jmcquown wrote:
> Dimitri wrote:
>> How many food items do you think you know the average price of?
>>
>> 20, 50, 200?
>>
> Probably in the 25-50 items range.
>
>
>> Do you pay attention to the prices or just buy what you feel like
>> buying?
> I always pay attention to price but I do splurge on items once in a
> while. And I've always been very good about remembering the price of an
> item once I've put it in my cart. Never really had problems with being
> overcharged.
>
>> Do you stock up on food at a great price or just buy what you need
>> when you need it?
>>
> I stock up on items that are used all the time. Sales aren't essential
> for those items since I buy them all the time anyway. Mom has a second
> freezer so it's much easier here to keep lots of milk and bread on
> hand. And frozen veggies. I'll buy extra meat if the price happens to
> be good at the time. Even back home I'd buy "family packs" of meat if
> the price was right and divvy them up before freezing.
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> I tend to accumulate certain canned foods without even realizing it. I
> remember reorganizing my pantry about 6 years ago and finding I had five
> or six cans of white crab meat. Apparently I was picking it up every
> time it went on sale Same thing with canned salmon.
>
> I always have lots of dried pasta, beans (dried and canned) and a few
> types of rice even though I don't necessarily cook those things all the
> time.
>
> Jill

You do well with her SS and you food stamps. Good job!

-dk