Making Good Use of Markdowns
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Honestly.
A “manager’s special” is not stale or bad food. Not if you shop at a reputable store. It is actually a store’s way of making good use of resources. If it hits the “sell by” date before it is sold, the store takes a loss on it. If they mark down the price a few days prior, they get something and the customer gets a great deal. It’s a win-win. If you’ve got coupons for those items, the deal can be even sweeter.
I recently found sausages and gourmet cheeses marked super low at my local Ralphs. Many of these items would be ones that I wouldn’t pay full price for, but would be happy to pick them up “on markdown.” And since I love my freezer, I brought most of these items home to store for a later date. The best of both worlds…. great price + convenience when I want it.
We shop the discounted meats all the time. When we get home we repackage into the size needed for our family and freeze it immediately. I have recently retired and my daughter is a single mother and I have been doing her shopping. She gives me the money and I go to the stores in the morning. Kroger seems to have the best deals on meat and Meijer the best deals on produce. Sometimes we shop at Walmart and they have good deals also. My husband and I go together and see what we can find. Our goal is to fill her freezer by the end of February.
What a wonderful goal!