24601NoMore
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I have found that by shopping at Costco, ethnic markets and outlet stores I can get the identical foods and brands for an average of 1/3 the cost of my neighborhood supermarkets - just by driving 10 - 15 minutes further. To me that is worth it to save $6K or more a year on groceries.
That's pretty compelling. I shop at Costco as well, but haven't seen that big of a delta over say, Kroger - so would love to hear more on your tips and tricks for those big savings..
Fortunately, we have an Aldi opening by us soon - so hopefully that will help in further lowering our already pretty aggressive grocery savings. (For example - I usually buy "authentic" Worcestershire sauce by Rea and Pilpin or whoever the heck made the original..at Kroger today, and it was $5.99 for a fairly small bottle. Kroger brand is regularly $1.99..but they had French's for $1.99 down from $2.59 as well. So, I bought the French's - because we're probably not going to notice the difference). We buy a heck of a lot of Kroger brand items including butter, cereal, crackers, peanuts, ice cream..the list is long. But if Costco can do even BETTER than Kroger brand, I'm all in..
$6K/year would buy us a pretty nice vacation for sure.
PS: had to chuckle at the "ride to the store on a bike in the rain" example. Crazy how hard-core some ER'ers get in saving a few pennies. All things in balance, IMHO. (I can't imagine that bike ride in the rain will add much to savings..)
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