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

I never do that. I have a planned trip to Winco each week. And most weeks
also include planned trips to Costco and Target which are close together.
Most anything else I might need I can usually get in the grocery store in
the strip mall where my daughter's dance studio is. I'm already there so no
gas wasted. If I do go to other stores they are almost always planned trips
combined with other needed stops. Of course there are the occasional
emergency purchases.

Winco is where I usually find the bargains. Things I would buy at other
stores are better quality meats and things that the other stores don't
carry. Usually specialty items.