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Default Shopping with Peapod - this mistake is a first

On Wed, 8 Aug 2012 08:48:33 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Wed, 8 Aug 2012 00:01:32 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> That little for a week of shopping? Heck, I couldn't even eat that
> >> cheaply
> >> from Winco unless I bought only things like beans, rice and a little bit
> >> of
> >> fresh produce. $70 is more like it for the two of us if I don't buy any
> >> non
> >> grocery items, like magazines. And that might include one kind of meat
> >> or
> >> one kind of cheese. We don't buy expensive food either.

> >
> > Is $70 per person or for all three of you? I can't seem to get very
> > far under $130 for two, but it includes the normal non-grocery kitchen
> > items too.

>
> For two of us. And that's for just one store. We shop at others too.
>

Okay, thanks... remember that cruising from store to store in search
of a bargain takes time, gas and wear & tear on the car - all of which
contribute to the total expense of groceries; but people tend not to
take that into consideration.

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