In article 9>,
Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, our food budget has been meager and the only way we've managed is to
> constantly seek out the best sale prices. When we find them, we stock up
> as much as we can, putting good meat buys in the freezer. The farmer's
> markets here seem to have the best buys on produce, but with several major
> supermarket chains in the area, there is good competitive pricing most of
> the time. We make a list of items from each store and methodically shop
> from place to place. All the stores are within a 3-mile radius from home,
> so there's little lost in driving cost making a trip to as many as we need
> to.
>
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> Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬

We are fortunate to have a very large chest freezer.
We take trips to austin every couple of months and I can stock up on
meats at Fiesta. Sometimes a road trip is in order. ;-)

I can also hit the asian markets where a lot of good stuff is remarkably
inexpensive.
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