10-14-2005, 02:50 AM
I'm glad to know that I'm not the only Lurker who takes retail gimmicks and uses them against the corporations. So let's discuss. I'll go first.
I have coupon-fu, as well as discount cards for the four area stores that offer them. It doesn't get bought unless there's a sale and/or a coupon, preferably both. And I love matching ads. The local discount grocery stores take coupons too--imagine buying four packs of toilet paper at the price of one!
I buy fresh food and freeze it. I wish I could can--it's hard finding a pressure canner that isn't two hundred bucks. I never buy anything with a tomato base; Italian upbringing equals tomato-fu as well. I reuse like crazy. Stale cookies make the best pie crusts!
Brand names don't trick me. Stores often contract out their store brands to the big-name companies anyway--Del Monte cans their stuff as well as stuff for two other national grocery chains. Besides, it's not the front where you should be looking, it's the back. Premade sauces and things are often loaded with preservatives. Why pay thirty cents less for shoddy product?
I also cut onions while watching movies. Kas fears me. :shuriken:
I have coupon-fu, as well as discount cards for the four area stores that offer them. It doesn't get bought unless there's a sale and/or a coupon, preferably both. And I love matching ads. The local discount grocery stores take coupons too--imagine buying four packs of toilet paper at the price of one!
I buy fresh food and freeze it. I wish I could can--it's hard finding a pressure canner that isn't two hundred bucks. I never buy anything with a tomato base; Italian upbringing equals tomato-fu as well. I reuse like crazy. Stale cookies make the best pie crusts!
Brand names don't trick me. Stores often contract out their store brands to the big-name companies anyway--Del Monte cans their stuff as well as stuff for two other national grocery chains. Besides, it's not the front where you should be looking, it's the back. Premade sauces and things are often loaded with preservatives. Why pay thirty cents less for shoddy product?
I also cut onions while watching movies. Kas fears me. :shuriken:
UPDATE: Spamblaster.