I Try Online Grocery Shopping
by Katy on November 17, 2024 · 1 comment
I’d never done an online grocery shop before, but Safeway’s weekly circular had a few”online only” deals that were too good to pass up. Think 99¢ for one-pound packages of breakfast sausage, which made me decide to try something new.
I made sure to hit the $30 mark to bypass extra fees, which was easy as I bought the limit on each of these loss leaders.
Here’s what I bought:
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Five 99¢ one-pound packages of breakfast sausage.
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Four $2.50 five-pound bags of flour.
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Four 99¢ eight-ounce bars of cream cheese.
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Four $3.00 pounds of butter.
My total was $33.60, although I did tip the guy a couple of bucks for bringing everything to the car. I also had to pay for three 10¢ plastic bags, which I’ll reuse at kitchen bin liners.
I’ll freeze the sausage and butter and save the cream cheese for a pumpkin cheesecake. I’ll also freeze the flour, but just for 24 hours before transferring it into jars.
Retailers post these amazing “loss leaders” with the assumption that shoppers will add additional higher profit items to their shopping list to make up the difference. Of course, you don’t have to. This would be an extremely odd grocery list were I preparing dinner from these specific items, but I generally shop to outfit my pantry/fridge/freezer instead of for specific meals.
Amy Dacyczyn of “The Tightwad Gazette” fame termed this “the pantry principal” — essentially just shopping to keep an outfitted pantry which can later become specific meals. This is essentially how I shop. Gen Z calls this an “ingredient house,” as I have ingredients for most anything, but very few grab-and-go snacks or premade meals.
Will I continue to do my grocery shopping online? Very unlikely, at least on a regular basis. I do most of my shopping at Winco Foods, which is member owned and consistently cheaper than the corporately owned stores. However, I’m not too proud to jump through a few hoops for a bargain.
Katy Wolk-Stanley
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”
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