Hi, Doug. Those of us living on a budget definitely do whatever we can to save our dollars, by any means necessary. And while I’m not sure there’s a term for it—if there is, I’m not familiar—I’ve been visiting day-old bread and grocery shops most of my life. Waste not, want not, right? Enjoy your Ivory Tower…don’t forget to lower the bridge on occasion. Cheers and bah HAMBURGERS!
Hi, Doug. Those of us living on a budget definitely do whatever we can to save our dollars, by any means necessary. And while I’m not sure there’s a term for it—if there is, I’m not familiar—I’ve been visiting day-old bread and grocery shops most of my life. Waste not, want not, right? Enjoy your Ivory Tower…don’t forget to lower the bridge on occasion. Cheers and bah HAMBURGERS!
It's probably the same in 🇺🇸 as 🇬🇧🇫🇴 all foodstuffs are dated, perishable goods had a Sell By date and a Use By date on the packaging. It is easy to check the shelf stock and if the Sell By or Use By was very near you could know when to see if the 'surplus' would be reduced and go shopping on that day. I don't do if for a cash saving, but just good to stock up the freezer, that's my excuse. Now it's not a common thing in Europe, just England, and shops will not reduce price. Cheers a tight fisted DougT 🇫🇴
Interesting that some places won't discount. Here it either sells, gets donated to homeless shelters (where it's always used FAST), or ends up being thrown away...and much of California has restrictions about food waste so there's an extra incentive to move those groceries. Most stores have sections of discounted items. Esepcially the meat section. There are also a number of discount chains like "Grocery Outlet" or "Big Lots" that sell these kinds of products...always good to check the dates though. :-p
Hi, Doug. Those of us living on a budget definitely do whatever we can to save our dollars, by any means necessary. And while I’m not sure there’s a term for it—if there is, I’m not familiar—I’ve been visiting day-old bread and grocery shops most of my life. Waste not, want not, right? Enjoy your Ivory Tower…don’t forget to lower the bridge on occasion. Cheers and bah HAMBURGERS!
It's probably the same in 🇺🇸 as 🇬🇧🇫🇴 all foodstuffs are dated, perishable goods had a Sell By date and a Use By date on the packaging. It is easy to check the shelf stock and if the Sell By or Use By was very near you could know when to see if the 'surplus' would be reduced and go shopping on that day. I don't do if for a cash saving, but just good to stock up the freezer, that's my excuse. Now it's not a common thing in Europe, just England, and shops will not reduce price. Cheers a tight fisted DougT 🇫🇴
Interesting that some places won't discount. Here it either sells, gets donated to homeless shelters (where it's always used FAST), or ends up being thrown away...and much of California has restrictions about food waste so there's an extra incentive to move those groceries. Most stores have sections of discounted items. Esepcially the meat section. There are also a number of discount chains like "Grocery Outlet" or "Big Lots" that sell these kinds of products...always good to check the dates though. :-p
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