"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:08:52 -0500, Sqwertz >
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>>Don't go to the grocery store with a shopping list. Buy stuff you
>>don't normally buy at the grocery store and figure out what to do with
>>them later. Keep a well-stocked pantry and freezer. Don't rely on
>>recipes.
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>>-sw
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> Very good advice. In addition. go to a different store too. Every so
> often we head out to Whole Foods, or the Italian stores in Providence,
> or the Polish stores in Vernon, etc. One those trips I try to find
> something different. It may be a thick veal chop, or a different fish.
> Be adventurous.

Yes! Although we love to shop at Winco for the cheap prices, there are a
lot of things that they don't carry. Including one whole category of
prepared foods that most stores do. Like mashed potatoes and those things
like Hormel and the like, meat and meal products that you can just heat and
eat. I don't know why they don't carry these. I don't buy them all of the
time. Although I do buy the red skinned mashed potatoes that Costco carries
because my family likes them a lot and they are cheap.

They do have a very large frozen section and they do carry stuff like OnCor
that the other stores in the area do not have. But one can only buy so much
frozen food unless they have an extra freezer.

And I don't think their meat is the best. Angela was fine with it when she
ate meat but husband didn't like the steaks. I usually buy steak at Central
Market. It's expensive but I know it is good.

I would hate having to buy my food at only one store. My one friend has to
do that because her husband works there. I guess he figures since he gets
the employee discount, they should only shop there. And now that she no
longer has an income or even a car, she has to depend on him to do the
grocery shopping.