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Discount Grocer.. WOW
« on: March 03, 2023, 11:00:40 AM »
Wow I just found a local grocer which really discounts well. Amy Dacyczyn in her Complete Tightwad Gazette Book, which I just recently read, recommends checking every store out just to see… I’ve been driving by the store for years and never checked them out before… What a mistake I was making. I was driving by it on way home from Walmart and decided to do a quick stop.

I haven’t seen deals like this in ages. Ribeye Roast for $5.50/lb. Pork butt for $1.29/lb. Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast for $1.29/lb. 73/27 Ground Beef for $2.19/lb. They put out an ad each week, and now I have the ad page bookmarked and a calendar event (on my mac/iphone) to remind me to check the ads on the first day they are active – so I catch the deals before they run out of stock. Enjoying my chest freezer, gonna stock it up today.

I was paying $7.99 for ribeye roast from Winco. $1.58/lb for pork butt from Sams. Over $3/lb for boneless skinless chicken breast, and $2.89/lb for 73/27 ground beef at Aldi.

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Re: Discount Grocer.. WOW
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2023, 12:28:20 PM »
What a sweet bonus, I just found black tea bags at the same store with the meat discounts, which taste every bit as good as Great Value brand for only $1.76 per 100 bags instead of $2.12. This results in us saving an extra $10 per year. Both of these brands of tea bags taste every bit as good as the black tea we bought from the Asian market for $5 per 100 bags. (We are saving $672 per year between the both of us, for switching from coffee/cream to black tea; and we like the black tea better.)

Say ya drink 3 cups of tea per day, this box of tea for $1.76 will give you a month’s worth of caffeine. So cheap :) Contrast with $2500 per year at starbucks. Or with Monster energy drinks. 3 cups of this tea per day for a year is around $18 for the entire year.

I also like that they are tagless, no extra step of having to open up the package… just drop them in like I used to with PG tips.



Another thing I found at this store was a jar of Thyme for $1.00.  I never see Thyme at Aldi nor at Walmart for $1.00; so this is great.  Looks like this store will be a regular store we visit -- we keep a price book like Amy suggests in her book, but in google sheets which we can access from our iphones as well (when we shop).
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Re: Discount Grocer.. WOW
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2023, 12:58:54 PM »
Okay I bought a 10lb roll of this beef.. it's really good.  Smells good and tastes good.  It's better than the Aldi beef I paid $2.89/lb for.  At $2.19 per pound I am going to buy at least 5 more 10 lb rolls of these.   Freeze it slightly and slice into 3.5 oz portions/patties with our meat slicer; then wrap in pairs with plastic wrap and freeze.
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Re: Discount Grocer.. WOW
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2023, 09:10:01 PM »
Dang it, I was feeling so smug about buying Boston butt for $1.48/lb today at the discount grocery, and you had to come in here with your $1.28!

Got some red peppers for $0.99 each, which is a price I used to see regularly but haven't come across in over a year.

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« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2023, 01:09:47 AM »
Dang it, I was feeling so smug about buying Boston butt for $1.48/lb today at the discount grocery, and you had to come in here with your $1.28!

Got some red peppers for $0.99 each, which is a price I used to see regularly but haven't come across in over a year.

Still 1.48/lb is nice :)  Pork Butt at Sams here is like $1.95/lb unless you buy by the case then it's $1.58/lb. 
I am really liking this discount grocer, I just recently bought some chicken leg quarters for 54 cents per pound.   They have drumsticks for the same price this week.

 

Wow, a phone plan for fifteen bucks!