A Little Extra Cash

[Poimen]

So the wife and I had a little extra cash to spend on groceries this month. We decide to go to the local grocier instead of Walmart, mostly because the meat is so much better when it's not from Walmart.

So we went to the local Food World. We started shopping and convinced ourselves to overlook the price difference, which was significantly more even after our bonus card discounts were applied. Now we found a few GREAT deals, but all in all we were eating up our extra cash, and in a hurry.

We decided to keep the meat we had gotten and put everything else back. What was normally a $300.00 grocery bill was realisticly going to cost us somewhere around $450.00 at the local grocery store. I just couldn't do it. I can't afford that kind of difference. I don't know how others can do it either.

Like it or not, in order to pay the bills, maintain ourselves, and feed the family, Walmart will have to remain our grocery (and everything else) hub for now.

[pastorables]

What was normally a $300.00 grocery bill was realisticly going to cost us somewhere around $450.00 at the local grocery store. I just couldn't do it. I can't afford that kind of difference.

What do you buy man?

We went grocery shopping today as well. We shopped at an area Big Star and purchased for a family of three to last one week - ten days in length. The bill was just over $150, which I thought was a little high; but then again I deal in discount groceries. One price that shocked me was $5.34 for Mayo.

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[Ilovebigcats]

We are a family of 6 that can use $175 a week in groceries. Chris.. it is time to cut back on the food man. You need FAA!

[A2JGirl]

I think he meant monthly not weekly!

[Poimen]

Guys, that was for a MONTH, not a week.

We are a family of 5.
Wendy I thought you guys were a family of 8?

Plus that icludes a few household supplies as well.

[Poimen]

I think he meant monthly not weekly!

Indeed!

That is actually what I said.

So the wife and I had a little extra cash to spend on groceries this month.

[Ilovebigcats]

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Wendy I thought you guys were a family of 8?

Ummm.. yeah... you're right!

[A2JGirl]

I have tried to keep up my comp shopping... but I got tired of it so this week I went to Publix first because they actually had a lot of stuff on sale. then I went to Kroger for the rest, they also had a lot of stuff on sale.

But I still ended up spending $30-$40 more than I normally do. Not too bad, but that's half of a week's gas money... and it ALL counts.

So, next week, I'm going back to doing my comp shopping and just go to Kroger for their marked-down meat for the freezer.

I would LOVE to do monthly shopping but I would have to save forever to get the lump sum needed, and how do I do that when every penny is accounted for? Can't just not buy groceries for 4 weeks.

[Ilovebigcats]

Take all your sale ads to Walmart they match the price and you save gas by not going to 3 different places. LOL!

[A2JGirl]

Publix and Kroger are on either side of Wal-Mart where I live.

That is normally what I do but I just didn't feel like going through all that this time. Next week, I'll make myself feel like it!

[pastorables]

That is actually what I said.

So the wife and I had a little extra cash to spend on groceries this month.

I hope this is tongue-in-cheek, because that isn't the way your sentence reads.

Your sentence basically says that you had extra cash for groceries in this specific month. It doesn't say you were buying for the month's duration.

The words "this month" would need to read "for the month" to be grammatically correct in relationship to your implication wouldn't you say?

[Poimen]

I hope this is tongue-in-cheek, because that isn't the way your sentence reads.

Your sentence basically says that you had extra cash for groceries in this specific month. It doesn't say you were buying for the month's duration.

The words "this month" would need to read "for the month" to be grammatically correct in relationship to your implication wouldn't you say?

touche

Please, let me clarify then We were buying grocieries for the duration of the month. That is to say, a month's worth of groceries.

[Penny]

I all ways go to Food Lion. If I go to wal mart my bill is 2 times higher, I tried it a few times.. And I always shop with a list.

I did try a store that been here a while, but it very much out of my way to go t, I went the other day b/c I was just in that area. It was Alides they have great deals, I think I will be making my way to them more often.

[Jennifer Smith]

It is a shame to shop at Walmart for All of one's groceries- is there a 3rd option?

I agree about the meat at Wal-mart... yuck-o!

We have Kroger, it's pretty reasonable... but, I shop at Meijers for produce, Aldi for staples and many things, and go to Kroger when I need to one-stop shop.

Aldi has its own brand of food but it is good-quality food. Milk is only $1.99 a gallon there. That gives you an idea of the savings! You have to bring your own bags, but it's worth the minor trouble, and with two teenagers and Sam, we go through a lot of groceries!

[Poimen]

Not really, not around where I live. If I were closer to the city there would be.

There is a new super shopper that opened. They have good meat, but their food just wasn't as good all the way around, and buying name brand was much more expensive there than Walmart. Plus they are small, and a bit out of the way for us.

Other than that it's Walmart, two of them actually. One on either side of us (more or less).