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Here are a few tips on how to save at the grocery store, straight from the grocer's mouth via the New York Times business section. Tom Heinen, owner of the Cleveland-area Heinen's Fine Foods chain, gives us the dirt. This is a recap:
1) DIY everything is not always your best bet. Sometimes it can be cheaper to buy certain pre-washed, pre-cut or otherwise pre-prepared items, because the factory that makes them probably wastes less lettuce/pepper/carrot than you would.
2) Look for local "artisan deals," like Wisconsin cheddar instead of the imported New Zealand kind, or locally grown radishes. If your grocery doesn't have good local deals, ask why not. Whole Foods does.
3) In fact, ask tons of questions of store employees. What's the best deal this week? What did you buy for your own kitchen today? I'm guessing this wouldn't work too well at your local Supervalu. Try it, and let me know!
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6-29-2008 @10:39AM Henry said... Here's another tip for saving -- buy your milk at a drug store instead of the grocery. It's almost always cheaper (Yesterday I paid 3.29 for a gallon of 2% at Walgreens, it would have been 4.29 at Publix).
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6-30-2008 @2:21PM Goyo said... At my local Harris Teeter store I've gotten success by asking folks about good deals in two ways. The specialists can tell you what's good in their area -- produce, fishmonger, butcher -- but they also tend to be in tune with the 'buzz' of what's good in the store in general. For some reason, the bakers seem to be most in touch with the store overall.
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6-30-2008 @2:40PM Goyo said... At my local Harris Teeter store I've gotten success by asking folks about good deals in two ways. The specialists can tell you what's good in their area -- produce, fishmonger, butcher -- but they also tend to be in tune with the 'buzz' of what's good in the store in general. For some reason, the bakers seem to be most in touch with the store overall.
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