The problem with many Publix BOGO deals is that first they make the price almost double, then throw in the freebie, making it look like a bargain. Most of them are not bargains.
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No wonder lifespans were shorter...
Yeah, grocery prices continue to rise. You can shop the weekly loss-leader specials and you can often get decent prices on fresh produce.
One thing I have noticed is that inventory control has gotten a lot tighter.
When you could once always find some sharply reduced fresh meat that would be fine if cooked within a day or two it has now grown hard to find.
The same is true of fresh fish and poultry, although there were giveaway prices on turkeys in Nov and Dec, but how many of those can you eat? Just finding a realistic sized ten or eleven pounder is hard enough.
Grocery markdowns and clearances have largely disappeared as have the coupons that used to make for real steals.
Oh well, at least we can afford current prices and availability, but it sure would be nice to be paying the prices of just a few years ago.
One thing I have noticed is that inventory control has gotten a lot tighter.
When you could once always find some sharply reduced fresh meat that would be fine if cooked within a day or two it has now grown hard to find.
The same is true of fresh fish and poultry, although there were giveaway prices on turkeys in Nov and Dec, but how many of those can you eat? Just finding a realistic sized ten or eleven pounder is hard enough.
Grocery markdowns and clearances have largely disappeared as have the coupons that used to make for real steals.
Oh well, at least we can afford current prices and availability, but it sure would be nice to be paying the prices of just a few years ago.
It seems quite common. Adult kids who could leave the nest, but stay with the parents because it's much easier than growing up, and parents who can't cut the cord, enabling it.
My daughters can stay as long as they want. But they go to work or go to school.
My one daughter thought she would sit at home one summer. I made her go find an internship (unpaid). The next summer she had two internships (paid) so I paid for her apartment, etc over the summer
I'm not telling anyone what they should do with their families. I'm just stating what I frequently hear and see.
Prune juice and Wheaties sounds like a recipe for disaster.
So you help your children ?
Yes, throughout their lives we've instilled in them by example a strong work ethic, and personal responsibility. We made sure they understood how to succeed in life. They witnessed this, and took the initiative to study and work hard, and to strive to succeed. So far, that is working out wonderfully for them. Many of their peers who took a more lackadaisical approach to life, and their parents who enabled it, ARE still living at home with mom and dad.
Our kids know that mom and dad would be a safety-net if needed, but they don't need it. They are proud of that fact, and so are we.
Don't think so to many people, not enough time for shopping ( look at people picking orders on line to be picked up) families are to busy and the wife is at work.Kids, sports and play toys.
It seems common or it is common?
Something gotta move that Spam and Hash along!Prune juice and Wheaties sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Well, I'm not polling the entire Country, so I can't say conclusively... But in my sphere of people I know, or know of, it seems to be fairly common.
I do hear periodic stories on National News broadcasts that parents are having to help their adult children financially. So you can reach your own conclusions as to whether it's common or not.
I had to Google Piggly Wiggly.... It's a real place!
Was and still is often the only grocery store in many small Southern Towns. If you have ever seen a movie based in a small Southern Town, you most likely have seen a Piggly Wiggly scene.
Driving Miss Daisy to Piggly Wiggly.
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We had a Piggly Wiggly up here in Salem decades ago. Pretty Funny.
Then I shopped at this place when down in Columbia Maryland for a govt training module as a contractor.
Harris Teeter is my regular stop (that and the Tienda). They used to be excellent - based out of Charlotte NC. Kroger bought them out a few years back and the quality has declined and the prices increased.
Its still better than most. Still better quality and lower prices than Lowes or Publics. They run lots of specials also - and not just on junk food - 2/1 last week I think was fresh cauliflower and brussel sprouts, and T-bone was $9,95/lb for decent cuts.
It is PW Markets in CA.
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