I bought groceries today

baboon · 03-12-2024, 12:16 PM

Yeah it really does suck enough to discuss it. I shop @ Brookshire's in Groesbeck, Texas for a couple of reasons, I like the store. Clean, not to big, nice meat department & produce & its some what close to home. I also like the points system for 5% off with every $500.00 spent & senior discount .

So today I spent a little more then normal because I picked up 2 whole pork butts. Next month I cooking the monthly senior luncheon at the Volunteer Fire Department. Im not one to pass on deals & coupons are worth the effort to me, aint like I have a bunch going on. Today I chosen to burn my 5% in points because of coupons & shopping the add. I saved $120.68 or 37% of my total bill. Not to bad for a fat old bearded crippled up guy.

44044 · 03-12-2024, 12:53 PM

I just quit eating

It got to expensive

RetVet · 03-12-2024, 01:14 PM

I shop deals mostly and purchase other items if I really need or want them. I'm finding very few deals these days. Those things that seem to be a deal now are no where close to what I would have called a deal just a year ago.

aviator · 03-12-2024, 02:07 PM

I think I'm going to try Aldis, much better prices, Publix has good quality stuff and a very good selection but dammit, they are pricey. Lately they are running a lot of "buy one get one free" stuff but their meats are high. We spend between $400 and $500 a week for four people, breakfast, lunch and dinner.

baboon · 03-12-2024, 02:56 PM

One can get coupons real easy with the internet. Just contact companies that you like & tell them that you like their product. When you get something thats not right same deal. I cut myself on a can a while back when the pull tab ripped off before the can stared to open. When you do get coupons back sure you check the dates.

RetVet · 03-12-2024, 04:34 PM

I've always found Aldis to be good quality. Unfortunately the closest one for me is 2+ hours away.

aviator · 03-13-2024, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by RetVet

I've always found Aldis to be good quality. Unfortunately the closest one for me is 2+ hours away.

They are in the process of expanding their footprint so you may get a closer one.

Johnny · 03-13-2024, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by aviator

I think I'm going to try Aldis, much better prices, Publix has good quality stuff and a very good selection but dammit, they are pricey. Lately they are running a lot of "buy one get one free" stuff but their meats are high. We spend between $400 and $500 a week for four people, breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Aldi has a more of an upscale crowd than Walmart. It's cleaner, better organized and checkouts are faster. It also tends to have higher-level products; things you can't get anywhere else.

They tend to hire young, thin and physically fit people. I've never seen an overweight, slow moving, or elderly employee. Very few Blacks. They're a German-owned company. My wife was born and raised in Germany. Everything you hear about Germans is true. They don't suffer fools.

From what I hear, the managers actually do much of the stocking of products. I always liked Aldi and tried to get hired as a manager. I had all the credentials and was the perfect fit on paper. Unfortunately, at that time I was in my early 50's. I had zero chance.

Sanders · 03-13-2024, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by RetVet

I've always found Aldis to be good quality. Unfortunately the closest one for me is 2+ hours away.

Much of their foods are GMO.

03-12-2024, 12:16 PM	#1
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,336	I bought groceries today Yeah it really does suck enough to discuss it. I shop @ Brookshire's in Groesbeck, Texas for a couple of reasons, I like the store. Clean, not to big, nice meat department & produce & its some what close to home. I also like the points system for 5% off with every $500.00 spent & senior discount . So today I spent a little more then normal because I picked up 2 whole pork butts. Next month I cooking the monthly senior luncheon at the Volunteer Fire Department. Im not one to pass on deals & coupons are worth the effort to me, aint like I have a bunch going on. Today I chosen to burn my 5% in points because of coupons & shopping the add. I saved $120.68 or 37% of my total bill. Not to bad for a fat old bearded crippled up guy.

03-12-2024, 01:14 PM	#3
RetVet Statistical Error Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Homeless Posts: 43,702	I shop deals mostly and purchase other items if I really need or want them. I'm finding very few deals these days. Those things that seem to be a deal now are no where close to what I would have called a deal just a year ago. __________________ ^^^ For entertainment purposes. Use only as directed. ^^^ III

03-12-2024, 02:07 PM	#4
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,558	I think I'm going to try Aldis, much better prices, Publix has good quality stuff and a very good selection but dammit, they are pricey. Lately they are running a lot of "buy one get one free" stuff but their meats are high. We spend between $400 and $500 a week for four people, breakfast, lunch and dinner. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

03-12-2024, 12:53 PM	#2
44044 slug Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: swampeastmissouri Posts: 51,003	I just quit eating It got to expensive

03-12-2024, 02:56 PM	#5
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,336	One can get coupons real easy with the internet. Just contact companies that you like & tell them that you like their product. When you get something thats not right same deal. I cut myself on a can a while back when the pull tab ripped off before the can stared to open. When you do get coupons back sure you check the dates.

03-12-2024, 04:34 PM	#6
RetVet Statistical Error Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Homeless Posts: 43,702	I've always found Aldis to be good quality. Unfortunately the closest one for me is 2+ hours away.