Grocery Geek

Afternoon Reading: Grocery Geeking Out

My weekly grocery geek feature has moved! Hop on over to my food blog, Good Cheap Eats, for the play by play on how we’re eating well, acting our wage, and enjoying life. We are rich in vinegar, laundry soap, and pomegranates this week. Come geek out with me.

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Keep Store-Specific Stocking Up Lists (Frugal Friday)

Typically I love to go grocery shopping. Between the food and shopping for the deals, I always find something to entertain myself with. My first job was actually at a grocery store, too. But at the same time, grocery shopping can be a chore. Or feel a little postal. But, since I can’t get the [...]

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Grocery Geek Goes Wild

I didn’t realize that when I was placing different co-op orders that they would all converge on the same day. The same day as double ad day at Sprouts, even. It makes me sound like a hard-core shopper! I told you I was reforming my ways. But those stops were all on my list Wednesday. [...]

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Grocery Geek Presents: Choosing Regular Shopping Stops

It used to be that I regularly visited a multitude of stores each week. In fact, Vons, Albertsons, Ralph’s, Costco, Walmart, Sprouts, Henry’s, Stater Brothers, Walgreens, and CVS were part of my weekly rotation. For several years this worked for us. I clipped coupons, stalked the sales, and then made my rounds, sometimes hitting all [...]

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Grocery Geek Presents: Fitting Organic Produce Into the Budget

As is normal for me in the fall, my focus turns from getting the best deals to saving the most time. Both are limited resources; both have “costs.” Looking toward upping the nutrition in the things I buy, I am finding that I’m using a lot fewer coupons than in months and years previous. I [...]

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Grocery Geek Presents: Abundant Harvest Organics

This has been “batten down the hatches” week. My book manuscript is back in my hot little hands and I’ve got about a week and a few days to make corrections and mail it back. I didn’t know why I had put off the start of school until Sept 6, but apparently God did! The [...]

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Grocery Geek Presents: Convenience Buys & a Costco Stock-up

This past week I’ve made a concerted effort to get a handle on feeding my family “nutritious and delicious” foods that are also easy to get on the table. As I mentioned last week, we’ve shied away from a lot of the processed foods that were regular staples in our pantry a few years ago. [...]

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Grocery Geek: At a Crossroads

My grocery shopping adventures have met a crossroads. Tonight at dinner my boys each asked for a second hamburger. I only made eight, so that was quite impossible. They “filled up” on Sunchips and carrots. But, it gave me pause. A Growing Family My family is growing. With a husband doing manual labor most days [...]

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