Four bags of groceries for…

I bought significantly less groceries today than usual, mostly to save money, and guess how much just those four bags cost me?

$108.

Yes, for just four bags. I was hoping to stay at most in the double digits. But nope. To be fair, I did get sea scallops, which aren’t cheap, but that was really the only expensive thing. And I also went to Publix, which is more expensive than Kroger or TJ’s…but still. $108 for just four bags? This inflation is getting insane…

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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

Do you have any Aldi stores nearby? I save quite a bit there. They don’t have a lot of name brands but most everything I buy is good.

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RopinTexan · 36-40, M

@cherokeepatti There is one semi-close. I just always forget to bring my own bag and a quarter…

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@RopinTexan I keep bags in the trunk of my car (including a couple of heavy duty insulated ones) and quarters in the little coin holder thing under my door handle in my car. It would be worth your while even if you had to buy some of their bags or could find some boxes to pack your groceries in.

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@cherokeepatti The ones near here usually just put their empty cardboard boxes near the checkout lines, so not having a tote-bag or sack is no big deal.

Maybe I live in a super-charitable community, but it's also common for departing shoppers to gift there shopping carts to arriving shoppers. Once someone hands you a free cart, you feel obligated to gift it to someone else when leaving.

DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F

The same exact thing happened to me…. 🙄

Pitchblue

These prices are low compared to the prices we'll see in the fall when the farmers pass all their feed and transportation costs down to us. $20 a pound for chicken is not unrealistic. To bad the Republicans voted agsinst that price gouging bill.

Oster1 · M

Same to me, last night. 😔

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