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Re: Save gas going to grocery store... Rod Speed 02-13-2010
Posted by Rod Speed on February 13, 2010, 12:41 pm
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Bill wrote

> I have two of everything...

I have a lot more than two of most things I use much.

> Two ketchup, two mustard, two mayonnaise, two of each type of salad dressings,
etc.

> If I run out of something, I grab the second and write that item on my
> shopping list. I don't need to go to the store to get that item right now.

I prefer to put it on the list of things I need sometime
and only buy it when it shows up as a special. And I
have a list of the best specials prices I have seen too.

> Other things I use more of I will have 3, 4, or more of.

And also the stuff that has been seen on a better than usual
special price as long as I will use it before its best before date etc.

> Basically one months worth of everything.

I have a lot more than that with quite a bit of stuff. For example
I currently have a year's supply of marmalade when I found a
special for limes, something you dont see that often at all and
I decided to get into making marmalade because the one I liked
most stopped being made and I couldnt find anything as good.

> Each time I use something up, I write it on the shopping list.

I only do that when the the supply is getting low. And it
isnt a shopping list with other than fresh food either, its
essentially a list of what to look for in specials etc.

> But don't need to go to the store right then to get it because I have extras.

> So I only need to go to the store once a month.

Thats not that easy with fresh fruit and veg.

> Same with other things. If I can stock up on something, then I don't
> need to go to the store as often. Saves on gas driving there. (In my
> case the store is quite a distance away as I live in a rural area...)

In my case it isnt, but I find shopping too boring so prefer to minimise the
trips.



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