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Watch Store Unit Pricing

Some states require that grocery stores have unit pricing on the shelf sticker. What they don’t say is what the unit has to be. For example: a 16 oz box of macaroni is priced at $1.25 with a unit price of $1.25 per pound. A 12 ounce box right next to it is $1.00 with [...]

Low Cost Christmas Ideas

With all the spending going on in the next few days, I thought I would share a couple ideas that we have used for Christmas gifts. Everyone likes food. Since we first dated, my wife has baked for the holidays. All the relatives are happy with the breads and cookies. She skipped one year and [...]

Grocery shopping 202 Buying in Bulk

I talked about the working for a grocery distributor in Grocery 101. I followed this up with Grocery 201. Today is an elective course – Buying in Bulk Bulk is a good value if you will use it. I remember my uncle saying he bought a 10 pound jar of pickles at Sam’s Club. Buying [...]

Grocery Shopping 201

Yesterday I talked about the working for a grocery distributor. While working for them, I discovered a few secrets to shopping habits that people over look. In Grocery Shopping 101, I gave you Tips 1-4. Today more tips. Tip 5 Shop the Outside Aisles of the Store The outside aisles are usually in the following [...]

Grocery Shopping 101

During my senior year of high school, I worked for a grocery distributor. I went on to broadcasting school and came back to work for the 2 other times. The first time I went back for a steady income. They left me go and two years later came looking for me across country. I worked [...]

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