Spacing Trips to the Grocery Store? - Page 20

 On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:29:14 +0000, Jonathan Grobe wrote:


I just paid $14.28 for a box of nfdm that alleges to make 5 gallons of
skim milk.  I don't know the price of liquid skim milk here.

 
UHT is more expensive than fresh but I think that condensed/ evaporated
canned would be more expensive than either.  Dunno about powdered, will
check if I go to the shop today.

 On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:45:34 -0400, Neon John wrote:
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In my experience, rural Walmarts are over-rated (or is that under-rated?)
on grocery prices.  There is a super-store approx 10 miles S, but I'm
fortunate to have chain supermarkets approx 25 miles N.  (The people in
the southern part of the county are pretty much stuck with Walmart,
without a long trip.)  

The only regular purchases I find consistently cost less at Walmart are
Jalapeno peppers, Hershey dark chocolate syrup, their store brand salsa,
and bulk mushrooms. The only time I buy meat there is when it's 1/3 off
because it's near the use-by date. And one has to read the nutritional
label because some of their meat is "plumped" with salt solution.  

The prices on bread and freezer case prepared food can run 15% higher than
at the super store by the Home Depot approx 30 miles N. (Both stores are
at a (different) exit/entrance along a soon-to-be interstate highway so
transportation cost is no excuse.) Where Walmart is ahead of the curve is
in raising grocery prices. They used to be the place to buy brand name pet
food.  Four weeks ago, a 13oz can of Friskies cat food was 1/3 over last
year's prince. Sunday, it had gone up 28% more. (Since the % of shelf
space for their store brand has been steadily increasing, Imo some of the
name brand increases in to convince us to switch.)

I understand that Walmart has their stock price to be concerned about, but
they're closing in on greedy.  

 wrote:

I was able to get some at the local Grocery Outlet a while back, they
were selling 1 liter packages $1 for 2 packages as I recall.  I don't
use/drink milk but my son said it tasted fine in his cereal.  Of
course this was a one time thing, you never know what Grocery Outlet
will have (it's like a Big Lots but for groceries and only in a few
states on the west coast).

 
UHT milk is not an irridiated product. It has been heat sterilised, by
heat much greater than that needed for pasteurisation.
--
John Savage                (my news address is not valid for email)