on a 5 ounce can.   LOL.

As for a rotation meat. Fred Meyers has chicken breast with the ribs for .87.  Again this week,   I think because people squawked that they advertised it last week and then didn't produce it.   Winco always has twin chicken in a bag for about a buck a pound - Foster farms.  Whole chicken is easily cooked in the crockpot and the  bonus is that it makes a really rich broth.   The meat is best used in casseroles or for pulled sandwiches or tacos.  

Roasting a chicken takes about ten minutes non-passive cooking.    It is so much better and so much cheaper than a rotisserie chicken.   Never buymamchicken less than three pounds.   The bigger the chicken, the better buy,   At three pounds, you break even on meat vs bone,   In other words, over three pounds is pure gravy.  



Groceries on the cheap is looking at the Put Dinner On The Table meal train from a different

 Perspective . The  emphasis is on purchasing good food( shelf- stabll/ freezer staples )at the lowest possible cost and purchasing enough to last you until it goes on sale again -- Keeping a controlled non-perishable stock of the things you use on a regular basis. It means that when you shop, rather than purchasing just what you need for a day or a week, you  buy a loss leader protein, produce you will 

need on sale, a stock item if it's a RBP, and dairy instead.    This allows you to put well balanced meals 

on the table consistently  for a four dollar a day budget per person.   You spend more time on the 

planning and shopping end of the meal train and less on the cooking end by cooking efficiently.    

Four dollars a day is the target amount for people on snap.   My premise is that of you can do it on four dollars a day, spending more isn't hard.   You still get more bang for your buck.