Thursday, July 7, 2016

Price comparison



 $27.45 at Costco.

My daughter sent me a picture of her grocery cart at Costco.  She and her daughter buy fruit for morning smoothies.    I thought it might be interesting to compare Costco haul with a Winco one.
I will price the same fruit at Winco.

If anyone is up to the challenge, you can price the basket at any other store and comment!  

I'll be back later with the results.

Winco
Watermelon 2.48 each.   4.96
6 mangos .48x6.  2.88
4 avocados 7.92
Blues 6.16 for 2 lbs

Pineapple n/a.  5.99 at QFC

Total 27.91

QFC

Mangos 6.00
Blues 5.99
Pineapple 5.99
Avacado a 7.92
Watermelon 5.00

Total 30.90


In a nutshell.  


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.    



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