Dimitri wrote:
> I just finished a little post on TJ'S and got to thinking.
>
> How many food items do you think you know the average price of?
>
> 20, 50, 200?
>
> Do you pay attention to the prices or just buy what you feel like buying?
>
> Do you stock up on food at a great price or just buy what you need when
> you need it?
>
> I always keep a large supply of food on hand - I don't know exactly why
> I just like be able to decide at the last minute what to have.
>
> When the girls were in School they would come to the house to do laundry
> and "go shopping" in dad's pantry.
>
I do look at prices and have a fairly good idea of the price of I have
pretty good idea of the price of things that I normally buy and the
prices at the other stores where I shop. When I head out to the grocery
store I think about the things that I need and which store has the best
prices for those items.

One of the stores where I regularly shop tends to have the best prices
on chicken and frequently has exceptional sale prices, so when I want to
stock up chicken I head there when it is on sale and then pick up the
other things that they tend to have good prices on. However, they do not
carry some of the things that I regularly get. I don't like to do my
shopping in multiple stores the same week because I tend to be an
impulse shopper and will end up spending way more and defeating the
purpose of bargain hunting.