Price Check Complete

I was actually surprised when I saw them how good they looked. Not already too ripe in the bin, and 59 cents is a price I have not seen on avocados in a long time. $1.49 would have been better for the sour cream. Mine was $1.69. As for the butter, was that real butter sticks or a margarine tub? I usually keep both in the house and I know the last time I bought real butter sticks I paid over $3. As for ground beef, granted I only ever buy 73/27, my threshold price is $2.99 and I won't ever pay a penny more. I don't mind the extra fat. Most of it cooks off anyway and I just drain it into a jar.

@porwest I don’t buy margarine, I use sticks of butter. I would be nice to have a threshold price of $2.99 but I haven’t seen that price for over a year now.

@MarieCoyle I always keep margarine. It has its purpose. At least to me. Even though I prefer butter.

@porwest I always buy the less expensive. evaporated milk is all the same. I’ll let you know what I find.

@RubyHawk Please do, for the same reason as the coffee. I am a curious guy, you know. And that latter statement does not require being taken in any other context than the one in which I used it.

The price you mention is the price I have been seeing. But yep. 89 cents. I hope it's the same price where you are. Granted, it's Baker's Mark...but to me evaporated milk is evaporated milk. Let me know if you find it at that price.

One thing I have learned over the years when it comes to food shopping is that you have to know your prices, you have to run your pantry like a business, you cannot shop at one place, and you have to allow yourself time to replace things to take advantage of the best price and be willing to shop at multiple stores. Not all at once. But in a very planned way. If you don't do this you will always spend more on some items, and even if you find bargains, the benefit will be cancelled by what you didn't save on, saving you nothing in the end. I am a stock market guy. So I know a thing or two about dollar cost averaging. It applies to stocks as well as it applies to everything else we spend money on. And paying attention to it is what saves us money overall and maximizes the benefit of every dollar we have to spend for everything we need. It takes time. Sure it does. But so does going to work 40 hours a week to pay for everything. And nothing sucks more than working for wasted money. Many people only think of saving time now. They don't realize they'll have to work for what they spent above what they should have paid. And that will cost you MORE time. Not less. With no gain. Just my two cents.

@porwest I raised a pack of my own kids as well as a few spares. We had to keep a lot of pantry items. I am one of those weird people who do not like running out of items I use frequently. I also don't like to pay full price, and I usually can avoid that happening by planning ahead--if an item is on sale for a good price and it's something I use a lot of, you can bet I am going to get an extra or two for the pantry. I've done that for years, and I like knowing I have time to shop for a sale or a low priced item when I am going to be needing it--this works for me.

If this inflation wasn't eating us all alive I could have done much better. lol

I thought 59 cents was almost a steal. I was literally waiting for security to meet me at the door for stealing. lol

It has become harder and harder to find deals, that's for sure. And even many of what are deals now would be considered high compared to a year ago.

It's everywhere and on everything.