Comparing grocery store prices?
Nov 4th 2011, 3:00 am
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We use F&E a lot. But Trader Joe's "less crowded"??? Of the stores you mention, TJ's is the most crowded. We avoid TJ's inasmuch as the only two things they have worth buying are Two Buck Chuck and unsalted crunchy peanut butter. Ralphs & Vons have better produce. Our local Albertsons has an excellent butcher. [When we are willing to pay a tad more, Gelsons -- across the street from our local TJ's].
BTW, F&E ice cream is particularly good. We wonder who makes it for them.
BTW, F&E ice cream is particularly good. We wonder who makes it for them.
Nov 4th 2011, 3:21 am
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Our Trader Joe's is always crowded but the lines move very fast. I don't get there too often though.
Nov 5th 2011, 12:26 am
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Another thing I've noticed, premie baby formula...most places only sell the Enfilmil Enfacare...bloody expensive.
Some places like Target sell the Similac version, same price.
Walmart is the only place that makes a own brand, which is $9.50
Wegmans is the cheapest of the branded stuff, at $14
Target/Walmart have the branded stuff at $16 and then Hannafords and Stop and Shop have it around $18-19.
It's a tiny tub too, 12 oz or so and barely a weeks supply....about double the price of regular formula, very cheeky.
Oh, Enfamil have those $5 rebate cheques you can use every now and again for these, Similac also send out these rebate cheques but often have the premie stuff excluded :/
Some places like Target sell the Similac version, same price.
Walmart is the only place that makes a own brand, which is $9.50
Wegmans is the cheapest of the branded stuff, at $14
Target/Walmart have the branded stuff at $16 and then Hannafords and Stop and Shop have it around $18-19.
It's a tiny tub too, 12 oz or so and barely a weeks supply....about double the price of regular formula, very cheeky.
Oh, Enfamil have those $5 rebate cheques you can use every now and again for these, Similac also send out these rebate cheques but often have the premie stuff excluded :/
Nov 5th 2011, 1:31 am
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If you want cheap allergy meds, go to Costco. Aler-Clear (Claritin) and Aler-Tec (Zyrtec) are about $15 for 365 and 300 pills respectively, sometimes as low as $10 if they have a sale on.
Nov 5th 2011, 1:57 am
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BJ's isn't to bad for price on their own brand too, but hit or miss as to whether they have them in stock when it isn't the summer...which is a bugger.
Nov 5th 2011, 4:26 am
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Nov 5th 2011, 11:50 am
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I love Trader Joe's so much that I really can't go there -- I fall into their carefully laid traps and walk out with $100 worth of lingonberry jam and chocolate covered orange slices, but nothing I can actually make dinner with.
Nov 5th 2011, 12:11 pm
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She doesn't shop at Publix because it's too expensive, although she confided which Publix has the best prices. She's a single mother with two little ones and her husband's away (not sure what that meant-deployed or prison) so every penny counts.
Nov 5th 2011, 1:50 pm
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Nov 5th 2011, 5:13 pm
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I use Kirkland(Costco's brand) for quite a few items. I just got a 2 pack of their ibuprofen 500 count each for$8.99. Benadryl can make alot of people tired and shaky. It doesn't affect me that way.
Nov 5th 2011, 5:15 pm
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Yeah, they get you big time, but what can you do...well annoying.
Don't have a Costco around here....anywhere around here....but damn, that is good going!
BJ's isn't to bad for price on their own brand too, but hit or miss as to whether they have them in stock when it isn't the summer...which is a bugger.
Don't have a Costco around here....anywhere around here....but damn, that is good going!
BJ's isn't to bad for price on their own brand too, but hit or miss as to whether they have them in stock when it isn't the summer...which is a bugger.
Nov 5th 2011, 11:56 pm
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Don't you have to be a member though?
Oh, one thing we just noticed quite a bit cheaper, at Wegmans, canned goods were regularly about 20c cheaper compared to Hannafords and Target, for corn, soups, fruits etc.
BJ's had 24 pack of Blue Moon and the wife beater for $20 which is about $5 cheaper than in town and the Guinness was also a few bucks cheaper too.
Oh, one thing we just noticed quite a bit cheaper, at Wegmans, canned goods were regularly about 20c cheaper compared to Hannafords and Target, for corn, soups, fruits etc.
BJ's had 24 pack of Blue Moon and the wife beater for $20 which is about $5 cheaper than in town and the Guinness was also a few bucks cheaper too.
Nov 5th 2011, 11:57 pm
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Totally forgot -- TJ's also carries Empire Kosher turkey breasts. In fact, a lot of their stuff is kosher.
Nov 6th 2011, 1:03 am
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One of the things that totally baffles me in grocery stores here is how people will just stand there doing nothing while the checkout girl/guy puts all the groceries through, then just stand there and do nothing while the checkout girl/guy puts all the stuff in bags.
Is their time really so un-precious that they are happy to waste their time doing this? And it's just plain rude - it's like "I'm waaay too important to bag my own groceries, YOU do it, peasant!". AND it adds about 3 minutes to each person in line - in front of me!
Is their time really so un-precious that they are happy to waste their time doing this? And it's just plain rude - it's like "I'm waaay too important to bag my own groceries, YOU do it, peasant!". AND it adds about 3 minutes to each person in line - in front of me!
Nov 6th 2011, 4:45 am
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Don't you have to be a member though?
Oh, one thing we just noticed quite a bit cheaper, at Wegmans, canned goods were regularly about 20c cheaper compared to Hannafords and Target, for corn, soups, fruits etc.
BJ's had 24 pack of Blue Moon and the wife beater for $20 which is about $5 cheaper than in town and the Guinness was also a few bucks cheaper too.
Oh, one thing we just noticed quite a bit cheaper, at Wegmans, canned goods were regularly about 20c cheaper compared to Hannafords and Target, for corn, soups, fruits etc.
BJ's had 24 pack of Blue Moon and the wife beater for $20 which is about $5 cheaper than in town and the Guinness was also a few bucks cheaper too.