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...really possible to cut your grocery bills in half? Easily. My mantra is that strategic shopping isn't changing the way you eat; it's just changing the way you buy the food that you like. In the book, I use the example of pork chops costing $5 a pound. But if you ask the butcher to cut up the pork loin, it's $2 a pound, and for the same amount of money spent, you have more than twice as much food. I tried to bring out what I think are some pretty frugal practices that...
...buying in bulk? In some cases. I've done a lot of research at wholesale clubs - Costco, BJ's, and Sam's and did a lot of price comparisons. What I found is that it makes a lot of sense to buy in bulk when you're buying meat and produce. There were also some items that were less expensive to buy at the wholesale club than the grocery store, even when the grocery store has it on sale. My own personal items were things like egg substitute, frozen orange juice concentrate, and boneless chicken breasts that are individually frozen...
...honest: do you ever buy anything impulsively? My one son loves these kinds of cookies that never have a coupon, but sometimes I just want to be nice. So, I see them on sale for $2.50 I think, Oh, what the heck, I'll get him the cookies. But for myself, there's never anything that says to me, Oh, Stephanie get that, who cares if it blows your budget? It just really goes against my grain. The fun is figuring out how to get a better deal...
...resident of Western New York, this correspondent has always seen Canada as the place to drink, watch hockey, and buy fireworks. When FlyBy received an e-mail inviting us to a Global Networking Night, we were pleasantly surprised to see that the Harvard Club of Toronto would be participating...
...Marino, Austin, Texas Our team has used Twitter on occasion. I see it as kind of a time suck that I don't need any more of. Just too much "I got the most awesome new pair of sweatpants." I'm going to go ahead and assume that people buy awesome sweatpants every day and that I don't need to know them by name...