The 5 Best Tips for How to Shop for Traditional Foods on a Budget
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Thank you for linking recipes. I'm definitely going to use them! It's exactly the next step I needed to learn.
When I lived in Phoenix we had a grocery company that had three different types of stores-a high end store, an average type supermarket, and one that catered to our Mexican community. I would often shop at the Mexican store for dried beans and produce as the prices were quite lower (Plus, they made fresh tortillas and pan dulces on site…YUM!)
mary im not into buying boxed meals but… it may be worth it to chk out….. its called misfit market….its exactly what you are talking about;];];];]
Dear Mary: would you perhaps present a video on how single seniors might also prepare traditional foods for themselves?
Sweet Mary,you are such a blessing!! Although I am the same age and cook much like you do,I still learn something new every time I watch your videos!!!
You are such a true gift and I LOVE watching and hearing your videos with your beautiful and contagious smile. 🙂 They all come straight from your joyous heart and are so uplifting! Thank you for sharing yourself, your husband, son and unbelievable knowledge! God Bless!
Thanks Mary , love it
Hi Mary! Off topic question- I am now needing to be gluten-free and am also type 2. Have you made any gluten-free pasta? I have tried several commercial brands and the texture and taste is horrible. I have some corn flour I want to try in making it but if you have other GF flours or a combo that you've tried I would love to try it. Breads and pasta are what I miss most (in moderation). Love from Cypress Tx!
Mary. Dont get any covid shot. Your beauty is needed. 🙏🙏🙏
Many years ago I was shopping at Aldi, back when I shopped once a month. A teenage girl was scanning my large two-cart order and she said, "We're not supposed to comment on what you're buying, but I think it's neat that all you're buying is ingredients. Nothing is already made up for you. You could make a hundred different meals with this stuff." As a matter of fact that was just what I planned to do! You share great tips here, Mary! God bless you! 💐
Thank you sweet Mary for passing all the things you teach. It is a gift to watch you. I make your bread and many salad dressings and so much more!
Great tips, thanks!
Here is a great tip for those who drink bottled soda/energy drinks/coffees and such. Contact the bottling plant in your area. They bottle a lot of different drinks. As their stock is nearing their shelf date they will sell them on set date to clear out their warehouse. HUGE SAVINGS. Be prepared to buy by the case, so bring a big enough vehicle or trailer. Great savings.
Great advice. My crop top that way delayed arrived yesterday along with my new charging cord, new computer mouse, and Jessicurl order. Still waiting on my other crop top which will be here on Monday or later. It shipped from farther away. The crop top fit. Looks great with the high waist skirt I had in mind to pair it with. My new charging cords work great, are longer, and sturdier. Plus I can charge two android devices in tandem that way. I've missed using a mouse. It's easier for me to select things and scroll with one. I've also missed Jessicurl's Island Fantasy scent. It's my favorite scent for me. It also makes my hair soft. It's normally very dry. Need to get a new heat hat to pair with the deep conditioner. The Velcro closure failed on my old one. Think I'll get one without a closure and that uses flax seeds instead of gel packs to do the heating. My hair is thick so I have to wear hair treatments for eight hours at room temperature or half an hour with heat. That's the only heat I use on my hair. She dropped the weekly from the item as some use it daily and others use it for shaving. Too Shea conditioner is enough for my daily. I just need the deep conditioning once per week. Confident Coils styling solution offers some hold and humidity protection.
You are the best teacher there ever was. You could teach Home Economics if they taught that in school anymore. I learn so much Mary. When I was a little girl, we often would beg our mother TV dinners. We thought they were good. (But not now Im 70). But my mother would package up our left over food from dinner and homemake TV dinners. Much better. Mary, do you ever get tired of cooking from scratch? I know homemade is so much more so delicious. Now I’m older, I get a little tired. All my grandchildren want pizza pockets and pizza and box macaroni and cheese etc. I want you to cook for me Everyday! Ha! But I’m sure you get tired, too.you are a great lady, Mary. I love looking forward to your next video always! Bless you, dear lady!
Ive shopped using clearance
When you said Apple sauce my favorite 😻. You got my attention yummy 😋
We always shop the "scratch and dent" section of our local orchards 🙂 The discounts are close to amazing, often 65% or better, off. Thank you, Mary, for the effort you put into your videos. You always inspire me and your smile is infectious!
This week alone I got four pounds of grass fed, organic ground beef for 2.20 each at Aldi…..and an organic Nutiva avocado oil on clearance at Food Lion. I love bargains!! So. Much! LOVE all your tips!! It’s exciting, isn’t it?!
When it comes to meat and chicken. All of my grocery stores mark down their meat after 5 at night. Walmart Mark's there rotisserie food down and puts it in their deli section.
I have been finding that the grocery store I really like to go to has already made rotisserie chickens on sale most the time for $4.99 a piece. That is less than buying a chicken raw and spending my time cooking it. The price on the chicken raw will cost me $7 or $8. And then I'm going to have to cook it and do all of that. I buy the already made rotisserie chicken for $4.99 and I've used it for several meals and then I take the carcass and make chicken broth with it. I have saved a lot of money doing it that way and time. Don't forget about time cuz your time is important too. If you have to come home and cook a whole chicken that's going to take two-and-a-half hours and you're not eating dinner till seven 8 at night that's not going to work either. Buying a rotisserie chicken that costs you significantly less money than making it yourself and just make your own sides. That being said if whole chickens are on sale anywhere from $0.79 to $0.98 a pound. I'm going to buy a whole chicken and put it in the freezer. Depending on the size those can be heavier birds and I usually get the heaviest bird at that cheaper rate. The rotisserie chickens tend to be around 4 lb. But again it also comes down to people knowing their product and knowing what things cost. If people walk around the store oblivious and don't know what the average price your things are or how to figure out which one's cheaper then they're just going to be spending more money regardless
I've started to transition to a traditional kitchen. It's a slow process but getting there and very satisfying. Thank you for sharing .😊
Is it County Line that sells day old bread?
I've been doing this for years. I even teach people to do this. The bakeries in my local grocery stores usually after 5 start marking down the baked goods. One grocery store used to do 50% and they changed it to 30%. I don't understand that. If people didn't want it at full price and it was selling off-the-shelf when they reduced it then why change it to 30%. I have bought significantly less Bakery Goods at 30% off then 50% off in this one particular store. The other stores that do 50% off I do tend to buy more at. One store doesn't Mark down their baked goods until after 7 p.m. but they only Mark things down anywhere from 20% to 40% and their prices are high to begin with so it's usually never a place I end up even getting reduced baked goods at. But then the bread aisle is a different story. Somebody else totally does that and sometimes they'll have cartfuls of bread from the bread aisle at 50% off. That could be anything from English muffins, rolls and other bread products. One grocery store does have an end cap freezer section that they use for reduced frozen food and sometimes dairy products. Another store I have to scan through their frozen food section and look for The Telltale red markdown stickers on the items and that's how I know which ones are being reduced there. Some places do have a whole section where they put their reduced-price items in. Most of the grocery stores I go to do have a section for their markdown fruits and vegetables. I asked one grocery store where they put theirs. They said they didn't do it. So I said this one time was feeding some animals outside and I said did you have any kind of produce for that and he gave it to me for free. I said what are you doing with the other stuff that you were throwing out and basically said he was throwing it out. I thought that was such a waste. I asked them what do they do with the reduced bread stuff and nobody had an answer for me either. The store doesn't use coupons either and they don't have store coupons so I don't find them very cheap unless they have a good sale on some produce. Their produce section tends to be nicer than a lot of the other stores. But since they don't do markdowns on anything in that store and don't offer coupons I very rarely shop there. People have to really know their stores. Some people aren't willing to shop at more than one store or even look at a flyer to see if things are cheaper at another store.
Thank you for sharing your tips and all of your teaching. Have a wonderful day.
Excellent information. On another note if you eat salmon you may want to stop up on wild canned salmon due to shortages. The best price I have found is Aldi.
This is such a worthwhile video. I recommend it to everyone. Watch the whole video. Valuable content
So far lots of great ideas. Next you'll have to decrease your food budget and increase your gas budget to drive all over looking for those great deals.
Ty
Thanks for the Info.
Wonder bread had a thrift store when I was a kid. My mom would load up and freeze.
Another tip for seniors is to check out stores for senior discount day. Our local grocery store offers a 10% discount on Wednesday.
My best budget tip: go outside and forage before you go to the store. My neighbors' mulberry tree is ready to harvest, and the branches hanging into my yard will provide 30-50 pints over these next two weeks.
And going to the farmers' market is the best way to get the best soup bones from the butcher, and all the leftover vegetables, because they don't want to take them home. The best bread, too. They can't bring it back to the store, and they have to give it to the pantry and shelter, so it's fresh, but they're willing to sell a loaf for $1, just to not take a loss.
I noticed the best time to catch meat at one particular store because the other shoppers were giving me side eye! I think it's hilarious
I happen to live near a discount grocery with a butcher center that supplies the other mainstream stores. (Shhhh don’t tell anyone ☺️) You never know what you’ll find in their produce or meat section. They have a whole pig in the freezer atm. I shop there first 😃✌️
What a great video Mary! I always find myself watching you with my mouth wide open…lol You're very memorizing to me. I love your channel so much! Thanks for sharing this with us all. Much love , Yvonne
Great tips, Mary! We used to make it a family outing to trek to our farmer’s market.
Hi Mary good morning how are you? Happy Father’s Day to you dear 🙂 and I enjoyed watching your videos and I love you so much 🙂😀😊😄😁😘❤️💙💛💚💗💜
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Hi sweet Mary. One store here used to mark down meat on Saturday nights around 8PM. They stopped doing it ‘cause us bargain hunters used to show up at 7:30 and loiter around waiting for the Sharpie to come out and start slashing! We have a bakery outlet store close by too and they have fantastic prices on imperfect donuts and pies. Too bad there’s no imperfect beer store here. : ( 😀 ❤️
Just dropping by to say how happy I am to have subd to you. Im going to learn so much from you. Thank you. I would love those coupons but cant use them in Australia. Id love to have coupons down here but we dont have them.
I organized my cabinet and found a couple cans that were from 2019 and I decided not to keep them. I found 4 different mustards, yay! Thanks for the video !