Kielbasa Goes Off the List

My shopping list these days consists almost entirely of BOGO deals and sales deals. It's very rare I pay regular price for any grocery items these days unless it's something I absolutely have to have (I.e. toilet paper) and I can't find a sale on it. So, yes, I have given up buying a lot of things I used to buy regularly, due to inflation. But on the bright side, I have been trying foods that are on sale that I probably would have never tried before inflation took over our lives.

I've quit buying Mini-Wheats, Gum, and lozenges, Nair (razors will do) Can't think what else. Certainly, kielbasa less often We eat out less. We're working harder to only take one vehicle into town. Hubby used to be a truck driver and he gives me many tips to consume less fuel. Those saved dollars will pay for eggs and for the really good apples!

Eggs and rice have never been removed from the list, what has been removed are types of fruit whose prices have skyrocketed.

I stopped buying canned evaporated milk when it went up To nearly two dollars a can. I always check the price before I put anything in my shopping cart. But so many foods have gone up and we do have to buy groceries.

Well that sounds like a good idea to take things off the list if the price is beyond what you are willing to pay. Eggs here are more expensive, cheapest I have seen is around $1.59. I do have a few items off the list....ground beef, chicken, salmon...etc. But if they go on sale, then of course I will buy some.

When something we eat often or a cooking ingredient is on sale at a good price, I buy extra of that item. For example, your mushrooms you speak of. Son likes the canned mushrooms when we make our homemade pizzas. They keep going up and up in price, about a month ago I stumbled on a sale for .79 per can. I bought 12. So he can decorate 12 of his pizzas with them. I always try to take advantage of a bargain if it's truly a bargain. We all have favorite brands of items as well. I've always preferred Cascade in the dishwasher. But it's just wildly priced now. My neighbor gave me 2 of the Kirkland (Costco) brand of the pods to try. They do just as good of a job, no water spots, dishes are clean and shiny. They were almost $7 (yes, SEVEN DOLLARS) cheaper than the Cascade tub of pods and it was the same amount of pods. Keep looking for your mushrooms...maybe you'll get lucky.

Eggs, ground beef, most other meats. They only get bought on sale.

There is this Japanese fish cake (kamaboko) that I used to get at Asian markets for $2.99 cheapest before the pandemic. But probably because of the supply chain woes, the price got higher and higher . . . to the point where I stopped buying them. We still haven't bought any . . . they are now $5.99 .

No nothing is off my list. If I want it, I am having it. I love that kielbasa but I rarely buy it now.

Yes a lot of things and only when the prices go down will I buy them again.

I always need to stick to a strict budget when ordering my groceries, I do this once a month and this time I was happy to see a family size of about 3 pounds of hot dogs for 4.48 and they will last me a long time,

I don't take anything from my list. I look for the cheapest. I also take advantage of it when those things go on sale. Eggs have never been off my list. Kielbasa was never on my list. I haven't eaten it since I lived at home with my parents who had it regularly.

I can't say I have stopped buying things. We have always searched for sales and coupons and stick with that. There are times we need something that maybe isn't on sale or I can get a coupon for so we have to just suck it up and pay full price for.

No. We buy whatever we need or want. Hubs has cut back his purchasing steaks though. They are out-of-sight. Have a great day.

YES! I am not buying red meat at all, the price is ridiculous and I also do not buy lamb chops anymore. Right now it's chicken and fish only. I buy eggs even if expensive, as I prepare all my cakes at home and I also make egg noodles at home. Even if the eggs are expensive, buying cakes and fresh egg noodles in the store would be so much more expensive than spending a bit for eggs.

We certainly tend to only buy certain things if we see them reduced. But others we still buy anyway. Butter for example has more than tripled in price over the past few years!

$3.29 is still a decent price